Success Teams/Dream Teams 
Saturday August 31, 2002 by Hal
This is a compliment to the Personal Discovery Workshop - an ongoing set of “encounters” in person and online designed to provide continuous help and support to a small group. This small group is intent on achieving goals and the Success Team is their support group.
A Success Team is a buddy system in which everyone in the group helps the other participants go after their dream. It’s another way to foster community - a little differently.
You’ll tell me your dreams and I’ll tell you mine. I’ll help you and nag you until you’ve gotten your dreams and you help me and nag me until I’ve got mine. Most of us have shortcomings in the strengths that are required to push ourselves consistently toward goals.
The goal of the support team is to provide mutual help, support, encouragement, and assistance to individuals in achieving their personal dreams and goals. The mechanism is a small group meeting occasionally in person and, the rest of the tim, via an internet-based, online community. Activities would include defining dreams, goal setting, problem-solving, opportunities to “vent”, encouragement, prayer, and motivation.
Groups would be no larger than 10 individuals. Some possible activities of the group could include:
Where am I on my personal journey through life? How long might I possibly live? What stage of life am I in? What is my temperament/personality style? How does this style affect me and others? What am I doing or not doing to nurture/maintain my personal health? Am I taking care of myself the way I should? What about my diet, exercise and sleep? What are my passions? Do I do things that are meaningful to me? Do I even know what those “meaningful things” are? Where do I want to see myself in 1 year, 5 years, 10 years? Spiritually, physically, mentally/emotionally Am I where I need to be financially? Is my job/career correct for me? “Write your own obituary” - what do you want to be remembered for? Dealing with fear What is your tolerance for risk/change
The format I envision is a monthly meeting to create a sense of community. Then, using the Internet-based tools of group calendars, email, and chat rooms, the group would meet on a weekly basis to update each other, to give and receive ideas, and, most importantly, give and receive encouragement.
Additionally, using email, participants can request prayer and post thanksgiving reports.
The idea here is to provide an additional means of providing community though an online small group. Hopefully, participants would begin to make progress towards achieving goals that they had had for a long time.