Taking Action: Finishing the Unfinished (and Unstarted)
September 28 - October 28, 2009
Do you have something important that remains unfinished? Here’s a chance to turn your plan into reality. Using methods from Morita Therapy (The Psychology of Action) you’ll have the support, encouragement, and guidance you need to overcome practical and psychological obstacles and accomplish something that becomes part of your life and legacy. Whether you're still in the idea stage, or stuck somewhere along the way, this program can help you to take action and move forward in the real world.
When we conduct Morita Therapy workshops, we usually ask the participants to introduce themselves by reflecting on their three most important accomplishments of the past year. The vast majority of people have trouble identifying three important accomplishments. Mostly, we’re just caught up in staying afloat and that pushes many of our dreams and meaningful goals into exile. Now is the time to bring those dreams and goals back home so that you can turn around, at the end of the year, and see your important accomplishment planted in your personal history. This is a chance to grab the reins, and dedicate yourself to something that is important to you and that will add satisfaction, pride, joy and meaning to your life.
What will you accomplish?
Taking Action will give you an opportunity to make progress toward a goal or project that is important to you. It is easy for even our most important dreams to get lost in the shuffle of a busy life. Often they get placed on the backburner because they have no deadline. This program gives you a chance to move the important to the front of the line. By the end of the month you will either have completed or made significant progress on something that is worth doing.
What will you learn?
In addition to this real-life progress, you will have an opportunity to
study some very pragmatic and powerful tools related to getting things done.
We will study principles and practices from Morita Therapy as well as
Kaizen. We’ll draw on methods that will help you overcome procrastination. You’ll learn practical ways to prioritize so you’ll spend more time doing what’s important, not just what’s easy or enjoyable. By the end of the course, you will have exposure to and experience with strategies and tools that you can use long after this group is completed.
How does the program work?
You’ll have access to the ToDo Institute’s distance learning course website which is the hub of this program. Through the website, you’ll identify what you want to accomplish and what you need to do. You’ll keep a journal of your daily progress, which can involve small or large steps, depending on your time. You’ll have a peer-support group that will be aware of your goal and your progress. You’ll have an advisor to make suggestions and nudge you along. You’ll receive ideas and suggestions and daily quotes of inspiration and wisdom. You’ll be moving forward as part of a larger community, all of whom are trying to do something important during this time period. You'll learn about valuable resources that can inspire and inform as you go along. And you'll have a chance to track your own obstacles as they come up and identify any patterns that will be helpful to you in the future.
Let’s make one thing clear – even with a wonderful support system and the availability of excellent tools and ideas, you will still need to give something up in order to move forward. Your success in the program ultimately depends on your own willingness to make the time and take action. There is no shortcut to action. And there is no time like the present for finishing the unfinished.
Program Cost: $80 ($65 for ToDo Institute Members)
Registrations after September 14th require an additional $5 late fee.
This program provides 16 credits toward Certification in Japanese Psychology. Further information about the ToDo Institute's certification process can be found here.
For further information you may send an email to todo@todoinstitute.com, or call us (802) 453-4440.
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Who Are We?
The ToDo Institute is a non-profit educational center located nestled in the foothills of the Green mountains in central Vermont. We serve as a meeting place between east and west, where methods of Japanese Psychology blend with western culture to provide powerful tools for enhancing our lives. The applications of our work bridge the gap between the spiritual, the psychological and the practical. Facilitators for this distance learning program include Linda Anderson Krech, MSW and co-author of A Finger Pointing to the Moon: A Workbook for Establishing Direction and Focus in Daily Life.
If you'd like more information about what we do, you can take a tour at our homepage and browse through our library. Thank you.
