Dream Robbers: Fueling Your Freedom™

Capacity OS™ · FUELED System · Facilitator Training

Facilitator Guide

Dream Robbers: Fueling Your Freedom™ Workshop

HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE

· Read this guide fully before your first facilitation.

· Practice your opening and closing remarks out loud — at least 3 times each.

· Use Plan A / Plan B for every key exercise.

· Keep this guide nearby during the workshop for real-time reference.

Facilitator Name

Organization

Workshop Date

YOUR FACILITATION ROADMAP · STEP BY STEP

01

Set the Date

Choose a date at least 2 weeks out — enough time to prepare and notify attendees. Block 90 minutes plus 30 minutes buffer before and after for setup and debrief. Confirm your space or virtual platform before sending invitations.

02

Select Your Audience

Ideal group: 8–25 people. Teams, leadership cohorts, women's circles, conference breakouts, community groups — all work well. This material works for any group that is willing to be honest.

03

Clarify Intended Outcomes

Before you facilitate, name what success looks like for THIS group on THIS day. Ask: what shift do you most need this group to make? Let that shape which exercises you lean into and where you slow down.

04

Prep the Day Before

Know the group — who is likely in the room, what Dream Robbers are most common in their world. Review slides, workbook, and scripts. Prepare 1–2 personal stories for the opening and Section 2.

05

Open Strong · Close Stronger

Your opening sets the emotional contract with the room — practice it word for word. Your closing is the transformation moment — let the Declaration breathe before you speak after it.

06

Facilitate With Presence

Follow the roadmap but stay present to the room — not just the slides. The relationship you build in 90 minutes is more powerful than any tool. Validate questions. Honor silence. Meet people where they are.

07

Follow Up Within 24 Hours

Send a warm, personal thank-you to the group leader. Send the participant survey — keep it simple, 4–5 questions maximum. Note your own HIGH / LOW / LEARN before you sleep that night.

08

Celebrate Your Win

You showed up. You served. You called out greatness in others. Name one specific thing that went well and write it down. This is how facilitators grow — not by being perfect, but by being intentional.

Your destiny hinges on your next best decision.Layla McGlone · Capacity OS™

Capacity OS™ · FUELED System · Facilitator Training

Opening & Closing Scripts

Practice word for word · Out loud · At least three times each

OPENING REMARKS · PRACTICE WORD FOR WORD

Your Opening Script

"Welcome. Before we do anything else — I want to ask you a question. And I want you to sit with it."

"What dreams, visions, or expectations do you have sitting on a dusty bookshelf — that you've quietly said no to, deferred, or told yourself you're not ready for?"

[PAUSE — at least 10 seconds. Let the room feel the weight of this. Do not fill the silence.]

"Today we are not here to be trained. We are here to be liberated."

"You are going to meet five enemies today. By the time we're done — you'll know how to recognize them, how to face them, and how to evict them for good."

"Everything you need is in your workbook. Use it. Be honest. The value is in what you actually write — not what sounds good."

"Let's dive in."

TOASTMASTERS TIP: The opening sets the emotional contract. Practice until it feels like a conversation, not a speech. Build your presenting skills: toastmasters.org

CLOSING REMARKS · PRACTICE WORD FOR WORD

Your Closing Script

"Before we close — I want you to look at what you wrote in your workbook."

"The dream you named. The robber you identified. The action you committed to."

"That piece of paper is not a worksheet. It is a line in the sand."

[PAUSE — let the room settle. Speak slowly here.]

"Dream Robbers no longer have a free pass into your thoughts."

"They no longer get to influence your plans, your identity, or your future."

"Today you drew the line."

[PAUSE]

"Will you stand and read the declaration on your final workbook page — out loud, together?"

[PAUSE after the declaration. Do not speak immediately. Let it land fully.]

"You showed up today. That took courage. What you just declared — your RAS heard every word. Your brain is already going to work."

"I am proud of each of you. Now go do the work."

Your destiny hinges on your next best decision.Layla McGlone · Capacity OS™

Capacity OS™ · FUELED System · Facilitator Training

Section-by-Section Facilitation Guide

Timing · Key Points · Plan A / Plan B · Facilitator Cues

Opening

⏱ 10 min

Goal: Set the emotional contract. Create safety. Name what is about to happen.

Open with the Dusty Bookshelf question. Pause a full 10 seconds — do not fill the silence.

