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Finding clarity on what you want Learning to ask the good questions Mapping a practical way forward

Understanding that you’re not alone

= GETTING UNSTUCK!

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TODAY 12:00 - Escape Your Blockers

1:30 - Lunch 1:45 - Find Your Passion 2:50 - Own Your Career 3:50 - Manage Your Risk

5:00 - Wrap up

PART ONE Escape Your Blockers

SELF-SABOTAGE

ACTION PLAN

SELF-AWARENESS

LIKEMINDED PEOPLE

OVERCOMING BLOCKERS REQUIRES ACTING IN SPITE OF DISCOMFORT

OBJECTIVES

OBJECTIVES

SELF-SABOTAGE

ACTION PLAN

SELF-AWARENESS

LIKEMINDED PEOPLE

Which means we never actually “Escape” our blockers but we can use them rather than let them stop us.

OVERCOMING BLOCKERS REQUIRES ACTING IN SPITE OF DISCOMFORT

There is no one way. What’s true is what works for you.

- DISCLAIMER -

There is no one way. What’s true is what works for you.

- DISCLAIMER -

Thinking this will keep us stuck!

What we are going to talk about today is simpler than you might imagine and hard as hell to do.

WHY ARE WE ALL HERE?

- EXERCISE 1A - WHEN WAS THE LAST

TIME YOU FELT ENGAGED? (5 min)

- EXERCISE 1B - WHY ARE YOU NOT ENGAGED AT THE

MOMENT? (5 min)

AUTONOMY PURPOSE MASTERY

THE PATH OF PROBABILITY

“An impasse: when we try to push our way forward using our old views and methods. Soon we realize this is not working and find ourselves at a dead end. Energy and inspiration begin to evaporate; our conviction seems less certain.”

- Timothy Butler, “Getting Unstuck”

- EXERCISE 2 - WHAT DO YOU WANT?

If you weren’t afraid... If you knew you couldn’t fail... What work would you do?

(8 min)

- GROUP EXERCISE - One min each.

Share with the group.

WHAT IS STOPPING YOU?

- EXERCISE 3A - One Post-It Scribe per table:

What is stopping you?

What are the forces – real or imagined – that

are stopping you?

- EXERCISE 3B - HOW STUCK ARE YOU?

COMPETITION WHO IS THE MOST STUCK?

DEFINE “OBSTACLE”

“a thing that blocks one's way or prevents or hinders progress.”

OBSTACLE

- EXERCISE 4 - WHAT HAVE BEEN YOUR

THREE MOST SIGNIFICANT LEARNING EXPERIENCES?

We learn in the same way as we overcome our blockers –

by doing new things.

BACK TO FEAR

Fear of the unknown is an extremely useful survival

mechanism.

"Present fears / are less than horrible imaginings.” -

Macbeth

Fear is less useful when meaning and fulfillment

are at stake.

We can use our fears.

We can use our fears. And without taking crazy risks.

We can simply use them as prompts.

CASE STUDY Matt from Beerbods

IS THIS FEAR OF A REAL DANGER OR FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN?

IS THIS FEAR OF A REAL DANGER OR FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN?

IT’S EITHER A CONSTRAINT OR SOMETHING TO BE INVESTIGATED.

- SOME PSYCHOLOGY -

WHY DO WE GET STUCK? Experiential Avoidance.

- VIDEO -

- MORE PSYCHOLOGY -

WHY DO WE GET STUCK? Anxious thoughts.

MALADAPTIVE SCHEMAS

1.  A broad, pervasive theme or pattern 2.  Comprised of memories, emotions, cognitions 3.  Developed during childhood or adolescence 4.  Elaborated throughout one’s lifetime 5.  Dysfunctional to a certain degree

(Young et al, 2003)

THINK SOMETHING DIFFERENT

DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT

Mini-Do’s.

LEARN EXPERIMENT NETWORK

All without quitting our jobs.

VOICES IN THE ROOM

- EXERCISE 5 - WHO ARE YOUR VOICES IN THE

ROOM? (10 min)

SUMMARY