Programs – Youth

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Welcome to High School


Be What You Want to See




Words Matter


The words you choose to say to others and how you say them is important. But the words you choose to say to yourself are the essential building blocks of your future.  Ancient wisdom suggests the path to destiny is a sequence beginning with personal thoughts.  In the 20th century someone declared that the greatest human discovery was the fact that we can each control our personal internal conversation and change our outcomes.  Mike wrote this rhyme to capture those thoughts:

The WORDS I often THINK and use

and they decide that that is ME,
and that is all THEY’LL LET ME BE
so thus is built MY DESTINY. 

Words matter! Choose your thoughts well.

This presentation is explores the words we commonly use when talking to ourselves and others.  It offers alternatives for improving self-image while improving communications skills and enhancing the work environment. It includes support materials to be used to spread the message throughout your organization. Let Mike help you improve the collaborative atmosphere of your organization.

Be What You Want to See

An interactive guide to the challenges and checklists for working collaboratively


Living Your Life on Purpose

An adventure exploring what we have in common

This is a large group experience, often an entire student body.
The activity begins with Mike’s introduction and proceeds with him offering the young audience a choice: “Do you want a speech or an experience?” The answer is usually overwhelmingly:  an EXPERIENCE. That triggers his change from speaker to facilitator. It begins with fast talking and a lot of group interaction. Their decision for an experience is the reason they then must explore who they are and what they can do together.   From there they spend time exploring what they have in common—people Mike’s age with people their age and what they know they know and a few things they might not know just yet.  The lessons often explored in this adventure range from the self-talk and choices, how they work, to the role attitude and self-awareness plays in everyone’s life.  Mike can tie in any message or theme the school needs or wants included. It ends up discovering what power each one has to build who they are and who they want to become. Realizing that the presentation is only a small part of capturing the message, the hosts are provided with suggested questions to continue the experience in smaller group interactions.

What Difference Do I Make?





