Friday, Apr 12 2013 8:30AM to 11:00AM

Monthly BIG Ideas Exchange

Friday, April 12, 2013

Location: Goodmortgage.com, 3325 South Tryon Street, 28217
http://www.goodmortgage.com/directions/

8:30 am to 9:00 am Continental breakfast and networking
9:00 am to 11:00 am Book Discussion

Free to Members and Guests of BIG: RSVP to terry@bigcouncil.com or register below.

Book: “One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way” by Robert Maurer.

All Changes, even positive ones, are scary. Attempts to reach goals through radical or revolutionary means often fail because they heighten fear. But the small steps of Kaizen disarm the brain’s fear response, stimulating rational thought and creative play.

Written by an expert on Kaizen—Dr. Robert Maurer, a psychologist on the staff at the UCLA medical school who speaks and consults nationally—One Small Step is the gentle but potent way to effect change. Beginning by outlining the all-important role that fear plays in all types of change—and Kaizen’s ability to circumvent it—Dr. Maurer then explains the 7 Small Steps. He shows how to perform mind sculpture—visualizing virtual change so that real change comes more naturally. The Science of Small Steps is a system that fools your brain into forgetting the fear of failure and other self-sabotaging tendencies that hijack your efforts.

As a reminder, you don’t have to read the book! The facilitators will share the main principles from the book with the group.
Sharon Lachow-Blumberg with I'm Not Done Yet will facilitate this stimulating discussion.

For an excerpt of this book, go to:

http://www.amazon.com/Small-Step-Change-Your-Life/dp/076112923

During this roundtable we'll:

· share our own experiences in this area in our businesses
· share best practices from our own personal experience or from industry thought leaders
· share ideas on how to improve the area within our businesses to fuel growth

Note: We are looking for people to facilitate book discussions, so please don’t hesitate to contact me if there is a book that you’re passionate about and would like to share with the group. We are currently looking to fill the 2013 calendar. The meetings take place the second Friday of every month, so pick a month that suits you for 2013! A few of you have suggested books, so please send me an email for the month and book you would like to facilitate.