Uplift Your Damn Self Leadership Academy

The ability to build self-leadership skills has never been more important.

Self-leadership is your ability to overcome adversity, and then adapt and grow because of that adversity. This virtual "boot camp" provides the knowledge and skills required to build resiliency and lead yourself through life transitions.

Who should enroll?

This boot camp is specifically designed to accommodate veterans, servicemembers, and family members. People that support this community may also participate.

How is the boot camp delivered?

• Three learning modules requiring 4 hours of student preparation and 1.5 contact hours of instructor-led virtual group discussion.
• Individual student preparation includes reading assignments, watching relevant videos, and answering reflection questions.
• Sessions ensure a thorough understanding of applicable factual (what), conceptual (why), and procedural (how) knowledge.
• Sessions leverage your unique experience and perspectives.

What will you learn to do?

• Raise your morale by creating positive mental models.
• Boost confidence by developing anabolic, rejuvenating energy.
• Improve your motivation and commitment by providing purpose.
• Increase your ability to solve problems and overcome challenges.
• Enhance your ability to change.

What is your total investment?

• The academy requires 4.0 hours of your time. The tuition is $400.

Self-Leadership Development Competencies

Identify Your Energy Block

Energy Blocks can disrupt and damage the way we show up in life and work.  A block can be anything that restricts you, whether it is something external (money, time, or natural disasters) or internal (beliefs and attitudes that you have about the world around you).  Since the external often reflects the internal, it’s really those internal blocks that are the ones holding us back, 95 percent of the time.

So, what do these blocks look like?

Discussion Topics:​

• Mental blocks
• Emotional blocks
• Spiritual blocks
• Social blocks
• Universal blocks
• Physical blocks
• Financial blocks

Analyze Your Energy Level

Left unchecked, our Energy Blocks can keep us stuck in a catabolic state, unable to foster any positive energy or forward progress. Being in a catabolic state can sabotage our efforts to create a positive outcome for life events, such as transitioning out of the military. Instead of taking positive action, we spin our wheels, needlessly pontificate, and frustrate ourselves.

In an anabolic state, we are in “solution mode”. Instead of working from crisis mode, where we emotionally detach and focus on problems with feelings of fear, despair, or loss of control, we utilize emotional intelligence constructively to see opportunities both in front of us and in the future. When we inevitably encounter setbacks, we become intentional, considering different perspectives, possibilities, and what we can learn and do, instead of adopting a victim mentality.

Anabolic leaders have the ability to motivate not only themselves but other people, inspiring them to do extraordinary things.

So the question is: How do we raise ourselves from a catabolic state to an anabolic state? The first step is to become aware of the energy level we currently resonate at.

Discussion Topics:

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Victim - Level 1 

Instigator - Level 2 

Cooperator - Level 3 

Tender Lover - Level 4 

Opportunist - Level 5 

Regulator - Level 6 

Your Best Self - Level 7 

Make a Command Decision

Sometimes, we are resonating at a lower average Energy Level than we would like to be. It’s likely that we are experiencing the negative effects of being at a catabolic energy level - a trademark of Energy Levels 1 (The Victim) and Level 2 (The Instigator). Or, we are in an anabolic state (Energy Levels 3-7) but want to raise our average level to achieve more success in our life.

Now that we know what Energy Level we are at and are familiar with the Energy Blocks that might be hindering our progress, we have the choice to start resonating at a higher level. To do this, we must take action. This action takes the form of a Command Decision.

 

Discussion Topics:

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Energetic Support Decisions

Upward Appeal

Pressure

Legitimize

Inspirational Appeal

Friendliness

Teamwork

Exchange

Reasoning

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Practical Support Decisions

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Physical Fitness and Nutrition

Legal Assistance

Insurance Protection

Financial Planning

Tax Considerations

Entrepreneurship

Referral Networking