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As soon as you complete your registration, you’ll begin to receive a series of brief emails on mindset and framework, so you can benefit from the program right away — even before we’re together.
You’ll also receive a complimentary copy of What Kind of World Do You Want? to enjoy in the time before the workshop.
All too often, a workshop is just a flash in the pan, quickly forgotten as you return to your busy life.
This one is different. (Very different!)
First off, it’s not “just another workshop.” For most people who attend, it’s a genuine turning point. (Of course, you don’t have to take my word for that, just read what alums have to say by clicking here.)
Second — and more important — you’ll become a part of the global community of Quest alums, both the people in your workshop cohort and the larger community. It’s amazing company to be in.
We’ll also schedule a conference call or two with your workshop cohort, after you’re together, to keep you in touch with one another. And you’ll be hearing regularly from me, to keep your learning fresh.
The application process is designed to make sure there’s a great fit between your expectations and what the workshop has to offer. It’s one of the ways I make sure there’s always a Great Group in the room, with everyone fully engaged.
Deadline? Well, because my programs are for small groups, they’re first come, first served, according to the receipt of the full registration fee. This has seemed to be the fairest way to handle the limited space. So you can choose your own deadline ... but wait too long, and the workshop may well be full.
Since the workshop is for a small, select group, I really encourage you to move heaven and Earth to be there. Still, if something unforeseen happens, you can request a full refund as late as three weeks before the workshop.
After that three-week timeframe, your investment will be applied to the next Quest workshop of your choice.
Time and again, I’ve seen how it can enrich the experience to be joined by someone who you hold in high regard. Whether you work with this person day-in and day-out or you only have infrequent telephone contact, you’ll be able to join in holding possibility and hope — someone who will understand what you’re talking about, thanks to a shared experience.
And you never know what you might cook up together, either at the workshop or in the months or years after.
So I do my level best to accommodate anyone who want to come with a partner. (At some venues, everyone comes with a partner.)
By the way, although people have come in teams of as many as six, you can make the biggest difference in your experience and results by bringing just one other person. (We now limit teams to four.)
Since places are limited — and are first-come, first-served — I would suggest you first secure your registration and then approach your potential partner.
Returning alums are welcomed with open arms. (Sometimes they even take more than half the seats! Most of the rest are usually accompanying an alum or were recommended by one.)
Why do they return? Well, I’ve heard many say they want to immerse themselves again in the inspiring atmosphere — and be with people who share their aspirations and values.
After all, this workshop is much more than “training”—it’s a true retreat where we can restore our batteries, wallow in the mindset with like-minded folks, and leave refreshed and with more energy for the future.
That’s a big reason people return again and again.
There’s something more ... each time, you are different—at a different place in your life. So you pay attention to different aspects (it is a many-layered experience, as I’m sure you know).
And of course, I’m constantly refining the workshop content, introducing new elements and insights. If your last workshop was more than a couple of years ago, you’ll be very (pleasantly) surprised by how different it is today.
P.S. Well, that’s what I said last time the workshop was offered. Now, things are different. I’ve revamped the experience to respond to “these times.”
We’ll prepare to interrupt the conversation of the status quo.
And you’ll have time to plan, if you want, for a future that will subtly or directly (your choice) surprise the folks back home.
We apply the science of the “management of change” to making our re-entry a “change management initiative” ... down to the details of the first steps, who we talk to, and about what.
Whew! I think this has become “Quest 3.0.”