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The
Journey
Back To
You.
Finding your real Identity, Life
purpose and Meaning.
Lessons from a Sahara desert odyssey.
By: Kojo Jantuah, LL B(Hons), MA, LCA.
© Copyright. 2014 Kojo Jantuah. All Rights Reserved.
‘The Journey
Back to Me’:
 Identity crisis.
 A bumpy ride around age 9-12 years.
 A decision to help people find their identity & purpose.
 Setting goals: 1. Study Law and Diplomacy abroad. 2.
Explore identity and life purpose. 3. Search for Scandinavian
relatives.
 One of the most dangerous migration routes in the world.
From Ghana in West-Africa across the central Sahara desert
to Denmark, in Scandinavia. Learning and transformation.
 Making a difference - It’s not what happens to you, it’s what
you do about it that matters.
Pluck the apples closest to YOU!
Trust your inner compass!
WHAT COLOUR IS
YOUR‘APPLE’?
WHAT IS YOUR IDENTITY, LIFE
PURPOSE AND DESTINY?
Some heroic
quests
concern:
 Health
 Financial
 Relationships
 Career
 Education
 Family
 Community
 Spiritual
 Entrepreneurship
 History
 Sales
 Customer service
 Change
 Self-confidence
 Leadership
 Business development
 Time management
 Teamwork
1. Ordinary World.
2. Call to Adventure.
3. Refusal of the Call.
4. Meeting with the Mentor.
What
colour is
your
‘Apple’?
1. What’s your challenge/problem
situation?
2. What’s prompting you to
change?
3. What fear is in the way of
making you change?
The road less
travelled.
From Djanet
toGhat.
 Sahara desert is the size of the entire United States ofAmerica.
 3,500 miles of desert.
 A week’s trek on foot in the central Sahara from Djanet to Ghat.
 One person in four travellers succumb to the dire conditions and die.
 At the start, get rid of stuff that can wear you down on the trek.
 Human bones sticking out of the sand. Burial mounds.
 Littered with shoes, trainers, rucksacks, water bottles and clothes.
 Walking in the heat without water. Life expectancy is a matter of hours.
Corpses and skeletons sitting down.
 Bandits and murderers on the way.
Some lessons
from the
journey back
to you:
 Possibilities are infinite.
 Imagination and
Visualization.
 We are all ONE.
 Meditation.
 Ignore the ‘Journalists’
 Synchronicity.
 Be in the moment.
 Trust your path.
 Choice & Responsibility.
 Perseverance and
determination.
 Follow inner compass.
 Surrender.
 Gratitude for now.
 Slay the dragon within.
 Power of Intention.
WHAT COLOUR
IS
YOUR‘APPLE’?
1. What learning are you taking
away?
2. How are you going to apply what
you have learned here?
3.What is your commitment to
applying what you have learned to
your real lives and work?
‘The
Journey
Back To
You’
Program
Workshops/Seminars/Tele
seminars on the 12 stage
cycle of ‘The Journey Back
to You.’
Retreats and walks.
Motivational Speaking.
Bespoke coaching online
via Skype and face to face.
THANK
YOU!
Contact details:
Website: www.identitypathfinder.com
Webpage: www.about.me/kojo.jantuah
Email: info@jantuah.com
Skype name: Saharacoach (Kojo Jantuah)
UK Mobile: +44 (0)7543 017 764

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The Journey Back To You - Finding your real Identity, Life purpose and Meaning. Lessons from a Sahara Desert Odyssey. www.identitypathfinder.com

  • 1. The Journey Back To You. Finding your real Identity, Life purpose and Meaning. Lessons from a Sahara desert odyssey. By: Kojo Jantuah, LL B(Hons), MA, LCA. © Copyright. 2014 Kojo Jantuah. All Rights Reserved.
  • 2. ‘The Journey Back to Me’:  Identity crisis.  A bumpy ride around age 9-12 years.  A decision to help people find their identity & purpose.  Setting goals: 1. Study Law and Diplomacy abroad. 2. Explore identity and life purpose. 3. Search for Scandinavian relatives.  One of the most dangerous migration routes in the world. From Ghana in West-Africa across the central Sahara desert to Denmark, in Scandinavia. Learning and transformation.  Making a difference - It’s not what happens to you, it’s what you do about it that matters.
  • 3. Pluck the apples closest to YOU! Trust your inner compass!
  • 4. WHAT COLOUR IS YOUR‘APPLE’? WHAT IS YOUR IDENTITY, LIFE PURPOSE AND DESTINY?
  • 5. Some heroic quests concern:  Health  Financial  Relationships  Career  Education  Family  Community  Spiritual  Entrepreneurship  History  Sales  Customer service  Change  Self-confidence  Leadership  Business development  Time management  Teamwork
  • 7. 2. Call to Adventure.
  • 8.
  • 9. 3. Refusal of the Call.
  • 10. 4. Meeting with the Mentor.
  • 11.
  • 12. What colour is your ‘Apple’? 1. What’s your challenge/problem situation? 2. What’s prompting you to change? 3. What fear is in the way of making you change?
  • 13. The road less travelled. From Djanet toGhat.  Sahara desert is the size of the entire United States ofAmerica.  3,500 miles of desert.  A week’s trek on foot in the central Sahara from Djanet to Ghat.  One person in four travellers succumb to the dire conditions and die.  At the start, get rid of stuff that can wear you down on the trek.  Human bones sticking out of the sand. Burial mounds.  Littered with shoes, trainers, rucksacks, water bottles and clothes.  Walking in the heat without water. Life expectancy is a matter of hours. Corpses and skeletons sitting down.  Bandits and murderers on the way.
  • 14. Some lessons from the journey back to you:  Possibilities are infinite.  Imagination and Visualization.  We are all ONE.  Meditation.  Ignore the ‘Journalists’  Synchronicity.  Be in the moment.  Trust your path.  Choice & Responsibility.  Perseverance and determination.  Follow inner compass.  Surrender.  Gratitude for now.  Slay the dragon within.  Power of Intention.
  • 15.
  • 16.
  • 17.
  • 18. WHAT COLOUR IS YOUR‘APPLE’? 1. What learning are you taking away? 2. How are you going to apply what you have learned here? 3.What is your commitment to applying what you have learned to your real lives and work?
  • 19. ‘The Journey Back To You’ Program Workshops/Seminars/Tele seminars on the 12 stage cycle of ‘The Journey Back to You.’ Retreats and walks. Motivational Speaking. Bespoke coaching online via Skype and face to face.
  • 20. THANK YOU! Contact details: Website: www.identitypathfinder.com Webpage: www.about.me/kojo.jantuah Email: info@jantuah.com Skype name: Saharacoach (Kojo Jantuah) UK Mobile: +44 (0)7543 017 764