 This is reading from Proverbs 25 and verse 28. It says, whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down without walls. Talking about a condition that could happen to us if we don't have self-governing ability. We don't have any rule over our own spirits. Having no rule over our own spirit could manifest itself in terms of anger, problem with anger, problem with anything in excess, anything, or even not really stepping in because of fear, all those kinds of things. It's like a city that is broken down without walls, which means that the person is in a very vulnerable state. It's like a city that is broken down. In olden days, we know that the walls of the city or the gates of the city are really the protection. The walls could be so taken. You learn about Jericho and how the historical information is that two chariots could go side-by-side on those walls. Even modern day, you see the Great Wall of China and you see that that is the possibility of having a wall. Such a wall is like a protection. If a city is without walls, it's vulnerable to attacks. A person without walls or without this kind of protection is vulnerable to all kinds of attacks, vulnerable to manipulation, vulnerable to... In every situation, the enemy knows what buttons to push, what will really trigger, and then that's it. On the other hand, we see Galatians 5, verse 23, which says that the gift of the Spirit is self-control. The fruit of the Spirit, the work of the Spirit in a believer's life, the end result is self-control. That means self-governing ability. The Spirit of God really wants us to come to a place of strength, come to a place of not from a live in a vulnerable state, but really live a guarded, protected life, and he's really working in us to bring us to that place if we would work with, cooperate with, and yield to the work of the Holy Spirit. I just wanted to remind us about that. Let's pray. Father, we thank You, Lord. We thank You, Lord, that You are with us. You indwell us. Spirit of God, You know our needs. Lord, You know our limitations. Father, God, You know our shortcomings, Lord, and You know the areas of Lord which we need to grow in. We need to build ourselves in. And so, Lord, we pray that even as we pray in the Spirit that we will build ourselves up, Lord, in the Holy Ghost that we build ourselves in faith and, Lord, that we will be strong. As we would say, strong in the Lord and in the power of His might, Lord, that we will be strong in You and in Your power, Lord, and that we will be like a city with walls, Lord, protected, guarded, Lord, and with self-governing ability, Lord, as developed by the Holy Spirit. Master, we pray that each one of us, God, that we will have this and have more of this in our lives, Lord. I pray that You will lead us and enable us to learn, enable us to put to practice this fruit of the Holy Spirit and maybe manifest more in our lives in every situation. We thank You. In Jesus' master's name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay. So, yeah, welcome to all those who joined us online coming to Life Skills. We are looking really at last few chapters. We looked at emotional intelligence last time and we kind of touched upon cultural intelligence, right? So, we saw that culture, cultures differ. Culture being, you know, it could be ideas, customs, social behavior, Lord, of particular people group, particular, you know, it could be even within a group, right? It could be within organizations, within teams and so on. So, culture, right? It's not only different nationalities or different ethnicities, but it could also be people of the same nationality, but within a certain age group, right? Maybe a certain language that they speak, the culture could differ, right? So, what is this cultural intelligence that we're talking about? Okay, let me just quickly share one. Actually, I just want to share a picture one second. Okay. I hope you can, wait, wait, wait. Let me, I'm not able to see the whole thing, right? Okay. Okay. Okay, it's not very clear. Let me just read it out. Okay. This is a grasshopper. Okay. This is a grasshopper. It's an insect. So, it has three countries with an advertisement by HSBC, Hong Kong and Shanghai Bagging Corporation. So, this is what, you know, the first thing is, it says USA, pest. Okay. China, pet, Northern Thailand, appetizer, right? So, it talks about three different people groups, maybe speaking different languages, and the same thing, right? It's the same insect. In one national, nationality, it is seen as a pet. You know, there's a thing where you're eating everything, so exterminate it. In China, it's a pet. You could put it in a small box and carry it around, give it a name, feed it, et cetera. In Northern Thailand, it's edible, used as an appetizer. So, you know, the tagline for this ad is never underestimate the importance of local language. So, yeah. So, it's a global, you know, bank. So, it says the tagline of HSBC is the world's local bank, which means they understand your culture. They understand, you know, what your needs are, and that's what they want to convey in this ad, right? So, you see that. So, just one second, let me show the other thing. Oops. Now, the notes that I'm sharing, it's actually, it's not uploaded, but I'll share it with you, right? I'll upload it in the Classwork section. Okay. So, if you, this is an article. So, and it's actually a lot of information from here is taken from an article by Harvard Business Review, HBR, so, cultural intelligence. So, cultural intelligence is the ability to adapt to new cultural settings. So, you see the difference in culture, and you learn and you adapt to it, right? So, what is it? So, people who have cultural intelligence, it means or control quotient, you