Most leaders have a picture of sabbatical in their head. And most of them are wrong.

In this very first episode of The Sabbatical Journey, Alan Briggs does something that changes everything. He tells you exactly what a sabbatical is, what it isn't, and why getting that definition right is the difference between a transformative experience and a missed opportunity.

Alan has coached hundreds of leaders through every phase of sabbatical. And the single biggest obstacle he sees isn't logistics or timing or organizational resistance. It's a wrong picture of what sabbatical actually is. This episode replaces that picture with the real one.

In this episode:

• Why the academic definition of sabbatical has nothing to do with what we're talking about
• The one posture shift that changes everything: you don't take a sabbatical, you receive one
• Why sabbatical is one month or more and why that timeline actually matters
• The difference between primary work and sacred work and why sabbatical invites you into both
• What sabbatical is: a gift, engagement, a cosmic reset, a creative pause, a development tool, and relational reconnection
• What sabbatical isn't: a reward, an escape, a leadership hack, a vision cast, a blank page, or an isolation chamber
• Why the outdated way leaders think about sabbatical is actually keeping them from something that could change their life

A question to sit with: What picture of sabbatical have you been carrying that might not be accurate? And what would change if you let that picture go?

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