DO WORK YOU LOVE

WORKSHOP ONE“Escape Your

Blockers”

@escthecity

@adelebarlow

THIS EVENING’S OBJECTIVES

SELF-SABOTAGE

ACTION PLAN

SELF-AWARENESS

LIKEMINDED PEOPLE

SELF-SABOTAGE

ACTION PLAN

SELF-AWARENESS

LIKEMINDED PEOPLE

OVERCOMING BLOCKERS REQUIRES ACTING IN SPITE OF

DISCOMFORT

THIS EVENING’S OBJECTIVES

Which means we never actually “Escape” our blockers but we can use them rather than let them stop us.OVERCOMING BLOCKERS

REQUIRES ACTING IN SPITE OF DISCOMFORT

There is no one way.What’s true is what works for you.

- DISCLAIMER -

There is no one way.What’s true is what works for you.

- DISCLAIMER -

Thinking this will keep us stuck!

What we are going to talk about today is simpler

than you might imagine and hard as hell to do.

OVERCOMING BLOCKERS REQUIRES ACTING IN SPITE OF

DISCOMFORT

Despite years of acting outside my comfort zone we

are still learning this.

OVERCOMING BLOCKERS REQUIRES ACTING IN SPITE OF

DISCOMFORT

PART ONE

- EXERCISE 1 -WHY ARE YOU

HERE?

WHY ARE WE ALL HERE?

AUTONOMYPURPOSEMASTERY

THE PATH OF PROBABILITY

“An impasse: when we try to push our way forward using our old views and methods. Soon we realize this is not working and find ourselves at a dead end. Energy and inspiration begin to evaporate; our conviction seems less certain.”

- Timothy Butler, “Getting Unstuck”

- EXERCISE 2 -WHAT DO YOU

WANT?

If you weren’t afraid...If you knew you couldn’t

fail...What work would

you do?

- GROUP EXERCISE -One min each.

Share with the group.

WHAT IS STOPPING

YOU?

- EXERCISE 3 -One Post-It Scribe per table: What is

stopping you?

What are the forces – real or imagined – that

are stopping you?

- EXERCISE 3 -HOW STUCK ARE

YOU?

COMPETITIONWHO IS THE MOST

STUCK?

DEFINE“OBSTACLE”

“a thing that blocks one's way or prevents or

hinders progress.”

OBSTACLE

- BREAK -

- EXERCISE 4 -

WHAT HAVE BEEN YOUR THREE MOST

SIGNIFICANT LEARNING

EXPERIENCES?

We learn in the same way as we overcome

our blockers – by doing new things.

BACK TO FEAR

Fear of the unknown is an extremely useful survival mechanism.

"Present fears / are less than horrible

imaginings.” - Macbeth

Fear is less useful when meaning and

fulfillment are at stake.

We can use our fears.

We can use our fears.And without taking

crazy risks.

We can simply use them as

prompts.

CASE STUDYMatt from Beerbods

IS THIS FEAR OF A REAL DANGER OR FEAR OF THE

UNKNOWN?

IS THIS FEAR OF A REAL DANGER OR FEAR OF THE

UNKNOWN?IT’S EITHER A CONSTRAINT

OR SOMETHING TO BE INVESTIGATED.

- SOME PSYCHOLOGY -

WHY DO WE GET STUCK?

Experiential Avoidance.

- VIDEO -

- MORE PSYCHOLOGY -

WHY DO WE GET STUCK?

Anxious thoughts.

MALADAPTIVESCHEMAS

1. A broad, pervasive theme or pattern

2. Comprised of memories, emotions, cognitions

3. Developed during childhood or adolescence

4. Elaborated throughout one’s lifetime

5. Dysfunctional to a certain degree

(Young et al, 2003)

THINK SOMETHING DIFFERENT

DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTMini-Do’s.

LEARNEXPERIMENT

NETWORK

All without quitting our jobs.

- EXERCISE 5 -IN PAIRS TURN YOUR MAIN BLOCKERS INTO

ACTIONS

- ACTION PLEDGE -

- PAIR EXERCISES -CHOSE FIVE GENUINE

ACTIONSThat make you feel

uncomfortable. Commit to doing them this

month.

“An impasse is a request for us to

change our way of thinking about

ourselves and our place in the world.”

“Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life

within us. Between the two stands Resistance”

THANK YOU.GOOD LUCK.

DO WORK YOU LOVEX4 WORKSHOPS

ESCAPE YOUR BLOCKERS – TONIGHT!FIND YOUR PASSION – Tuesday 9th SeptemberOWN YOUR CAREER – Tuesday 16th SeptemberMANAGE YOUR RISK – Tuesday 23rd September

THE PASSION TRAP

Three myths that keep us stuck

MYTH ONE“Passions are

discovered in searing moments of insight on the tube on the way to

work”

ALTERNATIVE VIEW

“Passions are grown through the much

harder work of getting out there and doing

new things.”

MYTH TWO“What if I don’t like the new thing? I don’t want to change until I know it

is absolutely right for me. It needs to be

perfect.”

ALTERNATIVE VIEW

“Is it perfect now?”

MYTH THREE“I don’t have a good

idea or plan so I’ll stay put till I figure it all

out.”

ALTERNATIVE VIEW

“We can’t think our way to a new career, we need to DO our way

through the obstacles.”