Just Do It and Trust Me.
Have you ever fell for that line? Yeah, me neither.
This thing we do at the Center for Corporate Learning at Clemson at the Falls, like
Leadership Summit, forever changed me, fortunately, it doesn't have that effect
on everybody, or does it? It became abundantly clear to me that I didn't
want to end up at age XX with nothing more than a string of paychecks to prove
that I was on this planet. Don’t get me wrong, I like paychecks, lots of
them, very large ones and it’s even better when they arrive very often…but I
digress.
Fortunately, a trusted mentor, Phil Yanov,
recommended this little Progoff class to me last year (details are at the
bottom). He's brilliant and I didn't question his suggestion (I think you'll find a link to his awesomeness over to the right, yeah over there). It says journaling in the title, but this isn't like your grandma's journal or the one you
read that your Sister kept under lock and key. It's more like 52
counseling sessions, 52 church services, 100 days of running and at least 24
happy hours with your best friend compiled into an 11 hour session, a few hours
on Friday night and the daylight hours on Saturday. No, I don't do this
daily; I hope to get to do it once a year, that's why Phil and I brought it to
Greenville and closer to our friends and colleagues in this area.
It's a chance to level set and good questions like
where am I, where am I going, what's working, what could work better, what's
out there for me that I haven't even noticed yet and that road I didn't take
last year, is there anything down that road that still has purpose and meaning
today? All the things that tribe leaders should be keenly aware of.
Yeah, it covers all of that and more. This
is a very private, non-networking, professionally guided session that is like
setting goals on steroids (and you don't share any of it with anyone, this is a
private journey taken amongst a room full of people doing this task at the same
time, there is power and support in that, even in privacy).
Bottom line: I highly recommend it.
It's straight up pen to paper, no tablets, typing
is not the same and many people draw parts of it in addition to or instead of
writing.
It's an introverts dream and an extroverts
challenge, quietly writing your life, without judgment, just the facts, using a
trusted method that often ends with a breakthrough, something you've had in the
back of your mind, a new idea, an innovation, a better plan, whatever, has the
chance to come out and dance in front of you...talk about rare.
Join us this Fall, if you're ready, if it makes sense, and I promise, you'll have so much more to be thankful for when the end of November rolls around.
Details: November 16th (3:15pm
to 9:15pm) and 17th (9am to 6pm)
Cheers.
