I had an extraordinary experience a couple of weeks ago …
I wasn’t sure what to expect…
Though I knew from participating in previous on-line
seminars and presentations that Michael Bernoff of the
Human Communications Institute consistently
OVERDELIVERS...
I wasn’t sure what the impact of a live, three-day intensive
would be …
In all actuality …
I did not expect such a cataclysmic shift …
There is something about sequestering yourself away from your “normal” life for a specific period of time …
Giving yourself the gift of TIME for reflection, introspection, a “perspective-overhaul” …
With other individuals equally committed to showing up in their lives to the best of their ability…
One learns some powerful skills in the process …
It may ostensibly have been a self-development seminar …
Delving into, among other things, the psychology of sales from a communication standpoint …
But here is the naked truth …
It was way, way beyond that …
It was more an opportunity to understand what it fundamentally means to be human …
And what it means to communicate on a higher level …
We human be-ings are social animals …
We live to connect with one another …
To move beyond the power plays, the manipulations, the greed-driven excesses …
And find a truer, more purposeful form of communication which benefits all participants involved …
A communication that enriches lives and lifts spirits in the process …
As each person offers their unique gifts, talents and skills to the human collective …
This is the way of the New Economy …
Of course for some it is easier to sit on the sidelines …
Complaining
Resisting
Arguing in defense of ways that no longer work, that no longer serve the greater good …
But for those individuals who CHOOSE SELF-DEVELOPMENT …
Who comprehend that it is a privilege to be chosen to lead and to serve …
And that privilege is EARNED through dedicated study and accountability …
These individuals GET that to help others understand and navigate their way
through a changed landscape is an honor …
These leaders understand that once the door of expansion has been opened …
One can never go back to those old ways of thinking …
As Oliver Wendell Holmes so wisely proclaimed …
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions”.
Indeed!
