A Responce to TribeSteemup 's Bi-weekly Question - What Empowers You?
The biweekly question from @tribesteemup is
What empowers you?
For me it is when someone believes in me, encourages me and supports me.
A number of years ago I befriended Dr. Jeffrey Lant and we formed a partnership to build an online writing course. (I had written about my connection with Dr. Lant before in a previous post about letting go at: https://steemit.com/ecotrain/@porters/mindfulmonday-and-a-response-to-ecotrains-qotw-on-letting-go )
About Dr. Lant (taken from his about author page in his latest books)
Dr. Lant has earned four university degrees, including the PhD from Harvard. He has taught at over 40 colleges and universities and is quite possibly the first to offer satellite courses. He has written over 50 books, thousands of articles and been a welcome guest on hundreds of radio and television programs.
When we started up he told my husband I was way out of my league but he believed in me and I saw this as an opportunity of a lifetime to work with a man of this caliber!
I really applied myself and I learned to overcome obstacles, solve problems and rise to the occasion.
That in itself is very empowering when you don't fold when presented with a challenge but you rise up to face it and overcome it.
I found I was far more capable than I knew.
We worked together well, although it was anything but easy!
We had pulled together a team (which had previously been working with Dr. Lant when he wrote his memoir "A Connoisseurs Journey" live online). This gave me some added support with different aspects of getting things set up. I learned to get help in areas I was weak on and to give it my all where I was strong.
I went through a tremendous learning curve and faced many challenges but we did it - bought Writers Secrets - an online writing course, to the world! Such an empowering experience which shaped my whole approach to life!
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I agree with you. I feel became a small person if nothing someone who supports and believe me.
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You certainly had an August companion in Doctor Lant, and it is never easy to learn the truly good things in life but the right educator appeared to you at the right time.
Belief, encouragement and support all have to do with trust. And you are certainly a very trust worthy person, my friend.
Blessings!
Words well spoken!
It's amazing but true that the teacher appears when the student is ready.
I feel very fortunate to have had this connection and the many other connections through out my life that shaped the way I am today.
Nice. It’s amazing where we can get when aided through aspiration. Glad to here this empowered story!
being empowered b others is a gift really and some thing we should all be doing for one another, thank you @porters xx
This sounds like a perfect connection with Dr. Lant to bring forth many valuable pieces of knowledge. I would be interested in learning more.
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I still have the Writers Secrets package available but it is not live with Dr. Lant any more - just the recordings and 3 volumes in the books written for this.
We did it live for a year then there were other changes in our lives and we both went on to other things.
I have to do some upgrades to the website to have the package publicly available again but if you are interested in the package just DM me on discord and we can do some sort of exchange.
Thank you for your offer, @porters. I am actually interested, though I feel that at this moment I'm not ready to jump into another project, and from the impression I got, this would be something I'd best dedicate some time and effort to.
However, I am a bit intrigued as for the subject matter of the workshop. You said it's about writing, and mindfulness. An interesting combination. Although with both subjects I found I learn best by doing them, I'm sure a good guide is invaluable on any quest. So once I decide to take on this course, what should I expect? What kinds of things is it going to teach me?