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WELCOME!THE RHYTHM OF LIFE
The Academy for Advanced Leadership and Development
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TAKE 10 SURVEY
“Do you ever feel you just need a little time to yourself? Do you find yourself questioning the way you are living your life? Do you have questions about what is
best for you now? Do you feel overloaded or overwhelmed?”
Matthew Kelly, The Rhythm of Life, page 76
Number Four Key Questions
1 What makes you happy?
2 Where do you find peace?
3 What one thing do you want most?
4 What do you want from life?
SESSION OVERVIEW – RHYTHM OF LIFE
Let Your Life Speak Five Key Questions Wants and Needs Finding Your Better Self Discovering Your Rhythm Success vs Happiness Mindfulness Celebrate!
LET YOUR LIFE SPEAK
Vocation: Latin for “voice”
“Vocation does not mean a goal I pursue. It means a calling I hear. Before I can tell my life what I want to do, I
must listen to my life telling me who I am.”
Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak
The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think.
FIVE QUESTIONS WE LONG TO ANSWER
Number Question
1 Who am I?
2 Where did I come from?
3 What am I here for?
4 How do I do it?
5 Where am I going?
WANT AND NEED
Category Need
Physical The foundation upon which we build our life, like eating and sleeping, the easiest to assess legitimacy.
Emotional Much more subtle, hard to prove legitimacy, but essential to life and wellness. As social beings, relationships bring out the best in us. We need to be accepted, to belong.
Intellectual Ideas shape our lives and history, yet intellectual development may be the easiest to overlook. Books and learning remind us of school and work — viewed as a means to an end — yet the need to think, reason, decide, imagine, and dream are essential to life.
Spiritual Spiritual needs tend to change with the seasons of our life; the noise of life tends to distract us from the voice that resides within us.
THE PRESSURE TO WANT
Despite the addition of some healthy kids' meal options, less than 1% of all kids' meal combinations -
33 out of 5,427 possible meals - met recommended nutrition standards.
THE INTERSECTION TO YOUR BETTER SELF
Desires
NeedsTalents
The Best Version of Yourself
What You are Passionate About
What You Need to Thrive
What You Were Born
To Do
Adapted from Matthew Kelly’s The Rhythm of Life
OVERLAYING THE ENVIRONMENT
Desires
Needs
Talents
The Best Version of Yourself
Environment Situation Relationships Attitude Societal
Pressure Physical
Condition
WHAT IS RHYTHM?
“The future depends on what we do in the present.”
Mahatma Gandhi
DISCOVERING YOUR RHYTHM
“Mediocrity is a high price to pay for a lifetime of safety.”
Todd Henry, The Accidental Creative
OBSTACLES AND INSTRUMENTS
BusyPrioritiesTimingEnergy
SleepSacred HourTake a Day???>>>
3 InstrumentsObstacles
Matthew Kelly, The Rhythm of Life
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
“Life is not about finding yourself; Life is about creating yourself.”
Shabait.com
Principle Consequence/Impact
Knowledge Know thyself well enough to claim what success looks like and pursue it.
Dream A world of possibility, claim the one(s) your heart desires.
Vision Looking forward, planning ahead.
Life Purpose Why do I exist, how does my plan support who I am?
Thought What you think becomes. If you think you can you will.
Dedication Commit to a plan and hold yourself accountable.
Belief Faith in the future, hope.
People Life is relationship(s), build and sustain them.
Communication Be clear, concise, open, and honest with self and others.
MINDFULNESS: NEED A PLAN?
“It matters that you care, it matters that you feel, it maters that you notice.”
Roger Keyes, HOKUSAI Says
WEEK TO DO (Adapted from Williams and Penman)
1 Wake Up to Autopilot
2 Keep the Body in Mind
3 Avoid Being the Mouse in the Maze
4 Move Beyond the Rumor Mill
5 Turn Toward Difficulties
6 Live in the Present, Not the Past
7 Start Dancing
8 Embrace Your Wild and Precious Life
Mindfulness, Mark Williams and Danny Penman
EMOTIONAL FREEDOM
“How you react emotionally is a choice in any situation.”
Judith Orloff , Emotional Freedom
*P = RB – b(i) + S X ∑E + H² *P=Positive Frame of Mind
RB/bi= Your brain
S = Strengths
∑E = Measure of happiness
H = Hope
You cannot be happy unless you are in a positive frame of mind. Happiness may link to success, but
success does not necessarily link to happiness.
THE MAGIC FORMULA - POSITIVITY
RHYTHM WALK
Take 20 minutes and go for a rhythm walk.
Spend a few minutes sharing with a partner. Are you in touch with your
rhythm?Does it allow you to be your
better self?What, if anything, would
you like to do to ensure your rhythm is consistent with your life priorities?
CELEBRATE WHAT’S RIGHT
Look For Viewing Points Believe It And You'll See It Recognize Abundance Look For Possibilities Unleash Your Energy To Fix
What's Wrong Ride The Changes Take Yourself To Your Edge Be Your Best For The World
TAKE 10 AND REVIEW
What message from the video resonates most with you?
As our time comes to a close, what do you choose to celebrate?
SUCCESS VS HAPPINESS
“Success is not the key to happiness, happiness is the key to
success.”
Albert Schweitzer
SUCCESS HAPPINESSA feeling of accomplishment A feeling of contentment
Something we achieve Something we become
Something we work for Something we yearn for
Means to an end End in and of itself
Tangible Intangible
Links to career Links to life
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS
REFLECT
Listen to the voice within. Distinguish needs from wants. Distinguish wants from needs. Seek the rhythm in your life. Be mindful in your approach. Free yourself from the past. Recognize the difference
between success and happiness.
Celebrate What’s Right
THANK YOU!
QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?
QUESTIONS
COMMENTS
REFLECTION
REFLECTION
Record two or three ideas or issues that came out of the discussion that were most meaningful to you.