Wow you made it a whole week, or even 2 if you started last week!
Welcome to a new sparkly, fresh and clean New Year – 2021! We have big expectations for you 2021, even if we need to deal with some 2020 remnants.
New Year’s resolutions aside (they rarely work and here is why?) How do you ensure you get the best out of the coming year?
Before we begin…..
You do not have to do anything right now or this month or this year. Just because a new year rolls around does not mean you automatically need to do something different. It is just one of those convenient markers of time and generally when we have a little more head space to think.
So, you have a choice…..
1. Continue enjoying summer and check in again later in the year, enjoy OR
2. See what 2 things you can do in January to improve your chances of getting more out of the coming year. Yes, I said just 2 things.
THINKING TIME
So, you decided to read on. Yay you!
I personally love this time of the year. I get to spend extended time with my family and friends. More than that, I get to put the final touches on my next year’s plan, with space to dream and design. I have been doing this for ages (between the last 7-10 years). I am a planner and love designing my life map, it brings me great joy! (wow, I sound like so much fun!)
To help you get the most out of this brand spanking new year, here are the 2 actions for you to take to design a better year, both of which are opt in.
STRENGTHS COACHING SESSION - Do you know your natural talents and are you applying them?
Do you know who you are? Really know who you are? If you do know who you are, then are your applying your strengths every day? It is much easier to be more like you if you know more about what you are exceptional at and start focusing more deliberately on your fabulousness.
Gallup (analytics and advisory company – that measure everything that moves) has determined that people who understand and apply their strengths are “3 times more likely to report having an excellent quality of life and 6 times as likely to be engaged in their jobs”.
Don Clifton created an assessment, that will help you identify your talents - natural way of thinking, feeling or behaving. Once you understand your talents with investment - time spent practicing, developing your skills and building your knowledge base – you turn them into a strength - the ability to consistently provide near perfect performance.
The approach is designed to concentrate on what is right with people, rather than what is wrong – revolutionary much?
A simple example is my skills in Excel vs PowerPoint. I am pretty mediocre at Excel, but a gun in PowerPoint. I could spend ages at getting good at Excel, whereas a small amount of time on PowerPoint hacks will mean I am exceptionally better. There will be people in my network or work place that will be able to do pivot tables in their sleep, I can ask them to help me, in exchange for making their slides fabo.
The session will help you understand your strengths better and how to apply them.
What’s next?
You can access the strengths assessment via the following link (https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths/en/253850/cliftonstrengths-for-individuals.aspx)
I would recommend getting the CS34 Report (Or the CliftonsStregnths34).
The value comes when you debrief the results and determine what you will do with them – that is where I come in.
How to access?
The best way is to email me your CS34 report and schedule a mutually agreeable debrief of the results, allow 1.5 hours - $75
DREAM QUEST
Dream Quest is designed to kick start the critical super habit of dreaming. Without this super habit of dreaming it is hard to know what you are designing your life towards. Even if you are unsure about whether you will complete any other Design your Life activities, reinstating this childhood habit will help you reawaken the dreamer in you. Once the dreamer is ignited you will be surprised about how creative and innovative you can be. Doesn't every organisation in the world want innovators, so it's a good career move regardless.
Perfect for:
This will be perfect for someone who is unsure whether they have any dreams at all or who is keen to start designing their life.
How it works?
As dreaming is a perpetual habit, something you can contribute to every day, Dream Quest can be accessed at any time. Dream Questers will receive drip fed templates in the post, to allow them to think, percolate and document their dreams, with the full Incahoots experience.
How to access?
Dream Quest can be accessed at any time, but markers of time, like the beginning of a New Year are good times to help support the habit of dreaming. All the information and sign up for Dream Quest is here at a cost of $75.
So, choose whether this is for you or not and embark on 2 small things that will make a massive difference for you to Design your Life, that suits you perfectly.
I have also included what is coming up and details about last year’s retreat to give you a sense of what we are driving towards.
Yours Collaboratively,
Christina
What happened at the Retreat?
If you missed this last year, here are all the details of what happens at the retreat last year.
Coming up…..
REFLECTION REVOLUTION Starting in Feb
Reflection Revolution is about developing the other super habit of reflection.
Perfect for:
This will be perfect for someone who wants to check-in on where they are now. This can sometimes mean they are not 100% happy with today, but unsure about what aspects are not working. It can be done as pre-requisite for the Design Your Life on Purpose workshop or retreat or as a stand-alone activity.
Reflection is something that you do generally do periodically, therefore, Reflection Revolution will be offered as preparation for Design Your Life on Purpose workshops or retreats.
Reflection revolution is supported with live webinars to explain the process, set people up, and answer the ‘what now?” question, as well as receive templates via the post.
More information and sign up for Reflection Revolution are here at a cost of $100, starting in the first week in February 2021.
1 DAY DESIGN YOUR LIFE WORKSHOP Starting in March
Sydney based 1-day workshop with optional one on one coaching session.
This workshop is a mini version of the retreat. It will include all the elements of the 4-step methodology, reflect, dream, design and act in enough detail to get you underway with your Strategic Life Map, including support mechanisms.
Perfect for:
This workshop is ideal for people who are ready to Design their Life on Purpose. It will help people who either:
1. Know exactly what they want to do, but are unsure how or have some blocks to overcome
2. Unsure what they want to design their life around, or know what they do not want
The one-day workshop would be held late March, in a Sydney location at a cost of $750.
Expressions of interest can be made here.
Register your interest in the FULLY IMMERSIVE RETREAT PACKAGE – Planned for November
The retreat package will include all costs associated with the retreat weekend (including accommodation and meals), as well as all pre and post work. This is a full year of guidance and support post the retreat, with preparation prior to the retreat. This package also includes the opportunity to step away from the day to day and go deep, really take the time to set yourself up for the year ahead. Set in country NSW, it additionally supports local communities.
Perfect for:
This immersive retreat is for people who want to be removed from the day to day and really have the opportunity to reflect, ponder and go deep. It will help people who either:
1. Know exactly what they want to do, but are unsure how or have some blocks to overcome
2. Unsure what they want to design their life around, or know what they do not want
If you are after one package, to rule them all, with one all-inclusive cost, this is it.
Pre-work activities includes a process to ensure the attendees are comfortable being in an open, transparent, confidential and vulnerable environment.
Expressions of interest can be made here.
Incahoots exists
To guide professionals who have deferred their dreams, to unearth possibilities to design a strategic life map that answers the question - now what?
About CMM
Christina Morgan-Meldrum (CMM) is a coach, facilitator, author, change professional and creative. She particularly loves helping people and organisations unearth what’s possible to design a future that suits you perfectly (a Strategic Lifemap).
She has cultivated the ability to walk into any industry; see what is not seen, distil what is complicated, and simplify the chaos. This skill has been forged in a deliberate and concentrated way for over 20 years, through Personal Coaching and working in Organisational Change Management.
Christina fills her time on various side hustles, blogging, creating and learning the piano. If you are looking for her, she is likely at her spiritual home JB Hi-Fi, exploring stationery stores or artisan markets.