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Message posted: 4th Jan 08, 04:02 pm
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Username: desbarry
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| Teens Succeeding beyond expectation
Hi to all, Greetings in the new year that has now begun and so a good time to update you all on what Heropath is organising in regard to Teen Workshops in 2008. Firstly there is an opportunity to keep you in touch regarding the youth work that Jeff Leiken is involved, that relates to the workshops held here in the UK. If you want to receive the first of newsletters that Jeff and I will be issuing on an ongoing basis then e-mail me at heropath1@aol.com . In the newsletter there will be discussion and ideas presented around the background to why and how the teen workshop does offer a power for teens that many teens do not get of their own devices or through situations that they find themselves in, including from the school system. We see that the Heropath EMPOWERED Life for Teens Workshops as an aid and compliment to what schools provide as education. It is as much for those teens who want to raise themselves from the mediocrity and cynicism that they can easily find seductive when it is the dominant narrative of their peers and/or friends let alone society as it is for teens who already have an inkling of what they want and want clarity in this and the wherewithal to go about making it happen. "People who are conventionally clever get jobs on their qualifications (the past), not on their desire to succeed (future). Very simply they get overtaken by those who continually strive to be better than they are' This is quoted from the book by Paul Arden, often described as a creative genius, albeit a wayward one. - 'IT'S NOT HOW GOOD YOU ARE, ITS HOW GOOD YOU WANT TO BE.' To paraphrase - it is someone who is operating off a future, from a being at their best platform, held and the path to this is their becoming who they want to be - it is the platform from which leadership potential can develop in whatever arena the person is drawn to. For teens to begin to get this when they are teens is an immense step in their life that only a few traverse on their own. By the end of the Friday evening the teens already get the gist of the knowledge for themselves that offers a different perspective of themselves in relation to their future. The future they want and THIS KNOWLEDGE is the power that is built on, for them, over the course of the weekend. Too good to be true? My daughter Hannah's cousin Alys, at nearly 14 years of age, considered she (and her parents can vouch for it) was at a pretty low point in her life and you can read her story that she posted to me at the end of November last year and the link to it is http://www.heropath.co.uk/testimonial.shtml . It is a great story enabled also by the love and hard work of her parents and now, since she has entered the lower sixth form equivalent in Spain, she has been voted head of her class and now is demonstrating leadership qualities organising projects and encouraging her peers to get involved positively leaving their cynical behaviours behind. All teens who attend start with a certain feeling about life, their capabilities and desires and from wherever they are they will have a transformational experience that will express itself over time and be noticeable by others. Of course they get this by referencing the knowledge gained, always! So what questions are out their? Does it still sound too good to be true? All the Best Des Barry Heropath
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