The theme of building tribes will feature prominently over the next few months as Great Life Distillery seeks to expand the ways it supports people make changes in their lives to achieve their dreams.

How Tribes help Changemakers

In his book The Element: How finding your passion changes everything, Sir Ken Robinson wrights about the importance of finding your tribe: “Finding your tribe can have transformative effects on your sense of identity and purpose…” .  Not only important on an individual level, according to Seth Goden, tribes help people make big change happen in the world. See his TED talk about that here.

The first Startup Salon of 2017, is taking place in Dogpatch Labs on Thursday April 13th.  This instalment focuses on finding and building a tribe to create and grow not only a business but a social enterprise, project or event. This will feature founders of startups like Sketch Labs, Oathello, House My Dog and projects like Coolest Projects.  You can get early bird tickets here.

Intrapreneur Squad Launches in BOI Workbench in March

If you’re keen to develop leadership skills to succeed as an intrapreneur you’ll need a tribe of supporters to help tell your story and to buy into your purpose; maybe even start a movement. Watch Simon Sineck’s TED talk ‘How great leaders inspire action’, which features the role purpose plays in leadership, here.  

Gathering a tribe of people around you connected by a common purpose, will help you achieve your goal.

Intrapreneurs Squad is a new monthly workshop for people looking to do just that.  The first one is happening in BOI Workbench on Thursday  30th March, 6-8pm. 

To join Intrapreneurs Squad please visit the Eventbrite registration here.

Transform Your Life Coaching Pop-up: Next month I’ll be piloting a pop up coaching practice out in the salubrious South Beach Pavilion in Greystones, which hosts a tribe of wellbeing professionals ranging from pilates, yoga, nutrition and fitness coaching.  No better place to transform your life into something great than there; where you can avail of services for the mind, emotions and your body! Well they’re all connected, so best to tackle change in a way that has your whole self engaged, it’ll maximise your chance of turning your life around.   

When: Every Friday in March (excluding St Patricks weekend) from 2-5pm there’ll be 45 minute drop in sessions for people curious to learn about how coaching can help them make changes in their life to enhance their overall wellbeing and happiness. To reserve a slot please email janice@greatlifedistillery.com or call on 0876700112.

What is central to these events is purpose. Purpose fuels our engagement to whatever goals we’re working on; whatever organisations and issues we’re attached to. Purpose ignites our energy to commit to causes beyond ourselves and our direct needs.  It’s about why we learn and how we develop; the communities we grow ourselves or join and attachment to some kind of higher ideal that is bigger than our individual selves.

Most of all, a tribe built around a common purpose will be capable of so much more than a tribe that is not. So best if we’re all clued in to what ours is!

I look forward to helping you understand yours and share it!

Janice