Know the Difference, Make the Difference — Change Your Situation, Your Community and Your World

The Problem

"Most advice about change works on your mindset or your effort. This course works on a third thing, your situation: where you are, who you are with, and what is within reach. Nothing here assumes authority, a budget or a platform; only that there is something you would change if you knew where to push."

What you'll achieve

Outcomes you can expect

One real situation drawn in six boxes, with your effort aimed at the parts that will move
A changed space: one friction added, one removed, one visible cue, and a place for your phone
A mentor you have asked, a partner who holds you to your word, and a group worth belonging to
A small project you have actually run, and a single page holding your whole change

The science behind it

What you'll learn

What acceptance is, and the skill that keeps it from becoming resignation
Agency built from efficacy, optimism and imagination
How to shape your space, peers, mentors and culture
Leading change without a title, and changing things together through coalitions and norms

What's included

Everything you get

91 interactive tools across 11 modules
A reader and a Foundation Note for every module
Measures taken at the start and the end, so you can compare the two readings
Fillable PDF workbooks for almost every tool, kept on your own device

Who it's for

The right fit

Designed for For anyone who wants to change something and is not sure they are allowed to: students, employees without a title, parents, volunteers and team leaders alike.

This course starts from the Serenity Prayer and does what the prayer never does: it shows you how to tell apart what to accept, what to change, and what can only be changed together, and what to do once you know. It brings together Angela Duckworth's work on the power of your situation, the Positive World Collective's widening circles of shared change, Martin Seligman's work on agency, and Alex Budak's changemaker skills. Eleven modules move from a six-box map of your situation through serenity, agency, courage, changemaking, hope and action to your own version of the prayer.

Common questions

FAQ

Do I need to be a leader or have authority?

No. Nothing in the course assumes authority, a budget or a platform.

Is the extended prayer in the course from the authors it draws on?

No. The first two lines and the last are the traditional prayer; the three lines between are the course's own synthesis, not words any of the authors wrote.

How do I know if anything changed?

The measures that open and close the course keep every sitting, so you can compare two readings taken months apart.

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Know what to accept, what to change, and what to change together

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