Join us for the adventure of a lifetime at the Personal Leadership Academy    June 25-29, 2007 This may be the most important week of your life!   Come and join us for the Personal Leadership Academy held at Camp Ida-Haven in scenic McCall, Idaho !!      Enjoy these five fun-filled, highly educational and life-changing days spent with trainers from Creating Change, Inc. as well as professionals from all over the country. There is simply no other experience like it anywhere!! During this intense course you will learn how to examine your life, lifestyle, choices, priorities and nearly everything you do and how to grow and improve in every aspect of your life, both professional and personal. You will leave with a greater understanding of your values, emotions, finances, career, physical health, attitude, time and relationships with others!! You will also have the opportunity to forge friendships that will last a lifetime.         This memorable week will begin at 12:00 noon on Monday with the introduction of instructors and the camp, which will be followed by lunch and participant introductions. Then we will get right to work with our training sessions!! Each day will be an enlightening and power-packed mix of mental and physical training and participation. The theme of the Personal Leadership Academy (formally known as the National Teacher Leadership Academy) since 1995 has been, "Life is a daring adventure, or nothing at all" (Helen Keller). Come and live this week of adventure with us!!    Attitudes and Choices      Each day we are faced with whether or not it is going to be a great day. Every morning when you get out of bed, even when the alarm goes off, you are faced with choices. Behind every choice you make are years of training and experience. That cycle is sometimes difficult to break out of. Some of what you will learn in this section will allow you to: Break through previous destructive patterns Choose according to what you want, not what you have always done Create empowering patterns of choice Increase your determination and resolve to improve your choices Be challenged to improve your attitude long term Destroy old - destructive attitudes      There is so much to be gained from a compelling and confident attitude. As your attitude improves, so will your choices. Interesting isn't it, one leads to the other. As you work to improve, you will be less inclined to choose poorly and carry a sorry attitude along with you. This week can take you a very long way to improving in both of these areas. If you are tired of the attitude that you have, and the choices that you make, then choose to attend the Personal Leadership Academy 2007. Principles, Values and Beliefs     Have you ever wondered what role principles, values and beliefs play in your everyday life?  There may well be no other force on earth that is as powerful as principles, values, and beliefs. Though the definition of each of these terms may seem redundant, there is a very fine difference that is critically important to being able to use them as you go through life. Most of us simply accept that we have principles, values, and beliefs, not recognizing that we have the ability to create lasting change through a deep and thorough understanding of these three matchless areas of life. Once understood you can then use these to:   Destroy destructive patterns Create compelling and empowering patterns Create lasting change Avoid limiting paths and beliefs Honestly and thoroughly evaluate your behavior against your beliefs Create lasting positive beliefs about yourself and others     Interested? This segment may well be the most important training of the week. Little other learning will compare with the vast amounts that you will learn about yourself during this portion of the program. This has been a highly valuable component to our participants in the past, and there is no doubt that you will find similar results. Emotions      Our lives, our family’s lives, and the lives of everyone around us are daily affected by our emotions. We are emotional beings. We have feelings that run the gamut from happy to sad, from joy to discouragement, from excitement to depression. There is no escaping emotion. Emotions are a part of every job, every family, and every relationship. Sometimes exhilarating, sometimes scary, sometimes discouraging, but always there.     So, who is in charge of these emotions? Who is in control? Are there times that you "lose it" and wonder who that really was? If you are anything like me, you have dumped emotions all over someone, not really meaning to, but it just happened. Then you feel bad. If this happens more than you would like, and you want to do something different, then you will want to attend the Personal Leadership Academy 2007. Relationships     One area in which most of us could use some help is relationships. Each day we interact with several people and several different levels of relationships. Perhaps with a spouse, boy-friend, girl-friend, children, parents, grandparents, friends, and coworkers; there are so many different kinds of relationships that it is difficult to even keep them straight. Maybe you would like to: Understand why you behave in certain ways in your relationships Learn to be more positive Create a sense of security and hope Move the relationship where you want it to be Find joy where there is sorrow Move beyond just wanting to make it better to actually making it better     Again, this area of life is inescapable. There are so very many relationships that we have to manage, not to mention the relationships within our own families to which we may be asked to lend assistance. While you are certainly in charge of your own personal relationships, you may also have strong influence over others. You will learn how your personal relationships can improve, as well as how you might influence the relationships of those around you. Change      Change is the one thing that so very many people want, and so very few are successful at accomplishing. Certainly you have heard of the person who is an expert in stopping smoking - he has done it so many times! Have you ever thought of change in those terms, or gotten totally discouraged because the level of change that you experience is so minimal compared to the level of change that you expected? Perhaps you just don't know where to start. Change seems so overwhelming that even to look at what needs to be done is difficult.     No doubt that there is something in your life that you wish to change. There is some part of your life that you are not quite satisfied with just yet. If not, great! You will help others change. We are surrounded by people who desire change but are unable to make it happen. It is not because they are bad people or have no will power! There are certain patterns that help us effect change. By learning and practicing those patterns regularly, change will come more easily. Then the trick is to make it last. Lasting change is a bit more difficult, but is attainable. Let us show you how you can change and make it last, if that is what you really want to do.   Creating Wealth     It is an unfortunate fact that most people today will retire with relatively little money to enjoy their retirement years. If you believe that social security will meet your needs, you may want to rethink that. There is absolutely no reason that you can not retire quite comfortably without sacrificing a great level of comfort during those earning years.     