An appreciative goal setting approach.

1. Warning – This is a working session! Actual work and thinking will be necessary!

2. Awakening to the Agile Life

3. Before we start Think of something compelling you would like to achieve (x 2) It must make a positive change in your life 3-6 months into the future Must be in your control Make it big enough……

4. Leonardo Da Vinci accomplished amazing things. Of course, back then, there were 24 hours in a day. - Anonymous

5. Patterns of genius Leonardo da Vinci Curiosity Testing knowledge Experience the senses Embrace uncertainty Balance art, science and imagination

6. Planting frogs

7. Planting frogs The disease of busyness Take on too much Not knowing enough before we do Fewer support structures Higher expectations Change

8. Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans – John Lennon

9. The active inertia trap We don’t want to change even though we know we must - comfort zone Warning signs I’m at the top of my game! Everyone knows that I am the best at what I do! I know it all! Doing it faster and better does not solve the problem anymore

10. Vision A compelling positively phrased desired state to be achieved in the future Intentions that are broad and forward-thinking Supported by well thought through goals Gives direction Improves the quality of the present moment reality

11. Your vision

12. Vision Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with vision is making a positive difference. - Joel Barker

13. Vision Begins with commitment Definition: An action taken in the present which binds you to a future course of action Relies on the resources you have or will acquire Leads to expertise and confidence

14. A quick exercise Remember a wonderful experience in your life - something that stands out as a peak experience What are the good things you remember? How did you feel? How did you get there? If others saw you at this moment what would be their observation about your three most valuable qualities? 14

16. Understand the fundamentals (laws)

17. Ask basic questions

18. Does "IT" exist?

19. What is the nature of "IT"? (What are the parts of IT)

20. Are those parts connected with/make up "IT"?

21. What is the reason/cause for the connection?Credit – Robert Dilts 15

22. The best about you What are the things you value most about yourself? What are the things that give you meaning? What valuable resources do you have? What is exiting about you?

23. Why positivity is important…

24. The future Imagine you could close your eyes, open them and see in front of you, the you in five years time, just like you hoped, dreamed and wished you would be: What is happening? How is your world different? How do you look? How do you think you feel? How are you contributing to this new world? What is it that you are doing that is making this difference? What is most exciting of what you are doing? What are the good things people are saying about you? 18

26. Observation

27. What do we see with the innocent eye?

28. What are the clues?

29. Inference

30. What do we imagine it can be?

31. Assumptions

32. Imagination

33. Divergence

34. Deduction

35. What does it mean?

36. ConvergenceCredit – Robert Dilts 19

37. Fluid future A story about the future Describes: Outcome Skills/resources Learnings State

38. Identifying fluid futures For one of your outcomes What is your envisioned future? What are the likely alternate futures (2-3 alternate futures)? What do you know about all of these different futures? 21

39. For our exercise Consider the following futures: Best possible outcome Worst possible outcome

40. Describe your fluid futures For your compelling outcome (both scenarios): It just happened Describe the story in the present tense What happened? How do you feel now that you have achieved …? What is it that you did to achieve ...? What obstacles did you overcome to ….? Who helped to ...? What were the skills that enabled you to ….? What are lessons you learned in achieving …?

41. Describe your futures Now…… Read both futures…. At what point/s did the stories split and when did the one future turn into the other? What did you notice at that point? How did you feel at that point? What were the signs before? What could you have done to prevent this from happening?

42. Patterns of genius Einstein Begin with the sensory experience Identify the fundamental elements/parts Construct visual images of the elements/parts Combinatory play Dissociate, observe and describe Predict new rules/behaviour/states from dissociated view Test it Credit – Robert Dilts

44. The time travel experiment A metaphor…. 27

45. Thank you! f@takeaction.co.za