My Training Approach | Jack Canfield

Hi, I'm Jack Canfield, and welcome to this week's video. Are you a trainer having trouble getting those magical aha moments or breakthroughs with.

The people you coach? A lot of people are under the.

Illusion that I'm one of the few people able to achieve the amazing breakthroughs and results that people have during my trainings. But that's not the case. The truth is, it's not magic. It's a simple, proven system that I've created that anyone can learn to conduct a training or teach a seminar and produce the same kind of results. In this video, I want to share with you an overview of my system for running workshops so that you can learn to run your own training using it and give people those breakthrough experiences yourself. Now, I pulled this video from my success archives because I thought that the content was so powerful, I wanted to.

Share it with you.

It's never been seen on my YouTube channel before, and I hope you enjoy it.

You know, I constantly get feedback that I'm one of the best trainers in the world. And a lot of people think it's because I'm somehow special or unique. And the truth is, we're all special and unique. However, a lot of people think that what I do is some kind of magic, that you have to be Jack Canfield to do the work I do. And the truth is, there is a structure to this magic. It's not some gift from God. It's. It's not some special sauce. It's just the fact that I have learned how to run a training so that we get the results that people call magical. And I'll share a couple of those things with you. I've learned that I think makes the work I do and what I teach people to do so magical. And that is, number one, you have to be someone that is walking the talk. You have to show up as someone that's living the principles you're teaching. And so it's really critical that whatever you're teaching, that you're someone who's practicing, that if you're teaching meditation, you need to be practicing meditation in your life. If you're teaching success principles, as I do, you need to be practicing those principles. So when I work with people, I really make sure that they are being authentic on stage, not trying to be something they're not. The truth is, the more you're actually you instead of some ideal image you have as a teacher, the more effective you are. The second thing is, there is a structure to what you do in addition to who you be and so that structure is this. You have to help people move from a state of just listening and being, what should I call it, a passive learner, to becoming a very active learner to becoming someone who's engaged in the material in a way that allows them to actually Velcro the ideas and then also learn the techniques they need to apply in their own life so they feel comfortable doing it out in the real world before they leave the training. So some things we know for sure that work. Number one, you have to show up with a couple of stories that let people know that it's credible, that what you do actually works. So the first thing I always start with after a few cartoons, because I think humor is really important, too. I show cartoons, people laugh. I think it was Maya Angelou said, people will probably not remember what you say, but they always remember how you made them feel. So the whole purpose of when we're working with people in this Canfield approach that we teach is that you have to help people feel better. Now, sometimes a story that will inspire people will help them feel better. Something that makes them laugh will help them make them feel better. Something that opens their hearts. A story about overcoming obstacles, or a story about, you know, someone being more loving, someone having perseverance and courage, or all these kinds of stories that we write about in our Chicken Soup for the Soul books. These are really a critical part of a training that works. So after I start with humor, I will tell a few stories about people who've used these principles, myself and others, to demonstrate that this actually works, that these things work. So now we're building up credibility and a willingness to play. I want to engage because I now see there's value in this. The next thing we want to do is to have people get to know each other. Not just listen to me, but get them into partnerships, pairs, small groups, a milling exercise, something where they interact with other people, talking about things that are not really that deep or risky at first, but that are positive. For example, we might have them just share things they're proud about, a recent success they've had, what skills they have, what are their talents, what are their positive qualities. And just for a minute, what I, like, love and respect about myself is I'm a good dancer, I'm a good writer, I'm a good parent, I play tennis well, I eat a healthy diet, et cetera. And we might have them do that back and forth for a minute, just a simple little quick exercise, and then we're back to the front of the room. And teaching a new concept or new information. But that helps bond the group so they start feeling connected to each other and to you. And every time we do an exercise and we want them to be with a different person. So by the end of the first day of a day long seminar, or even if you're just doing a three hour seminar, they will have interacted with 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, maybe 10 people so they feel connected. And as the workshop goes on, getting people into small groups of