Builder #7: Affirmations (Meeting Agenda)

This meeting agenda is organized into 3 parts. As the facilitator, you can choose to use 1, 2 or all 3 parts of this agenda based on the time you want to allocate and what you want to accomplish with the group.

• Golden Nuggets (builds team cohesion)
• Topical Conversations (reinforces specific concepts)
• Application (drives changes in behavior)

Part 1 - Golden Nuggets

What were your golden nuggets from our last conversation? (Go around the room, each person picks the next to share.) What were your golden nuggets from listening to Builder #7? They could be concepts or takeaways, relevant stories or experiences — from your life or someone else’s. (As people share golden nuggets) Do any examples or experiences of that come to mind?

Part 2 - Topical Conversations

One of the topics discussed was _______. What were your thoughts about this? What examples of this principle in action come to mind?

Topics:

Life is a Choice:

• We have to choose what success means to us, then choose to go get it. The desire to be great comes from going after what we really want. When is a time you decided you wanted something and wouldn’t stopped until you got it?
• Commonality of success is not famous vs. not famous or rich vs. poor - the commonality is the way they see themselves, think to themselves, speak to themselves

The Voice in our Head:

• Can we really change the way we speak to ourselves? Can we reprogram that voice in our heads? Can we change our beliefs?

Definition of an Affirmation:

• Something we repeat to ourselves over and over again, until it becomes a belief. What are some examples of affirmations that we use (maybe without realizing it)?

Chambers of the Mind:

• The chambers of our mind are the plans we’ve internalized for every role we play in life (mother, father, salesperson, sibling, athlete, etc.). Let’s pick a successful person and analyze their mind.
• What do they believe?
• What do they do?

Affirmation Exercise:

• Pick a chamber or two, write down what exists in that chamber. What are your thoughts? What are you beliefs? What are your best practices? What are your habits (both good and bad)?

Part 3 - Application

• How do the concepts discussed in this builder apply to what we do as a team?
• How do the concepts discussed in this builder apply to your individual roles?