
Course Overview; Your Life Expectancy Number and it's impact on Your Future; Charlie Brown's Perspective; What is the Meaning of Life? Global vs. Situational Meaning; Logotherapy and 3 ways to discover Meaning in Life; the Stages of Life; the Voyage of Life Art; Shakespeare's All the World's a Stage; Erik Erikson's Stages of Lifecycle Development; Happiness and the Highest Good; Meaning or Happiness?, Existential Meaning- Hedonistic vs. Eudaimonic approach; The Unexamined Life; Perspectives of the Ancient Philosopher's. Also, an additional bonus for the first 25 registered: A FREE copy of my 487 page book mailed to them!
Is Happiness relative? The History and journey of Meaning in Life; Meaning in Life Research; A Meaning in Life Model; The Sources of Meaning; The Benefits and Results of having Meaning in Life; The Link between Meaning in Life and Purpose, Happiness and Calling; The Meaning of the Moment; What gives your life meaning? Sources of Meaning exercise; Personality Test and Who amd I Quiz
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs; Self-Actualization: Development, Creativity and Growth; the Stoics & Natural Meaning; Soul Food; Religion and Meaning; Sources of Meaning Integration into your Meaning Construct; Your Personal Meaning System: Purpose, Beliefs, Values, Goals and Culture; Personal Meaning and Time: Past, Present, and Future; Impact of current personal priorities and overload/overextension
Past, Present and Future impact to legacy thinking; Life Change and Life Priorities; Having a Future-Driven Mindset; Your Life Story; Connecting the past and future generations; Deriving Personal Meaning through a multi-dimensional construct: Cognitive, Motivational and Affective approaches; Viktor Frankl: Man's Search for Meaning, Concentration Camp Lessons Learned, Where can Meaning be found?, A refuge of Solitude, Peace, Reflection, and Faith
Will to Pleasure, Will to Power, and Will to Meaning (Freud, Nietzsche, Frankl); Levels of Personal Meaning- Hedonistic, Potential, Service, Your Ultimate Purpose; Your soul's largeness and desire; What are you chasing?, Meaning in Life Questionairre and Assessment. Also, an additional bonus for the first 25 registered: A FREE copy of my 487 page book mailed to them!
Purpose-a motivational force; Greater Purpose=Greater Happiness; Who am I going to be…Where am I headed?, Intrinsic & Extrinsic Rewards; Purpose & Aging,; Job, Career or Calling? One's Calling defined; Passion, Giftings & Calling; SHAPE acrostic; Your Ikigai- Passion, Mission, Profession & Vocation; Purpose in Life Test
Make Your Work matter; Two proven ways to have greater Work & Life Satisfaction; Work mindset shift; The Sigmond Curve; Preparing for your Passions; Job and Career Assessments; Career Potential Matches; Job interest profiles; Your Personal Vision and Mission Exercise
Benefits of Goal-Setting: Meaning and Goal-Setting; Why SMART goals?, Setting your 8 SMART goals in 8 areas: Family, Finance, Intellectual, Physical, Social, Spiritual, Job, Recreational; Developing your Dream Plan; Finding your FLOW- Optimal Experiences; What is your Destiny? Creating Your Dream Masterpiece; Your Comfort Zone; Your Dreams- Sacrifice and Patience; Never too old too dream; Your Personal Transformation Plan
Your Personal Transformation Plan; Start Now; It's Never Too Late; Pilot Your Passions; Your Past Failures, Fears and Sufferings:, Taking Risks; Professor Life Lesson Examples- Flat on my back, You are qualified and capable; Nothing is too difficult; Discomfort is healthy; Plan your Future; A need is not always the call
Generativity and Legacy research; Erik Erikson's Stage 7- Generativity versus Stagnation; Aging workforces and priorities; Aging and Legacy elements; Meaning, Purpose, and Goals impact to Legacy; Solomon's chasing after the wind; Mid-life crisis symptoms; Concern for the next generation; A Legacy Process; Outliving Yourself; What is Generativity?; Redeeming the Time; Search for Meaning and Legacy; A Shortage of Future
Expressions of Legacy; Your Identity, Meaning and Purpose and Legacy; Plato's pregnancy; Types of Legacy; The Crisis of Stagnation; The Legacy Thermometer Self Assessment: Future, Family, Finances and Faith; Retirement Planning, Your Personal Transformation Plan reviewed
The Journey of life; Health and Your Legacy; Living in the Valley- Peace for your future, overcoming trials and worry; Your sufferings do not define your legacy; Meaning in sufferings; Faith in the Future; Hope for the Future- Be strong and courageous; Fear not/God's love
Existential Vacuum; Success and Significance; Multiplying yourself; Giving your life away; The Virtue of Care; Your Life Story; Negative Legacy; Symbolic immortality; Narcissism vs. Altruism; Meaning of Life and Spirituality: Compartmentalization, The Experiential, Ultimate Concern, The Chief end of Man, Ultimate Meaning, Meaningless & Death; The Spiritual and the Secular; God and ultimate meaning; Search for meaning, search for God; Being versus Meaning
Your Personal Transformation Plan: Includes your 90-day and 1 year priorities, 5 & 10 year dream plan, Your Action Priority Plan, Your Short and Long term goal scorecards, and Your Legacy Life Ladder; Your multi-generational impact; How to leave a legacy; The little things; God's partnership opportunity and his plans of hope for you; 8 secrets to a longer life of up to 10 years! Socrates secret for success; Using your gifts and talents; The preciousness of time; A Blessing for You
You will actively participate in five rich, productive, results-oriented sessions focused on finding meaning in life, your life purpose, and your legacy so you can do what you were meant to do. Practical and productive resources, exercises, assessments and tool-kits will be provided as well. We will construct your personal transformation plan that will be actionable and success-oriented by the end of the class. You will build your life ladder, your dream plan, your mission and vision, and short term and long-term goals scorecards. You will complete: meaning and purpose checklists, personality profiles and inventories, job/career/calling assessments, and formulate your calling, a life purpose and a meaning construct for your future and next season in life with your job, family, faith and finances. You will identify your passions, skills and experience through the Ikigai, Sigmoid curve, and numerous exercises and self-assessments to live a life of significance and success, and to live and leave a lasting legacy. Your Personal Transformation Plan will include: your 90-day and 1 year priorities, 5 & 10 year dream plan, Your Action Priority Plan, Your Short and Long term goal scorecards, and Your Legacy Life Ladder. The course finishes up with hope and inspiration for your future with a focus on meaning and spirituality, and a bonus 8 secrets to live a longer life of up to 10 years! I can't wait to see you in the classroom!