My closing comment for this class is about appreciation, for being thankful about who I'm and things I have done and future things I'll do. I appreciate all the learnings on being more mindful and also about getting rid of my VOJs to accomplish more of the things I want to do/share/enjoy. Things happen for a reason and there is always a learning! Thanks Sherri and Julie for being so great! :)
Well, I don't yet have an answer to my challenge but I am much closer.
It's helpful to open the class with a meditation. I had come from work tired and wound up after a full day of notifying employees that they may be losing their job. So, the minutes taken to get quiet and centered were helpful.
As for the exercises, I struggled with the 90 year old woman one. I found it difficult to imagine where I would be, what would have happened, etc. But, it got me wondering so that's good. The small group exercise was more comfortable for me...it was nice to witness others and reflect back. Writing down my values and doing the qualities exercise were both insightful.
I appreciated the reminder to stay connected and supportive of our sisterhood.
This class definitely flew by and I would like to take more time with others to continue practicing.
Thank you Sherri and Julie for all the work you did to make this course happen and sharing it with us!
i really feel quite thankful for the devotion our teachers have put in this class. We share stories with people ,learn to get rid of our VOJs and try to know ourselves from a different perspective.
It feels good to meditate ,which I've NEVER try to do before but did enlighten me a a lot. After this class. I feel more confident,more optimistic and more comfortable with myself.
All i want to express is thanks. Thanks you Sherri and Julie for bringing us a fantastic journey .
Applause and the Sounds of Joy are the last images I will forever keep in my memory when I think of our BUS 06 2014 Course. Extraordinary, Strong, and well Polished I feel about myself as well as all the Incredible women I was Blessed to Learn with* Here I Go....When I was asked to view myself and choose the things that "I like to do" vs. "I don't like to do" this assignment opened my eyes to a new dimension of "Loving Who I Am" which Just Is* It has truly become a Remarkable Journey for me in this course because I approached my class with a transparent heart and agenda. Its really a Phenomenal Experience to Sincerely Trust your Intuition and that's my Biggest Prize from this Course is Remembering "What I Feel in my Gut" is truly what I need to do for myself and I promise you, Starting Today July 24* I Promise to Only Pursue, Locate, and Complete the things that my Intuition tells me to Do* I am the Woman Leader that I'm is Search for and I will Live All My Dreams* Including having a strong relationship with my Husband who will believe in my strength, love, and independence. XOXOXO Love and God Bless Stanford Ladies*
I will miss riding my bike to Stanford on Tuesdays, looking forward to an evening spent with amazing women. There has not been an hour that has gone by that I have not thought about all of insights and tools that Julie and Sherri presented us with. My confidence has never been greater and I have been trying to practice not multitasking, finding, to my amazement, that I am much more productive, less stressed, and more 'present' to the task at hand. I look forward to practicing more of the exercises that we were introduced to in class and to reading some of the recommended books listed in the "Supplementary Reading" section of Creativity in Business. I often replay the stories shared by all of you. How incredibly strong each one of you is! How much so many of you have overcome! How much love you all have to give! I figured that our combined forces could easily be the answer to much of the world's problems. I have never been more compelled to be part of a sisterhood than I was on our last night together. Truly amazing women. I sincerely hope we can all keep in touch via our email group. I would love nothing more than to hear about your stories, your intuition, and where your courage has taken you. Love to you all.
Thank you to everything you have giving me on my path to finally find who I am and what I really would like to be in a few years. I have learned so much about myself and for the sake of what I am what I am and I do what I do...This class has given me so much strength and positive energy to master my life and make the right choices for me !!!!! I am so thankful and grateful to got to know so many great people!!!! Big compliment to Sherri and Julie!! God bless you all!!
