To start the 2025 Life Expressions: Ignite Your SPARK Podcast Series, host Charie Ginete-Ilon engages with Ignite Your SPARK Masterclass facilitator, Azim Jamal and Masterclass participants, Farzana Kherani and Tasneem Damji. The focus of this podcast was to discuss the transformative power of Service (the first element in the SPARK ecosystem).
In this podcast, Azim shares a pivotal and profound life experience with Afghan refugees that reshaped his journey and led him to transition from an Accounting career into a life dedicated to creating impact.He emphasizes that when we set out to help others with a pure authentic intent, we fortuitously enrich our own lives as a result.
Azim outlines three significant outcomes of embracing Service as a primary core ethic:
Discover Your Calling: With Service as a key driver of your day to day ambitions, your vocation becomes your vacation, naturally leading you to uncover your true calling and innate gifts.
Universal Support: By genuinely aspiring to assist others, the universe serendipitously aligns to support your earnest endeavours.
Mutual Transformation: In striving to help transform others’ lives, your own life undergoes a meaningful transformation.
Azim underscores how Service is the catalyst of igniting the SPARK in one’s life, as well as the catalyst for fostering a rewarding journey from success to significance.
This episode also features important insights from Ignite your Spark masterclass 2 participant Tasneem Damji, the founder of Tasneem Damji Coaching. She discusses how a dedication to a Service mindset has led her to undertake impactful work in mentorship, college coaching, and supporting Afghan women in Canada. Additionally, masterclass 1 participant Farzana Kherani shares her inspiring perspective on the power of Service, highlighting its role in education, community development, and empowering students through financial support.
Listeners will be moved by real life stories of resilience, including one of a young girl in Tajikistan who defied all medical odds, as well as how the profound impact of student loan programs is shaping futures.
This episode concludes with a powerful takeaway. Mainly, with an answer to a simple, but often asked question:
‘How can I incorporate Service into my way of life starting today?’.
Very simple, two-step process –
- Reflect – Service is at its most powerful when it comes from a deep seeded desire to serve
- Take action – Service comes in all forms, but it is at its most impactful when it is put into motion
Commit to this and watch your SPARK grow!
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