Founders Eleven - First Weekend

Why would you share that?"

It's a good question. When we open our mouths to say something, more often than not we focus on WHAT is being said rather than THE ENERGY of what's being said. But, the content of our talk means very little. Our energy means a lot.

When we share in a training, especially when we tell a story about our life or our opinions, the story might be marginally interesting, but the ENERGY behind the story tells volumes.

"Why would you share that?" Founders Eleven heard it over and over again -- sometimes to breakthrough, sometimes to exasperation. Each time, the group was challenged to "dip deeper into the truth well" to find the reasons beneath the reasons beneath the things we say and think. Finding those reasons, we discover is ANYTHING BUT an intellectual exercise. It is a question of heart, of fear and of energy.

Within no time, the group began to tune in to the energy each person was communicating more loudly than words. They noticed the masks they wore and the scripts they ran even as they were on their "best behavior" in the GLF's highest-level training. Again, this was no mental exercise. It was a heart workout. And the place they would find by deep-feeling was a place of profound self-love.

As the weekend came to a close, that self-love and self-acceptance began its inevitable transformation into an ability to see one anothers' greatness, even in moments of conflict.

Founders first weekend can be a downer. It's a hard-hitting chance to take a look at precisely what's not working, even after Parts One, Two and Three. As Founders Eleven returned to their lives on Saturday evening, they saw clues as to the final destination of the Founders Training: compassion for oneself and compassion for those with whom we share space.