The Attraction Game – Help us co-create it next week!

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The Attraction Game & LifeVille R&D Team

We are moving forward with great speed toward the launch of LifeVille! Next week, Monday through Friday, at 12 Noon ET I will host a series of calls with the LifeVille R&D team to co-create the Attraction Game. I hope you can join us.

This should be a LOT of fun and very creative.

I believe that game creation will become a new essential coaching skill

Benefits of participating on these calls (yes they will be recorded):

1) It will be FUN! You will experience the new Community Game System as a player.

2) You will learn our new game creation model which I believe will become a new essential coaching skill (since coaching IS about playing better, knowing how to create a challenging and winnable game is important)

3) You will have access to the complete 28 Principles of Attraction Program by Thomas Leonard. We will use this content as the foundation for the game. This is important because many of the LifeVille games will be created by using the concepts from a book as a starting point.

4) Be a part of a creative – collaborative process

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The Structure of a Game…(keep reading)

LifeVille R&D Team calls

LifeVille – Play BIG!

Have Fun Playing the Games of Your REAL Life

(and earn REAL prizes for winning)

You can be a BIG part of the upcoming launch of LifeVille.

LifeVille is a place where The Thought Leaders of the world team up with the Coaches of the world to provide powerful coaching programs for the people of the world who want to Play BIG in life.

Our community game system is the hub of the action. This is important because “social community” gaming (aka farmville) is sweeping the world – over 75 MILLION players – revealing that there is an incredible yearning to play.

All we have to do is show people that they can have fun playing the games of their REAL life – To Play with Purpose – and we can steer this incredible global movement into coaching.

Do you like the sound of 75 million people playing REAL life better with a coach? I do!

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The LifeVille Coaching Company – Game Design Overview

(excerpted from the LifeVille Coaching Company overview; available to LifeVille R&D members)

Step 1 – Design the Game

The concept of “playing the game” is essential to the fulfillment of a coaching service. In this section we will describe how the game and coaching play together and how & why we transform your content into a winnable game worth playing.

What coaching is; what coaching is NOT

Coaching is: guiding an individual or team to play better and win on their own terms.

Coaching is NOT: an intervention for problems; task management.

Our theory is that ANY endeavor in life can be transformed into a winnable game worth playing;

That true fulfillment in life occurs while getting very good and the few essential skills that bring great results AND a joyful experience.

In the industrial age, work was glorified and play was made to mean something frivolous. However we believe that the Human Spirit of Play is a powerful force that elicits creativity, engagement, resourcefulness, pursuit of mastery, fulfillment and the experience of joy. (Certainly NOT frivolous stuff)

A fundamental outcome of a coaching experience is the players’ transformation from a “work on problems” mindset to a “play with purpose to create possibility” mindset in EVERY aspect
of life – business/career, health, relationships, wealth creation, spiritual quest etc.

The game model

A coaching program is made up of a series of games – we think of it as a “season” like in athletics. Each week there is a new game for the players to play where they complete exercises, take actions and get results AND earn points for doing so. We design the game with YOU based on your concepts, strategies and practices etc.

The game is displayed and tracked in what we call our “Community Game System”. In the system the players track their results on line in a way that is publicly displayed for all of the players to see. The players can then see each other’s results and examples and share comments, challenge and support.

The community game system enables the integration electronic content in the form of written documents, audio and video. So for example if an action in the game card is to conduct an interview with 5 people, we can include a written document with the instructions and an audio or video of you demonstrating how to conduct the interview.

The community game system creates a powerful public accountability process that is extremely energizing.

Vision – Each player has a detailed profile where they create an online vision board of pictures and words for what they are creating in life. The vision board can be shared with all of the other players in the game or made private to be viewed only by the coach.

Purpose & Objectives – Each player articulates the purpose that this season of games serves in the big picture of their life vision. And they articulate specific objectives: tangible outcomes, skills to improve and characteristics to “become”.

