Live virtual workshop
Know What You Want
A year-end workshop to look back at 2026, learn what it says about who you are, and go into next year with more clarity about what you want.
Save your seat — $79Embrace Possibility subscribers get an early rate through November 20. Not subscribed? Join free
- When
- Sunday, December 6
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET - Where
- Live on Zoom
- Group
- 16 people, not recorded
- Includes
- Early access to Fieldbook and a January check-in
Why start here
Most year-end reviews start with goals. That's backwards.
Knowing what you want starts with knowing who you are.
Every December, you're told to set goals for the year ahead. But if you're not clear on what you actually want, goals turn into a list of shoulds — things that look good, sound responsible, and quietly fade by February.
There's a better place to start: the year you just lived. What gave you energy? What did you keep coming back to, even when no one asked you to? What did you put off or quietly avoid?
The answers are already there. Where you keep putting your attention is a signal. This workshop helps you read it.
What we'll do together
Two hours to look back, see clearly, and choose what's next.
What's included
Everything you need — nothing you won't use.
The live workshop
Two hours on Zoom in a small group. Real exercises, not a lecture.
Two questions first
A short note a week ahead with two questions to sit with. No homework pile.
Fieldbook early access
A private place to keep learning about yourself after the workshop ends.
A January check-in
45 minutes on January 9 to see what held up and what surprised you.
Included: Fieldbook early access
Clarity fades. Fieldbook helps it stick.
Most of what you realize in a good workshop is gone within a few weeks — not because it wasn't true, but because there was nowhere to put it.
Fieldbook is a private app from Vana Lab designed to help you learn about yourself. In the workshop, you'll set it up and capture what you notice: what gives you energy, what you're proud of, what you avoid, the conditions you do your best in. Afterward, keep adding as the year unfolds and see your own patterns over time.
Fieldbook doesn't tell you who you are. It arranges what you've noticed — you draw the conclusions.
Notice
What gave you energy?
Rebuilt our team's campaign-tracking spreadsheet. Looked up and three hours were gone.
Look across
See your entries side by side. You decide what they mean.
- Rebuilt the team's campaign spreadsheet — lost track of time
- Made the group trip budget spreadsheet, just for fun
- Sunday: compared apartments in a spreadsheet, happily
"spreadsheet" shows up in 3 entries
I took the marketing job for the creative side. What lights me up is making sense of numbers.
Test it
Ask the analytics team if I can help with one report this month.
As expectedExactly what I thought. I'm signing up for a data course.
Is this for you?
This workshop is for you if…
- The year flew by and you're not sure what it added up to.
- You're at a crossroads and want a clearer basis for choosing.
- You keep setting goals that don't stick.
- You're doing well on paper, but want more of your life to feel like your own.
It's not for you if you want someone to hand you the answer. I won't tell you what you want. I'll help you see what's already there.
From earlier Know What You Want workshops
What past participants said
"I received personalized advice and ideas to reach my own specific goals, rather than generic ideas I could have read in self-help books."
Lup M., Web Developer
"The course made me really slow down to reflect on who I am, my values, what was important and not important in my life."
Amy K., Portfolio Manager
"This workshop is not an infomercial promising instant results. You will gain an understanding of your values and establish a strong foundation to help you move forward."
Job S., Financial Services Consultant
Who's leading this
Hi, I'm Robert.
I grew up following other people's definition of success: good grades, a good school, a respected job. It took me to a trading desk, where I did well on paper and quietly wondered whether the work fit me. What changed things wasn't deciding what I wanted. It was getting to know who I am: what gives me energy, what I'm good at, the conditions I do my best in. Discovering who I am pointed me toward where I might best succeed, and the Know What You Want workshop grew out of sharing that process with friends asking the same questions.
Since then I've coached executives, written the Wall Street Journal bestseller Selling Your Expertise, and founded Vana Lab. I also teach leadership communication at Wharton. Fieldbook is the tool I wish I'd had back then: a place to keep learning about yourself, one real moment at a time.
The details
Good to know
- When
- Sunday, December 6, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET. Check-in: Saturday, January 9, 10:00 – 10:45 AM ET.
- How much
- $79. Embrace Possibility subscribers get an early rate through November 20. Checkout is handled by Vana Lab, the company behind Fieldbook.
- Where
- On Zoom. You'll get the link by email a week before.
- What if I can't make it?
- Full refund up to 7 days before the workshop.
- Will it be recorded?
- No. Small, unrecorded groups make it easier to say what you actually think.
- What do I need?
- A computer, a quiet spot, and something to write with. Fieldbook runs in your browser.
Go into next year with more clarity about what you want.
Sunday, December 6 · 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET · 16 seats
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