Joshua Spodek (JoshuaSpodek.com) created this, coming out of the leadership world. Leadership can be taught and learned, it isn't just inborn, and good leadership is about helping a person tap into their intrinsic motivation, not manipulating or controlling them. (Spodek has reduced his negative impact on the world by > 90%, and find his life has _more_ joy in it. He has unplugged his apartment from the grid, bikes or takes public transit only, and doesn't buy anything packaged).
The process is something like this: You ask the person
1. What does the environment mean to you?/What is an
experience of nature that moved you or had an especially strong effect on you? what were the sensations, sights, sounds, smells, etc.?
2. What emotions did you feel? can you name some emotional words that capture the experience?
3. What is something you can do today to generate some of those feelings again/act on your values (_your_ values, not anyone else's), with 3 constraints: a) you do it yourself--can't pay someone else to do it for you b) it's not something you're already doing, but new action c) it leaves things better than you found them to some degree, by your standards?
4. Let's make it an attainable goal: specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound.
Then you scheudle a follow-up with the person and ask them to
retell the experience that inspired them, the feelings, and the commitment. Then ask how it went
what was the emotional journey?
did it affect any of your relationships?
do you want to make another commitment?
Text can't really do it justice, but try it out with someone and see what you experience.
I've been amazed at how just about EVERYONE has a moving story about nature to tell.
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