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Authentic Excellence Initiative

The Authentic Excellence Initiative is a multi-layered program designed to promote flourishing and resilience. The program explores the difference between “fear-based excellence” and “authentic excellence,” and how they relate to resilience, fulfillment and productivity. It is available to individuals and groups and is open to all members of the college community (undergraduate and graduate students, staff and faculty).

AX 101: Understanding Authentic Excellence
AX 201: Living Authentic Excellence
AX 301: Mentoring Authentic Excellence

Concepts:

• Fear-based Excellence versus Authentic Excellence
• Plateau Effect - staying stuck at good
• Improving productivity, fulfillment and resilience

Authentic Excellence Workshops

These workshops can be offered in person or virtually for groups and organizations. 

General Workshop topics

Are You Busy or Hurried? Stress Management 201 Learn the difference between positive stress and distress.  Develop advanced stress management strategies for the relentless pace and uncertainty of our adult world.

Perfectionism & Procrastination: Two Sides of the Same Coin Learn the relationship between perfectionism & procrastination, the difference between negative P&P and positive P&P, and how to make them work for you.

Why Willpower Fails Us Learn the strategies of how flourishing people use motivation in a much different manner than relying on willpower.

Why Striving for Passion, Potential and Balance Gets in Our Way Understand the pitfalls of striving for the factors that sound so good but get in our way. Learn what flourishing people focus on instead.

Sophomore Slump or Wisdom Knocking? When we tap off cruise control and start asking why, it can feel disruptive and distressing. How do we turn this period of questioning into a time of meaning and growth?

Finding Your Personal Truth Engage in a values clarification process to help with motivation, meaning, and decision-making.

 

Schedule a workshop, start the initiative or get more information about AuEx by contacting [[kelly.crace, Kelly Crace]].