23 October 2012

trust me


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.


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