know, CQ, as they call it. They have the skills to go into environments, new environments with confidence, right? And to make informed judgments based on observation, evidence, they excel at understanding unfamiliar or ambiguous behavior, right? So, it becomes a lot more complex as we go around, go along, you know, especially, let's say, when one is ministering cross-culturally. Okay. So, it will be very evident. For example, as Indians, you know, that's the complaint, you know. Most people have when interacting with Indians, you know. Are you saying yes or are you saying no? Because you seem to be nodding your head like that to say yes, you know. Have you had breakfast? So, the question is, you know, are you saying yes or are you saying no? Because yes is like this. No, it's like this globally, but you are doing that, right? So, you know, that's it. So, some of these cultures or practices are across nationality, right? But it can even be within a nation, within a state, right? Especially something which is so complex like India, right? I know Lubega is there. So, I don't know how it works in an African nation. I'm sure it's similar, right? Like people might look the same, but then, you know, so different, right? So, it helps. It helps in knowing. It helps in understanding so that we can quickly adapt ourselves in order to... The objective is, of course, to, you know, be able to communicate. The objective is to be able to lead, able to direct and get the task done, right? So, in the HBR article, we talk about three things, three components of cultural quotient or cultural intelligence. One is the head, which meaning that you have the knowledge, you have the learning, understanding of, you know, you make an attempt to understand. Then the body, meaning you translate into action. Okay, so whatever you've learned, you put it to practice. Like, for example, you know, in certain parts of the country, well, the way of greeting is not to shake hands. You know, especially when it comes to the opposite gender, you know, maybe some parts of the nation, right? Or maybe some people groups, you don't shake hands, right? Maybe some religion, you don't shake hands. You maybe wish them like that. Or, you know, just say verbally, you don't shake hands. So, to put to practice, you know, when such a team is there and you put to practice, right? Then the heart means that you are so secure in yourself that you take that step of faith or you take that, you know, you're bold and courageous to actually get into those environments and you're not, you know, you're not withholding. You're not holding back from getting into such environment because you're secure, right? And the thing is, there is the possibility to make mistakes. There is the possibility of offending. But because you're secure, you're honest enough to, you know, accept those mistakes, right? Especially, like, you know, that in our nation, like, all of us, you know, we eat with your right hand and that's, you know, you have enough reasons why, you know, people eat with their right hands, right? Not just because you're a right hander. But if there is a, you know, mistake, then you're honest enough to accept that mistake and then, you know, getting into that culture and you, you know, you again adapt and change. Okay, like, things like that, right? So what are the advantages of having or developing cultural intelligence? So we were looking at it as a skill, right? So sometimes what happens is when we look at other cultures which are so different, we don't want to even build a bridge, right? We avoid. Oh, I don't understand this culture. So different, so alien. So, you know, I don't want anything to do with it, right? If people in a team are there, okay, you speak, you talk, I don't want to interact, right? Because culturally they are different, right? But if we would have these in place, if we would learn, understand, and based on that we interact, then it would help us to be effective, okay? Effective with someone who is different from us, effective, you know? So it helps us to be effective, right? That's the main thing, okay? And it's definitely an advantage for us. So we can be effective, we can be fruitful. And if you're looking at, you know, from a ministerial perspective, okay? Now, even within the nation, you see that culturally people are so different, very different. Right? You move, maybe you're in a city, you move, you know, you travel a few kilometers, and then you go to a, you know, slightly semi-urban or semi-rural setting, you see the culture is different. And you are looked upon as an outsider, even within the same nation, right? So such is, such are the differences. That's the reality of it, right? So it helps if you are thinking of reaching out, if you are thinking of, you know, administering, serving. With the gospel, it helps to know the culture. It helps to be emotionally intelligent, right? In our communication, in our behavior, everything, it helps, right? Simple things, like when people go up north, we see that in certain rural settings, we say that, okay, women are covering their heads. It is not just a religious thing, but it's a custom, social custom, right? That is how they are, like they cover their head, and recently I was in another, you know, like a rural setting in a different state, and well, people everywhere, they were covering their head, right? So that is a social thing. So if, as women, you know, women go to minister, it would be a good thing, you know, it's not something like, something constraining or restricting or it's not a bondage, you know, that it's a social custom. So as women, if we are ministering there, it helps if the women also cover their heads. So what does it convey? It conveys that, hey, we