Several years ago, we came across a very powerful quote from legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson...
We've patterned a series of personal growth classes upon the philosophy embodied in Mr. Robinson's quote and Biblical teachings.
Please click on the title of the session(s) in which you are interested to read the full description and for additional information on the length and fees.
- Change Your Perspective to Change Your Life
It's interesting how two people can see a glass of water and one person sees it as half-full while the other sees it as half-empty. The difference between the first person and the second person is a matter of perspective. This class will focus on how changing your thought life can dramatically change your life.
Length: 2 hours/Fee: $500
- Five Words to Remove From Your Vocabulary Forever
Words can have power over our lives. This class will focus on five words believers should permanently remove from their vocabulary.
Length: 2 hours/Fee: $500
- Guarding Your Spirit: Who Are Your Friends?
Who have you invited into your inner circle? Do they speak affirming words into your life? Or, are they a drain on your spirit? Do they uplift you during times of distress? Based largely upon the Biblical account of Job, this class will focus on the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people.
Length: 2 hours/Fee: $500
- How to Complain Effectively
Learn how to complain and get results. Topics covered include discovering your complaining style, learning the dos and don'ts of complaining, recognizing the difference between what you want and what you deserve, putting your complaint in writing, and learning how to take advantage of outside resources. Participants will take an inventory of their complaining style, understand the elements of an effective complaint, learn the parameters of what relief to ask for, write sample complaint letters based upon hypothetical cases, and learn about consumer organizations and government agencies.
Length: 6 hours/Fee: $1,699
- Leaving A Positive Lasting Legacy
As we get older, we often think about the kind of legacy we will leave our family, friends, and the world when we depart the earth. This class will focus on how you can leave a positive and lasting legacy.
Length: 2 hours/Fee: $500
- The Lesson of Weebles: Overcoming Disappointment and Failure
Explore ways to bounce back from disappointment. Topics covered include Weebles Wobble But They Don't Fall Down, paradigm shift - viewing failure as opportunity, rebounding from disappointment, recognizing and correcting defeatist behaviors, and formulating a plan for future prosperity. Participants will realize that the power in trying is greater than the power of failure, learn how to change their thinking of failure as something negative, learn specific steps to rebound from disappointing situations, identify and correct behaviors that thwart success, and devise a personal action plan for future success.
Length: 4 hours/Fee: $1,299
- Living Your Life Without Making Comparison to Others
Everyone has a path to follow and a journey to travel. Along the way, it may be tempting to look at the people around us and wonder aloud why they are enjoying the things we have yet to receive. Maybe it's a larger home, better paying job, or fancier car. This class will focus on how you can be fulfilled in your current season.
Length: 2 hours/Fee: $500
- Making the Most of Your Life Now - What's Holding You Back?
Explore how to be fulfilled now. Topics covered include fear is the root of procrastination, identifying obstacles to your happiness, overcoming obstacles to your happiness, reconciliation and letting go of past hurts, and the negative consequences of delaying gratification. Participants will identify and examine personal fears at the root of their procrastination, list actual and perceived obstacles to achieving happiness, think about solutions to overcoming their obstacles, confront how past experiences stunt forward progression, and understand personal consequences of not living in the moment.
Length: 4 hours/Fee: $1,299
- Managing Stress At Home and At Work
Explore how to handle stressful situations. Topics covered include setting boundaries and learning how to say "No", recognizing and understanding the sources of your stress, establishing regular "me" time, healthy ways to cope with stress, and keeping your head when all those around you are losing theirs. Participants will understand what stress is and its physical manifestations, devise a list of their personal stressors and their sources, realize how personal behaviors contribute to stress, develop an action plan to deal with a particular stressor, and understand how to cope with stress in healthy ways.
Length: 6 hours/Fee: $1,699
- The Power That Lies in the Tongue
How do you use or misuse it? The tongue is the smallest member of the body, yet it can ignite a mighty forest fire. The Bible also tells us that the power of life and death is in the tongue. This class will provide Biblical instruction on how to properly use the power that lies in the tongue.
Length: 2 hours/Fee: $500
- Setting Goals and Following Through - Hitting Your Target
Realize personal and professional goals. Topics covered include creating S.M.A.R.T. goals, eliminating barriers to achieving your goals, realizing when your goals aren't really your goals,re-evaluating your goals - is it time to let some goals go, and when the going gets tough - finding motivation to reach your goals.
Length: 4 hours/Fee: $1,299
- Striving for Excellence in the Midst of Mediocrity
At one time or another, we've all been guilty of doing enough to just get by. Striving for excellence in all that we do is a challenging task under the best of circumstances. This class will focus on Biblical principles of maintaining a spirit of excellence at work and in school even when others around you are seemingly content with mediocrity.
Length: 2 hours/Fee: $500
- Tapping Into Your Creative Potential
Get in touch with your creative side. Topics covered include abandoning conventional black/white thinking, wearing your clothes inside out, solving challenges creatively, creating an environment where creativity flourishes, and understanding your creativity quotient. Participants will engage in interactive exercises to expand their creativity, define their creativity quotient, learn how to approach challenges by thinking backwards, understand what hinders and fosters creative thinking, and draw a personal portrait of creativity.
Length: 4 hours/Fee: $1,299
- Transform Your Life Through the Power of Positive Thinking
Are you a glass half-empty or half-full person? Explore how adjustments to your attitude and personal outlook make a difference in your overall contentment. Topics covered include recognizing and eliminating negative self-talk, showing gratitude affects your attitude, taking inventory of your relationships and cleaning house, every cloud has a silver lining, and learning how to encourage yourself when others don't.
Length: 4 hours/Fee: $1,299
- Using Personal Adversity As A Stepping Stone
Some of the most valuable life lessons are gleaned from valley experiences. It is during the most trying and troubling times of our lives when God beckons us to draw closer to Him. This class will focus on how we can use the setbacks in our lives as stepping stones to growing spiritually.
Length: 2 hours/Fee: $500
- Venturing Outside of Your Comfort Zone
Explore ways to reach beyond what is comfortable. Topics covered include creating a diagram of your comfort zone, re-examining your personal limitations, identifying the irrational fear in the unfamiliar, Jackie Robinson's words of wisdom - life is not a spectator sport, and embracing the NIKE credo to Just Do It. Participants will define their personal comfort zone, identify and re-examine what they think they can and cannot do, understand the basis of fear and how it immobilizes, understand active participant versus passive bystander, and devise an action plan to venture out of their comfort zone.
Length: 4 hours/Fee: $1,299
- Wherever You Go, There You Go: The Consequences of Choices
This class will focus on how making unwise choices can affect ou and those around you. We'll look at several examples in the Bible of people who made poor choices and the ramifications of those choices. We'll also review examples of people who made the right choices and how they were ultimately blessed because of their obedience.
Length: 2 hours/Fee: $500
- Winning Is An Attitude
Winning is not about the higher number on the scoreboard. True winners understand that the race is not about being the first to cross the finish line. Instead, winning is about the manner in which you run the race. This class will focus on living victoriously according to God's plan.
Length: 2 hours/Fee: $500