This is My Life!

This is my Life – This thoroughly enjoyable and illuminating process is formatted to resemble a TV “Talk Show” and is designed to get each team member to share selected parts of their life which ordinarily they would not. It also helps the group to understand how strongly past experiences shapes current behaviour.

Each team member gets to first complete a Personal Experience questionnaire (which you and I can customise) and then I interview each team member for around 10 to 15 minutes each. The rest of the team becomes the audience who participates by also asking questions and encouraging the interviewee as they share their story. Imagine a combination of Oprah Winfrey and Jerry Springer.

Example of Personal Experience Questions

• Full Name / Nickname…
• The place I was born is…
• What I remember from the first twelve years of my life is…
• My high school years / teenage years were….
• The people and experiences that shaped me are…
• Some defining moments in my life were…
• My first job was / My worst job was…
• Some interesting adventures I have had are…
• Some challenges I have had to face are…
• What really irritates me is…
• Some things I have always wanted to do are…
• Something you might not know about me is…
• Questions from the Audience…
• When I am not at work, I enjoy…
• Do a Party Trick / Tell a Joke…
• Tell us a Story – Happy, Sad, Funny Interesting etc…
• What I am most afraid of / Phobia’s…..
• If I could go anywhere in the world ……
• If I had a million to spend I would…….
• Favourite music……
• If I had one month to live I would…….
• Describe the perfect weekend (anywhere, no expense spared)