It’s known throughout the world that 2 + 2 = 4. Math is universal because it’s exact - undisputable in any language. Understanding what works best personally and professionally is much more complex.

Mastering life skills like respect, responsibility, listening, tolerance, charm, planning, persuasion and influence are critical in developing potential.

Advanced Concepts customizes training to meet each clients specific training needs. Workshops are tailored to your participants’ needs and your unique environment. Participants walk away with specific action items to fine-tune their goals.

(M.A.G.I.C) consists of 45 workshops, delivered in a 15 -week period. Sessions include a proven curriculum and tools delivered in a participatory learning environment. Students are encouraged to explore new techniques to embrace change. It all starts with owning their issues, whether they created them or not.

Program Format:

Each 2 ½ hour session: consists of three workshops

Workshop topics and brief synopses:

Week 1:

The Power of the G.E.D:

Participants will learn how much magic lies with this piece of paper.

It qualifies you for federal financial aid in order to continue education pursuits. It enables you to enlist in any military branch, as long as you score high enough on the entrance exam. By passing this exam, you just proved to yourself that you can pass any exam with the proper preparation. Finishing high school sometimes is not for everyone, due to circumstances. However, you still can compete with your GED because it is accepted. And… no one gave it to you. You had to earn it. It is a springboard for you to accomplish, or be, whatever you want.

The Process is always the Same : Patterns of Behavior

If a person is late for class, there’s a good chance they’ll be late for work and other important appointments. If you won’t pay rent on time, you won’t pay your other bills on time. They’re patterns. But they can be changed with the right mindset and discipline. Participants will learn how to take charge of their behaviors and habits.

Responsibility: You Create it All

Participants will learn about responsibility, or the “ability to respond,” to any issue or endeavor that they find themselves in. People will always be held accountable. After this workshop, participants will be glad and honored to take charge of all of their issues, whether they created them or not.

Week 2:

The Power of Vocabulary:

Words are powerful, when used correctly. Participants will learn the importance of mastering the English language and developing a strong vocabulary. They will learn how to keep their words sweet because they might have to eat them. They will also learn that they have “Freedom of Speech, but not “Freedom from Speech.”

It’s only Temporary:

Participants will learn that being uncomfortable is only temporary, until they make positive changes, necessary to lead the life they want to live. They will learn that “a set back, is a set up, for a come back.” Success doesn’t generally happen overnight. The pain of waiting is weakness leaving their bodies and minds. The goal of this workshop is to get participants to enjoy the process of becoming successful. It’s about the journey, not the destination.

Relationships and the true meaning of the Holidays:

Participants will learn to do the best they can, with what they have, without feeling guilty or bad during holidays. They will learn to not make their own way hard for the sake of other people, who may not even appreciate their efforts.

Week 3:

Commitments:

Commitments define who we truly are. If we learn to master our commitments, we will have a chance to appreciate true freedom. Too many commitments can cause chaos in our lives. If we are committed to the wrong things, then we may have drama coming and undesirable consequences. In this workshop, participants will be able to develop a set of commitments that is right for their lives, enabling them to be effective and successful.

The Nine Faces of an Attitude:

Participants will learn the difference between the numerous types of attitudes that people possess. They will also be able to ascertain which type they possess, enabling them to have a frame of reference to build upon. After this workshop, they will know and understand the difference between: Poor, fair, healthy, great, soft, funky, blunt and nasty attitudes. It’s a comical session because real life examples are demonstrated for each type of attitude.

Perception is a Choice:

Oftentimes, we don’t see people, things and issues the way they are. We see these things the way we are. It takes maturity and courage to see and accept reality the way it is, rather than the way we would like it to be. Perceptions are always their choice. In this workshop, participants will learn how to look at things from multiple angles before they make judgments or decisions. It’s about having courage to meet the demands of reality, and not live in fantasyland.

Week 4:

Mastering your DASH (-):

Every living thing on this earth has a DASH; the fragment of time that they have on this earth. Choices and opportunities that we have selected thus far, have determined how well we have utilized our dash. Participants develop an awareness of what they have done so far, and encouraged to make some positive assessments. Then they will learn to make some hard choices about what they plan on doing with the rest of their dashes.

Empowerment vs. Self – Empowerment:

Participants will learn how to set their egos aside when they need assistance, and not be afraid to ask for help, which is empowerment. They will also learn how to use self-empowerment when assistance in not available.

Guerilla Persuasion:

You don’t want people to think the way you do. You want to get people to feel the way you do. This way you can persuade individuals in a positive way to help you to accomplish anything that is important to you. Participants will learn how to use the art of connection when dealing with people in a non-threatening manner in order to foster cooperation and support.

Week 5:

Humor is a Gift:

Humor always takes the sting out of life. After this workshop, participants will learn how to find, or create the humor in difficult situations and events. They will learn to not take themselves so seriously when going through difficult periods, because we all have them. It is proven. If you are feeling bad, or even if you’re sick, putting yourself in a comical state of mind can help you heal quicker.

