The True Meaning of Inspirathon

Last week was Inspirathon 2022. We spent 6 days with an awesome group of Human Value Explorers, Entrepreneurs and Corporate Warriors, all looking for something to move them forward. Over 400 people registered for the event. Around a hundred joined the groups and around half of them joined for at least one session.

But only around 20 people showed up consistently, actively participated, and completed the tasks we gave them.

Why am I telling you this?

Success Leaves Clues

Because success leaves clues. Of those who turned up and stepped up consistently:

• On Monday, I challenged Jan to show up for Tuesday’s session wearing a tie. He embraced the challenge and not only captured the attention of other Inspirathoners, but also his boss, who asked what the special occasion was. This simple challenge illustrated that how you show up in the world impacts how others see you, and how you can get attention and results with small changes.

• I challenged Paul, who is looking for  financial backing, to ask investors, ‘Tell me about the best investment you ever made?’ He did, and after a long, thoughtful pause, the investor replied, ‘The best investment I ever made was in myself.’ Next, I challenged him to ask the courage question. He did, and he received an invitation and two concert tickets.

• Abhha’s challenge was to create a 48-hour special offer and to call people and invite them to take her up on the offer. Within 24 hours, she had two people jump on board, and left Inspirathon fired up to sign up more and raise the funds to cover the cost of the Smart-Up Program. She said: “It’s the first time I received money even before having started a program”.

• Carol and her team attended Inspirathon together, and every day they have been implementing what they have learned into their business. They had a client interview right after the day 2 interview training and used the interview questions we taught them. Their client said they have never felt so listened to, a sentiment echoed by many Inspirathoners after just ten minutes of practicing this technique.

How much more do you think those people will take away from Inspirathon than the ones who sat on the sidelines and watched? How much more inspired were they to jump into the Smart-Up 60-Days Program and continue to be personally challenged to continue their journey of growth and transformation?

According to the figures, about 600 percent more inspired! Why?

The Knowing-Doing Gap

Because there’s a huge difference between hearing or reading something and intellectually acknowledging the truth of it–only to let it slip from your memory and lose it–and fully absorbing it by putting it into action.

Science shows us that we forget 70 percent of unreinforced information within 24 hours, and over 90 percent within a week. Meaning if you don’t put what you learn into practice, you are wasting 90 percent of your time spent learning.

That’s the crux of what weinvolve is all about. We use psychology, project-based and problem-based experiential learning, and student-centered learning techniques to hyper-integrate activity into everything we do to accelerate learning and optimize absorption and retention.

The true meaning of Inspiration

When we think about inspiration, we tend to think of the bolt-of-lightning sudden and brilliant idea that ‘just comes to you.’ 

But that’s only one meaning of inspiration. There’s another.

“The process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially to do something creative.”

Inspiration isn’t a flash of brilliance that comes from nowhere, even when it feels that way.

It’s the result of a process of stimulation that feeds creativity. It’s the result of flexing your creativity muscles daily, cultivating a ‘can do’ attitude, and developing a habit of figuring things out. The good news is that with a few simple mental adjustments and easy-to-adopt habits, you can train yourself to be creative and tap into inspiration at will.

And THAT’s what Inspirathon, and the follow-on Smart-Up 60 Days Program are all about.

Inspirathon is a carefully constructed journey that leads participants through a process designed to Inspire them to take action and take the first step on their journey of transformation, exposing them to the Me2We Transformation Framework through working on a live project together.

For those who give themselves fully to the process and are inspired, the Smart-Up Program is the natural next step, the opportunity to take what they have learned and cement it by working on a personal or business project of their own, yet still tapping into collective intelligence and creativity in a group mentoring setting.

Smart-Up, the Journey Continues

The Smart-Up Program builds on the Inspirathon experience with 3 weeks in the Hacking Me phase, where we look at participants’ strengths, habits, and routines, and instill productivity into their lives so that they can make the most of the following weeks.

The rest of the time is spent learning Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design through work on a project of the participants’ choosing. We cover ethnographic research and conduct interviews to gather data and learn how to analyze and sort the data to come up with sacrificial concepts and early prototypes. and iterate to minimum viable product offerings, and practice sales.

Of course, all of this is done in weinvolve style, with a blend of group learning and activity and personalized challenges designed to prompt personal, career, and business growth, depending on the individual’s stated goals.

On the Smart-Up Challenge, you will:

• Make your project real, creating the real outcomes and tangible results you have been dreaming of for a long time
• Use a combination of design thinking, psychology, behavioral economics, and innovation to build a human business that adds real, sustainable, and attainable value to people’s everyday lives.
• Create outstanding experiences that inspire people to act and deliver tangible business results.
• Rewire your brain to think creatively every day and smash the box!
• Use the latest research outcomes to identify amazing new business opportunities.
• Tap into collective creativity and intelligence to boost your own ingenuity and generate solutions when existing models fail.
• Pivot from competing on price to competing on value and experience to generate more profit.
• Integrate positive habit-forming techniques to invigorate your entire organization.
• Co-create value through emotions and experiences with clients, partners, and stakeholders that guarantee future revenue.
• Delight customers so that they fall in love with your brand for life.
• Navigate our uncertain world with confidence, knowing you can pivot to respond at any time to changing client needs & expectations.
• Bake innovation into your business culture so that you consistently thrive. 

