Description
Sylvia Forest joins us to explore her path into the adventure delivery industry from being a park warden to becoming an ACMG / IFMGA Mountain Guide. Sylvia shares some of her challenges, successes, and a few key pieces of wisdom that we can all learn from.
In addition to guiding, Sylvia is a guide trainer and examiner and is also the current President of the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides.
Key Takeaways
How to help yourself and others on the path to adventure includes:
Knowing yourself: Figuring out what you want to do in life starts with knowing yourself and what you are capable of.
Knowing your audience: it is hard to get the best out of people if you don’t know what they can do, their expectations, how they react under duress, and who they are as people.
The first one is to learn to embrace failure: Failures help to make us more resilient.
Avoid punishing people for mistakes: While some people thrive on constant critiquing, most people don’t perform at their best when they are forced to dwell on their missteps.
Help others to find value in failure: Some strategies that we can use include: highlighting lessons learned, successful strategies that were used, processes and what could be done to get a better result in the future, are all ways of turning a negative experience into a valuable one. Another important component is to draw attention to what went right.
Guest Links & Resources
Association of Canadian Mountain Guides: Website
Guardians of the Peaks by Kathy Calvert and Dave Portman: Available Here
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