Who? What? Where? How? Why?
In the Name Of Allah the Most Gracious the Most Merciful Recap of the last issue: Many social, educational, and financial issues in our communities have roots in improperly managing our time. So let us begin to purposely organize our daily routines.
The Matrix of Problem Solving (Disclaimer: I did not develop this Matrix model. It was developed by Dan Roam and presented in his book The Back of the Napkin. It is a good read.) Which version? Which picture?
Simple
Quality
Vision
Individual
Change
Elaborate
Quantity
Execution
Comparison
As-is
Who/What? (portrait) How much? (chart) Where? (map) When? (timeline) How? (flowchart) Why? (plot)
Beginning in this issue, I will present problems and then present solutions to the problems using this method of problem solving. In addition, I will delve into the different methods of using this model.
Defining our goal What are we trying to accomplish? We are trying to create a network of independent villages. Where do we start? We will start by teaching families how to do for self. When do we start? We actually started six weeks ago. There are two objectives that you should try to achieve within the next 34 weeks Freedom Gardens 40 week countdown: 34 weeks left Objective #1: Learn to grow and care for 10 types of fruit vegetables in your area. At least one must be a perennial. Objective #2: Establish a network of people in your area who are also working towards freedom. You are only limited by your own ambition.
Internal
What to achieve?
External
Learn and practice better time management
Re-establish the tribal system
Increase our level of spiritual knowledge
Establish a base of operations for establishing a tribe (i.e. establish a tribal homeland).
Learn and practice square-foot gardening as a family
Learn and practice group economics as a tribe.
Family Goals Where to achieve it?
Next issue: Families First