Lectures and Keynote Addresses to Help Your Audience Discover
The Wonder of the World
The Wonder of the World
From humble beginnings to a solo global traveler, writer and speaker Dr. Jennifer Cook shares her personal story of transformation through travel, and inspires others to discover the beauty and diversity of the planet's cultural and natural wonders. With some of her most memorable and thought-provoking stories and photographs from her adventures and misadventures around the world, she demonstrates how even those with limited resources can travel, and offers practical advice that will make everyone's travel dreams possible. Dr. Cook then reveals how travel builds confidence and humility, independence and resourcefulness, open-mindedness and cultural understanding. She distinguishes between travel and tourism, and demonstrates how to become a conscious traveler who both learns from the world, and also contributes to it. Finally, Dr. Cook shows how anyone can be an explorer inwardly without ever leaving home, and motivates all of us to therefore be a traveler at heart every day of our lives.
This inspiring presentation will help you to:
--Re-imagine what is possible in your life
--Embrace uncertainty and take meaningful risks
--Become more fearless
--Deepen your senses of wonder, awe, and appreciation
--Learn specific resources for traveling without a lot of money
--Distinguish between being a tourist and a traveler
--Learn how to apply a traveler's mindset to your life at home
--Discover how to be a conscious traveler, and to preserve and protect the world through your choices
Question. Explore. Create.
In this motivational lecture, Dr. Cook encourages participants to embrace questioning as a fuel that ignites growth and positive change. By questioning assumptions, habitual patterns, and accepted limitations, we open the door to the exciting alternatives that can transform our own lives, and the world. Using her own stunning photography and unforgettable personal anecdotes from around the globe, Dr. Cook then demonstrates how exploration creates a new sense of possibility in one's life. She demonstrates how everyone can become a bold explorer, whether on a trip around the world, or at home, exploring new ideas and opportunities. Finally, Dr. Cook reveals how individuals can shape these possibilities into the results they want, creating original and empowered lives for themselves, and a better world for everyone.
You will learn to:
--Question the stereotypes and assumptions that have limited you
--Apply questioning to crack open areas of your life where you have felt stuck
--Multiply the perspective or "lenses" through which you see the world
--Feel inspired by the sheer range of possibility, diversity, and wonder on the planet
--Use an explorer's mindset to discover multiple paths and possible solutions
--Enhance your creativity by learning how to see unexpected connections
--Create bold strategies for moving ahead in original ways
--Consider the ways in which you can actively contribute to the wellbeing and preservation of the planet
The Wonder of Creativity: How to Find Your Genius
Everyone is creative. And yet a persistent myth of our culture is that creativity is restricted to the privileged few, to those geniuses born with greater artistic gifts. In this engaging and interactive lecture, Dr. Cook will explain the true nature of creativity -- what it is, how it works, why it's universal, and what tends to happen to it after childhood if we do not continue to cultivate it. She will show how human creativity, far from being limited to the arts, spans every human discipline, and she will explain why travel and exploration have been proven to super-charge creativity. Dr. Cook will demonstrate the nature of the creative mind, and begin to show immediately how everyone can tap into this natural force for problem solving, innovative ideas and solutions, and, most importantly, to begin to see the world with fresh eyes, and find one's own unique perspective. Ultimately, creativity isn't just about producing work, but rather about cultivating one's own genius. It's about living an original life as only you can, free from conditioning, cliches and stereotypes, and limiting expectations. Creativity is freedom!
This lecture will inspire you to:
--Redefine creativity and discover your own potential for genius
--Identify the myths, stereotypes, and critical voices that have suppressed your creativity
--Learn strategies and skills to truly see and experience the world with fresh eyes
--Engage in possibility thinking and attain greater self-trust
--Discover the connections between travel, exploration, and creativity
--Adopt a "creativity diet" to "feed" and nourish your creative self
--Learn about the neuroscience of creativity, and how you can use the principles to enrich your own life
--Apply the principles of creativity to the choices you make daily, and begin to create the life you want to live
The Wonder of Unlearning
“Education,” Mark Twain once wrote, “consists mainly in what we have unlearned.” In this fascinating and empowering lecture, Dr. Cook discusses the role unlearning must play in self-growth and personal development, as well as progress and change for any society. Before we can learn to believe that anything is possible, we need to unlearn what has held us back. Before we can generate creative solutions or ideas, we must unlearn the barriers that stand between us and innovation. Before we can embrace a broader view of the world, we need to unlearn stereotypes and assumptions, habitual behaviors and patterns of thought that have limited our vision and convinced us of things that just aren't true. In this lecture, Dr. Cook helps participants identify beliefs in need of un-learning, and demonstrates how to consciously and creatively move beyond them. Armed with these refreshing realizations, you, too, can begin to un-learn long-held but erroneous beliefs, and liberate yourself from the illusions that keep you from fully experiencing and appreciating yourself, and the world.
