The orange gets to concentrate on being juicy.

I couldn't help the pun.  I have returned from am AMAZING evening with Jan Black.  What?  You've never heard of Jan Black?  No, no, no, that's LEWIS Black. Jan Black is a nationally acclaimed author who inspires people to discover:

THAT ZING YOU DO: A Shortcut to Clarity About Your Purpose and Context
Tonight, our WEO members had a mini-workshop over a fabulous dinner at Kell's downtown.  She opened with an example of two oranges - one out in the open and one in a bag - pretending to be a bag.  Pretty tough.  The orange that was out in the open knew it was an orange.... it was able to -- CONCENTRATE (get it, orange - concentrate) on being JUICY - that's its talent, what it is all the way through.

Confidence about your Life Purpose and how it fits into the Context of your work is an essential ingredient in clearly defining your brand and leadership.  The smallest tweak in your understanding of who you are and what you bring improves the way you and your business show up and succeed.

Jan has worked with accomplished professionals around the country to define their Core Brilliance and turn it into income-producing ventures. This shortcut to clarity simplifies the life purpose process and brings it into the context of your work and role.

In summary, we were able to work through her new Purpose & Context clarity tool; as well as understand how our purpose plays out in the context of our work and role.

About Jan Black

Author, artist, and entrepreneur Jan Black creates shortcuts to clarity that make it easier for you to Let Yourself Happen®. For the past ten years, Jan has been defining the Core Brilliance of professionals across the country and helping them create new ventures from it. She formed Quiddity, Inc.® in 2006, a project development studio. Jan and her creative team pump out fresh clarities through products and processes that help you define who you are, what you want to make of it, and what's stopping you.  Jan's books, including It's Not Okay Anymore, Better Boundaries, and her 14-volume Character Foundation Curriculum, have sold over one million copies internationally.

It was such a fantastic evening, my cheeks are still flush with all of the ideas, clarity and energy of the room.  It was a banner night for Oregon WEO.