Planning Will Set You Free:

When participants learn how to effectively plan, they will have the opportunity to create direction in their lives. Planning stops you from having to make moment to moment choices. When people plan, they obtain power over their lives. This workshop helps participants learn how to create their own futures. They’re taught to record every step of the process, an important part of developing their own plans.

Goal Setting:

Participants will learn how to set achievable daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals. Goals don’t exist in the future. The present is all we have. They will learn to see the future, during the present, and work toward what they have already obtained in their minds. This is advanced goal setting that will be explained in an abstract context. They will learn that obstacles only exist when they take their eyes off of their desired goal.

Week 6:

Nay-saying, Player-Hating, Jealousy and Envy:

Participants will learn to just stop talking about other people and concentrate on their own issues, challenges, dreams and goals. The cream always rises to the top. There’s no difference with individuals. You won’t rise when you spent time worrying about what other people are doing. The goal of this workshop, is to get participants to focus their energy on being the best that they can be every day.

Nurturing Your “L – Factor”: Likeability Factor:

Respect is important. It is the ultimate currency. But it also helps to be liked. People love to work, spend time, and do business with people they actually like. L-Factors will assist participants in gaining cooperation and support from family members, teachers, managers and supervisors alike. There are several ways to increase those factors.

Challenging Yourself to New Levels of Achievement:

There are only three types of people in the world; the Quitter, Camper and Climber. Which one are you? If participants are not climbers, they’ll find several reasons to get back on the ascent to reach new levels of personal and professional achievement.

Week 7:

Dealing with Anger:

Did you know that expectations lead to frustrations, and frustrations lead to anger? In this workshop, participants will learn the importance of managing their expectations, which will assist in dealing with anger. Most people get angry with others when their expectations are not met. Workshop participants will not want to control anyone’s behavior but their own, which eventually leads to a peaceful life. They will learn to use anger as a gift, which is constructive, not destructive.

What’s Eating You?

After this workshop, participants will learn the following: There are no justified resentments. Never fear the unknown or change. How they should live free of the need of the good or bad opinions of others. Several other concepts will be covered to assist participants in getting rid of unnecessary misery in their lives. They will learn how to confront the person or persons they are having or have had an issue with, without being nasty or confrontational. This workshop helps participants to put issues behind them.

I Quit You:

Participants will learn how to stop dealing with negative people and behaviors that prevent them from achieving their goals and dreams. After this workshop, they will never hang around anyone or anything that belittles’, upsets or makes them feel bad about themselves, or things they attempt to accomplish.

Week 8:

Self Discipline and Sacrifice:

The importance of self-discipline and sacrifice is taught in a very humorous manner. Participants will be made aware that if they don’t use these concepts in their lives, then they won’t have anything of significant value coming. These two concepts must co-exist. You can’t have one without the other. It is like freedom and responsibility; they must co-exist. They will relearn that no one owes them anything. They have to always pay the full price for things they want and desire.

The Magic of Becoming a Winner:

The psychological effects of being a winner at everything you do will be taught in this workshop. Participants will learn that being a winner is about having the right mindset, positive disposition and expecting things to work out for the best in their lives. The work-ethic will be covered as well as the proper perspective to adopt in becoming a winner. They will also learn to be a lady or gentleman in defeat and a gracious winner.

The Fundamental Powers of Reading :

Participants will be taught that readers rule the world. Reading helps increase vocabulary, stops frustrations and boosts confidence. It assists with the learning process, helping students grasp and understand daily and worldly events with ease. Reading increases self-esteem. Participants will learn that knowledge is the ultimate contentment.

Week 9:

Essential Qualities of Teamwork:

Participants will learn several essential qualities and components needed to become effective team members.

Forgiveness of Self:

When people do us wrong we eventually forgive them, if we’re smart. Otherwise we carry around discontent with us all of the time. But the true challenge is to forgive ourselves when we do things that are wrong or act in inappropriate ways. Participants will learn that sometimes people just come up short. After this session, participants will never judge themselves again. When you judge yourself, you end up punishing yourself. You just have to apologize and do better the next time.

Success Begins Inside:

Success is a relative term. Participants will measure success using their own rulers and barometers. They will learn that all success begins inside before it manifests on the outside.

Week 10:

I Didn’t Hear No Bell :

Participants will learn to use the power of perseverance. They will learn that no one can really stop them for fighting one more round to get what they want. No one really knows what’s inside of them, but them. After this session, they will stop using the word, “can’t” and replace it with the word “how.”

Finding Your Passion:

Do you have reason for jumping out of bed in the morning? Do you really know and understand what makes you tick? Participants will start analyzing their purpose in life. They will be encouraged to consider what they really want to do to make a positive contribution to this world. They will hear examples about people who have fun following their passions and serve mankind at the same time.

