Get More Mileage from your Thinking Time
Are you a manager, business owner, or other professional with too much on your agenda? You may have gotten some help from courses on time-management and delegation. But these tools are not always powerful enough when you are the person in the hot seat to tackle the most complex tasks and make sure they get done in a reasonable time.
The problem is, how do you "get your mind around" the issues quickly and effectively? Before you can break up a task into little steps to do or delegate, you first have to understand it in your own mind. That's when obstacles—thinking obstacles like overload, uncertainty, and poorly formed goals—can shut you down and make you feel stuck. And when you feel stuck in your thinking, your project is stuck, too.
In my class on Thinking Tactics, you learn how to get unstuck in your thinking, so you can figure out how to get unstuck in action.
Everybody comes to the Thinking Tactics Workshop with different topics to think about, but you will leave with a single system that helps you concentrate better, avoid bogging down, and get more mileage out of your thinking time.
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"Thank you for your wonderful workshop. I can
immediately apply the material you presented to all facets of my life. In
fact, everyone I spoke to during the breaks felt as if you tailored the
workshop for them. Considering the varieties of professions and
personalities that were represented, it is clear that Thinking Tactics can
benefit anyone who wants to think." |
In this workshop, you will learn a system of "Thinking Tactics." It is a jam-packed day, covering all the tools you need to concentrate on demand and make a complex task fit inside your brain.
During the day, you get a chance to practice using these tactics both in class exercises and individual exercises using your own personal thinking tasks. For an idea of what you can use the tactics to help you with, read the recommended advance preparation for a recent course.
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"This workshop helped me deal with a problem that had been
plaguing me for some time. Once I learned about the floundering scenarios, I had
a major breakthrough that has already saved me over $500! And the methods of
surveying and spiraling were well worth the cost of the entire workshop." |
In addition, you will have a complimentary two-month membership in The Thinking Lab starting after class. In The Thinking Lab, you get weekly thinking tips, available only to program members. You can listen to mastery classes covering topics that just don't fit into a one-day program. And you can do individual exercises on topics of your choice, and get feedback and help from me.
I (Jean Moroney) developed this course by working with individuals and groups, and targeting the top thinking problems they faced when they sat down to think at their desks. Whether the problem is overload, uncertainty, or floundering, we've all experienced it. What most people don't know is that a few basic tools can conquer these problems every time.
In this class you learn what is the mental equivalent of the hammer, saw, drill, and screwdriver—and how to make sure you use the right tool for the job.
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"I was impressed with how much the membership in the
Thinking Lab added value to the workshop. The
thinking tips and teleclasses were very helpful for reviewing the tactics we
learned in the class and applying them to real life problems. This package
is a great a value, well worth the money."
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Enrollment will be capped at 30 people to ensure everyone has a chance to ask questions and join the discussion.
Thinking Tactics always attracts an interesting group of ambitious professionals. You'll get a chance to chat with the other participants during the continental breakfast or the light lunch (both of which are complimentary) and during two short breaks during the day.
The Orange County workshop is scheduled to take place:
Saturday, March 24, 2012
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m
(Continental breakfast will be available starting at 9:00 a.m.)
The tentative location is:
Marriott Courtyard Foothill Ranch Irvine East
27492 Portola Parkway
Foothill Ranch, California 92610
The backup location (if we have fewer than 10 signups by Feb. 18) is:
LePort Schools
Mission Viejo Campus
22081 Hidalgo Ave.
Mission Viejo, CA 92691
If we get fewer than 10 signups by the early bird deadline, space will be capped at 10, and we will hold the workshop at our host, LePort Schools. Sign up early to ensure your space! Enrollees will be informed of the definite location shortly after the February 18 deadline.
Sign up by February 18 at the early-bird price of $275 per person to ensure there is a place for you. Note: payments at the early-bird price are not refundable after February 19.
In the morning session, Concentrating the Power of Your Mind, you will learn:
In the afternoon session, Making Complex Tasks Fit in People-Sized Brains, you will learn:
This is an interactive workshop. During the day we will work through exercises and processes in the 70-page workbook using a combination of lecture, discussion, group exercises, and individual exercises.
When you leave, you will take away a laminated summary sheet with essentialized reminders of how and when to use the tactics. Plus, at the back of the workbook is a convenient 8-page summary of the course for quick review.
Please note: payments at this rate are not refundable after February 19. (You may send a replacement.)
Can't commit that early? You're gambling that there will not be space for you! In the event there is space, you can get $50 off the tuition if you pay two weeks in advance (March 10). Early payments of $325 are fully refundable prior to the March 10 deadline. After that time, payments are not refundable, but you are welcome to send a replacement.
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Do you need help getting your employer to reimburse you for the cost of your tuition? Just let me know—I can help with the paperwork. I can provide you a formal invoice to receive reimbursement from your employer. Or, if your company prefers to pay the cost directly, I can accept a purchase order and invoice the company. |
To sign up, please fill out the form here. You can either pay by credit card on that site, or put in the "Paybycheck" coupon to register and then send the check separately. Make sure the check is postmarked by the payment deadline.
When I get your payment, I'll send you a registration packet plus a copy of my pamphlet "Thinking on Paper," as a welcome to the class.
A No-Risk SampleJump Start Your Thinking is a free 1-hour sample class I offer every other month. About 30-40 minutes of that teaser covers "Thinking on Paper", which overlaps with this class. Sign up on the Jump Start page. I guarantee, if you like the Jump Start class, you will find Thinking Tactics even more valuable. It builds on what can only be mentioned in passing in Jump Start. "I had used 'thinking on
paper' before, but now I have additional methods to use with it, and I can
do it routinely. The additional tactics are tremendously helpful in regaining focus
after frequent interruptions. Great stuff." |
Want to know more? A detailed printable brochure of a previous class is available here. It includes much additional information:
Or, email me, Jean Moroney, at jm@thinkingdirections.com with your questions.
Sign up now and learn how to get more results for your thinking effort.
Still unsure? Here's my money-back guarantee: If you have not already discovered one way your thinking can be significantly more productive by the time of the first break (10:45), you can walk out then with a 100% refund. So what are you waiting for?
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"The clarity of the workshop is terrific. It comes from
what I call the "oh, yeah!" quality—the
ability you have to describe real minds really working, not just to deliver
a theoretical lecture that I have to struggle to tie to my own concretes. I
was thinking of dozens of ways to use this information even before I got
home from the workshop! And I've been using it ever since." |
