Coming June 4th: Our Second Summit - Resiliency 2.0 - Why Attend?
On June 4th we will be hosting our second (of three) Summits - this one on Resiliency. Want to know why to attend? Watch this Hollywood Squares skype video. Below. The audio isn't perfect, but the message is clear: Skype Interview with John Coyle and Dr. Daniel Friedland
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So What Does Resiliency Have to Do With “The Art of Really Living?”
(and, what is that anyway?)
WHAT: We all have had moments that were so intense, so memorable, and so full of life, that they created indentations in our memory. I describe these time-expanding experiences as moments of “really living.” The Art of Really Living (TAORL) is a movement and a philosophy to help people design and live strengths-focused resilient lives by designing powerful experiences that slow time and help you live (almost) forever.
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” (Abraham Lincoln)
WHY: Because TIME is the most valuable commodity we have as human beings. Life is short, and thanks to a cognitive bias in our brains that causes our perception of time to accelerate, life is actively getting shorter. People around the globe miss their chances to expand time and “really live,” while they helplessly watch their lives accelerate and race by. They are stuck below their level of capability, trapped by stifling routines and a relentless focus on weaknesses, mired in careers noted by small risks and small rewards, and leading lives of quiet desperation. They are not really living. We want to change that and through TAORL, play the role of the chrysalis, breaking the clay of grey men, revealing the colors of the sleeping poet, painter, musician or hidden genius within.
Everyone dies. Not everyone really lives.
HOW:
By designing our lives to reverse this cognitive bias we can slow and expand the ticking of the clock which gives us back the most precious of all currencies: time.
- S + R x T = TAORL
- Strengths + Resiliency x Time = The Art of Really Living
- The Art of Really Living helps people to create these moments by:
- Aiding people in designing strengths-focused lives full of willpower, confidence and motivation to pursue these moments that often feature a state of “flow” and create memories
- Developing resiliency to weather the intensity and stresses endemic to “really living” moments
- Understanding the non-linear nature of experiential time and learning how to design more “really living moments” that will lead to time expansion
So why is resiliency essential to “really living” and expanding time? The stories we remember most tend to fall into the The Heroes Journey or "monomyth" plotline. One essential element for all memorable plots is stress or a crisis. Increasing our resiliency allows us to withstand stress, create more stories, and persevere in pursuit of those things that “really matter.”
Want to learn more about how to increase your resiliency as a leader, parent, or partner. Please join us for our Resiliency 2.0 Summit June 4th in Chicago. Join Dr. Daniel Friedland, MD, a pioneer in mindfulness-based and neuroscience-driven leadership development, and John K. Coyle, MBA, Professor of innovation and Olympic medalist, for a half-day workshop on how to effectively navigate stress, to cultivate resiliency, and to flourish within your life and the organizations that you serve. Follow the link for details and to register: