What Should I Do with My Life? breakfast workshops
For available workshop dates, see registration page.
- Are you comfortable with your work, but sense it’s time to head in a new direction or fine-tune the path you’re already on?
- Are you just starting out (finishing school or entering the job market) and want to make certain you’re putting yourself on the right track?
- Did you long ago sacrifice your best life to compelling, yet inconsequential, dreams with little connection to who you are?
- Have you made big contributions, done important work, but aren’t sure it’s your purpose on this earth?
- Have you thought about taking a sabbatical (or looking ahead to “retirement”) and could benefit from reconnecting with a long-forgotten dream?
- Do you sense something bigger is waiting for you—if only you were brave enough to go looking?
- Are you having problems choosing among the many interesting things you’d love to do?
Each of us has a unique mission that no one else can fulfill. Yet most of us have lost touch with what that is. Still, we cannot forever go down the wrong path without consequences. Sooner or later, our deeper self starts knocking at the door and, if we ignore it, we do so at our own peril.
So, how do you rediscover your path?
Oftentimes all you'll hear is a whisper—and that’s where we begin. Through real-life stories and exercises approached in solitude, one-on-one, and in groups, we explore questions such as:
- What’s the difference between a great career and a great calling—and why does it matter?
- How will I know if I’m headed in the right direction?
- What if others in my life have different ideas about the direction my life should take?
- What if I have conflicting ideas about what I’m meant to do—or multiple interests?
- Would it hurt to make money first and then pursue my passions?
- What if nothing seems interesting?
- What if what I want seems impractical or unrealistic?
By the time you complete the workshop, you'll know how to identify your best work--and how to make it happen.
Workshop includes:
- Two 3½ -hour morning sessions
- Two breakfasts
- Personalized attention in small groups
- Take-home exercises & reading
- Annotated resource lists
- A free two-hour follow-up session
- Ongoing support
In addition, workshop graduates become eligible for:
- Additional workshops at reduced fees
- One-on-one coaching
For questions, contact info@yourikigai.com.
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What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up?
Workshop for high-schoolers
By the time they graduate, the majority of students have made preliminary decisions regarding the direction their lives will take.
Many do so before first exploring questions of purpose and calling.
But, by not considering that they have a mission no one else can fulfill and by not undertanding that there is a vast difference between a good job and a good life, young adults can be lured into simply pursuing money, status or fame; following unthinkingly in their family's footsteps; getting pigeon-holed by sex, race or socio-economic status; or pursuing college majors they soon abandon. (40% work in areas unrelated to their majors just four years after graduating.)
The result: They join the two-thirds of Americans unhappy with their work, and the contribution they were meant to make to our common future is lost.
What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up? is a workshop that inspires students to discover the life they are meant to live, all the while learning what's necessary to make it happen.
Through story and example, they explore questions such as:
- Do we all get a mission and, if so, how do I find mine?
- How will I know if I'm headed in the right direction?
- What if I have conflicting ideas about what I'm meant to do with my life--or multiple passions?
- What if nothing interests me?
- What if what I want to do seems impractical or unrealistic?
- Why is it so easy to get off track?
- What's the difference between a job, a career, and a calling?
- What can I learn from people who make the common mistakes?
What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up? is designed for:
- students who have no idea how they want to invest their lives;
- student deciding among multiple options; and
- students who would welcome confirmation of a path already chosen.
Workshop includes:
- Breakfast & lunch
- Personalized attention in small groups
- Take-home exercises & reading
- Annotated resource lists
- Ongoing support
In addition, workshop graduates become eligible for:
- A follow-up workshop on the college essay
- Additional workshops at reduced fees
- One-on-one coaching
For available workshop dates, see registration page.
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Psychologist Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs
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