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November 2009 
My First Personal Development Meetup
Posted on Aug 13th, 2008
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Peter
Peter
This evening I attended my first personal development group meetup in Austin. As I mentioned last post, James Norris hosts the meetup and facilitates activities and discussion. He did a great job. I'd like to share with you the basic format of the event and my thoughts.
18th Meetup: Passion and Achievement
First things first - last meeting they assigned a 'homework' task, which was to "create something physical that highlights your life's passions/loves and/or achievements." Well that was perfect timing because I just produced and received in the mail my first DIY book of poetry, entitled Mirror of Fire. You're welcome to purchase it from wordclay's website if you feel so inclined ;) It needs editing and further work but it's online! The next part of the homework I identified my major passions/loves. I made it quite simple, and the categories overlap significantly:
Nature - camping/hiking/etc, being outdoors
Sport - soccer, tennis, etc > competition and self/team motivation
Science (upper left and upper right quadrants)
Inner > contemplation/introspection, the nature of being
Outer > different contours of reality, integration of knowledge in "broad orienting generalizations",
Exploration - life consists of unending new-ness, inherent mysteriousness, and adventure, which is very cool
Art - self-expression, creativity
After introductions, we did an optional group sharing event where we share a recent accomplishment. I said that I graduated college! I got a few laughs and claps for that (I believe I was 2nd youngest of the 10 of us).
The meat of the meetup focused on discussing passion and achievement. We shared our creations (book of poetry, etc) and spent time discussing our homework. At this time the diversity of age and experience really came through. One person wanted to design a geriatric living solution that doesn't compromise a person's autonomy. Another wanted to overcome shyness and guilt.
The highlight for me was exchanging info on upcoming interesting events.
On August 30th, the "Badass Adventures" meetup is receiving a tour/consulting session of Whole Foods (downtown Austin) from in-house nutritionist Carly Pollack. Sounds interesting huh?
A member of the Austin Neuro Lingustic Programming (NLP) meetup also attends this development group, and they are hosting Tom Best in a talk entitled 'Shamanism, NLP and the Alchemy of Energy' on the 26th of August. That's an enticing headline!
I can't say that I'll go to both (or either) of these events, but anyone in the Austin area is welcome to go - check out meetup.com to learn more. If I do go, I will blog about it and let y'all know how it went!
That's all for now. Much love and peace.
18th Meetup: Passion and Achievement
First things first - last meeting they assigned a 'homework' task, which was to "create something physical that highlights your life's passions/loves and/or achievements." Well that was perfect timing because I just produced and received in the mail my first DIY book of poetry, entitled Mirror of Fire. You're welcome to purchase it from wordclay's website if you feel so inclined ;) It needs editing and further work but it's online! The next part of the homework I identified my major passions/loves. I made it quite simple, and the categories overlap significantly:
Nature - camping/hiking/etc, being outdoors
Sport - soccer, tennis, etc > competition and self/team motivation
Science (upper left and upper right quadrants)
Inner > contemplation/introspection, the nature of being
Outer > different contours of reality, integration of knowledge in "broad orienting generalizations",
Exploration - life consists of unending new-ness, inherent mysteriousness, and adventure, which is very cool
Art - self-expression, creativity
After introductions, we did an optional group sharing event where we share a recent accomplishment. I said that I graduated college! I got a few laughs and claps for that (I believe I was 2nd youngest of the 10 of us).
The meat of the meetup focused on discussing passion and achievement. We shared our creations (book of poetry, etc) and spent time discussing our homework. At this time the diversity of age and experience really came through. One person wanted to design a geriatric living solution that doesn't compromise a person's autonomy. Another wanted to overcome shyness and guilt.
The highlight for me was exchanging info on upcoming interesting events.
On August 30th, the "Badass Adventures" meetup is receiving a tour/consulting session of Whole Foods (downtown Austin) from in-house nutritionist Carly Pollack. Sounds interesting huh?
A member of the Austin Neuro Lingustic Programming (NLP) meetup also attends this development group, and they are hosting Tom Best in a talk entitled 'Shamanism, NLP and the Alchemy of Energy' on the 26th of August. That's an enticing headline!
I can't say that I'll go to both (or either) of these events, but anyone in the Austin area is welcome to go - check out meetup.com to learn more. If I do go, I will blog about it and let y'all know how it went!
That's all for now. Much love and peace.
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