From Downtown Magnets High School

I carried and used my Geodex planning system binder from 1982 until 2002, when the company was bought by high profile self-help guru Tony Robbins. He added a whole layer of his intense success-oriented planning to the system. I decided to try to use it. These are some notes from my dance and free-form journals at the time.

7/16/2002 – Just went to the class (Tuesday July 16). Jo was the leader. The other thing going on is the Tony Robbins RPM System came in the mail yesterday. I listened to a lot of Day 1 yesterday and some more of it this morning before going to class.
The first exercise on the CD was to visualize a result you want somewhere in your life. What came up for me was a classroom buzzing with happy students working independently and in groups at their Centers. But at class this morning the area that came up was my marriage, my relationship with my wife. And sitting here in the café I want to close my eyes and visualize a result. But the outside conversation is too intrusive. And at that point Jo walks in with a couple of students. So I probably won’t write here today.

But I would like to use the RPM training to focus on our relationship starting with what I really want. And why. Maybe while I’m driving around doing my errands.

7/21/2002 – Five days later I’m up to day 3 of the training. The homework is to juice up the categories and roles. I think that’s going to be the homework for the time we’ll be on vacation. One possibility is to use this writing to generate some juicy roles and categories. Being a writer. A spiritual seeker. A family man. Having a beautiful home. Being a great teacher.

Date tbd – And now I’m on Day 10 of the CD’s. Yesterday I got the job at Downtown Business Magnet High School. Today my RPM Plan will begin the next stage of my unfolding career. 

1/12/2003 – And now I’m sitting in the DMHS library, during the quiet homeroom reading period. I have just finished the 2 months of working with RPM. The planning was swallowing up all of my time. My response to the demise of Geodex will now be to use Day-Timer and allow myself to be much more intuitive and improvisational. However, I must acknowledge Tony Robbins help in making this transition happen.