are, you're not different. And culturally, you know, we are, we are doing this, we're building a bridge, we are sensitive, so we're able to receive what you have to share, we'll see the message without these things coming as biases, without these things coming as barriers, right? Okay, so how can I improve my cultural intelligence? Okay, so again, from this article, there are four things that a CQ drive, which means you have a motivation to learn about and respond to a different culture. Now, for some of us, you know, it could be a natural thing, right? We are naturally curious, naturally passionate about, oh, wow, the person from a different culture, wow, I want to know something, I want to know everything about you and how you guys do this and all. But some of us could be very passive saying, okay, I'm not very keen, I'm not very interested, I'm comfortable, why? So one needs to have that motivation to learn and respond to a different culture, right? So what we call as a CQ or cultural quotient drive. The second thing is cultural quotient knowledge, okay? So you know, you have an understanding of it, you have a motivation, you learn, okay? Learn behaviors, values, beliefs, okay? Body language, how people greet each other, clothing, food, these are all things, right? Clothing, food, eating, how they go about. Like for example, you know, one place, well, it was not a major thing, but it could be like people actually, you know, they hosted dinner and I went in, I stepped in and I saw that, oh, wow, they put a place on the ground, okay? There's a mat and then so on the ground, so it's been years since I sat cross-legged, right? I've been so stiff, I've never sat down cross-legged, always sitting at a table and so on. So for me, it was difficult. I said, okay, I'll manage, no problem. I sat and it was so difficult. I said, okay, there's no way I'm going to put the plate on the floor and, you know, take the food, I'm going to drop it all over the place, right? And I had to say, okay, it's okay, I'll hold the plate in my hand and I will eat. I was waking up and then they noticed my discomfort and said, no problem, we'll put, you know, we'll give you a chair and then so on. So it just kind of sorted out. But the thing is that it could have been a major thing, right? It is just a custom about food and how food is eaten and so on, right? And let's say, you know, you're so used to eating with cutlery, right? You have to have a spoon and a fork and all that and then there's no sign of cutlery there, right? So you have to use your fingers. So you better do that, right? So these are things, right? So it's cultural knowledge, cultural quotient, where we increase in cultural knowledge and the third thing is you have a strategy, right? Which means that culturally sensitive, you know, as we have strategies for, let's say, missions or ministry and it could even be, you know, things like maybe you're working for an organization and it's about the product or the service that you're going to extend in that particular region. You know, it could even be that, right? So we need to have a strategy which includes being sensitive to culture, which includes, you know, not offending culturally, right? So yeah, so it helps that. So the strategy is, you know, how do we, you know, what things would help is to question, you know, to question and see why is it, if there's acceptance, why is there acceptance, if there is low tolerance or low level of acceptance, why is this, why is it happening? Is it because of the message itself? Is it because of various other factors? Is the culture, you know, that is because of which it's, there's so much of push back, right? So we can ask, keep an eye on local media and entertainment so that can actually give us an insight into, you know, the behavior, the leisure culture of the people. And we can actually note it now, okay? And the last one is also, is about the action, okay? So how we actually act, how we actually translate all that learning into behavior. Now we could be a little uncomfortable, right, in actually doing certain things that are not so, which doesn't come naturally to us in terms of culture, but we can do that culturally, and we can do that. I know of someone who was into cross-cultural missions and like he was going into a region, which was completely populated with people, he was reaching out to people who were vegetarians, who were very staunch, traditionally, et cetera, the way they dressed. And so on. So he actually completely, he was a city person, but he completely changed. He completely changed his dietary habits. He became a vegetarian. He changed the way he would dress himself, right? So he changed from wearing jeans and t-shirt to wearing something that was, you know, a lot more traditional, like a dhoti, and the way the dhoti was worn, and maybe like a kurta kind of thing. And he learned the traditional instruments of that region and so on. So he made that shift. He made that learning into action. Why? Because he was concerned. Why? Because he had a burden for the people. So he didn't want his culture or his, which is nothing wrong, you know, in the way he was doing things, nothing biblically wrong, nothing ethically wrong. So he did that so that he could remove those barriers so that the message of Christ could be presented without offense, without any prejudice. They could receive it without any bias or prejudice. So he did that. So we need to move into action. So those are some of the key things that we can look at, those four things that we can look at. So just to sum up, you know, it doesn't refer to nationality or ethnicity or religion. It can appear this cultural intelligence or culture that we look at is also within our own groups. If you look