Open to Excellence
Getting from good to great
Excellence in our world is often appreciated, but rarely sought. We love to watch athletes, actors, and other performers do amazing things and make it look easy.
But do you want that for yourself?
And do you know how to get there?
Excellence is not something you get by doing something over and over. It's in part skill, but it's mostly a function of awareness. In other words, you're in your own way. You knew that, right? But to allow excellence to come through you, you have to know exactly how. Then you can undo it.
Whether you dig ditches or lead thousands, the path of excellence awaits. We are all on it, whether we realize it or not. When you surrender to the call to become to best you can be at whatever you do, you receive the ultimate reward: your truest self.
In the end, the path to excellence is the path to self-knowledge. Do you dare look?
Josef Shapiro
Sessions 2.1 The Embodiment Gap, Authority Projections, and More
Session 2.2 Excellence as a Means to Your Goals
The Seduction of Complexity - Article
Assignment
Session 3.1 Deconstructing Goals and Knowledge, Skill and Awareness
Session 3.2 Authentic Goals: Connecting Doing and Being in Excellence
Stock Language - Article
Get Engagement in One Question - Article
Assignment
Session 4.1 Freedom From vs. Freedom To
Session 4.2 Including Your Heart In Goal Setting
Session 4.3 Guilt and Other Limits of Excellence
Session 4.4 Letting Your Dreams Change You
4.5 Writing Your Eulogy
Assignment
Session 5.1 Emotional Obstacles to Excellence
Session 5.2 Exploring Your Light and Shadow Aspects
Is Happiness Closer Than You Think? (Part 1/2)
The False Seduction of Happiness (Part 2/2)
Assignment
Session 6.1 Show Your Shadow Who's Boss
Sessions 6.2 Uncontracting From Reality
Session 6.3 The End of Struggling With Yourself
Session 6.4 Intermediate Shadow Work
Assignment
Session 7.1 Making Choices You Didn't Know You Had
Session 7.2 Beginner's Mind & Writing Your Shadow
Byron Katie's Questions
Assignment
Session 8.1 Deepening and Integrating Your Shadow Work
Session 8.2 Shadow as the Obstruction to Your Dreams
Assignment
Session 9.1 Connecting Shadow Patterns to Parental Conditioning
Session 9.2 The Origin of the Shadow & Responsibility
Assignment
Session 10.1 Excuses
Session 10.2 Training
Session 10.3 The 3 Kinds Of Authority
Session 10.4 Set The Conditions For Excellence
Session 11.1 Changing Gears Too Often
Session 11.2 Disbelieve Your Stories
Session 11.3 Responsibility And What Apologies Really Are
Session 11.4 Being There For Yourself