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Author: Dara HUOT
Darism mentors & speaks about personal development and (social) entrepreneurship. Culture-builder, consultant/experienced user of CRM/ERP and other business solutions. BuyMeACoffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/DaraHUOT) or I’ll buy you one and let’s talk!
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I am the sum of my experiences.
I am passionate about life with dignity.
My thinking and feelings are expressed in my own personal space at https://darahuot.com/
Currently I work, play and dream big together with 47 artists and 70 team members in Phare Performing Social Enterprise (PPSE) http://www.pharecircus.org in her
mission of supporting Phare Ponleu Selpak school, providing professional
opportunities for Cambodian youth and revitalizing arts in Cambodia.
I was a student at Phare Ponleu Selpak Association in 2001 in my High School Year in Battambang.
I was later an interpreter at Phare and joined the first group of performing artists on
awareness theater/circus performance tours to educate rural Cambodian
populations on landmines, malaria, dengue fever and other public health and
safety issues.
I spent 20 years of my professional careers in travel, tourism, hospitality and events management in Cambodia. From 2013 I embarked on the journey on artists career and social programs sustainability. I have a keen interest in business and personal development and entrepreneurship. My dream is to develop and enhance a strongly reputable and internationally recognized Cambodian brand with Phare.
Chief Executive, Phare Performing Social Enterprises, Phare Circus, Phare Creative Studio
Board Member, Phare Ponleu Selpak
Salzburg Global Seminar Young Cultural Innovator Fellow 2015
Cambodian Living Arts Fellow 2016
Mekong Cultural Hub Regional Representative 2019-2020
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https://soundcloud.com/user-879883184/ep01-art-as-therapy
https://soundcloud.com/salzburgglobal/interview-with-yci-fellow-dara-huot
https://performingarts.jp/E/pre_interview/1709/1.html
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dara-huot-45570728/
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ABA: 000 70 77 10 Name: Phare Performing Social Enterprise
Teamwork makes dreams work. That’s what make me love them. That’s what make us going stronger together. We cooked for us. We cooked for artists in quarantine. We care for one another. We love you for sharing this . Help us, keep smiles on faces in this surreal time. https://pharecircus.org/smiles-on-faces/
Help us keep our doors open and employments retained. Come to Phare Circus tonight and tomorrow and different shows each weekends. I thank you all for your participation, attendance and contribution. You can “Invite a Family” on 2 different links: The Phare Circus website (preferred) and GoFundMe.
Please join me to give Cambodian Families a Phare’s magic. Inspiration, hope and Dreams are what we need especially in these times while supporting Cambodian artists.
ភាពខូចខាតគុណតម្លៃត្រូវបានធ្វើរួចទៅហើយ វាមិនគ្រប់គ្រាន់ដែលយើងនិយាយថាគ្រាន់តែនិយាយលេងទេ ប៉ុណ្ណឹងគឺចប់ ដូចគ្មានអ្វីដែលគាត់បានធ្វើនុះទេ ក្នុងគោលគំនិតជាភាសាអងគ្លេស គេថា “The damage has already been done”
Today, the angel of the new year 2564 will come to take the duties from her sister (last year’s angel) to nurture the earth, animals, plants and humans as a loving mother.
I take the opportunity to ask the New Year angel for your Health, Self-worth, Peace, Strength and Intellect.
In time like this, we are reminded to learn, change and take action to be better.
In our culture, the blessing virtues we hear very often, almost every day, can be our starting point of those changes and actions we must make. The text in Khmer below helps us take those values deep down in our identity as Cambodians. We learn and live by them for a better teamwork, our better lives and a better world.
Thank you for being with us. Have a safe and healthy new year!
Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, “If I were any better, I would be twins!”
He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, “I don’t get it! You can’t be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?”
Michael replied, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or … you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood.”
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or… I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or… I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.
“Yeah, right, it’s not that easy,” I protested.
“Yes, it is,” Michael said.
“Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It’s your choice how you live your life.”
I reflected on what Michael said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back. I saw Michael about six months after the accident.
When I asked him how he was, he replied, “If I were any better, I’d be twins. Wanna see my scars?”
I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
“The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter,” Michael replied.
“Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or… I could choose to die. I chose to live.”
“Weren’t you scared? Did you lose consciousness?” I asked.
Michael continued, “… the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read ‘he’s a dead man’. I knew I needed to take action.”
“What did you do?” I asked.
“Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,” said Michael.
“She asked if I was allergic to anything.
‘Yes, I replied.’
The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, ‘Gravity’.”
Over their laughter, I told them, “I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead!”
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything. After all, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
LIFE IS ABOUT THE LITTLE CHOICES WE MAKE EVERY DAY !
· Get the “buy-ins” = agreement/support from your lower subordinates
· Making sure everyone is on the same page, on the same boat
· Being in control of all the information like in the palm of your hands
· Do not let things sleep. Do not let things hang. Do what is needed and necessary RIGHT NOW!
· Always manage expectations- avoid unpleasant surprises. Inform people what to expect in advance. Do not let them find out from other sources that is not from you.
· Attention to details
· Do not make e-mail wars. Verbal or in-person conversation gives opportunities to the counterparts to give reactions/feedbacks. Recap by writing what have been discussed, agreed or even agreed to disagree on. Request for addition/edits if something is misunderstood or not missing in the recaps
· Agree to disagree. Must always have a conclusion.
· Systematic records and feedbacks. Incidence report, coaching/counseling forms.
· Use 21st Technology to make our lives easier. Do not do double job.