Group Coaching with Jason

Join the group coaching session to get support on your journey!

Today's session will be hosted by Jason Thomas and will be in the format of a "mastermind" where participants support each other in problem-solving to achieve their community goals. Read below for the mastermind session agenda. These sessions are not recorded, so you can feel relaxed when sharing. Plan to join so you don't miss out!

Join live on zoom at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82231103554

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Mastermind Session Agenda:

• Arrival, welcome, and a moment to ground in together.

• Announcements and Celebrations

• (1) 20-minute breakout group in which you will meet another cohort member and spend 8 minutes or so, each, following the Spotlight format one-on-one.

  • One of you can use the Zoom timer app to keep you on point.

  • Stay focused, talk less about your life story, and maximize your time together.

    • Introduction focused on your project, its intention, and its current state (60 seconds)

    •  Gratitude/Celebrations/Opportunities (30 seconds)

    • Describe your goal or objective and what kind of support you would like (90 seconds)

      • To get the most out of your time together, come to the call prepared with a well-phrased question, situation, or problem.

    • Clarifying questions from the other member (3 minutes)

    • Advice from the other member (1 minute)

      • Only give advice if it’s solid. Otherwise, keep asking questions. They can be even more powerful!

    • Create a statement of commitment for what actions you’ll take before our next call (60 seconds)

• (3) 20-minute spotlight sessions

  • Introduction focused on your project, its intention, and its current state of progress (90 seconds)

  •  Gratitude/Celebrations/Opportunities (90 seconds)

  • Describe the goal or objective you’d like us to focus on and what kind of support you would like (2 minutes)

  • Clarifying questions from the cohort (7 minutes)

  • Advice from the cohort (7 minutes)

  • Create a statement of commitment for what actions you’ll take before our next call. (60 seconds)

• Particular requests for support from the cohort (10 min.)

  • Please keep your requests concise. They can be followed up with via personal message or on the Circle Forum.

Things to keep in mind about the mastermind process:

• Masterminds cultivate relationships built on honesty, love, and respect. They’re a safe place to not be perfect. It’s a place to practice a healthy balance of wants and wisdom.

• Mastermind members share networks, resources, experience, and wisdom.

• Members must be willing to be honest about where they're at and ask for help.

• Listen as if you were intending to introduce the person speaking to someone else you know who could help them. Ask questions from that place.

• Arrive to each call with a clearly described goal or objective and an indication for what kind of support you would like. Having this already determined will enhance your ability to be present with those speaking.

• While there is value to being in the hot seat, I’ve always seen the biggest lightbulb “Aha” moments around the room from members during someone else’s hot seat. During YOUR hot seat, you’re typically asking about what you know you don’t know. During the rest of the hot seats, you’re hearing about what you don’t know you don’t know.

• Clarifying questions carry potency. When everyone present is clear on the problem, solutions are natural and easy. Without clarity, you’ll have a hard time moving forward with success, and results will not be complete and long-lasting.

• “A problem well stated and understood is half solved. Usually, you’ll notice that the answer comes out in the questioning process. Still, if you’re not clear on what the problem IS, it’s exceptionally difficult to solve it, as you end up adding further complexity/and or solving a problem that’s adjacent or a symptom, but not the actual root cause.”

• There are three types of questions to ask:

• Chunking up questions in order to zoom out and see the bigger picture,

• Chunking down questions in order to zoom in,

• Segue questions to change the topic entirely.

• Keep questions and insights short and concise

• Use the hand-raise tool

• Confidentiality is a must; do not share anything outside the group without the full consent of the person who shared.

• Be kind and considerate, play full out, take notes, keep an open mind, and don’t sugarcoat. 

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Our Mastermind Sessions will be led by Jason Thomas. 


Jason is the founder of Regeneration Nation Costa Rica, a podcast exploring who's doing what to bring Costa Rica toward environmental and social well-being. As a permaculturist with a background in business, he bridges ecologically-focused entrepreneurs with the 21st-century tools and business practices he’s found useful in his own endeavors. After a decade of traveling, visiting intentional communities and permaculture projects all around North and Central America, Jason co-founded Finca Fruition in 2009. He believes that masterminds are the most efficient format for any group of aligned individuals to lift each other up by sharing their knowledge, wisdom, contacts, and other resources in a structured and co-supportive way.

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