TODN Change SIG 7/28: BORN - LOVE - DIE -- Trip to Africa Changed the Agenda - Brett Blair, Ph.D.

BORN - LOVE - DIE
Trip to Africa Changed the Agenda
 (8:30-10:30 - bring your own coffee/tea and snacks). 

I just returned from Africa, where I thought about this program a lot. The basics are the same, just how we are will be looking at them SO . . .

Have you ever laughed and cried at the same time? Felt both sad and happy in the same moment? An odd duality can often exist in the same experience. I'm an upbeat guy, but I know I need to feel my sad emotions too.

I've been hard at work on my new book, Born - Love - Die, and it is due to be published this summer. The writing process has been exceptionally difficult. Reliving the year of my wife's ALS journey word after word, page after page has been painful. But at the same time, there are so many good things that have come out of the experience.

Have you thought much about your legacy, both of what you are doing in the world and about your life to date?

This program will give us time and tools for both, as we  focus on these questions::

• • What are the five key elements of Martin Seligman's Theory of Wellbeing?
  • What is a framework for getting through trauma?
  • How to avoid regret at the end of your life: Learn how presence is the answer to everything.

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  Brett Blair, Ph.D.  
  
  Brett Blair is the founder and president of Best Life Global, LLC. Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, Best Life Global is an executive coaching and consulting company, providing personalized business growth, executive, and life coaching, training and organizational consulting services.

  Brett is also founding partner with Sanford Rose Associates, an executive search firm based in Brighton, MI., and is a Principle with the Brentwood Advisory Group based in Chicago, IL. Brett and his team help business leaders and executives to improve business performance while achieving balance and growth in their personal and professional lives.

  Originally from Blue Springs, MO., Brett attended the University of Missouri where he earned his BS-Industrial Engineering degree. He also holds an MBA-Finance from Tennessee State University and studied at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan. Brett has also completed a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, with an emphasis on applied positive psychology.

  Prior to founding Best Life Global, Brett was employed with 3M Corporation and Alcoa in a variety of executive leadership positions. Brett has published two books, From Autopilot to Authentic and Living at the Summit, and his next book, Born-Love-Die is due to be published this summer. He is a keynote speaker on a variety of subjects relative to peak performance, and the founder of the Best Life Movement, a non-profit organization aimed at helping people live their unique best lives.

  NOTE 1: The Change SIG is now SEARCHING for several Zoom-comfortable

  people to produce our programs on a ROTATING BASIS.
  NEWS: Only to-do's for each Change SIG NOW are Tech Check & Zoom Host
  -- Do a 45-minute Tech Check 4th (or 5th)  Monday or Tuesday, with speaker(s) & Mary Charles

          -- Handle 4th (or 5th) Friday Zoom details, 8:15 -10:45 AM Eastern
   
  Many thanks to _ SUSAN WESTBROOK _ Zoom Host

  
  NOTE 2: Do you have an idea to polish or a presentation to try out? The Change SIG is looking for 2023 speakers (August-September).

  For more information, contact SIG leaders, Mary Charles Blakebrough (919-656-9573) or Vickie Bevenour.