What You'll Learn ...

Run Time: 10 Minutes • The Brainstormer provides 10 essential drills to analyze ideas in minutes before you strategize for months. What if? Why not? Who's on the team? These are core challenges you'll bake into ideation when considering goals, purpose, values, budgets, opportunity costs & more. The Brainstormer is a great launch tool for all of Cliff's programs, especially "Goal & Time Management", "Self & Team Discovery", and "Forum Training for Trusted Teams, Boards & Meetings".

  • Improve Ideation

  • Avoid Big Mistakes

  • Inspire Your Team

  • Build The Right Team

  • Leverage Best Resources

  • Save Time, Money & Effort

  • Get the Assignments Right

  • The Secret to S.M.A.R.T Goals!

  • Align Mission & Vision with Purpose & Values

  • Worksheet • Challenge Exercises • Optional Quiz & Completion Certificate

Course Lessons

    1. OVERVIEW: What You'll Learn

    2. Quick-Start Tips (1 MIN)

    1. The Brainstormer Worksheet

    2. The Brainstormer Video

    1. The Achiever's Mindset: Cliff gets Interviewed by Success Magazine & breaks down real-world examples of famous people who embody The 4 Essentials (Mindset, Strategies, Values, Purpose).

    1. Cliff Shares his Personal Backstory when presenting "The 4 Essentials" on his NY Times Bestseller Book Tour • Filmed Live at USC's #1 Entrepreneur Class • Host Professor Dave Belasco (2012)

    2. READ: The Education Dilemma: Navigating 5 Rabbit Holes to Academic & Professional Success (A Think Piece by Cliff Michaels).

    1. FINAL QUIZ for COMPLETION CERTIFICATE!

    1. We'd love your post-course feedback!

    2. Enjoy the Next Course or Book Cliff Live!

Course Details

  • Free
  • 10 lessons

Meet Your Instructor

NY Times Bestseller • Entrepreneur • Strategic Coach • Consultant • Facilitator

Cliff Michaels

BORN in New York & raised in L.A., Cliff is a social entrepreneur known for his passionate & people-first approach to life, work & play.

FOUNDED in 1992, Cliff Michaels & Associates specializes in real estate finance & brokerage, venture capital, and personal-to-business consulting. Cliff's Masterclasses for Life & Biz Skills include e-courses, coaching & forums for students, teams, leaders & entrepreneurs.

A NY TIMES BESTSELLER, Cliff's mini-memoir & stories on famous mentors (historic & present) propose a paradigm shift in global education (The 4 Essentials: A Misfit's Journey to Mindset, Strategies, Values & Purpose). The book launched #1 on Amazon + Barnes & Noble. His "Imagineering Ideas" dinner forum was also a crowd favorite at TEDxLA Imagine Week.

PAST PRESIDENT of the Entrepreneurs' Org L.A, Cliff developed EO's first charity & mentor programs. He was also an original member of USC’s EdTech Ventures, where entrepreneurs build global solutions for remote-learning.

GIVING BACK > With each sale, FREE books & courses go to learners in need. To SPONSOR your favorite student, club, or school (or BOOK CLIFF live), e-mail [email protected]. Also see SPONSOR PAGE HERE!

Testimonials

Jen Ewing

CEO, Global Village

"A SMART STRATEGY! When our clients have creative roadblocks & hardcore deadlines, Cliff's Brainstormer gives us the perfect set of challenges to stay focused or pivot."

Nick Weldon

CEO, 5x5 • Babson College Entrepreneur

“We're a data driven company in constant ideation mode for client goals, benchmarks & marketing solutions. Cliff's Brainstormer is our go-to strategy session, especially when budgets & deadlines are at stake.”

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