26 March 08 Minutes for teamWANT

Attending:

 

Gina

Troy

Corinne

Barb

Seanne

Jerry

 

Gina and Troy spent time on the phone with Corinne and Jerry prior to the general meeting phone call.  G&T acknowledged that we will do a better job integrating new members into the core group of pioneers in the future and we encouraged all the members to either email or phone the new members to spend a little time getting to know them better before our next meeting next week.  G&T also went over the Infinite Success Loop in a general sense and the team agreements - which were of course agreed to by Corinne and Jerry.

 

Gina spent time with Kitty earlier in the day going over the module - as a courtesy to her being in a different time zone at meeting time.

 

At the opening of the meeting Troy asked how everyone did with the Practice assignment from the last meeting.  That was to do one or more of the activities to begin a list of WANTs.  Corinne liked the Dream Shopping process.  She went to the mall and liked imagining buying what ever she wanted regardless of the price.  She decided she wants a new wardrobe!

 

Seanne liked writing her Obituary.  It is very straightforward and she wants to be remembered as being one who is a 'straight shooter' - who tells the honest truth and one who is trustworthy.

 

Jerry likes to day dream about his wants.  He also felt there were some things that were too small to be put on the list even though he considered them

 

Barb liked the Treasure Hunt and could do it over and over again (being the 'visual visual visual' that she is!).  She finds that the core WANTs are consistent and that she continues to add new things.

 

Troy asked the question:  "If we had told you you would have infinite resources and you abwolutely could have what you WANT, would it have made a difference in your list?"

 

Barb said not really because of previous meetings and her confidence to dream as big as she wants.  Jerry and Corinne said it might very well have made a difference, as each of them did find themselves feeling like what they had put down was enough and anything might be a little too much to want.

 

Seanne shared that she's had a 'WANT' for a long time, and that is to see George Michael in concert here in the States.  He hasn't done a concert here in about 25 years.  And, he's coming soon to this part of the country and she's going to get her 'WANT'!  She put that want on paper and her RAS focused on opportunities to make it happen and she did!

 

Limiting Thoughts and Belief Systems were introduced.  That the purpose of this step is to 'simply notice' them.  To be aware that they exist, what they are specifically for each of us and how they affect our WANTs and indeed our lives.  We talked about the importance of being willing to replace belief systems as we grow and that we are willing to step out of our comfort zones.  Gina told a story of overcoming a fear just today.  She did it by being willing to see that it was just that - a fear - and didn't need to be something that was a part of her integral being.  It is just something that 'lives in her neighborhood' and that makes it easier to deal with.

 

The Practice for this week was introduced and the offer made for phone calls or emails with any insights, questions or feedback.

 

We ended with the story of the Giant and the Prince.

 

Love to all, G
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3/18/08 teamWANT Minutes

teamW.A.N.T.

 

Minutes  18 March 08

 

Attending:

 

Gina

Troy

Barb

Seanne

Corinne

Jerry

 

The first half hour – Gina, Troy, Barb and Seanne went over the homework from last week, which was to complete steps 1 and 2 of writing an SOS.  Feedback was given to the group that when meeting the 'S' (specific) step of the SMART guidelines the rest of the 'MART' steps fell into place.  If the SOS wasn't specific enough, it was much more difficult to complete the rest of the steps.

 

We reviewed Step 3 of the SOS process – making sure that we have balance in our lives and it was determined that one WANT can fit into multiple categories of the Wheel of Life (which include:  Financial, Career, Fun, Health and Fitness, Relationships, Personal Growth).  For example, Barb's WANT of the new house in CA fits into all 6 categories.

 

We reviewed Steps 4 – 6 of writing an SOS

 

Half was through the meeting, Corinne and Jerry joined us.  YIPPEE!!  New team members!!  Welcome!!

 

We went over Module One – 'Identity WANTs', and the three processes that we can choose from for this week's Practice.  Members are invited to select one or more and be prepared to share and offer feedback at our next meeting.

 

 

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March 11, 2008 Minutes

11 March 08 teamWANT Minutes

Attended:

Doug Hay
Karen
Barb
Seanne
Troy
Gina

Update: Doug Hay will be joining us again, fully committed to devoting one hour a week to 'practice' and some activity each day and giving his open and honest feedback, beginning March 18th!

Kitty was unable to make this meeting due to work obligations and Troy and I will be in touch with her this week to solicite feedback

Best Things:

Barb: New job stability due to her CFO leaving – 'enter new responsibilities and DRs'

Karen: Got her permit squared away for her consulting business

Seanne: Made great chicken piccata (yep – Seanne cooked…in her own kitchen!)

Troy: His business broker found 3 vending routes for sale

Doug: Got much more done than he expected in taking care of his mom's estate in NY

Gina: Traded an hour of work for an hour of fun errands – to keep 'balance' in her life

Troy and Gina asked Doug Hay for his commitment to time and feedback for teamWANT. He's in with full commitment and is interested in 'getting his life back on track' since dealing with the passing of his mom

Question presented to the group: How did the 'practice' go for 'and then what' or 'the 7 whys'?