Sherri and Julie offered me a precious gift with this class. I feel all I had to do is receive it with an open heart, mind and body. The gift is “Embracing My Essential Self” and with this embracing my life. It’s sounds so easy and over the past weeks I relearned how easy it can be if I am fully present and accepting. Discovering or rediscovering who I AM in this amazing group of women has been very precious to me. I felt quite stuck, indecisive and I limited myself with fears, rigidity and self-doubt when we started our journey together. My energy was rather low and my emotions were contained. Today I’m in a much more centered state. I feel different in my body and I feel my e-motions as energy in motion. Both positive and negative emotions need to flow. Else, I keep myself from experiencing the joys and pains of living my life to the fullest. I will continue working on this. For now I’m back on the journey I want to be on and I’m ready to take responsibility for who I am and the impact I want to have.
Bringing the class to a closure with the last small group exercise was beautiful. I was moved to observe and listen to these three unique women in my group. And it became once again clear to me that when we support and inspire each other, women are even more powerful.
Thank you Julie and Sherry for creating this wonderful class! I sat at the back of the room for our last class and I felt an incredible aliveness.
"Nothing can dim the light which shines from within." - Maya Angelou
I feel blessed to have met you all and would love to stay in touch. Sending you love and light.
I recently read this quote: "Dreams are ageless, therefore one can be as young as a dream. People who allow themselves to dream, create a better life both in their imagination and in reality" I wanted to thank you for giving us a chance to dream once a week, every Tuesday(-: I believe it is true - dreams are ages less and you should follow you passion. it doesnt have to be big steps but keep walking. After you ask us what will our 90 years old figure would know and share with us I realized its unclear for me and that is a question I need to think of. sometimes the things we carry so dearly to our hearts now might be irrelevant in the future. looking at the bigger picture and meaningful life is long time search and maybe focusing and being happy with the simple thing we have now are more then enough. I think i would like to experience whats it like not being in race for whats next and just expecting normal routine and living by "whats is". it wont be easy but thats the biggest lesson I would try to work on. Thank you for a meaningful experience(-:
just thinking aloud, i wonder how this course would've changed if men (were allowed to) attend to gain insight on the female leadership/creative perspective, would it be something men be 1. interested to attend? 2. and still be able to maintain a safe, respectful, trusting, environment group dynamic?
my fear is #2 may be hard to maintain but as a female participant i'd respect any one(man) who would be brave enough to attend a class like this to learn a different perspective.
I wanted to personally thank Sherri and Julie for the fabulous inspiring class and great tools that boost creativity, confidence and understanding of Who We really Are and also that just being ourselves is Good Enough! I enjoyed the class very much and time just flew by.. Thank you a ton and hoping our paths will cross again!
I truely enjoy the same that Sherri and Julie created. Thank you for such wonderful insights and tools. I feel like this was such a productive learning enviroment and I walked away refereshed.
All the things I want to say is thank you. This class makes me more confident and trust myself. When we talk about who you are and what is your work, to be honest, I have no idea where should I start. All the things I think about myself is negative. And I found I never seriously think about my value even though I always feel lost in my career and personality recognition. These question force me to think about myself, and force to face my advantage and weakness. You said we can not live in the other person's expectation, we need to reliance ourselves back to who we really are and what is our own expectation. I think this is the word I want to hear and I need to know. Through the meditation, I tried to find an answer of who I am, I couldn't. But I think I will for sure, it's just need some time to admit and realize it. From: Xueting Zhao
I enjoy the last class very much! It's my first time to share my insights with my partner. I felt very relaxed and satisfied. In the past, I don't think everyone has a equal chance to talk and others can be willingly to listen to you when you are talking about your insights. However, I think everyone is a shining star and has their different color now. I can learn a lot when I heard their experience and ideas. When I meet a problem, I study to explore myself and know what I really want to do or follow my heart. These days are important for me although they are so short. The classes are over, but the new manner is starting. Good luck to everyone in the class, especially sherri and Julie.
When I first came to the class, I could not clearly answer the questions; who am I? what is my purpose? and what are my values? By the end of our 5 weeks together I had a far greater understanding of both the meaning behind those questions and how to honestly answer them for myself.
I'd like to thank Sherri, Julie, and all of my classmates for making the experience so meaningful.
