noda presentation february 2009
TRANSCRIPT
Your Missing Piece? The Real You makes all
the difference
Morgan Rich Play Huge Coaching, LLC
www.playhuge.com
The moment
Overview
• Young People’s potential and challenges
• The YES Project
• The Real You• Know Yourself• Trust Yourself
• Your Real World
• Wrap up and a surprise
• What do you want to get from this session?
Your Outcomes
• Economic
• Environment
• Moral
The world today:Challenges
"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them."
- Albert Einstein
Global Climate Change
Save the Planet
um. no.
economy.
yikes
kids better off?
Moral
BlagojevichDaschle
A RodEnron
Madoff
Clemens
Sam Adams
the other 103
First students
The Change Era
make a difference
role models...mentors...
um, anyone home?
corruption
failing relationships
Poor performance.
Dissatisfaction.
Things matter
but
more to it
It is there
Millions of voices...
“We want change.”
They know.
They sense it.
no words.
no clear explanation.
but they sense it
listen.
watch.
feel.
It is there.
But,what to do about it?
I want...change.
to make a difference.to share my gifts.
Meaning and Fulfillment.
desperate
Where do they go?
College.
looking for...
answers. direction. hope.
role modelsmentorsguides
ways to share their gifts.
Our work?
Cultivate it.
How?
Today.
Activity for Today
The
Young Enthusiastic Students
(YES)
Project
The YES ProjectA frame
OPERATER Organize and Plan Experience (be Realistic, be Accountable, call Time-out) Evaluate Repeat
from Be the OPERATER of your life Ralph
The pieces of the puzzle
Young People
Full of talent, passion, creativity
Future leaders
Help them remain optimistic
Cultivate their abilities
The moment
There is a piece missing
Attrition Rates
“I wish I had those 4 years back”
Harvard students...selling out
Teaching Professor
Stories
Cultivating The Real You
Define
Know Yourself
Trust Yourself
The Real You
The gnawing feeling
Your talents, passions, gifts
Your Stand(s)
Create your living legacy
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes stumbled upon some truth when
he said "most people go to their graves with their music still inside them."
R I P
“He died with his music still inside him.”
My gift to the world never woke up.
Our work?
Listen.
Cultivate it.Wake it up!
Transition: Concept to reality
Know Yourself
• Personality and Brain Evaluations• VAK, 8 Intelligences, Myers Briggs
• Your Stand
• Ropes Course - Team Building
• Awaken their spirit
• Play Huge notebook
Know Yourself
•Open the door...• Encourage exploration• Share how you value it (and show it)• Provide examples
• The Theme of Orientation and Year One• Build a foundation
How to incorporate this into your program?
The YES Project
Your Program Objective Cultivate every students gift
Details 4 day Orientation & First semester class 2000 students in incoming class10 program leaders100 student leaders Faculty involvement (for classes)
The YES Project
Know Yourself Awaken their Real You Get students to connect with who they want to be Understand their gifts
How do you want your students to feel?
Focus on the Orientation program In 4 days how will you cultivate a connection to the Real You?
What I feel like saying...
How I want students to feel:Part of community
Supported/MentoredSafe, challenged, encouraged to risk...and fail
...and learnInformed about how to handle challenges
Uncomfortable
The noise that allowed him to leave
What do you feel like saying...
Going to camp
Marginalized
Revolutionary Road
The Hypnotist
Stories
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes stumbled upon some truth when
he said "most people go to their graves with their music still inside them."
“He died with his music still inside him.”
If only I had the courage...
R I P
Trust Yourself• Structure
• Consistency - Maintain the Focus
• Everything Speaks
• Access to resources for ease of powerful expression
• Coaching
• Peer coaching
• Student Leaders
• Professional coaching
• Community
• Creating support among peers
• Revisit the Theme of Orientation and Year One
• Consistently build on the foundation
How do you honor sustainability?
Trust Yourself Want each student to believe in themselves Create supportive community
Honor Sustainability How do you make the connection last? How do you support the student who gets wooed by the big
financial offer? Design the courses and other ongoing projects
The YES Project
What I feel like saying...
How I honor sustainability:Establish OPERATERDecision making teamCreate Community
What do you feel like saying...
Loyola student - decision based on reality
Vanilla Bikes
How much do you compromise
Conscious Action
Stories
Into Reality How can you adapt your program? What did you discover that you can make happen in your world? I can make it happen: I need help making it happen:
You as OPERATER My commitment for this year is...
The YES Project
Stories
Wrap-up
The Real You
Cultivate Know Yourself
Establish Trust Yourself
Honor Sustainability
Surprise...
Modeling How to Discover the Real You
Step I - Imagining the Ideal Scenario (The YES Project) Introduce parameters Get to know your group
Step II - Your place (Know Yourself) Who you are & what you stand for Your gift to the world
Step III - Honoring Sustainability (Trust Yourself) Making it last Structures that would
Step IV - Applying it to your Life (Your Reality) How can these things happen in your world?
Morgan Rich Play Huge Coaching, LLC
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