Barb: Did some soul searching about her new house – what is my core want? It's about financial security and planning for the future. I want to be sure to celebrate successes along the way. Make sure I'm not living my life for 20 years down the road.

Karen: Getting the house fixed up is really about eliminating the stresses in life (what do you want instead?) I want peace and to sit back and be satisfied and be happy.

Question to the group: How did you find the '7 whys' or 'and then what'? Karen did this in the beginning of her journey to her 'wants'. Barb said, it helped me sort through what was at the heart of what I want. Seanne said, I approached this differently in that I went directly to finding ways to save money. I found 3 ways to save money right away instead of asking 'and then what'. She stayed home this weekend instead of going out and spending money and this made her feel deprived. We discussed this and will help her find a way to replace her OR with AND (Have money now AND save for the future and for an investment in property)

Question: How did you do with the 'practice' questions for 'Determining Success'?

Barb: Explored how she will feel and what she's surrounded by – what she's doing – she journaled about it and it stirred up feelings that when she gets to her 3 core wants she will have internal peace. (She visualized how she will be, feel, etc. living that life) She felt peaceful and calm. She also wants a partner in her life and when she has this peace and calm, her partner will want to be around that person.

Seanne: Still stuck in the 'hows'. G & T – we know that we are asking you to think differently than you ever have. Seanne will work with Karen to do the determining success questions. And, Seanne will help Karen work on her purpose statement.

Way to go accountabilibuddies! 

Karen: Without addressing the 'hows' she got a clearer vision of what she wants. It also increased her enthusiasm for opening her own consulting business. In answering the questions, she found that the last question (how will your peers see you when you get what you want) – caused her to realize that what her peers think about her isn't as important as what her clients feel about her.

Barb: Was also challenged answer the questions without addressing the 'hows'.

T&G assured everyone that the 'hows' will come later and after we have been all the way around the Infinite Success Loop and they have seen victories they will be more confident that this process does work in this fashion

SOS:

Troy presented the overview of the SOS step. Remember it's

ALL ABOUT YOU!

Steps one and two were presented (see the web site for the detailed worksheets)

Practice: Take a couple of your wants and use steps 1 and 2 of SOS to begin the final step in the Dream Circle

Practice: To begin the Dream Circle again – take a look at your initial 'wants' and add anything you 'want' – remembering the power of AND.

Announcement: We will be adding one or two new members next week. We are looking forward to their input and feedback and know they will be a valued and integral part of the team

03/04/08 Minutes

03/04/08 teamWANT Minutes

Attendance:

Karen
Seanne
Kitty
Troy
Gina
Barb

We will be adding a new member or two in two weeks. Doug Leal will be invited to rejoin our group at the time that we hold meetings admitting new members.

(Update � Gina called Doug Leal to update him. Left a message at this office on 3/5/8 and as of 3/6/8 10:00 a.m. has not gotten a return call)

Jim has decided to step away from teamWANT and will always be included in the circle of people we love and like to hang out with! 

Practice from the last meeting:

Identify top 5 wants
List any limiting thoughts or belief systems
Review your wants against your purpose statement

Barb: Found that there was a difference, for her, in limiting thoughts and belief systems. That is � that if she can ponder them and come to an answer it is a �limiting thought�. A belief system is a deep soul searching and long standing belief about your ability or your view of yourself or your life.

For example � in her want of a new house � a limiting thought is �can I maintain two residences?� The answer is, �yes, if I plan ahead and I�m careful�. Another want is to find a life partner. The belief system she has about that goes much deeper and she didn�t come up with easy answers to those.

Barb also found that there were belief systems she had about the new house � that as she got more specific with exactly what she wanted in a new house and the purpose of the new house and what it represented to her � those belief systems turned into � nothing more than limiting thoughts � which she could overcome.

Seanne: Wants to save money and to invest in a property. Her limiting thoughts are that she wants to buy things and spend money now. �Why save money now and wait until I�m old to spend it and I can�t enjoy it?� She had the same thoughts about investing in a property � �I won�t have the money to play and buy stuff�. There is a finite amount of money and I can�t save and invest AND still have plenty of money to play.

In running their wants against their purpose statement:

Barb had come up with a purpose statement using the model we presented at the retreat in December. That model didn�t render the statement she really wants � and it did give her a chance to come up with her core values as a place to start. Those values are encourage, inspire and demonstrate integrity. For her new home she found there was complete congruence. For her partner, she found that it�s important that she consciously make sure that in that relationship she is true to herself in being her authentic self.

Seanne spent time with, her accountabilibuddies, Doug (Hay) and Karen and came up with a purpose statement that works great for her:

My purpose is to appreciate what I have and those around me, to accomplish all I can using wisdom and perseverance and to serve as an inspiration and example for all of mankind.

She too had used the model we presented at the retreat and it didn�t work well for her and she modeled her statement after the examples we published in the handbook from the retreat.

We reviewed that Troy and Gina have incorporated teamWANT and we want to make it a viable business. To that end we have asked for everyone�s commitment to one hour a week of practice and some activity every day toward their wants. Also, we have asked for commitment to open and honest feedback regarding what is and isn�t working for them and why. Everyone in this meeting agreed to these terms and boy are we every excited about that!!

