New
And unique. You've never seen anything quite like it
Simple
Just three steps. What could be easier?
Intuitive
Makes sense. Why hasn't anyone done this before?
Transferable
Learn it for you. Apply it to your family, career, and caregiving.
Successful
Proven to grow personal and business income, improve health, secure better opportunities for children with special needs, help working moms remain on the job, reduce family caregiving stress, and enable independent living for seniors.
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Why Pit Crews?
In 2007, Robert Downey, Jr. set me off on a journey, soon after the trailer for the first Iron Man was released. In interviews he gave at the time, he mentioned a “pit crew” of people helping him: his wife, a yoga teacher, a sensei and a psychiatrist. He needed a pit crew, he said, because he was "...not a Model T, but a Ferrari, and it took a pit crew to keep him on the road."
He wasn't the only one. I needed a pit crew, too. A good one.
This insight was the missing piece I'd been looking for. Like many folks I knew, I'd been burned-out far too many times. I found ways to recover and get back on track, but nothing lasted for long. I'd hit burnout again eventually. I was worried about that because recovering was getting harder each time.
Thanks to my favorite superhero, I found a better way. He helped me see that support from others was something we all need. It helps each of us individually and then, helps all of us collectively. That 'aha' moment changed my life. It led to more than a decade of research with people ages 7-87 and it's changed lives for the better.
Want to join us? If so, there are a few things to know at the start.
Here's the first: what Robert Downey, Jr. called a “pit crew,” I call “networks.” You have eight networks supporting you as a working adult. If you have children, you're managing five support networks for them. If you have a pet, add one more because yes, pets have networks, too.
FIVE BIRTHRIGHT NETWORKS
I call the first five of the eight networks birthright networks because your parents created them to meet your basic needs. You could not thrive without them. In fact, you could not have survived. This was obvious when you were an infant, but it remains true throughout life. These networks changed as you grew up, but you will never outgrow your needs for what these networks provide.
- Family Network. This includes your family-of-origin and other families you have been a part of, including the one you created for your children and any former families from past relationships.
- Health and Vitality Network. This includes those who help you be healthy and fit, and those who help you look good since appearance is important for how you feel and how others react to you.
- Education and Enrichment Network. This includes those involved in your years of education as you prepare for a job. It also includes those who provide enrichment experiences outside of formal educational settings.
- Spiritual Network. This includes those in congregations and houses of worship and connections with others outside of those formal settings with whom you develop your sense of what is meaningful in life.
- Social and Community Network. This includes your neighbors and friends as well as those in your community, clubs, or civic organizations and your virtual connections through social media.
Three Coming-of-Age Networks
As you enter adulthood, you progress through milestones considered to be markers of maturity: leaving home, finishing school, becoming financially independent, finding a mate, and having a child. As you do, you mature into three coming-of-age networks. These networks do not replace your birthright networks; they build upon them.
- Career Network. This includes people in your workplace: your boss, direct reports, colleagues, and cross-functional or support teams. It also includes clients and customers outside your workplace and others in your chosen field.
- Home and Personal Affairs Network. This includes those who help you protect, maintain, and improve your household and personal property and who support your need for legal and financial advice.
- Ghost Network. This network people who are not currently physically present in your life because they have passed away, moved away, or drifted away as your life changed. You’ve been gathering ghosts from the beginning of your life, but as you come of age, you gain greater awareness of who they are and how they have shaped you.
How It Works
Becoming a NetworkSage involves three steps:
- Become aware of all those in your networks;
- Clarify what you want and need from them; and
- Making changes accordingly to transform your life.
In the course of my research, I've identified the ways people do that.
What's the Result
The data from NetworkSage is a 'big reveal' for everyone and with that data, people have been successful in getting a better education for children with special needs, lowering household expenses, increasing income, avoiding expensive senior care and improving their health.
Companies who use the data have new insights about customers and have used those to improve their customer service in public image.