A number of you have been asking about my Intentional Creation journey…how I heard about it, what I did to follow up, that kind of thing.
It all began on November 19, 2009 when I attended a monthly networking meeting for the Central Iowa Chapter of the Project Management Institute. That month our guest speaker was Tracy Duez from Break Free Consulting in the Houston Texas area. At the time, I was in the throes of my own inner turmoil. Business was suffering from the ravages of the year that was 2009, my brain was fully engaged in the destructive practice of catastrophizing – and I had no idea that was even happening. I was plagued with uncertainty about what to do next and which move I should make to pull out of the free fall. My analytical mind was in perpetual motion trying to “think” my way out of my conundrum. I was, however, putting on a very good face. After all, I am Director of Programs for the chapter – scheduled to introduce Tracy as our speaker. I had never heard of the study of “axiology” that our speaker was about to enlighten us on.
In the one hour presentation, we learned that our thoughts could be measured by an assessment called the Hartman Value Profile. Furthermore, invariably it is our thoughts that limit us. Most of us have heard that many times throughout our lives. Not sure how many of us truly understand how it works. By the end of the present, while I still wasn’t clear WHICH thoughts were limiting me, I had a much better understanding of how that might indeed be the case.
The fact that we have the ability to measure thoughts has profound implications for the coaching industry. Instead of relying on a client to self-report their current status and thought processes, we can now have them take a 20 minute assessment and get a highly scientific and validated reading of which thoughts were supporting them and which thoughts were sabbotaging them.
After spending about a month pondering and researching this tool, I was inspired to take action in early January of 2010. In the next post I will provide an overview of the coaching I participated in with Dave Blanchard of the Og Mandino Group, as well as some details about the training that I along with a select group of coaches participated in during the first week of March.
To take the assessment yourself, click here. Upon completion, you will receive your personalized website including a breakdown of the 36 thought processes on three levels: balanced, over-focused and under-focused. The assessment is free and includes a one hour debrief to assist you in interpreting the results.
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