The Four Phases of Learning
Mission Phase and Impact Phase
The last set of phases, the Applicational Phases, are somewhat outside the scope of this introduction, and are in fact not included in the Four Phases of Learning. We include them here for completeness and to inspire you with a vision of what your future, and that of your children, could be like. This isn’t what Thomas Jefferson Education is, but where it eventually leads.
Mission Phase is when an individual transitions to adulthood, and begins the all-important task of building two towers: a family and an organization. These towers will serve as the supporting foundation for what comes later.
Impact phase occurs when the two towers are mostly completed, and the individual begins to have time for other endeavors. On the conveyor belt this is roughly analogous to retirement, but on the Leadership Education path this begins the new era in which a person passes on the wisdom and experience he or she has gained and seeks to make the world a better place.
A Leadership Education will naturally be followed by a life of service and leadership. Some of the most transformational events in a person’s life will occur during the Applicational Phases of Mission and Impact. …There is a metamorphosis of becoming that marks …a new clarity and consecration to mission, a more refined ability to affect change in the world and a greater ability to impact the people within the sphere of influence. …The drive to “prepare for greatness” shifts to a drive to deliver.