four people or six people. And we always build slowly because I might be afraid to talk about some of these things as we go deeper with deeper topics like what's missing in my life, what do I want? What's my biggest fear, what's stopping me? What would I choose to do if fear wasn't in the way? So as we're moving into those questions that they're sharing with a partner or in a small group, they've already shared something with somebody and been accepted, they've been listened to, they've been acknowledged, they've been affirmed. And so there's a very profound sequence of activities working with any size group. And we can modify this for groups. I've worked with 20,000 people in a room recently, with 8,000 in India in a room. And I can do the same exercises in a modified way with six people or 12 people or a working group of 20. So that's a really critical piece is knowing what exercises to do in what order to continually build safety and trust and a willingness to be authentic and to disclose. There's a powerful tool we call a heart talk, which we'll often use where we pass around heart and only the person that has the heart can talk so that they are not interrupted, because people are so much interrupted in life. And we want to build in structure to the seminar where people don't interrupt each other. So we're teaching them tools they can use in a seminar and they can carry out of the training after they leave. Another thing that's really important when you're doing a training or a seminar or workshop is to have people acknowledging what they're learning. So almost after every exercise we do what we call sharing. Sometimes it's just share with another person, sometimes it's get into a triad, three people and share. And as we build up maybe six people, then eventually people share with the whole group. It might take 8 or 9 shares really quickly so that people are starting to hear what other people are learning. So it's reinforcing, that progress is taking place. And it's also giving people an opportunity to feel more comfortable talking in front of a whole group. And eventually everybody gets to that place. Another important thing that's really critical for success as a trainer is to get people to make commitments to action. You know, information without action is just stuff. It's like having what I call shelf esteem. It's like taking got a lot of books with information on your shelves, but you're not putting it into action. So we always want people to make a commitment. What are you going to do differently now that you've learned this information? And we could do that after every exercise. We could do it at the end of a segment before lunch, or we could do it at the end of the day. So there's lots of ways you can build that in. And then you want people to make a written commitment to something they're going to do that's a stretch that's going to take them to the next level before they leave the group. And then I'll often have people get into accountability partners where they have someone they're accountable to report to within a week or however long that they actually took that action. Research coming out of Dominican University, Dr. Gail Matthews is that if people write down a goal, they get about 40% achieve the goal if they write it down. And they. If they. If they don't write it down, they get about 40%. If they write it down, they get a higher level of achievement. If they write it down and tell someone they're going to do it, we get an even higher level. And if they write it down, tell someone to do it and then are held accountable by that person, they have to give reports 73%. So we get about a 30% improvement just by putting those kinds of little things into the group. And ultimately what you want are people that are going to be successful implementing what you're teaching. Because that's what makes people come back to your workshops. It's what makes people rehire you. It's what makes people talk about you so you get referrals. So these are just some of the things that we call the magic, the secret sauce that we teach that allow people to have really powerful impact in their work. And too many people just talk at people. It's time to no longer be the sage from the stage that's not working anymore. It's not what people want. You have to be the guy by the side where people are doing activities that you set up, where in the process of that activity, which could be a sequence of questions and it could be a role play. It could be a simulation game of some sort that they're having their own aha moments. Because what people learn on their own they're going to value and they're going to implement much more than something that someone just tells them from the front of the stage. So hope that's helpful.

Well, thanks so much for watching this video on my campfield training approach. Which of these techniques, if not all of them, can you implement in your trainings now? If you feel inspired, please leave a comment below with your answer. I'd love to read what you have to say. And thanks again for watching. And remember, everything in your life will only change for the better when you change. Now. If you found this video helpful, make sure you like it, share it with a friend who may need it, and subscribe to my channel for more videos like this one and for some additional resources on running a successful workshop or training. And to learn more about my online and live Train the Trainer programs, be sure to visit my website@jackcampfield.com thanks again for watching.