What Every Person Can Do

Intention: For participants to experience that all of us have within our heart and mind the ability to create a life of value and purpose. “What Every Person Can Do” is about accessing the power that already resides within each of us.

Structure: “What Every Person Can Do” is an experientially based exploration of the power that resides within all people, and honors the unique life experiences of each participant. Over a twelve week period, through practical, personal assignments and reflections, participants discover that the loving-kindness of Mother Theresa and the indomitable will of a Nelson Mandela reside within all people, the only issue is access. This program, grounded in loving-kindness and personal responsibility, explores the following:

Creating climates of workability, ownership and responsibility
Preciousness of time
Choice
Breaking habits that don’t work, beginning habits that do
Persistence in the face of no agreement
Developing balance and self-care
Separating who people are from what they do
Effective communication
The importance of context and how to create it
Learning how to break cycles of automatic response to a problem
Building a personal, daily routine that works
Truly effective listening
Solving problems brilliantly
Increasing personal energy

“What Every Person Can Do” (General Goals/Intended Results)

To experience that you are loved absolutely and unconditionally.
To experience the power that resides within each of us.
To experience our ability to create meaningful, productive, joyous, contributory lives.
The past is only significant if we have failed to learn from it.
In each second the possibility exists to create brilliance or mediocrity.
To experience our ability to create environments where others can choose to create meaningful, productive, joyous, contributory lives.
To experience our ability to maintain our focus when it seems that no one else is interested or cares.
To experience ourselves as powerful, capable and able, completely in charge of our own well being.
To experience our ability to create an environment of exceptional support, communication and teamwork.
To experience our ability to be master problem solvers.
To experience our ability to see what is wanted and needed in any situation and know how best to produce that result.
To develop a process of self-care that supports each participant, their families and producing brilliant work.

Clients: some of the clients for the “What Every Person Can Do” program include corporations, school systems, Job Corps programs, the Maine State Prison System, YMCAs, and individuals.

“Strength in this case (the power within) is not about force or physical power. It is always gentle and acknowledges the capabilities of others. It is about the ability to create poetry in a concentration camp, enter a ‘white’ university as its only black…It is about commitment and dedication to goals worthy of support. It all begins with the individual.” – bill cumming

Logistics & Fees: This is a twelve week course, two and one half hours a week in person for groups up to twenty. For individuals, one hour a week in person or by phone. Cost when lead by bill cumming is $5,000. Courses for institutions by contract agreement. Do not allow money to be a reason not to do this work. Contact: bill@theboothbyinstitute.org for more information.

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Testimonials

Constant awareness of how I approach others, and how I hold them when I approach them, has been a really revelatory concept for me. In some respects, it has given words to something I had always been doing, and in others it has significantly increased my ability and willingness to do this all the time.
Erin Kilbride | Portland, ME

For me this is probably the most “radical” change in my life.
Gareth Davies | Capetown, South Africa

[This course] is one of only a few that had real life applications that helped prepare me to teach
Gina Martin | Springfield, MA

Thinking about standards boundaries, things I tolerate and things that excite me are all very powerful and things we should but likely would not do unless prompted like this!
Maureen Clancy | Portland, ME

Through this course I began “living” the beliefs. I demonstrated them more naturally and comfortably. Instead of having to remind myself, I began innately “becoming” that inspired teacher I always had in me but only called upon at certain times. I changed. I am complete in every area of my life.
Maureen Oswald | Jay, Maine

With each session, the conversation became easer and easier to grasp and experience. This was primarily resulting from the mounting proof that the conversation was real and true…it is the holistic nature of the conversation, as one conversation, that makes the process so satisfyingly effective.
Roy Chatterjee | Portland, ME

My entire world has changed and I see things a lot differently today than I did before I began this process…I’m a lot more grounded and am learning how my self-care allows me to take better care of myself so I can be a better leader to my team; lead by example.
Shere Goo| San Francisco, CA