
Lead from within by embracing a growth mindset and five guiding principles—vulnerability, experiences, relationships, gratitude, and evaluation—to overcome fear and achieve personal transformation.
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Transcript:
I just want to welcome you. My name is O.B. Amaechi and you are here to join my e-course on the birds. This is a five week guide to self-actualization.
I grew up passionate about people, all people. I walked in many walks of life from being a Dean of culture at a very early time in my adult life, like right out of college to becoming a fashion designer, co owning and event company, and a lot more one thing that remained the same in everything I did was that I enjoyed helping people see the silver lining in all situations and never losing hope.
When it gets low, charge it up again and keep going. For me. There were always opportunities to help people in every industry I worked in and I was excited to do so.
No matter how we look at it, even if it is just one person in this world, we were meant for each other.
We of course, need to help ourselves before we can reach those people or that one person. And in this course, I will help you do this as well.
The benefits always outweigh the risk. When we decide to put more practice and discipline into who you are. I want to remind you guys all that have joined this course that you are totally in control.
So these five principles of verge will activate the elevated you. And this is what we all aspire to discover. We were meant to grow and growth always begins from within who we are.
So I want to encourage you to spend as much time as you can really assessing yourself, try your best to discover why the irritants of your life exists.
For an example, like why the new job opportunity seems so far, why your boss isn't giving you the promotion, why you enjoy certain people around you and not others.
Why you treat your mom with resentment? Why animals give you so much joy or why you find it hard to forgive others or yourself?
We will practice accountability because this will lead to results. Results will require a level of accountability and accountability breeds consistency, which is the bedrock of growth.
But don't worry. That was a lot of words, but I will help you with that. I will help you work out all the things that you can do to improve.
What you know is yours in life. I will help you work out all the things that you can do to improve.
About on the VERGE so this course is about self discovery in the area of care. This guide will help you discover the importance of caring for your needs the parts of you that you have failed to exercise self-care. We've have all failed in certain areas of our life and its important that we realize thats normal, we're human but having tools and resources to support those areas is what we will do in this course and hopefully it will open up your mind to hear things that you have never heard before or experienced things that you are like man ok i'm so glad i heard that again. Being on the verge begins with you and then branches off where that care that you give to yourself is then given to others.
Individualized Growth Goals (IGG)
It is always important to write out your plan and make it clear. This is what the IGG form will help you with. This will help you get clear on your purpose in a way that is giving of yourself and also how to make this purpose of yours attainable by having bitesize goals to get you closer each day to fulfilling your purpose.
It is important to fill this out without any restrictions. Do not think about what you do not have, only write about what you see yourself doing on this beautiful green earth, then create different missions for yourself. I love using missions rather than goals as it sounds like I am a 007 agent, confidently focusing on completing each mission, one at a time.
Transcript: Are you on the verge? What are you on the verge of? When you are on the verge. This means that you are close to something.
You are close to a breakthrough, heading in a particular direction. We are always on the verge of something, whether it be a blessing, a promotion, losing yourself, or finding yourself.
The thing about being on the verge of something is that we usually need a push to fully enter that thing.
This takes other people giving us a push, other times it means that we need to push ourselves. this course is for anyone who is on the edge of making the improvements to their life, that needs that little push to get them through The next five weeks will center around the intentional five verge.
My hope is that you will be on the verge of something that amazes and shocks you and then fully jumping into those findings for self discovery
by the end of the five weeks that we're here together, when creating this course for you, I had in mind people being on the verge of self-actualization seeing many people being very, very close to fully understanding their life by believing in who they are, when vibrating at their highest levels.
What I saw can be achieved by having a better understanding of the five guiding principles. They will serve as a reminder of how important it is for you to show up at your highest self and then take action.
We are on the verge of healing. We are on the verge of removing judgments. We are on the verge of learning.
We are on the VERGE of building connections. We are on the VERGE of loving, fully. We are on the verge of finding peace.
We are on the verge of producing more joy. The final push into these beautiful spaces will always be your decision.