at, maybe, even if you look at a family, a family has a different culture. The way they do things, they say, okay, this is what we do before we eat. Actually, this is what we do after we eat. And this is how we do it. So it helps to learn, to adapt and be flexible in these things. We're not compromising on truth or anything. Okay, so any questions on culture? Anything, how flexible can we be? You know, et cetera. So this is all passed out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So let's say coming to food and if our culture does not, let's say we are not used to eating one type of meat and if you are in another place sharing God's word or ministry and they are okay to have such kind of meat and they are serving us how should be our response. Oh, we are not okay to eating certain kind of meat and they are okay with it and they serve us. Yes. Okay. Well, we can politely refuse and say, okay, I'm not used to this, but I'll have more of that the other thing. But also I've read accounts of, you know, missionaries saying that they didn't want to offend but they actually did it and it was like, it was a tough thing. It was more of, I don't know if it was reptiles or like worms or things like that, but it was something of high protein, definitely nutritious, but something that the missionaries were not used to but they went ahead and did it, because it was the first meal that they were offering and they had originally been hostile, but now they were making an extending friendship. So they went ahead and shared in that meal. So it depends, right? If you want to excuse yourself, you can always do that. Yeah. Yes, Pastor, thank you. Right. Yeah. And also I think, see Paul says, he became all things to all men in order to win a few, right? So definitely he was talking about the kind of people he was, you know, definitely not about compromising the truth of the message, right? But about culture, about the other things, about the external in order to build a bridge. Yeah, Jeffina, you want to ask? Can you hear me? Yeah. So I just want to ask, like, so APC goes on missions, right? They do two different places, they go. So India is very complicated, I believe so, because when I go back to Tamil Nadu, when I go and if I get any opportunity in ministry, I have to change a lot of things in Mathai as in the way they really speak and everything. So APC, you do a cultural study before you go to missions, like for every single mission, do you do a cultural study of the place or how you go forward in that? Yeah, so whenever we go to, you know, any of the places where our outreach pastors are, so they kind of brief, they tell us, okay, this is what it is and this is what will happen, you know, as you minister, this is what is expected, et cetera. So externals, of course, you know, when men go, it's more or less, we are told it's a guideline that we wear simple clothes and we also wear to the most part formal wear, like we don't know shorts, no cargos or jeans or whatever, just wear simple clothes and try to keep it formal and do that. So that's the thing, externals clothing. But women, you know, if it is a practice of the women to cover their heads, the women also cover their heads and do that. Forms of greeting, go with whatever is the norm over there, right? So yeah, if it is shaking hands, shake hands, if it is, you know, just a namaste, you do that. So yeah, so that's the thing. So there's no intense briefing as such because we already have a presence there, like in terms of pastors or ministry happening there and most of our, you know, missionary or missions trips have been to these regions so there's already someone who's representative there and then who can brief us on these things. So it makes it so much more easier. Yeah, and to adapt, that's the thing. Yeah, okay. So let's look at the next topic which we have in our notes in terms of life skill. That is the whole thing of change. Okay, you know, what is this change? What should be my mindset B about change, right? Because we see that change is something which is ever present. We've changed. There's biological growth, like physical growth, spiritual growth, we've changed and so also the world around us is changing, right? So to expect things to be the same, to expect to hold on to the good old days, right? Is really a recipe for disaster, right? Sometimes we change, adapting to change is something, because we are creatures of habit. Okay, let's face it, right? Can we go to church? We want to sit in the same place. You know, the same chair, same place, whatever reason, right? So we are creatures of habit. We get up at a certain time and we have this thing. So change, adapting to change, you know, doesn't come to us so easily, but it's something that we need to, you know, be aware of and we should have that mindset. Okay, I just want to share with us this, you know, this APC publication written by Pastor about change. Just share a few things from it, okay? So we see that change is necessary. It's already happening. It could be an event, it could be a process. So what does it refer to? It refers to something that is going to be different from what it is, okay? Even if you look at the life of the believer, it is a scriptural thing to expect change. It's a normal thing. It's a beneficial thing to expect change, like, to be conformed to the image of Jesus, which means that you are changing. Changing, you know, to be like Christ, Christlikeness, right? We are changing from glory to glory, you know, 2nd Corinthians 3 and verse 18, right? You have as in a, beholding as in the manner of the glory of God, we are being changed into the same image from glory to glory by the Spirit of God. The Spirit of the Lord is bringing about change. So we need to understand