Weekly Results – Each week there are specific results that the player is playing for. A result is something that can be measured and it is best if it is something that happens in the world around the player. For example: someone says “Yes” to an offer. The results for the game can be set by you OR if you prefer we can allow the players to customize the results they are playing for according to a set of guidelines. The players get points for creating results.

The game system also includes the ability to publicly share results. For example if a result in the game is to get a testimonial letter from a customer, the player can paste that into the game card for everyone to see.

Recurring Actions – The recurring actions are the specific activities of playing the game. They are skills that the player will practice with their coach and team mates and then bring into the world around them. The actions serve a duel role of producing results AND engaging the player in the pursuit of mastery. A game can include a variety of actions some set by you
and others customized by the players according to a set of guidelines. The players get points for taking actions and write a short note to share their thoughts and reflections about what they
learned and accomplished. These reflections create team bonding and provide a launching pad for coaching.

Exercises – Exercises are project-type actions that help a player improve the way they play the game but are not the game itself. For example in a business game a project would be getting business cards printed. This will help you play the game better but they are not the game. In the game system the players get points for completing exercises and can share their
reflections on the process. Also when appropriate the player can share something they create for their game by pasting it into the gamecard. For example if the exercise is to write a one-page overview of the benefits of a product they could paste the content into the game card for feedback from the Coach and other players.

Total Score – As the players complete the exercises and actions and produce results the game card updates their total score. Then each game card is summed for a total player score. The game page for all of the players shows each players current and total score.

Team Bonus – In group / team coaching programs there is a team bonus concept where if a team achieves a pre-set average number of points, the players receive bonus points. This creates an incentive for the players to support each other as they play the game in their own life.

Accumulating Points – The players accumulate points from game to game, program to program which is reflected in their point total like “frequent flyer miles”

Rewards program – As the player accumulates points they become eligible for rewards. This opens up a world of possibilities for sponsorship and incentive programs.

Why the game?

There are several benefits to using the game model for your coaching program:

A tangible way for the coach to track progress.

One benefit of using a game and score system is that it creates a tangible way for the coach to gauge and measure the progress of the player(s).

A tangible way to evaluate the coaching effectiveness

Another benefit to the game and score system is that it creates a tangible way to measure the effectiveness of each coach.

You can SEE what is happening

As the thought-leader, you will be able to log into the system and check the results of any program. You will be able to see the player score cards and see that your program and
your coaches are making a difference in the lives of your clients /our players.

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SHOW YOUR FACE!

Monday 3/22 we will begin a weeklong focus on the new CV Coach Profile system. It’s time to show your face to your CV Member Colleagues AND the rest of the world.

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Coach Dave is BACK in the Coaching Business!

The 100 Day Play BIG Challenge

Hosted by Coach Dave Buck, MCC

March 29, 2010 -> July 5 2010 Mondays 11 AM ET

Invest: $1,495

(or 3 payments of $550)

Maximum Players: 12

Registration Here

The PLAY BIG 100 Day Challenge
program is an exclusive small group coaching and mastermind program with a maximum of 12 players.

The program is for you ONLY if you are ready to play BIG in the world with your business.

The ultimate purpose of business is to add value to the lives of others in the community. You will practice and master the 5 principles of business success in the Inspiration Economy:

Visibility – Being seen and known as a value add in your community

Engagement – Connecting with people in the heart and moving them forward

Fulfillment – Deliver on what you promise in a way that fulfills your purpose in life

Orchestration – Harmonize the creative energies of many players toward a common purpose

Wealth Creation – Accumulate what you value most and then share it with others

And you will learn and master the art of Playing BIG!

In addition to our 1-hour weekly team meeting, I will have 60 minutes available each week for laser coaching sessions with you AND each player will get 1-hour of 1-1 coaching time with me during the program.

The price of this exclusive 100 Day Program is
$1,495

The program details and registration are here

Play BIG! The Spirit of PLAY Lives On In YOU.

Coach Dave Buck

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