1. Reinventing Academic Advising with Life Design in Mind
Bill Johnson, Student Success Navigator, Life Design Catalyst Facilitator/Coach, Instructor
School of Health and Human Sciences
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

2. Find Your Spark (Jonathan Fields, “How to Live a Good Life”)
Am I curios about anything in particular? Is there a big question I’d love to answer? Is there a problem I feel compelled to solve?
Are there things that fascinate me? Is there a topic or field or thing or pursuit or even a person that I have a deep yearning to know more about? 
Are there activities that I get lost in? Are there things I love to do where I lose track of time and would pay to be able to do more?
Is there something I want to master? Is there an art or field or pursuit I’d love to be really good at, maybe even world-class great?
Is there some person or community or being I feel compelled to help? It doesn’t have to be human; it could be an animal, a plant, or even the planet.

3. A Great Life…
“A great life includes something worth living for, maybe even worth dying for. A portion of a great life would be devoted to something bigger, greater, grander than yourself. Something that inspires you, energizes you, pulls you forward. Something that responds to your unique talent or touch and, ultimately, makes a difference in the world around you. A great life would naturally bring more meaning, purpose, love, laughter, wonder, and adventure to your days. And, at the end of your journey you would look back on a life of significance, rather than regret – knowing in your heart that you left the world better than you found it. Knowing that you made a difference in the lives of others. Knowing that you got something wonderful out of it, and you gave something wonderful back. A great life, of course, is not something we experience, it’s something we create.”
Dan Zadra and Kobi Yamada

4. Words of Wisdom
Arête – Excellence or Virtue. Translation: To express the highest version of yourself, moment to moment to moment
Ikigai – Reason for being. Translation: Your reason for getting out of bed in the morning.

5. The Numbers…
80% - percentage of students who don't know what to do in college (Penn State)
75% - percentage of students who change their major at least once (NACADA)
40% - percentage of students who don't graduate from 4-year college in 6 years (60% graduation rate)
78% - percentage of students who don't graduate from 2-year college in 3 years (22% graduation rate)
45% - percentage of students who don't graduate from UNCG in 6 years (55% graduation rate)
71% - percentage of students who graduate with college debt (does not include those that do not graduate)
45% - percentage of students who are underemployed (in positions that don't required a college degree)
50% - percentage of potential independent workers (freelancers, consultants, etc) by 2020
90% - percentage of potential independent workers by 2040
60% - percentage of jobs that don’t yet exist for students in high school or younger

6. Reinventing Academic Advising

7. Advising vs. Coaching Definitions of Academic Advising
NACADA - Articles/Definitions-of-academic-advising.aspx
Definition of Academic Coaching
Lifebound -
NACADA - Groups/Theory-Practice-Delivery-of-Advising-I/Advising-and-Academic-Coaching- Interest-Group.aspx
Definition of Life Coaching
International Coach Federation -
Definition of Life Design Catalyst Coaching

8. Life Design Coaching Program = Coaching for Development + Coaching for Conversation

11. Why Life Design?
Kick-Ass Questions About Life (insight into minds of students at beginning of semester)
Best question (#11): What is your biggest fear? What’s the thing that scares you the most in life? - Choosing the right major/career; making sure that I’m in the program.
What’s Most Important to Me? (quick values assessment)
#1 – Connecting with family and friends.

12. Course structure
1-credit Elective course, meets once a week for 50 minutes in HHS Life Design Center. Maximum of 20 students per section.
HHS125 offered in Fall and Spring; HHS135 offered only in Spring
5-minute guided, silent, or music meditation.
Sharing of random thoughts from previous week.
Pair-share or group share of previous week’s assignment.
Video and/or demonstration of upcoming theme/homework.
Explanation of next week’s homework.

13. Majors STRONGLY Recommended Automatically Enrolled
Kinesiology
Speech Pathology and Audiology
Community and Therapeutic Recreation
Automatically Enrolled
Pre-Health Nursing Interest (based on low SAT score)
Other Majors/Programs
School of Business
Exploratory Students

14. Know Your Why: Michael Jr.

15. Overview of Handout and Posters
Find Poster Instructions here: Microsoft Word - info-fye doc; PDF - your-life-course-design-info-fye pdf

17. Life Design Program Find Your Place in the World. Today.