The intentional five will give you the space to choose wisely and efficiently. now the acronym verge for the intentional five represents vulnerability, experiences, relationships, gratitude, and evaluation.
the five guiding principles that I just shared come from my book, the intentional five confessions of a disciplined thought. If you haven't purchased my book yet, you can do that@wakeupthesoul.com.
These principles are used as a guide to enhance your intent behind choices, leading to greater success in your personal life, and also in your work life too.
Each principle works within you when applied as a collective, realizing that each part of the intentional five is a necessary practice for holistic healing, ensure that when you look at these intentional five, do not look at them independently.
As standalone principles, So these five work together in order to help you elevate to the place where you're making better decisions, you're being more thoughtful about your decisions.
You're being more thoughtful about others that are surrounding you, and also about improving who you are as an individual. Vulnerability is the choice to extend yourself uncomfortably
In order to reach a greater outcome. Experiences is the choice to focus on experiences in your life that reminds you of your highest self. relationships, the choice to approach each person as if you were waiting to see them all week Gratitude, the choice to be ready and thankful for what the next day will bring before you even go to sleep and Evaluation the choice to assess yourself in every moment, without judgment towards yourself, or judgment against others, the framework that I'll provide to you guys is going to help you it's meant to be used before you finished the course, just anytime you feel like you're met with a So for vulnerability, the worksheet will support when needing to break cycles and getting out of your comfort zone.
Uh, I have an experienced worksheet. This will support when needing clarity of your self worth and past ideologies also have a relationships worksheet which will support any need to repair relationship.
The gratitude worksheet will support the need to show more gratitude, finding the time to slow down and give thanks. and lastly, the evaluation worksheet, which was support when you need to reflect on a situation.
these worksheets, you can download and fill them out, read through them. So you get a better understanding of how it can support any challenges you're going These are not self practices, weekly assignments that I'll be collecting, but at the same time, they're available to you to use whenever you'd like at your own disposal, And if it has helped you send me an email, let me know how it's worked for you.
If there's anything that you need modified, and we can work on that.
Repeat as often as you need to throughout the week **repeat affirmation 3 times each go round** (Suggested times: When you wake up, In shower, In front of your mirror, during a drive, during a walk, after a meal, before you go to bed)
Have you taken the time to really fish out the truth about who you are? The things you like, the things you don't like, things that your insecure about, things that you fear, things that make you feel successful. During our self practice assignments and questionnaires we will be touching on ways to support each and everyone of you guys individually but we can't talk about vulnerability if we don’t talk about fear.
Fear is an unpleasant emotion or thought you have when you are frightened or worried; the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.
As you hear those words that I put an emphasis on, it doesn't mean that it's definitely going to happen but it’s the feeling, the belief, the likelihood of something occurring and that's why we shift and fall back into fear
Fear can create many other emotions that only mask the underlying issue that we are faced within that moment. A few emotions fear can create is pride, hate, anger, cowardice, courage indifference, anxiety, joy, and excitement. I know you may be wondering why I used positive emotions but fear can push us to do more positive things as it could be our saving grace as we may have a situation that we are in that is more of like a survival mode situation but more likely fear becomes a recipe for stagnation and restraint as it is usually the catalyst for sameness. When we choose to remain the same, we are choosing to restrict ourselves from growth, from meeting other people, from showing up without barriers. We will touch on a few different aspects of fear and how it currently may motivate your level of vulnerability.
We'll have suggested reading as we'll have a section from chapter 22 of my book that goes a little bit more deeper about fear and ways that it can be crippling.
Who am I at the Core?
Examine denial in media, racism, and anti-semitism, and the impact of teaching prejudice. Promote growth mindset and personal transformation by confronting biased news discourse.
Expose the fear underlying denial, recognize its impact on authenticity and others, and explore vulnerability as a path to growth in personal transformation.
Explore how rationalization excuses fears and blames outside factors instead of facing them, and reframe vulnerability as a form of courage to break through resistance.
