I’m running another series of Mindset & Clarity workshops at work.

During last week’s workshop, we talked about Performance.  And to illustrate the point I was making, I jumped up from my seat, grabbed a sharpie and drew a diagram on a flipchart.

I wouldn’t call myself an artist.

But I was only drawing a stickman and it’s impossible to misdraw a stickman.

Or so I thought.

As I finished my diagram, I took a step back and glanced proudly at my masterpiece.

Something seemed off but I couldn’t put my finger on it.

Then to my horror it hit me.

I hadn’t just drawn a stickman.  I’d drawn a stickman plus.  And not the kind of “plus” you want to be drawing while 19 of your esteemed colleagues are watching, listening and scribbling down notes.

See, the two legs I’d drawn didn’t start at the bottom of the torso.  

Instead, they started a couple of centimetres above the bottom of the torso.

Which meant I’d accidentally gifted my poor stickman an anatomical upgrade. 

Let’s just say he’d ended up with three “legs” rather than the usual two.

Definitely not what I had in mind. 

And rather embarrassing to boot.

As it happened, there was another diagram I could sketch out to illustrate the same point.  So I casually flipped the chart over and on we went with the workshop.

Nothing to see here folks!

Anyway, lesson learnt.

Other than this little snafu, the workshops have been a great success.

Here's what one attendee had to say when I ran the same workshops earlier this year:

*****

Tom led 10 weeks of Mindset Workshops across resilience, bandwidth, over-thinking, self-improvement, gratitude, perspective, self-reflection and a range of other pertinent topics.

Highly practical, Tom delivered these with serious professionalism and the value for me and the participants has been transformative, improving my state of mind considerably.  Crucially, Tom created a safe space where the views and perspectives of all were welcomed.

I strongly recommend it.

*****

Here's why I bring this up:

Would you like me to come and run a workshop at your workplace? 

No three legged stickmen, I promise.

Just a chance for you and your colleagues to find out how to work more productively with less stress and have some more fun along the way.

If you’re interested, hit reply and we’ll take it from there.

That’s all for today.

Have a great weekend.

 - Tom