that it is necessary. If you want to grow, if you want to leave, we have to leave certain things behind, right? So change is necessary if we need to grow. Change is necessary if we need to progress, like move ahead, okay? So we could be having mindsets where we want to stay in the comfortable, right? I just want to stay with the familiar. I just want to stay with the comfortable because change means that I'm going into new territory. I have to deal with things that I'm not comfortable with. I'm not familiar with, right? So, but God's will for us is that we change. We change from one level of glory to another level of glory that we progress more ahead, right? Like Paul himself says, you know, I press on. I forget. I don't want to keep looking back. I forget those things that are behind and I press on to those things for which the Holy God has laid hold of me, right? So I press on, okay? So whether it's something to do with our personality, something to do with our behavior, intellect, skills, everything, finances and so on, there will be change. So we need to be intentional about it. Saying that, yes, in all these areas, if I want to see progress, if I want to see, you know, good happen, there needs to be change, right? So we welcome this change. So we need to have a change or a growth mindset, right? Okay, so, you know, change in our motives, change in our desires, okay? Where the psalmist says, create in me a clean heart, renew a steadfast spirit within me, right? Saying renew a steadfast spirit within me, my motives, my desires, my, you know, whatever I long for, let it change. God, so let there be change in that, change in our motives, right? Maybe it's a motive or a desire, you know, if it is wrong, if it is fleshly, ask a lot to change, right? Confess it, let go of it and change. We don't have to be burdened by saying, okay, I'm living with this, I need to carry it. No, we don't have to, right? We can look forward to change. We can, definitely, we have the resources that empower us to change the presence of the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, right? So our motives, our desires, everything can be, can change, can be purified, refined, and change our motives in ministry, right? Okay, so I'm just looking at these various areas where we can expect change or intentionally move in changing, right? So thinking, now these are main areas. Change in our thinking, change in our attitude, change in our speech, our communication and behavior, right? And of course, we know Romans 12, right? Well, the second part of it, it says that do not be conformed to this world. Don't fit into the pattern of the world, be transformed by the renewing of your mind, okay? To be transformed, renew of your mind, meaning your thoughts, your attitudes. Let it change. If the thoughts are keeping you down, if your thoughts, if you actually think about it, our thoughts are keeping us where we are, our current state of behavior, our current state of, you know, progress, or where we have come from, it's because of our thoughts which have changed, which have elevated us, which has transformed us. We have come to this place. One of the factors, and well, God changed us on the inside. He gave us, maybe we received healing, we received wholeness, we received strength, we received hope, but it all led to a change in the way we saw things, right? A change in our faith, even. A change in perspective, and because of which, we have moved forward. You said, okay, I'm going higher. I'm taking a step higher, right? So a change in thought, a change in attitude, right? Maybe these attitudes we have, which we just scripted, you know, over a period of time. Maybe we went through some experience, went through, you know, the environment that we lived in, we have, you know, that kind of an attitude, right? I remember, you know, my dad really didn't have a very positive attitude. Like he was very careful. He was like thinking of the worst, you know, which is helpful, but then, you know, which means you prepare well, et cetera. So that's a positive side of it. But then you always saw the glass half empty, right? You always saw, okay, what if something worse happens? What if you lose this, you know? So to the point that, hey, don't get into these things, right? Don't take up responsibilities. What if you, you know, mess up, you know, that kind of thing? So, you know, you carry that attitude with you, and then, you know, you want to see change. You want to see progress, right? So which means that our attitude, if one has that kind of an attitude of a, you know, pessimistic attitude, that has to change where you recognize your identity is not from the environment. Your identity is, you know, who you have become as a new creation, and therefore your attitude has to conform to your identity, right? So there's change in that. We expect change. We work towards change in that, right? A change in our attitude, right? So we see possibilities. We expect possibilities, which is faith, right? According to the word of God, it's not assumption, it's not presumption, but, you know, grounded in the word of God, where we come to a place of having a positive attitude. Not for the sake of saying, hey, I need to be positive all the time. It's not like that, but really grounded in the truth of God's word. This is what God's word says I am, and this is what God's word says. I can be, right? Therefore my attitude, I will change my attitude, okay? Okay, so what are some things like, you know, maybe our desires are small, our aspirations are very small or low, right? So with the change in attitude, with the change in thinking, we can actually think big, dream big, aspire big things, right? Who was it who said, you know, expect great things from