This lecture will help you to:
--Distinguish between true learning and conditioning
--Identify assumptions, stereotypes, and beliefs to unlearn
--Question which “facts” you believe that are not actually true
--Liberate yourself from illusions that hold you back
--Experience creative breakthroughs, personally and professionally
--Broaden your sense of what is realistic and possible for you and/or your work
--Distinguish between types of fear, and learn to see discomfort as potential for growth
From humble beginnings to a solo global traveler, writer and speaker Dr. Jennifer Cook shares her personal story of transformation through travel, and inspires others to discover the beauty and diversity of the planet's cultural and natural wonders. With some of her most memorable and thought-provoking stories and photographs from her adventures and misadventures around the world, she demonstrates how even those with limited resources can travel, and offers practical advice that will make everyone's travel dreams possible. Dr. Cook then reveals how travel builds confidence and humility, independence and resourcefulness, open-mindedness and cultural understanding. She distinguishes between travel and tourism, and demonstrates how to become a conscious traveler who both learns from the world, and also contributes to it. Finally, Dr. Cook shows how anyone can be an explorer inwardly without ever leaving home, and motivates all of us to therefore be a traveler at heart every day of our lives.
This inspiring presentation will help you to:
--Re-imagine what is possible in your life
--Embrace uncertainty and take meaningful risks
--Become more fearless
--Deepen your senses of wonder, awe, and appreciation
--Learn specific resources for traveling without a lot of money
--Distinguish between being a tourist and a traveler
--Learn how to apply a traveler's mindset to your life at home
--Discover how to be a conscious traveler, and to preserve and protect the world through your choices
Question. Explore. Create.
In this motivational lecture, Dr. Cook encourages participants to embrace questioning as a fuel that ignites growth and positive change. By questioning assumptions, habitual patterns, and accepted limitations, we open the door to the exciting alternatives that can transform our own lives, and the world. Using her own stunning photography and unforgettable personal anecdotes from around the globe, Dr. Cook then demonstrates how exploration creates a new sense of possibility in one's life. She demonstrates how everyone can become a bold explorer, whether on a trip around the world, or at home, exploring new ideas and opportunities. Finally, Dr. Cook reveals how individuals can shape these possibilities into the results they want, creating original and empowered lives for themselves, and a better world for everyone.
You will learn to:
--Question the stereotypes and assumptions that have limited you
--Apply questioning to crack open areas of your life where you have felt stuck
--Multiply the perspective or "lenses" through which you see the world
--Feel inspired by the sheer range of possibility, diversity, and wonder on the planet
--Use an explorer's mindset to discover multiple paths and possible solutions
--Enhance your creativity by learning how to see unexpected connections
--Create bold strategies for moving ahead in original ways
--Consider the ways in which you can actively contribute to the wellbeing and preservation of the planet
The Wonder of Creativity: How to Find Your Genius
Everyone is creative. And yet a persistent myth of our culture is that creativity is restricted to the privileged few, to those geniuses born with greater artistic gifts. In this engaging and interactive lecture, Dr. Cook will explain the true nature of creativity -- what it is, how it works, why it's universal, and what tends to happen to it after childhood if we do not continue to cultivate it. She will show how human creativity, far from being limited to the arts, spans every human discipline, and she will explain why travel and exploration have been proven to super-charge creativity. Dr. Cook will demonstrate the nature of the creative mind, and begin to show immediately how everyone can tap into this natural force for problem solving, innovative ideas and solutions, and, most importantly, to begin to see the world with fresh eyes, and find one's own unique perspective. Ultimately, creativity isn't just about producing work, but rather about cultivating one's own genius. It's about living an original life as only you can, free from conditioning, cliches and stereotypes, and limiting expectations. Creativity is freedom!
This lecture will inspire you to:
--Redefine creativity and discover your own potential for genius
--Identify the myths, stereotypes, and critical voices that have suppressed your creativity
--Learn strategies and skills to truly see and experience the world with fresh eyes
--Engage in possibility thinking and attain greater self-trust
--Discover the connections between travel, exploration, and creativity
--Adopt a "creativity diet" to "feed" and nourish your creative self
--Learn about the neuroscience of creativity, and how you can use the principles to enrich your own life
--Apply the principles of creativity to the choices you make daily, and begin to create the life you want to live
The Wonder of Unlearning
“Education,” Mark Twain once wrote, “consists mainly in what we have unlearned.” In this fascinating and empowering lecture, Dr. Cook discusses the role unlearning must play in self-growth and personal development, as well as progress and change for any society. Before we can learn to believe that anything is possible, we need to unlearn what has held us back. Before we can generate creative solutions or ideas, we must unlearn the barriers that stand between us and innovation. Before we can embrace a broader view of the world, we need to unlearn stereotypes and assumptions, habitual behaviors and patterns of thought that have limited our vision and convinced us of things that just aren't true. In this lecture, Dr. Cook helps participants identify beliefs in need of un-learning, and demonstrates how to consciously and creatively move beyond them. Armed with these refreshing realizations, you, too, can begin to un-learn long-held but erroneous beliefs, and liberate yourself from the illusions that keep you from fully experiencing and appreciating yourself, and the world.
This lecture will help you to:
--Distinguish between true learning and conditioning
--Identify assumptions, stereotypes, and beliefs to unlearn
--Question which “facts” you believe that are not actually true
--Liberate yourself from illusions that hold you back
--Experience creative breakthroughs, personally and professionally
--Broaden your sense of what is realistic and possible for you and/or your work
--Distinguish between types of fear, and learn to see discomfort as potential for growth
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