- The Monthly Springboard Series · Free Live Session
Harvesting the Best of What You’ve Been Growing
How to tell what’s worth keeping
Every so often it pays to stop and ask a deceptively simple question: what did all of that time, work and attention actually deliver? And at this time of year especially — have I harvested the benefits?
Think of how obvious this is elsewhere. An investor who never takes their returns doesn’t have gains — they have numbers on a screen that can vanish overnight. The same is true of a hard-won lesson you never quite draw out, so you can clarify and apply it. And what of the relationship you stop investing in, which quietly withers? In every case the value was real — and it slips away the moment you stop paying attention to it.
In Ian’s words: “Growing something is only half the work. The other half is harvesting it.”
For most of us not everything we’ve done has blossomed the way we hoped. A real harvest means separating what worked from what didn’t — and taking the learning from each. Do this right and nothing is wasted: the wins give you their fruit, and the disappointments give you their lessons.
This session is a chance to gather in what you’ve been growing, sort it with an honest eye, and carry the best of it with you into whatever comes next.
Free live session · Friday 2nd October · 1pm UK · 50 minutes via Zoom
What we'll explore
- Why smart people harvest — from investing to ideas to relationships, the value you’ve grown isn’t yours until you take it in — and why walking past it is more common, and more costly, than we think.
- Taking stock — how to see the real yield of any initiative, including the growth that’s easy to miss.
- What worked, and what didn’t — how to separate the two with an honest eye, and harvest the learning from both, not just the wins.
- The three kinds of yield — a good harvest is richer than the obvious wins, if you know where to look.
- Your own harvest — a chance to gather in a season of your own and name the one thing most worth carrying forward.
- Provisioning for what’s next — why gathering the harvest is what leaves you provisioned for winter, not just nostalgic about summer.
It’s easy to keep growing without ever pausing to gather anything in. The next project starts before the last one’s been properly understood. The next goal replaces the last one before its lessons have been drawn out.
This session is about the alternative: stopping deliberately, sorting what worked from what didn’t with an honest eye, and carrying the best of it forward, rather than leaving the value of a whole season sitting ungathered.
Growing something is only half the work. The other half is harvesting it.
Founder of ITS · Trainer & Coach
Ian McDermott
Ian McDermott has dedicated his life to giving people the tools to deal with the challenges they face and the skills to create their own solutions. He is renowned for making learning simple and enjoyable, for rekindling people’s curiosity and confidence, and for a teaching style that helps people feel more at ease in themselves and the roles they find themselves in.
Ian is the founder of International Teaching Seminars (ITS) and a leadership, innovation and collaboration consultant. He has trained a generation of NLP Practitioners, NLP Master Practitioners and Coaches working all over the world. His 15 books have been translated into more than 20 languages.
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Will there be a Q&A?
Yes, ask as we go along. Bring your questions, or chip in as they arise.
Will there be more sessions like this?
Yes, this is part of our monthly Springboard series, so keep an eye out for the next one.
What if it's my first session?
You’re very welcome whether it’s your first or your fifteenth. No prep, no prior experience needed. Just turn up, listen, and take what’s useful.
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