{"id":183,"date":"2013-08-18T07:41:03","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T13:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journeyinstitute.org\/blog\/?p=183"},"modified":"2013-08-18T07:41:03","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T13:41:03","slug":"a-battle-of-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devjourneyinstitute.com\/ji\/index.php\/2013\/08\/18\/a-battle-of-words\/","title":{"rendered":"A Battle of Words"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo credit: See-ming Lee ??? SML \/ Foter.com \/ CC BY-SA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We held our first Journey Institute Retreat today. \u00a0The purpose was to delve into what we do and why we do it. \u00a0We used an exercise Dafna created and modified it for ourselves. \u00a0We plunged into our own personal mission statements, we developed a statement of purpose, we talked about our vision, our mission, our beliefs and principles; we covered it all.<\/p>\n

We spent all day on it. \u00a0Normally this type of strategic visioning for a full day would make my ears bleed but at one point we looked up and nine hours had passed and we didn\u2019t even realize it. \u00a0Sure, it was intense and at times even difficult, but there really is something to be said for the statement that when you\u2019re doing what you love you won\u2019t work a day in your life. \u00a0Today wasn\u2019t work, it was about following our passion and doing what we love to do.<\/p>\n

In the end, we were talking about some of the guiding principles behind why we do what we do, our vision and mission statements and one particular phrase came up. \u00a0In all of our discussion we had used two words in the same phrase. They were:<\/p>\n

Maximizing Human Potential
\nand
\nTransforming Human Potential<\/p>\n

The question we were struggling with was which was the right word?
\nOur work, whether we\u2019re speaking, writing, consulting, giving workshops or working with someone one on one, is always about helping other people. We have many beliefs but chief among them is that we are first and foremost focused on helping someone else. We want to help them achieve greatness, live more fulfilling lives, and often that means helping them identifying their communities and ways in which they can have positive impact both personally and professionally for themselves and their communities.<\/p>\n

So, we really are talking about maximizing their potential; or are we?<\/p>\n

I certainly believe that our work results in helping people do more, be more, achieve more, but in and of itself that\u2019s not what we do.
\nWhat we really do is transform the way people live, the way they view themselves and the world around them. Often we help them identify communities they belong to they had never thought of as communities before. We help transform the way they view challenges that affect them, their communities and the lives of those around them. We teach them to transform the way they approach living such that they learn how to appreciate and enjoy life along their journey to those grander goals and dreams.<\/p>\n

There are plenty of people who can help you increase whatever it is you want; more wealth, more fame, more power, more anything. We want to transform your life, to help you get more out of it, to give more to it, to enjoy it more and to see it in ways you never had before. And yes, more than likely that will result in you having more of those whatever things you want too, but it\u2019s more of a side benefit, not the real purpose.
\nWe hope your story is one of transformation that drives you to actions to enrich not only your life but the lives of others in the various communities you touch, and perhaps, maybe even across the globe.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s to transforming your human potential.<\/p>\n

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Photo credit: See-ming Lee ??? SML \/ Foter.com \/ CC BY-SA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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