Watch a clip on rationalization to see how individuals stay in their net of comfort, fearing the unknown, and reflect on growth mindset shifts for personal transformation.
Explore fear and vulnerability as two people confront trust, honesty, and the consequences of rationalizing decisions about love, money, and past trauma.
Practice vulnerability beyond the first stride to unlock deeper growth, recognizing levels beyond comfort. Reflect on what you gain or lose and push past fear to heal.
Share in the comments: What experiences will you focus on?
Choose your elixir of choice to shape future thought patterns and personal transformation. Hold onto experiences as poison or healing, and cultivate a growth mindset toward your highest self.
Explore how fear and rumination over one experience waste time, using Will Smith's skydiving example to show how worry cripples us and how a growth mindset enables personal transformation.
The VERGE Circle video is longer than our usual content and was intentionally designed that way. Set aside uninterrupted time to give it your full attention. Please keep this video within the walls of this course and do not share or reproduce it in any form. These participants showed up with courage and vulnerability and we honor that by protecting their stories.
Choose which experiences you want to live, from an orbit of pain or your greatest achievements. Build forward momentum by focusing on who you truly are and your achievements.
People will say anything. Circumstances will try to define you. But this week, you get to decide what experiences are true. Draw a line down the center of a page. One side holds your highest experiences: name it, own it, celebrate it. The other holds those not so great experiences: the false version built from fear, comparison, and other people's limitations and beliefs about you. From this point forward, the true side becomes your calendar image, your mirror reminder, your daily declaration. Because once you know what you have accomplished before you can do it again and nothing you once doubted becomes impossible.
Explore how affirmations shape relationships by honoring others as fellow humans. Reflect on inseparable family bonds built on mutual aid and non-judgment.
Practice a growth mindset by choosing to respect everyone as worthy, giving humanity freely, and recognizing that relationships grow when you see the unique value in others.
This interview with Crystal is longer than our usual content and was intentionally designed that way. Set aside uninterrupted time for this video but feel free to move ahead and come back to it when you have the time to watch it. She is a fearless leader that showed up with courage, vulnerability and good faith to share her journey with us, and we honor that by keeping her story within the walls of this course. Please do not share or reproduce this video in any form outside of this space.
Learn to move from isolation to authentic, divine relationships that ground personal growth, using a growth mindset to build bridges and transform your life.
Mindfulness: 1 - 3 times a day
Play the guided mindfulness each week. Do it as frequently as you need to. This is a proactive way to stay balanced as it has helped me and a lot of my students, not only in the moment, but because we did it as a practice. When those moments of anxiety come you now are able to stay calm. I would say if you do this as a practice (at least once a day for 5-10 minutes) you will begin to notice how helpful this is when you least expect it (I realized how helpful it was for me after about 4 months of practice!) This doesn't mean that it wasn't working but I started to realize when I recognized my response to situations that in the past would be extremely alarming and worrisome.
**I added an AI version. Let me know if you enjoy it!
What small things or big things are you grateful for?
Discover how gratitude shifts perspective and turns upside-down views right-side-up, revealing blessings that fuel growth in your work experience.
Transform stinking thinking into gratitude by listing the positives about your job and affirming 'I love my job' in front of a mirror, sparking personal growth from within.
Awaken your thoughts with the expectancy of something amazing; cultivate gratitude as a heart-led practice that builds relationships, believes in good outcomes, and guides delayed gratification toward meaningful transformation.
Lead with gratitude to inspire growth and personal transformation as teachers reveal vulnerability, take action, and strengthen bonds with students through positive, transformative relationships.
This video is a bit longer than our usual content and every moment of it is worth your time. What you are about to witness is the power of gratitude in action. This is the real, unscripted joy that happens when people hear loving and affirming words spoken over them. Please honor the students featured here by keeping this video within this course and allowing their moment to live exactly where it was meant to.
How often do you assess yourself without judgement? How often do you assess other people without judgement?
Reflect on how tone and external stimuli shape your actions, impact others, and influence the environment, and how Verge principles interweave in quarterly evaluations.
