Master: (verb) a: To become skilled or proficient in the use of...
                    b: To gain a thorough understanding of... (Merriam-Webster)

The mastery of anything as complex as a human life is a path—a pursuit that never ends. Each time you reach a new level of effectiveness in managing your life, you are able to see the next level. The life-planning process offers a powerful set of tools to help you pursue the mastery of your life experience. How far you go is up to you.

Level 1—Complete The Life-Planning Workbook and make the process a practice in your daily life

The Life-Planning Workbook is a collection of tools to help you get control of your life and take it in directions of your choosing. Like most self-help tools, the process only works if you work at it. Knowing about it is simply not enough—you must apply it—and to get the most benefit you need to make a habit of using it—in other words, make it a practice.

Making the life-planning process a practice is the first step towards mastering your life. It's like giving yourself a priceless gift which only you can give to yourself. As you become more and more skilled at using the tools, you will find yourself living mindfully—making daily choices that are consistent with your core values and experiencing life at a deeper and deeper level.

Read more about the life-planning process to see if this is the right path for you.

Level 2—Sharing the life-planning process with others can move you further along the path of mastery.

There's a natural human tendency to want to share with others when we discover something that works. This is a good thing because every time you tell someone what life planning means to you, you increase your mastery of the process. A good way to be deliberate in this process is to become a Life-Planning Associate.

What it means to be an Associate:

• You are joining a committed group of people who believe we can individually and collectively use the life-planning process to make a positive difference in the world.
• You are purchasing an Associate Package for $37.25 to further your own learning and to begin the process of using The Life-Planning Workbook with others. Your package includes 5 printed copies and 1 digital copy in Adobe PDF of The Life-Planning Workbook. The digital copy is available for immediate download.
• You may give the printed copies away or sell them at your discretion. You may use them in coaching relationships or in workshops. The digital version is intended for your personal use. You are not permitted to give or sell complete digital copies. You may quote and use portions of The Life-Planning Workbook in newsletters and promotional material.
• You may purchase additional printed copies from us at $7.45 each plus shipping (Minimum order: 5 workbooks).
  Purchase the Associates Package now.

Level 3—Increase your mastery of the life-planning process by facilitating workshops.

It's a well-established principle that teaching any subject matter tends to deepen your own mastery of that subject. Certainly this is true of facilitating life-planning workshops. Every time you run a workshop you gain additional perspective on how the tools work and you are enriched by the sharing that takes place. Every group is different because each individual comes into the workshop with a unique life history and each views the world from a unique perspective.

A few people can gain maximum benefit by working alone to complete The Life-Planning Workbook, but most people will gain more by participating in a workshop where they benefit from the perspectives and support offered by a facilitator and others on the same path. We don't call it a workbook for nothing. It takes a lot of commitment and discipline to complete it alone.

You don't need extensive training to facilitate a Life-Planning Workshop. We intentionally designed the workbook for use in workshops so that everything you need is contained in the workbook. If you are an experienced teacher or trainer, you can probably run a good workshop right now without any additional help from us.

If you are not an experienced teacher/trainer and would like to receive facilitator training from us, we offer 2 options:

• Facilitator Training Workshops (2 days)
• One-on-One Facilitator Training with James Vaughan, co-author of The Life-Planning Workbook, via telephone (4 to 8 hours). Call 619-328-1985 for more information and to schedule this training.

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