The last class was wonderful I felt a strong connection in the classroom between classmates and teachers I think we were all very excited telling our experience each other. I loved the North Star about the question who am I ? that was easier find the answer with the tools given in class in these five weeks I made a stop in my life to think about me and try to find out what were the emotions that I felt during course now I pay more attention to my intuition
I am very grateful for the valuable knowledge we had in this course !!!!
The last class was amazing because I really started to realize all the changes that I had from the beginning of the course and discovered that they were wonderful because I decided to delete all the judgments that had about me, focus on discovering my true self, and the things I really want and need, was very important for me to take this class and learn how control the fear in my mind. All the barriers of use my creativity I only invented for fear, the fear about what other people can be think about me. I decide to give me the opportunity to use my creativity, to listening my own wisdom, and start to believe in my self and in all the things that I can do so will be wonderful to star using all the tools that i learned from this amazing teacher
Thank you Julie and Sherri for this wonderful class and sharing very powerful tools. Although the class was only 5 weeks, I'm making positive changes by applying the tools to my day-to-day life. I took the long version of this class in the fall last year, and psyching out the VOJ was a very useful tool for me. I still struggle with the VOJ, but I notice that it is less strong when I'm in the moment, absorbed into something that I really enjoy. This past Sunday I was stressing myself out about all the things I needed to do. I took a 10 minute break as the book instructs us to do, and that was amazing. I actually feel asleep, and when I woke up an hour later, I didn't even think about what I needed to do. Nothing seemed that important any more, except that I felt refreshed and filled with new energy. Thanks also to the other students. Your posts have been very helpful.
THANK YOU Sherri and Julie for a great class! It was the two hours of my week where I really was able to focus on myself and my priorities. I learned a lot about my VOJ and will continue to battle it! I've now dedicated time for myself each week to meditating, focusing on my goals, and allowing myself to appreciate ME :) The class was awesome - thank you!
My closing comment for this class is about appreciation, for being thankful about who I'm and things I have done and future things I'll do. I appreciate all the learnings on being more mindful and also about getting rid of my VOJs to accomplish more of the things I want to do/share/enjoy. Things happen for a reason and there is always a learning!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sherri and Julie for being so great! :)
Well, I don't yet have an answer to my challenge but I am much closer.
ReplyDeleteIt's helpful to open the class with a meditation. I had come from work tired and wound up after a full day of notifying employees that they may be losing their job. So, the minutes taken to get quiet and centered were helpful.
As for the exercises, I struggled with the 90 year old woman one. I found it difficult to imagine where I would be, what would have happened, etc. But, it got me wondering so that's good. The small group exercise was more comfortable for me...it was nice to witness others and reflect back. Writing down my values and doing the qualities exercise were both insightful.
I appreciated the reminder to stay connected and supportive of our sisterhood.
This class definitely flew by and I would like to take more time with others to continue practicing.
Thank you Sherri and Julie for all the work you did to make this course happen and sharing it with us!
i really feel quite thankful for the devotion our teachers have put in this class. We share stories with people ,learn to get rid of our VOJs and try to know ourselves from a different perspective.
ReplyDeleteIt feels good to meditate ,which I've NEVER try to do before but did enlighten me a a lot. After this class. I feel more confident,more optimistic and more comfortable with myself.
All i want to express is thanks. Thanks you Sherri and Julie for bringing us a fantastic journey .
