The two-day conference titled "企业精英生命成长营" which focused on how to grow your inner-self gave me a rare insight into the application of kindness and compassion as business values.
The conference attracted thousands of businessmen and industry leaders with a small delegation from Singapore.
They did not come to talk about business but to learn and share how the values of kindness and compassion not only enriched their personal lives but how employing these same values in their businesses helped them reap even greater returns (福报).
There was sharing by 3 panels of speakers over the 2 day period and many in the audience, including men who own listed companies, were moved to tears when the speakers spoke of their personal tragedies in their lives and how major transformations took place after they learned to be more kind and compassionate towards others.
One CEO spoke of her management issues that led to her factory workers in China going on strikes and complaints to the labour authorities for being overworked and underpaid. Another spoke of how her bitter relationship with her father made a dramatic change after 40 years. Yet another shared how she overcame her long depression and raised her daughter suffering from down's syndrome.
The message was simple enough. Kindness begets kindness and many of us are so fixated on judging others and not knowing how to feel gratitude. And I will be sharing their stories with you.
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