Success Story of A Young Hi-Flier!
As a mental fitness Coach, I never had, until recently, dealt with Teenagers. The opportunity never presented itself. However, when a few leaders participating in one of my programs requested to start a similar program for their teenage kids. I was intrigued as to what such an exercise would involve! When I started the program, I made my teenage son attend the program as well
All the attending kids were between 15-20 years old, and I was inquisitive to understand and observe the impact of concepts and learnings of such a session on their minds. Teenagers, by their nature, are far more whimsical and impatient at dealing with anyone trying to tell them anything! So, I was very interested to see whether my experience and methods would breakthrough their naturally rebellious self
Turns out, when it comes to an understanding and honing mental skills, program techniques found resonance with Teenagers very well! Among all the participants, one of the participant’s experiences stood out, which I would like to highlight:
The participant in question was a lady (the daughter of one of our earlier senior participants) studying for her undergraduate degree, and her enjoyment and active participation in absorbing the learnings and applications was extremely pleasant to see!
About six months after the session, it was wonderful to receive communication via WhatsApp that Microsoft had selected the daughter in question as part of her Campus Interviews.
What was most gratifying was the father communicating to me about how she had managed to imbibe, inculcate and apply the learnings of managing her mindset as taught during our session, and use the same in her interview process. Additionally, this parent had also utilized his own experience developed as a coaching client to support her understanding of whatever concepts she would get stuck in from time to time
One of the key learnings for me from this experience has been that we need to introduce concepts of training your mind, mindfulness techniques, and dealing with highs and lows of life to Kids from an early age. Far from being overwhelmed by these concepts or not grasping them as is ordinarily assumed, my experience is that early adoption of techniques to manage your mind improved the ability of these youngsters to face life’s uncertainties with grace and poise.
Given the very positive experience of working with teenagers and young adults, I plan to offer a kid’s version of mental fitness for all my coaching clients (Provided the parents attend this program) at no additional cost. I hope this will greatly benefit the next generation of mind leaders!