Applause and the Sounds of Joy are the last images I will forever keep in my memory when I think of our BUS 06 2014 Course. Extraordinary, Strong, and well Polished I feel about myself as well as all the Incredible women I was Blessed to Learn with*
ReplyDeleteHere I Go....When I was asked to view myself and choose the things that "I like to do" vs. "I don't like to do" this assignment opened my eyes to a new dimension of "Loving Who I Am" which Just Is* It has truly become a Remarkable Journey for me in this course because I approached my class with a transparent heart and agenda. Its really a Phenomenal Experience to Sincerely Trust your Intuition and that's my Biggest Prize from this Course is Remembering "What I Feel in my Gut" is truly what I need to do for myself and I promise you, Starting Today July 24* I Promise to Only Pursue, Locate, and Complete the things that my Intuition tells me to Do* I am the Woman Leader that I'm is Search for and I will Live All My Dreams* Including having a strong relationship with my Husband who will believe in my strength, love, and independence. XOXOXO Love and God Bless Stanford Ladies*
I will miss riding my bike to Stanford on Tuesdays, looking forward to an evening spent with amazing women. There has not been an hour that has gone by that I have not thought about all of insights and tools that Julie and Sherri presented us with. My confidence has never been greater and I have been trying to practice not multitasking, finding, to my amazement, that I am much more productive, less stressed, and more 'present' to the task at hand. I look forward to practicing more of the exercises that we were introduced to in class and to reading some of the recommended books listed in the "Supplementary Reading" section of Creativity in Business. I often replay the stories shared by all of you. How incredibly strong each one of you is! How much so many of you have overcome! How much love you all have to give! I figured that our combined forces could easily be the answer to much of the world's problems. I have never been more compelled to be part of a sisterhood than I was on our last night together. Truly amazing women. I sincerely hope we can all keep in touch via our email group. I would love nothing more than to hear about your stories, your intuition, and where your courage has taken you. Love to you all.
ReplyDeleteThank you to everything you have giving me on my path to finally find who I am and what I really would like to be in a few years. I have learned so much about myself and for the sake of what I am what I am and I do what I do...This class has given me so much strength and positive energy to master my life and make the right choices for me !!!!! I am so thankful and grateful to got to know so many great people!!!! Big compliment to Sherri and Julie!!
ReplyDeleteGod bless you all!!
Sherri and Julie offered me a precious gift with this class. I feel all I had to do is receive it with an open heart, mind and body. The gift is “Embracing My Essential Self” and with this embracing my life. It’s sounds so easy and over the past weeks I relearned how easy it can be if I am fully present and accepting. Discovering or rediscovering who I AM in this amazing group of women has been very precious to me. I felt quite stuck, indecisive and I limited myself with fears, rigidity and self-doubt when we started our journey together. My energy was rather low and my emotions were contained. Today I’m in a much more centered state. I feel different in my body and I feel my e-motions as energy in motion. Both positive and negative emotions need to flow. Else, I keep myself from experiencing the joys and pains of living my life to the fullest. I will continue working on this. For now I’m back on the journey I want to be on and I’m ready to take responsibility for who I am and the impact I want to have.
ReplyDeleteBringing the class to a closure with the last small group exercise was beautiful. I was moved to observe and listen to these three unique women in my group. And it became once again clear to me that when we support and inspire each other, women are even more powerful.
Thank you Julie and Sherry for creating this wonderful class! I sat at the back of the room for our last class and I felt an incredible aliveness.
"Nothing can dim the light which shines from within." - Maya Angelou
I feel blessed to have met you all and would love to stay in touch. Sending you love and light.
I recently read this quote: "Dreams are ageless, therefore one can be as young as a dream. People who allow themselves to dream, create a better life both in their imagination and in reality" I wanted to thank you for giving us a chance to dream once a week, every Tuesday(-: I believe it is true - dreams are ages less and you should follow you passion. it doesnt have to be big steps but keep walking. After you ask us what will our 90 years old figure would know and share with us I realized its unclear for me and that is a question I need to think of. sometimes the things we carry so dearly to our hearts now might be irrelevant in the future. looking at the bigger picture and meaningful life is long time search and maybe focusing and being happy with the simple thing we have now are more then enough. I think i would like to experience whats it like not being in race for whats next and just expecting normal routine and living by "whats is". it wont be easy but thats the biggest lesson I would try to work on.
ReplyDeleteThank you for a meaningful experience(-:
just thinking aloud, i wonder how this course would've changed if men (were allowed to) attend to gain insight on the female leadership/creative perspective, would it be something men be
ReplyDelete1. interested to attend?
2. and still be able to maintain a safe, respectful, trusting, environment group dynamic?
my fear is #2 may be hard to maintain but as a female participant i'd respect any one(man) who would be brave enough to attend a class like this to learn a different perspective.
