Busienss Coach
Advance course on Logotherapy
Logotask 1 (as specified in tutorial letter 103/2012)
Name: Wessels, Nicolaas Johannes
Student no: 7294-232-0
Course code: LOGO 01-8
Academic Qualifications: B Comm (Marketing) UP; B Comm (Marketing) (Hons) Unisa; MBL Unisa
Occupation: Business Leadership Coach
Postal address: PO Box 786411, Sandton, 2146
Tel: 011 783 4155 (H); 011 253 9919 (O); 082 554 4614 (M) e-mail: klasie@streetschool.co.za
“As much as it was a point of utter determination, it was also a point of surrender”. By reading Teria’s story one could also say that “it was a moment of truth”. She seemed to have reached new levels of self awareness and consciousness about what her life was like up to that point and what could be from there on. What we see here is a defining moment, a moment of truth and a moment of decisiveness. To take action and turn the focus on what is and what could be, not on what was. By all accounts she has reached a level of self awareness to such an extent that she could transcend herself and connect to her spiritual dimension where a discovery was made of life changing proportions.
We have here a very good example of how tension had played a role in directing someone towards her values and what is important to her. By transcending herself, Teria not only moved away from a needs driven focus on the past, she moved to a values directed focus on the future and all the possibilities it holds. “I was somehow missing to fully live my present life with an eye on the future that was “waiting” to be reached out to. My life seemed to lack vision – a dream to realize or ideals to be inspired by” (Shantall 2002: 13). The tension which brought on this state of realization is a health one. Without this meaning will not be found. “A sound amount of tension, such as that tension which is aroused by a meaning to fulfill, is inherent in being human and is indispensible for mental well-being” (Frankl 1998: 48). By recognizing her own power to self
Logotask 1 (as specified in tutorial letter 103/2012)
Name: Wessels, Nicolaas Johannes
Student no: 7294-232-0
Course code: LOGO 01-8
Academic Qualifications: B Comm (Marketing) UP; B Comm (Marketing) (Hons) Unisa; MBL Unisa
Occupation: Business Leadership Coach
Postal address: PO Box 786411, Sandton, 2146
Tel: 011 783 4155 (H); 011 253 9919 (O); 082 554 4614 (M) e-mail: klasie@streetschool.co.za
“As much as it was a point of utter determination, it was also a point of surrender”. By reading Teria’s story one could also say that “it was a moment of truth”. She seemed to have reached new levels of self awareness and consciousness about what her life was like up to that point and what could be from there on. What we see here is a defining moment, a moment of truth and a moment of decisiveness. To take action and turn the focus on what is and what could be, not on what was. By all accounts she has reached a level of self awareness to such an extent that she could transcend herself and connect to her spiritual dimension where a discovery was made of life changing proportions.
We have here a very good example of how tension had played a role in directing someone towards her values and what is important to her. By transcending herself, Teria not only moved away from a needs driven focus on the past, she moved to a values directed focus on the future and all the possibilities it holds. “I was somehow missing to fully live my present life with an eye on the future that was “waiting” to be reached out to. My life seemed to lack vision – a dream to realize or ideals to be inspired by” (Shantall 2002: 13). The tension which brought on this state of realization is a health one. Without this meaning will not be found. “A sound amount of tension, such as that tension which is aroused by a meaning to fulfill, is inherent in being human and is indispensible for mental well-being” (Frankl 1998: 48). By recognizing her own power to self