Life story telling to inspire the next generation

Dr Charles Lam is conducting (in December 2009) a four-session course held at Christian Times (時代論壇) as follows:

Course title: Life story telling to inspire the next generation

Are you concerned about your children, relatives, students or your‘sheep’ who are currently lost in the rapidly changing environments? Seeing that they are weak, short-sighted, insensitive to threats and unable to manage themselves, what more could you do than being compassionate and praying anxiously for them? In order to get away from a difficult situation, apart from giving whatever encouragement that is needed, we should give each one of them a ‘map’and a ‘compass’, so that he/she can walk his/her life path with a clear direction and faith.

Telling the life story of oneself (or of another person) is an effective and lively way to communicate and inspire in the process of life planning and management. Typically, a life story consists of four stages : (1) records of development and achievements so far (2) analysis of reasons for what have happened and reflection on feelings, which call for change (3) paradigm shifts in a person’s value system, which lead to inside-out changes (4) action planning --setting concrete objectives and targets and preparing for steering.

The speaker will apply modern management concepts and models and real-life situations during the teaching. He is currently leading a life story-driven group called REST.

課程名稱 : 用講生命故事來啓發下一代

發覺你所關心的子女、親人、學生或「羊」正在變幻環境中迷失嗎? 見到他們的軟弱、短視、缺乏危機感和自我管理能力, 你除了傷心、着急和為他們禱告外, 還有什麼方法呢? 走出困境, 除了在個別處境激勵外, 還要有「地圖」、「指南針」, 給他們方向、策略和信心去走人生路。講述自己(或他人)的生命故事是一個有效而生動的溝通方法, 因而啓發生涯策劃。故事的四個階段是 : (1)「起」--故事的發展 (開始、轉捩點) 和 成績 (回顧成、敗、得、失) (2)「乘」--分析在發展中的感受和環境關係, 是「轉」的呼聲 (3) 「轉」--心意更新, 準備變革 : 什麽是成功、事業、投資與回報、豐盛等 (4) 「合」-- 面對挑戰, 續步向標桿跑, 做個好司機。

講者會用管理思維、模式、真實個案講解。他現今帶領由生命故事主導的小組。