I wanted to personally thank Sherri and Julie for the fabulous inspiring class and great tools that boost creativity, confidence and understanding of Who We really Are and also that just being ourselves is Good Enough! I enjoyed the class very much and time just flew by.. Thank you a ton and hoping our paths will cross again!
ReplyDeleteI truely enjoy the same that Sherri and Julie created. Thank you for such wonderful insights and tools. I feel like this was such a productive learning enviroment and I walked away refereshed.
ReplyDeleteAll the things I want to say is thank you. This class makes me more confident and trust myself. When we talk about who you are and what is your work, to be honest, I have no idea where should I start. All the things I think about myself is negative. And I found I never seriously think about my value even though I always feel lost in my career and personality recognition. These question force me to think about myself, and force to face my advantage and weakness. You said we can not live in the other person's expectation, we need to reliance ourselves back to who we really are and what is our own expectation. I think this is the word I want to hear and I need to know. Through the meditation, I tried to find an answer of who I am, I couldn't. But I think I will for sure, it's just need some time to admit and realize it.
ReplyDeleteFrom: Xueting Zhao
I enjoy the last class very much! It's my first time to share my insights with my partner. I felt very relaxed and satisfied. In the past, I don't think everyone has a equal chance to talk and others can be willingly to listen to you when you are talking about your insights. However, I think everyone is a shining star and has their different color now. I can learn a lot when I heard their experience and ideas. When I meet a problem, I study to explore myself and know what I really want to do or follow my heart.
ReplyDeleteThese days are important for me although they are so short. The classes are over, but the new manner is starting.
Good luck to everyone in the class, especially sherri and Julie.
For the sake of life, for the sake of endless possibilities. I like it. I think I will add for the sake of wonderful journey.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first came to the class, I could not clearly answer the questions; who am I? what is my purpose? and what are my values? By the end of our 5 weeks together I had a far greater understanding of both the meaning behind those questions and how to honestly answer them for myself.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to thank Sherri, Julie, and all of my classmates for making the experience so meaningful.
The last class was wonderful I felt a strong connection in the classroom between classmates and teachers I think we were all very excited telling our experience each other. I loved the North Star about the question who am I ? that was easier find the answer with the tools given in class in these five weeks I made a stop in my life to think about me and try to find out what were the emotions that I felt during course now I pay more attention to my intuition
ReplyDeleteI am very grateful for the valuable knowledge we had in this course !!!!
The last class was amazing because I really started to realize all the changes that I had from the beginning of the course and discovered that they were wonderful because I decided to delete all the judgments that had about me, focus on discovering my true self, and the things I really want and need, was very important for me to take this class and learn how control the fear in my mind.
ReplyDeleteAll the barriers of use my creativity I only invented for fear, the fear about what other people can be think about me.
I decide to give me the opportunity to use my creativity, to listening my own wisdom, and start to believe in my self and in all the things that I can do so will be wonderful to star using all the tools that i learned from this amazing teacher
Thank you Julie and Sherri for this wonderful class and sharing very powerful tools. Although the class was only 5 weeks, I'm making positive changes by applying the tools to my day-to-day life. I took the long version of this class in the fall last year, and psyching out the VOJ was a very useful tool for me. I still struggle with the VOJ, but I notice that it is less strong when I'm in the moment, absorbed into something that I really enjoy. This past Sunday I was stressing myself out about all the things I needed to do. I took a 10 minute break as the book instructs us to do, and that was amazing. I actually feel asleep, and when I woke up an hour later, I didn't even think about what I needed to do. Nothing seemed that important any more, except that I felt refreshed and filled with new energy.
ReplyDeleteThanks also to the other students. Your posts have been very helpful.
THANK YOU Sherri and Julie for a great class! It was the two hours of my week where I really was able to focus on myself and my priorities. I learned a lot about my VOJ and will continue to battle it! I've now dedicated time for myself each week to meditating, focusing on my goals, and allowing myself to appreciate ME :) The class was awesome - thank you!
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