Avoiding Burnout:

It is up to you to keep your fire lit in your career and life. Participants will learn several ways to stay inspired. You have to keep systems in place to keep yourself motivated and encouraged. Burnout also comes from disengagement. One has to be fully engaged, in what they are doing, so they won’t get burned out. Participants will understand that they have to take some sort of action to keep their fires lit.

Week 11:

Determination:

Participants will learn the true meaning of determination and why it is so important. They will also learn how to make it a habit to always give their “all” in whatever they are engaged in.

Accountability:

Participants will learn to do their jobs and be accountable so people will leave them alone. Accountability begins with you. Doing your job also means taking care of yourself and your issues, so that you are able to do a good job. After this session, participants will learn to stay accountable for all phases of their lives, so they never become a victim of unfortunate circumstances.

Ethics in the Workplace:

In this workshop, participants will learn several codes of the work ethic that will assist them in being effective and competent employees. They include: Learn and know thy job. Take no short cuts. Don’t be a slick employee. Codes like honesty, integrity, commitment, action and listening will be taught and discussed.

Week 12:

Using Your Imagination to Change Your Life:

Our thoughts are ancestors to our actions. Participants will learn that they don’t have to live a life of despair and economic deprivation. They will learn that their imaginations are far greater than knowledge, because knowledge only goes so far. They will also learn how to use this resource to their advantage the rest of their lives.

The Essence of Economic Development:

Participant will learn what to do with their scarce resources: time, knowledge and money. They’ll be encouraged to gain knowledge instead of wasting time. They will also learn how to spend their money wisely. They will explore the importance of making proper choices with scarce resources. Hopefully they will not go out and buy a $50,000 car without acquiring a college degree or buying a house first.

Budgeting:

Participants will learn how to budget so they can stay out of debt, and not live beyond or right on the edge of their means. They will learn that a budget is a fiscal plan with a time line. They will also learn the essence of controlling consumption. They will learn the importance of balancing a check book and saving, regardless of how much they earn.

Week 13:

Diversity: Just Work – It’s the Great Equalizer:

It’s not what you do. It’s what you get done. That’s all that really matters at the end of the day. In this workshop, participants will learn that it doesn’t matter if they are young, old, gay, straight, Black, White, Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Asian, deeply religious, atheist, rich or poor. They are paid to execute their jobs every day to the best of their abilities. They are not paid to work hard; they are paid to get results. If you produce the required results, and then some, you will never be unemployed. If you are, you won’t be for long.

Diversity: Don’t be a Snob, or and Idiot

In this workshop, participants will learn about the personalities of the following people: The Liar and Crier, Mr. Happy, Mr. Smiley and Mr. Positive, The Gossiper, Helen Sweetheart, The Bully, The Hard A…s, The Smart A…s, The Kiss A…s, The Dumb A…s, The Cute A…s and The Jack A…s. This session teaches participants to never become one of these people in their professional careers. Snobs and idiots are self absorbed. They often don’t care about you, the organization or business, only in the well being of themselves.

The Importance of a Pleasing Personality:

Besides being competent, a nice pleasing personality is the “free road to the pay window,” and one of the main ingredients for success. Participants will reexamine the concepts of common courtesies. It costs nothing, yet returns huge dividends, when practiced habitually in a spirit of sincerity.

Week 14:

Attacking Your Ifs:

In this workshop, participants will learn how to get rid of most, if not all, of their air tight alibis for failure. Hopefully after this workshop, they will make progress instead of excuses when it comes to accomplishing things that are important in their lives.

Key Traits to a Winning Character:

In this workshop, participants will learn 30 key traits that will assist them in developing a winning character. They will learn that it is their responsibility to develop a sound character, and it doesn’t cost a dime to do it. They will also learn that their characters will open up doors and opportunities that their money will not.

Make Discipline Your Joy:

In this workshop, participants will learn that discipline doesn’t have to mean being punished. It could mean becoming a disciple of someone or something to create something meaningful and special in their lives. They will learn that they can only have a joyful life if they have a disciplined life.

Week 15:

The Power of “NO”:

Participants will learn how to effectively use the word “NO” to keep stress out of their personal and professional lives. They will also learn how to handle unwanted commitments that may prevent them from caring for themselves. After this workshop, they will not be afraid of the consequences of saying “no” to people who are important to them for the sake of themselves.

The Science of Selecting Role Modes:

Participants will learn the most effective way to select role models to assist them in accomplishing plans, goals, objectives and dreams. They will also learn how to select role models with integrity; people who are doers, not talkers. The main thing that they will learn is that to become a Master at something, one must select a Master to spend time with and learn from.

Success Keys:

In this workshop participants will receive several keys to successful relationships, great customer service, wealth building and life long happiness.

Special Note:

All workshops include the following:

Printing of all of the curriculum in professional binders

Certificates of Completion

A set of books:

Key Traits to a Winning Character

Attacking Your Ifs

Make Discipline Your Joy

A Winning Trait a Day

The Block and Beyond