{"id":13495,"date":"2024-12-10T11:13:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T03:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mindvalley.com\/?p=13495"},"modified":"2025-01-24T22:27:42","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T14:27:42","slug":"lifebook-at-mindvalley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mindvalley.com\/blog\/lifebook-at-mindvalley\/","title":{"rendered":"We asked 100+ employees to do Lifebook at Mindvalley\u2014here\u2019s what happened"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The year was 2017. Vishen<\/strong>, the founder and CEO of Mindvalley, had a grand idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What if he took 100+ Mindvalley employees\u2014designers, engineers, marketers, and beyond\u2014and paused the work, the emails, the endless hum of office life\u2026 to do something radical?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe stopped working, we turned off our phones, and we completely immersed ourselves in questioning our current reality and building a new vision for our future<\/em>,\u201d Vishen recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But this was no typical workplace seminar or a cookie-cutter team retreat. No, no. It was Lifebook at Mindvalley<\/strong>\u2014an experiment in personal growth unlike anything the team had done before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over three days, every single employee dove deep into reimagining not just their careers but their health, relationships, emotional well-being, and even the legacy they want to leave behind. And in the days that followed, the ripple effects began to emerge, showing up in ways no one could have anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That first experience was just the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ever since then, Mindvalley has been setting up Lifebook retreats for its employees to inspire transformation, foster purpose-driven growth, and cultivate extraordinary lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Lifebook?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lifebook, in simple terms, is like having your own playbook for life. Created by serial entrepreneurs Jon and Missy Butcher<\/strong>, it\u2019s a way to map out the 12 most important areas of your life<\/a>\u2014from health to relationships to career\u2014and make them work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJon, at a very early age, decided to be deliberate about the type of life he wanted to lead<\/em>,\u201d explains Vishen. \u201cHe and Missy came up with beautifully detailed visions, beliefs, and strategies for their entire life, and called it their Lifebook<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So instead of just hoping your aspirations somehow happen, this framework helps you figure out exactly what you want and how to get there\u2014work-wise and personal life-wise. Because here\u2019s the thing: research shows that one of the top regrets people have at the end of their lives is not following their dreams<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lifebook helps make sure that doesn\u2019t happen. It\u2019s a bit like Jon describes it\u2014a \u201cchoose your own adventure\u201d game, but for real life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By asking four simple questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n