Karen, Kitty and Barb want to keep looking for an approach that will work for them in coming up with their purpose statements.

Troy presented �Additional Possibilities�:

The questions to ask yourself in this step are �

Is this what I want? Or is it something better? Or bigger? (ex: I want to lose 10 lbs. Because I want to look good � because I want a boyfriend � because that will get me validation, companionship and confidence. So, what I REALLY want is companionship, validation and confidence). This is a difference between a shallow want and a core want � that is something that you�ll hang on to for life.

Karen suggested the 7 levels of �why�. Gina asked her for her wants � she started out with �to fix up our house�. After asking the �whys� � what she really wants is a �paradise� and �a place to recharge her batteries�

Gina and Kitty had done �and then what� when they were together a few days ago. Gina found that it made her even more excited about her fitness business �want�.

For the second � of �Additional Possibilities� �

Practice this week � �and then what� or the �7 whys� for at least 10 minutes this week. You will find it gets you even more focused on your �purpose� as well further defining your wants and additional possibilities and makes you even more excited about those possibilities!

Determining Success � How will I know when I�ve achieved success?

Gina and Troy walked though a role play of this question:

Gina�s want � the fitness business

T � How will you know when you are getting the outcome you desire?

G � I see myself walking out the door in my exercise clothes with a big smile on my face

T � Get even more specific � what will lead up to this?

G � I see a business license hanging on the wall � I see myself in the bank opening an account in the name of �Fit For Good� � I have business cards and a client list

T � What will you be doing when you realize you�ve achieved the dream?

G � I�ll be walking into the bank and making deposits of the money I�ve been paid through my business

T � What will you see, hear, feel when you are successful?

G � I�ll be renting the clubhouse in the neighborhood for fitness classes. I hear the music playing during the classes. I see my clients smiling. I�ll be celebrating with my clients their progress to their fitness goals. I�ll be doing lunch time exercise classes at businesses.

T � How will you see yourself?

G � Happy, confident, relaxed, lots of energy and even keel moods and I�m well rested.

T � How will others see you?

G � As a role model for learning new things right here in the middle of my life. People will see me as having the courage and enthusiasm to branch out and take on a new challenge. They will see me as confident and this will inspire them to do new things too!

Closing thought from an article Seanne sent to us:

Fate favors the bold

2/27/08 Minutes

2/27/08 teamWANT Meeting

 

Attendees:

 

Troy

Gina

Kitty

Seanne

Karen (started meeting but had to leave)

 

There was a last meeting recap from Troy & Gina.  They restated that they want people to fully commit to the process and be brutally honest with their feedback.

 

They are going to ask the membership to work the processes and to give feedback.

They are also going to ask 2 things of us

 

#1 – a 1 hour a week time commitment to practice

#2 – daily obligation to work on our wants, either small or large.

 

Seanne and Kitty both stated that they were committed to the team.

 

Gina and Troy also said that they were developing an outline for future meetings.

 

Each week there will be two topics.

• Wrap up of last week
• New assignment for next week.

 

The Agenda will be based on the 3 P’s

• Presentation
• Preparation
• Practice (hear about it, demonstrate it)

 

There was quite a bit of discussion regarding the absence of the “Best Things” from the agenda.

 

Kitty – said that she really likes the “best things” process and thinks it is very beneficial.

 

Seanne – agreed with Kitty and gave feedback on how it could feasibly be done in a small time frame.

 

Troy and Gina listened to the feedback and offered up alternatives such as blogging our best things.

 

Kitty - said that she is not a fan of blogging.  Also commented that she is comfortable with structure and would like to know what’s coming in the weeks ahead.

 

Gina – stated that they are also working on a model of what will be coming up for the club in the future.

 

Troy – says that they are almost done with the model.  One of the components will be:

• If this is your problem, this is how to fix it

 

Best Things

 

Kitty – re-read a great book called Creative Visualization – Use The Power of Imagination………. By Shakpi Gawain

Shows effective ways of visualization

Also, one gig cancelled but another took its place that is more money and 1/3 of the time!

 

Gina – has been grappling with Rapport.  Got an extremely flattering memo forwarded to her regarding a recent class.  What an amazing way to get a pat on the back!  A copy is going to be placed in her personnel file.  Way to go!

 

Seanne – had a really great talk with Gina and Barb about the club.  Talked out some concerns and felt very committed afterwards.

 

Troy – Has been doing more work on his vending route.  He has had a bit of a struggle with it but met with a friend who hooked him up with a resource he can tap!  Has been feeling very burned out at work………..and will be leaving in April!  Gutsy!

 

Kitty – is inspired by Troy’s confidence and likes being around that positive energy.

 

Continue achieving those things you want!

 

Due to so few members being available for this meeting, the homework from last week is carried forward to the next meeting.

 

• On board or not?
• Top five wants
• Purpose statement draft
• List of any limiting thoughts or beliefs
• Any feedback in regards to purpose statement or limiting thoughts.
• Read and discuss the 50 things on the blog.

 

Next meeting will be held Tues 3/4 @ 7pm.

 

P.S. Who would like to volunteer to do the minutes for March?