I know you will do all those things because the challenge is designed to stimulate action the same way Inspirathon is. It’s designed to set you up for success by laying a foundation of personal productivity on which you can build your relationships, career, and business.

Alexandre, for instance, joined the Smart-Up Progrm after losing his job during the pandemic. He wanted to find a new, better job, and start a side business at the same time. He did both, landing his dream job and his first paying clients during the 60 days. So yes, anything is possible, you just have to start, and figure it out.

Fair warning: It’s not for everyone.

Although the Smart-Up Program is very much positivity and strengths oriented, it’s only fair to warn you it’s not for everyone. We hack our students to help them move forward by challenging them to break past what’s blocking them. And challenging blockages can be uncomfortable.

• Smart-Up isn’t for you if you’re going to sit on the sidelines. If you want to watch a video, tick a few boxes and call it a day, you’re probably not ready for Smart-Up. 
• If you’re going to resist every challenge and fight for your limitations, Smart-Up may be a waste of time and energy for you, or the best thing you ever did, depending on how willing you are to trust the process and step out of your comfort zone ti achieve those breakthroughs.
• But if you are looking for a change, stuck in a rut, hitting the glass ceiling, or wondering why things that used to work for your business no longer do, AND you’re ready to step up and experiment with something new every day, then Smart-Up is exactly where you need to be.

Smart-Up with 60 Days to Transform Your Life, Business or Career

Are you looking for a change? Are you stuck in a rut? Have you hit the Glass Ceiling? Do the things that used to work for your business no longer work?

What if I told you that all you need to break out of these ‘holding patterns’ is a process of stimulation that feeds creativity? And what If I offered to teach you that process in 60 days so that you can apply it in every area of your life and break past whatever is holding you back?

Would you be skeptical? Politely uninterested? Curious? Or ravenous to get your hands on the answers? If you’re curious, or ravenous, this might just be the most important article you read this year. Because you might want to join our imminent Smart-Up Program cohort, starting on 13 July.

Smart-Up

The Smart-Up Program begins with 3 weeks in the Hacking Me phase, where we look at participants’ strengths, habits, and routines, and instill productivity into their lives so that they can make the most of the following weeks.

The rest of the time is spent learning Design Thinking and Human-Centered Design through work on a project of the participants’ choosing. We cover ethnographic research and conduct interviews to gather data and learn how to analyze and sort the data to come up with sacrificial concepts and early prototypes. and then iterate to minimum viable product offerings, and practice sales.

Of course, all of this is done in weinvolve style, with a blend of group learning and activity and personalized challenges designed to prompt personal, career, and business growth, depending on the individual’s stated goals.

The Smart-Up Program includes:

And this week only, if you register before the cart closes at 9pm CET on 2 July, you will also get:

• Neuroscience for Business Masterclass
• 24-hour journal Hardcopy with 6-month worth of templates
• One-year access to our Neuron@work platform
• 4-months follow-up Profit Innovator Membership including bi-weekly group call and accountability support.

But those are just the components that make up the program. And we all know, it’s not what you get but what you do with it that matters.

Want to know more? Check-out HERE.

On the Smart-Up Challenge, you will:

• Flex your creativity muscles daily. Rewire your brain to be creative and tap into inspiration at will with a few simple mental adjustments and easy-to-adopt habits
• Cultivate a ‘can do’ attitude. Co-create value through emotions and experiences with clients, partners, and stakeholders that guarantee future revenue.
• Develop a habit of figuring things out. Pivot from competing on price to competing on value and experience to generate more profit.

I know you will do all those things because the challenge is designed to stimulate action the same way Inspirathon is. It’s designed to set you up for success by laying a foundation of personal productivity on which you can build your relationships, career, and business.

Alexandre, for instance, joined the Smart-Up Program after losing his job during the pandemic. He wanted to find a new, better job, and start a side business at the same time. He did both, landing his dream job and his first paying clients during the 60 days. So yes, anything is possible, you just have to start, and figure it out.

• Smart-Up isn’t for you if you’re going to sit on the sidelines. If you want to watch a video, tick a few boxes and call it a day, you’re probably not ready for Smart-Up. 
• If you’re going to resist every challenge and fight for your limitations, Smart-Up may be a waste of time and energy for you, or the best thing you ever did, depending on how willing you are to trust the process and step out of your comfort zone to achieve those breakthroughs.

But if you are looking for a change, stuck in a rut, hitting the glass ceiling, or wondering why things that used to work for your business no longer do, AND you’re ready to step up and experiment with something new every day, then Smart-Up is exactly where you need to be.

The next Smart-Up Program starts on 13 July. Are you ready to be on it?

Don’t wait on the sideline as the special week offer expires this Saturday 2nd of July.

Jump onboard by registering HERE.