God, attempt great things from God, expect great things? Who was it, William Carey? We have, we have one of these, maybe you could do a quick Google search, you know, act. I don't know if it was John Wesley or William Carey, you know, yeah, so expect great things, attempt great things for God, right? So that comes from a place of, again, change, William Carey, okay? And yeah, I think we see it in his life, in the phase of so many challenges and, you know, he attempted great things, he expected great things. And by no means is it a, you know, it's accomplishments in ministry. No means any, you know, it's not small in any way. It's a big, so many languages, the Bible, being translated into so much of social change, et cetera. Right, so, okay. Right, okay. So in terms of attitude, it can be that, you know, maybe one has a very complex and attitude, maybe a, you know, very passive attitude, you know, we need a change in that, okay? Certain things can be, maybe there is delay, because we postpone things, because we fear a change, right? We postpone things, because we are perfectionist, maybe. And we say, we think that, okay, we're not ready enough, we're not skilled enough for whatever we need to do, right? Or we won't want to make a mistake. And so these are reasons why things are put off, right? So, but we need to change that. So thoughts, attitude, and change, and speech can change, you know, our confession, our speech, our conversations, everything changes, and so our behavior also change, you know. You know, the thing is we, growing up, we had this thing, you know, especially in school and college, you know, if you scored high marks, you know, you were seen as someone very different. And so, you know, so people will actually downplay it. Oh, I really don't know how I got this marks. I really don't, I didn't study at all. You know, I didn't know, I just, I think it's a fluke. Just got it like that, I don't know. And also there was a much glorifying of failure, okay? So if you failed in like two papers, three papers, at least among the guys, it was like this. You know, I should say like I got, you know, each area was called a cup. So I got three cups. I got three areas, three papers I failed. And you know, that was a culture thing, right? So, but we need to change that, right? So your attitude and your behavior, everything changes, your expectation is like, hey, I want to do well, right? I want to do well, and I'm not really apologetic about, I'm not going to be apologizing for doing well. That is what is, you know, I want to progress. And I don't want to, I'm going to be comfortable wearing it. I want to be comfortable walking in that progress. I want to be comfortable walking in that success, right? So yeah, okay. So the other thing is that there are certain changes that happens, which are unexpected, right? So, for example, because, you know, as believers, we're open to the work of the Spirit, God does some changes in us. You know, maybe events, people, divine appointments that really launch us into a divine destiny, right? So if we are, you know, if you are careful, or if you are just led by the Spirit of God and yielded to the Spirit of God, you realize that, hey, God is doing something. This is an unexpected thing. It's an unexpected change, but let me go with it. We can't reason things out. We can't, you know, explain each and everything. It's the work of God, right? Like for me in my life, me coming to, you know, saying yes to an invitation to lead worship at a church, changed destiny, right? So, well, that was how the Holy Spirit orchestrated. It was just saying yes to lead worship. I could have very well said no, not available, not thing, but then just that saying yes, you know, sent me on a path or a trajectory spiritually and otherwise and reaching a destiny and continuing with the journey, right? So these are things. You can read the book and there are some personal instances which pastor shares and very encouraging to see that, right? So we need to understand that change is necessary. You have to have this mindset, just to have this as an ongoing skill, right? Ongoing thing where we tell ourselves or we reiterate saying, okay, this is necessary for my growth. This is necessary for my change, okay? So, John chapter 12 verse 24, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain. There is a change. There is a change to the texture. There is a change to the state of that grain, that seed which falls into the ground. And with that change comes fruitfulness, right? Much fruitfulness rather. So we just need to be aware of that, okay? So yeah, so just for us to reiterate, to have that perspective, right? To have that mindset where to expect growth. No, we all of us want growth. All of us want progress. I don't think anyone who does not want that. But to really link it, to make that connection, that it is linked to change. It is linked to change in environment. It's linked to a change, you know? If we have that within us, then we are better positioned, like for growth and progress, right? Okay, yeah. So you can go through this, this booklet as well. I'll upload this along with the cultural intelligence one. Okay, so we'll stop here. Next class could be our last one where we look at the final chapter, which is continuous learning. And I really haven't posted the quiz yet. So I'll do that. I think in the announcement, I actually made a thing saying that during the day, I couldn't do that. So I will post the quiz for the online class and for the in-person class. And for the e-learning students, it will be posted. And then you will have the information on your discussion page as a post, so you'll know about it. Okay, so we'll stop here. Thank you. God bless. Bye-bye. Thank you very much.