Focus Forward Retreat
Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina
May 6 – May 9, 2024
Feel like you’re missing your usual spark and internal drive?
Maybe you’re dealing with a particularly challenging situation in your career.
Maybe you feel like you’re not making the impact you want to be.
Maybe you’re working as hard as you ever have but not seeing the results you’ve come to expect.
Or maybe you’re just tired and have lost touch with your usual sources of energy and inspiration.
The challenge is that when we’re deep in the weeds of the day to day, we rarely have the time and space to think outside the box and come up with creative solutions.
And in our logic and data driven world, we often spend most of our adult lives completely disconnected from our creativity.
What if reconnecting with your Creativity was the answer?
What if you could see your current challenges through an entirely new lens and generate more creative ways to navigate those challenges and shape your future career and life.
What could you achieve if you approached those challenges with no constraints, no restrictions and no limitations on your thinking?
That’s what we’ll invite you to explore at the Focus Forward retreat.
Focus Forward is an immersive and interactive experience where we’ll inspire you to tap into the creativity that has been lying dormant within you and challenge you to express that creativity in new and exciting ways that will allow you to discover a whole new perspective.
Attending the retreat will help you
- Experience a circuit breaker effect on your mindset to switch off limited thinking and expand the possibilities of what you can accomplish
- Gain the clarity and perspective you need to focus on your highest priorities and reimagine a new vision for your career and life
- Reignite your creativity and explore how those creative juices can reveal solutions you may never have considered
- Develop those creative solutions into a plan of attack to address the most pressing challenges in your world right now
- Feel refreshed and reinvigorated to hit the ground running when you return home
- Get and stay focused on your highest priorities and live your life creatively with greater purpose and impact
WHERE
The Biltmore Estate, located in Asheville, North Carolina, is a place of remarkable elegance and tranquility, set against the backdrop of the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains.
The estate encompasses a historic mansion, gardens, and an award-winning winery. This mix of sophistication, serenity, and diverse amenities provides the perfect setting for Focus Forward offering an inspiring backdrop for creative thinking and exploration.
Schedule an appointment with Alec to address any specific questions you may have about the program. If you and Alec agree that you are a good fit for the program you’ll receive a registration link.
DATES
Monday May 6 – Thursday May 9, 2024
Your experience begins with a welcome reception on Monday
evening and the program will conclude in the early afternoon on Thursday.
COST
One time payment: $4800
Easy pay: $1000 deposit with two additional payments of $1900 (includes the early bird discount)
Register by December 15, 2023 to receive an early bird discount of $500
INCLUDES
- Pre & Post Private Coaching sessions with Alec
- Tuition and all other activities and events
- Enneagram Assessment
- Three nights single occupancy accommodation at the Village Hotel
- All meals for the duration of the retreat
TRAVEL
You will be responsible for your airfare and ground transfer to the Biltmore Estate. Guests are encouraged to fly directly to Asheville via direct or connecting flights.
You should plan to arrive in Asheville by the late afternoon on Monday and book your return flights after 3 p.m. on Thursday.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Participants will be booked into three nights lodging in a deluxe room at Village Hotel on the grounds of the Biltmore Estate. Rooms are single occupancy and may include either a king size or two queen size beds depending on availability at the time of registration.
For participants interested in extending their stay, please contact the hotel directly to discuss availability and cost.
MEALS AND BEVERAGES
All meals beginning Monday evening and concluding on Thursday afternoon are included in the cost of the program.
We will work with the hotel to address any dietary requirements or food allergies, but please make sure you advise us of these requirements at the time of registration.
NEXT STEPS
Schedule an appointment with Alec to address any specific questions you may have about the program. If you and Alec agree that you are a good fit for the program you’ll receive a registration link.
As space is limited to 10 participants registrations will be taken on a first come first served basis, so if you are offered a place in the program we ask that you complete the registration within 5 business days of receiving the link.
This retreat is for people who are:
This retreat is NOT for people who are:
- Career Professionals, Entrepreneurs or Business Owners who have achieved a certain degree of success in their life
- Normally driven and motivated (even if you’re not feeling “on fire” right now)
- Ready to do the work and challenge your thinking
- Happy to step out of your comfort zone
- Won’t let your ego get in the way of your potential growth
This retreat is NOT for people who are:
- Set in your ways and believe there’s only ONE right answer
- Quick to blame other people or circumstances rather than taking accountability
- Stuck in the status quo and prefer things to stay as they are
- Looking for easy answers
- Find it hard to receive constructive feedback and avoid trying new things
- Limited or rigid in your thinking
FAQ
As long as you’re open and curious about exploring your creativity as a way to discover new solutions for your highest priorities then you will benefit from the program. If you are a strictly logical thinker and aren’t open to playing with your creativity in new and challenging ways, this might not be the experience for you.
The Enneagram is the personality typing tool that we will use to deepen your level of self-awareness as the foundational element of unlocking your creativity.
The Enneagram is based on the idea that each individual falls into one of nine primary personality types, each with distinct patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
When we deepen our understanding of ourselves and learn how to view the world through the nine lenses of the Enneagram, we can discover solutions that work WITH our strengths to achieve impactful results.
The Enneagram is based on the idea that each individual falls into one of nine primary personality types, each with distinct patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.
When we deepen our understanding of ourselves and learn how to view the world through the nine lenses of the Enneagram, we can discover solutions that work WITH our strengths to achieve impactful results.
Yes!
In order to receive the $500 discount for early bird registration, participants must pay a non-refundable $1,000 deposit by December 15, 2023. Participants will be billed half of the remaining balance February 1, 2024, with final payment due on April 1, 2024. Should you require an alternative payment schedule please contact Alec.
Please note that space is limited to 10 participants, so we have a strict cancellation policy. If you choose to cancel before March 1, 2024, the event host will attempt to identify another attendee to assume your reservation. If we can fill your spot, your money will be returned to you no later than 30 days following the event. If we cannot fill your spot, unfortunately, no refunds will be available.
If your current thinking has not gotten you to where you are, it’s time to explore NEW ways of thinking to help you create a new vision for where you go next in your career and your life.
Unlocking your creativity will allow you to open up new possibilities you may have never imagined possible, and we can’t wait to support you through that experience.
WHERE
The Biltmore Estate, located in Asheville, North Carolina, is a place of remarkable elegance and tranquility, set against the backdrop of the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains.
The estate encompasses a historic mansion, gardens, and an award-winning winery. This mix of sophistication, serenity, and diverse amenities provides the perfect setting for Focus Forward offering an inspiring backdrop for creative thinking and exploration.
Schedule an appointment with Alec to address any specific questions you may have about the program. If you and Alec agree that you are a good fit for the program you’ll receive a registration link.
DATES
Monday May 6 – Thursday May 9, 2024
Your experience begins with a welcome reception on Monday
evening and the program will conclude in the early afternoon on Thursday.
COST
One time payment: $4800
Easy pay: $1000 deposit with two additional payments of $1900 (includes the early bird discount)
Register by December 15, 2023 to receive an early bird discount of $500
INCLUDES
- Pre & Post Private Coaching sessions with Alec
- Tuition and all other activities and events
- Enneagram Assessment
- Three nights single occupancy accommodation at the Village Hotel
- All meals for the duration of the retreat