Wait time unlocks evaluation by aligning logic, empathy, and reason; cultivate a growth mindset. Think critically and reflectively, then act, while peeling back emotional layers.
Master the four quadrants of evaluation to move toward quadrant one by reflecting on actions, mapping choices on the x and y axes, and practicing higher self responses.
Practice frequent self-evaluation after every interaction to uncover growth opportunities, understand triggers, and adapt behavior, rather than relying on quarterly reviews.
Explore growth mindset and personal transformation through vulnerability, gratitude, relationships, and self-evaluation, ending with actionable steps to seize opportunities and lead from within.
Mindfulness: 1 - 3 times a day (Take this one outside, if possible)
Play the guided mindfulness each week. Do it as frequently as you need to. This is a proactive way to stay balanced as it has helped me and a lot of my students, not only in the moment, but because we did it as a practice. When those moments of anxiety come you now are able to stay calm. I would say if you do this as a practice (at least once a day for 5-10 minutes) you will begin to notice how helpful this is when you least expect it (I realized how helpful it was for me after about 4 months of practice!) This doesn't mean that it wasn't working but I started to realize when I recognized my response to situations that in the past would be extremely alarming and worrisome.
**I added an AI version. Let me know if you enjoy it!
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence (***All course content is original and created by O.B. Amaechi. This disclosure is due to course image and the mindfulness self-practice audio clips which are the only parts of this course generated with AI***)
Are you a leader who feels something greater is within reach but can't quite get there? This 5-week self-guided coaching course is designed for driven individuals in the corporate, creative, and entrepreneurial space ready to break through their mental barriers, deepen self-awareness, and lead with renewed purpose…
This course introduces 5 guiding principles: Vulnerability, Experiences, Relationships, Gratitude, and Evaluation, designed to help you discover who you truly are and live with greater intention. You'll explore how the world around you, the communities you belong to, and the voices you've listened to have shaped the way you make decisions and see yourself. Through recorded interviews, reflections, visual anchors, surveys, and guided sessions, each week builds on the last, deepening your understanding of yourself and strengthening your ability to think critically about your purpose.
At the end of every week, a checkpoint practice will challenge you to sit with the hard questions and get honest about what you are truly called to do, right now, in this season of your life.
We live in a world that wants microwave healing, microwave riches, and microwave everything but not here. Time is not something we can capture in an instant, and this course was not designed for shortcuts. On The VERGE is built on structure, intention, and the commitment to move through each guide exactly as it was designed because that is the only way it will truly reach you.
Each week is dedicated to one of the Intentional 5 guiding principles. This is important to understand from the start: although each week focuses on one principle individually, the Intentional 5 are designed to work together like a fully functioning body, operating holistically as one. You will see me weave themes together throughout the course because each principle lives and breathes within the others.
In this course we will get to know one another, not simply for the sake of vulnerability, but because this work requires it. We connect best with others when we are fully showing up for ourselves, and that is exactly what this course will help you do.
Course Values
Diversity: This course was created for everyone. Whether you hold a college degree, a masters, or no degree at all, you belong here. This content was intentionally designed with diverse people, backgrounds, and experiences in mind.
Integrity: Your results will reflect your effort. If you skip assignments or move through the material without intention, you have only shortchanged yourself. There is no shame in starting over, in fact, beginning again with more discipline is always an option and sometimes the most powerful choice.
Success: Your success in this course is directly tied to the time and thought you invest. Nothing asked of you here is beyond what you are capable of. Every practice, every reflection, and every checkpoint was designed with your growth in mind, not to overwhelm you, but to stretch you into the person you were always meant to become.
Throughout this course we encourage you to keep a BPS Mindset see you soon!
Believe: It starts with belief. Before anything else, you must believe that the choices you are making are possible and that you are worthy of what is ahead.
Patience: Growth is not microwave ready. Be patient with your process, with others, and with yourself as you do the work.
Success: Success is not a destination, it is a result. When you combine belief with patience, success is not a matter of if but when.