The trick is to be smart, to let your earnings work as hard as you did to get them in the first place. There are many examples of hard working people who retire quite comfortably because they were smart with their money, taking a pro-active approach rather than waiting for the government or state retirement to take care of them. We have had past participants report that this segment of the training alone allowed them to recover their entire investment for attendance.     If you apply the principles taught in this segment, you will find that not only will you recover your entire investment in this course in just one year, but you may actually double or triple that amount over a very short time. Look, you don't have to just save your money, but you also have to protect it!! There are many ways to do this if you just know how. Our financial experts will teach you how to save and then protect your assets. Self Defense    With so many types of violence all around us, it is important that people learn to protect themselves in a reasonable way. In our self-defense segment of this training, you will learn to:   Use your most powerful defensive measures Posture for protection Use aggressive techniques when necessary Feel confident in uncomfortable situations Use the law to back you up Determine when and what force is necessary      Many have gained a great level of confidence from this segment of the course. Men and women alike are faced with situations that may become confrontational. As parents, you are also charged with protecting your children! Hopefully you will never have to use this portion of your training, but it is comforting to know that you will understand what to do if necessary. Individuals as Leaders     Every person, regardless of their position, has the challenge of leadership. Whether this includes leading your own life, your family life, or your work life, the challenge of leadership exists. There are certain principles, that when effectively applied, can significantly improve your leadership abilities. We will teach you these principles and then provide activities that will cement them, assisting you in internalizing these principles into your every-day life. You can ill afford to not be a leader. Not every person has to be the leader of each and every aspect of life, but you will be called upon to lead. No matter whether it is within your own family, your job, or simply your own life, you will be armed with the concepts that will assist you in becoming a strong, confident leader.  Balancing the Most Important Things     There are so many things that keep your life busy every single day. How do you tell which ones to do first? Do you work in crisis mode? Do you procrastinate? Do you resolve to complete the same tasks again and again? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are not alone. You are caught in the same trap as many others that are not using their time as they might really wish to.     But how are you using the time that you do have? Are you spending time with those you really need or want to spend time with or are you simply going through each day upset and discouraged by the shortage of time. This is all very important because of the many things that we each do each day. We spend an enormous amount of time and energy on those things which to us are not as important as the things we wish we were spending time on. While this is a common problem, it takes real effort to break away from. This week and this segment will help you to break out of these wasteful practices into being able to do what you really want. Rising Above Personal Challenges     Sometimes, problems that we have personally can be likened to being able to see the finish line, but not ever being able to reach it. We try and try, but no matter what, we just don't seem to get where we really want to be. Then we look at someone else's problems and get upset at ourselves for even thinking about whining.     The reality is that when we are faced with personal challenges, they are as real to us at that time as the most horrific challenges faced by many others each day. This is not always an enjoyable way to look at things, but it is true. We have real struggles. We do have real challenges. These may include: Marital challenges Children Jobs Specific areas of life      No matter what it may be, some items may be a challenge to some people. There is so very much to be thankful for, but at times we are somehow unable to identify those things. We know these good things exist and that we should focus on them, but we are just not able to do so.     While we can not change the problems that you might face, we can help you address those challenges in a way that will help you overcome or at least minimize the daily occurrence or reoccurrence of the challenges of life. We will share with you some remarkable stories of those that have overcome seemingly simple challenges, as well as those who have overcome devastating blows, some right here at the Personal Leadership Academy! Determining Personal and Professional Success     Are you successful? I mean, are you really successful both personally and in your professional life? How do you know? How can you tell?     Sometimes we feel like every aspect of our lives is crashing in around us, given that we really don't know what success is. This is an area that many people tend to struggle with.     Take your personal life. How do you know whether you are successful in your personal life. Do you gage your success by the success of your spouse, children, income, possessions, or toys? Do you let someone else determine your professional success like a spouse, customers, partners, boss, or a friend? You really can become quite confused when you try to look at success and are not certain what it really should be.     We will spend time helping you define success - so that you will understand when you achieve it. This is time just for and about you. Like the rest of the week, this segment focuses on you personally and helps you discover what success is really all about.   Physical training and participation will include: Ropes High Ropes Course Combined Ropes Cargo Net “The Log” “The Zip Line” Fit to Lead R & R activities including water skiing, banana boating, horseback riding, hiking, canoeing, etc. On Friday, we will sum it all up and head home by Noon. You will never have an opportunity anywhere else to gain this much knowledge and empowerment in such a breathtakingly beautiful and relaxing setting. (Click here to learn more about Camp Ida-Haven)       Challenge Course *** Canoeing *** "The Zip Line" *** The "Banana Boat"     Now what would you expect to pay for such a value-packed week of learning and fun? Your incredibly low investment price is only $749.00*!! This nearly unbelievable price will include all instruction, an over one hundred page resource guide, dormitory style lodging at Camp Ida-Haven, all your meals and snacks, and many recreational activities in one of the most gorgeous locations in the State of Idaho!!     * A $100.00 deposit is required at time of registration. This deposit will be 90% refundable for registrations that are cancelled prior to June 1, 2007. Deposit will not be refunded for registrations that are cancelled after June 1, 2007.     You must act soon or this opportunity will vanish. Participant numbers are limited to 30 people to maintain the high level of quality and effectiveness that Creating Change Inc. is known and respected for. Registrations will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis, so register today!! Back to Creating Change Home Page

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