Introduce the battlefield: "The warfare happens in the 6 inches of gray matter on your shoulders."

Frame: "I am ridiculously in charge of me." Set personal accountability as the tone.

Direct participants to open their workbooks — page 1.

Plan A: Group shares immediately. Plan B: Pair-share first if energy is low, then invite 2–3 to the group.

Section 1 — Know Your Enemy

⏱ 15 min

Goal: Name all five Dream Robbers. Show how they operate together. Set up the work to come.

Introduce the frat boys analogy — use the humor to lower defenses and create levity around a heavy topic.

Walk through all five: Fear · Doubt · Insecurity · Comparison · Guilt. One at a time, clearly.

Emphasize: they never operate alone. Show the cluster patterns — Fear+Doubt, Insecurity+all, Comparison+Guilt.

Guard Your Gates: what you absorb shapes you. Give participants a moment to reflect on their own inputs.

Discussion: "Which robber is loudest right now — and when did it first get loud?"

Plan A: Open group discussion. Plan B: 2-min partner share then invite 2–3 to the group.

Section 2 — Take Stock ⏱ 20 min

Goal: Create honest personal inventory. Name where Dream Robbers have won. This is the heaviest section.

Dusty Bookshelf Exercise — 8 min individual reflection. Hold silence while they write. Do not narrate over it.

4-Zone Audit — work through both slides (Physical+Emotional, then Relational+Spiritual). Give 2 min per pair.

Normalize the heaviness: "This is weighty work. That's appropriate. You're looking at real ground they've taken."

Discussion: "What dream is on your shelf — and what robber put it there?" Create safety before inviting shares.

Call the BREAK here — 5–10 minutes. "You've done honest work. Come back ready to build your freedom."

Plan A: Group share after break. Plan B: Skip group share if quiet — go straight to Section 3 with energy.

Section 3 — The Freedom Four™ ⏱ 20 min

Goal: Teach the framework. Work through it with one real robber. Build confidence that change is possible.

Present Freedom Four clearly: Recognize · Validate · Release · Replace. One step per slide.

Explain the mechanism: "The same thing that built the robber — repetition and emotional charge — builds the replacement."

Activity: Work through one real robber in the workbook — 10 minutes individual then partner share.

Remind: "You don't have to share everything. Share what you're ready to release."

Plan A: Partner share then 2–3 group voices. Plan B: Facilitator models first — walk through your own robber using the Freedom Four.

Section 4 — Fuel Your Freedom ⏱ 15 min

Goal: Ground in true identity. Name the one dream. Commit to the first action. Build momentum into closing.

You Are Without Rival: no one has their exact combination of strengths, story, wounds, and gifts.

RAS Realignment: declarations consistently spoken reprogram the system. Say it until it's louder than the lie.

Activity: The One Dream — name it, connect to purpose, identify first action, name accountability partner.

Discussion: "What ONE action will you take this week?" Specific. Schedulable. Declared out loud.

Move directly into Closing — do not lose the energy between Section 4 and the Declaration.

Plan A: 3–4 people share their dream and action. Plan B: Pair-share only if time is short — do not skip the action step.

Closing ⏱ 10 min

⏱ 10 min

Goal: Draw the line. Sign the declaration. Send people out with momentum and a specific next step.

No More Free Passes: Dream Robbers no longer have an all-access pass. Deliver this with weight and conviction.

Read the Declaration together — standing if possible. Read it slowly.

Hold silence after the declaration. Do not speak immediately. Let it land.

Celebrate something specific the group did: name it, honour it.

Everyone signs and dates their declaration page before leaving the room.

Plan A: Everyone signs in room. Plan B (Virtual): Invite participants to type name + date in chat as their signature.

Your destiny hinges on your next best decision.Layla McGlone · Capacity OS™

Capacity OS™ · FUELED System · Facilitator Training

Follow-Up & Facilitator Self-Care

The 24 hours after matter as much as the 90 minutes inside

WITHIN 24 HOURS

→Send a warm, personal thank-you to the group leader — specific to something that happened in the room.

→Send participant survey (4–5 questions max). Simple. Keep it linked or one-page.

→Note your own HIGH / LOW / LEARN from today before you sleep tonight.

→Name one specific moment from today that landed well. Write it down.

→Name one thing you would do differently next time. Write that down too.

→Schedule your next facilitation or practice session before the week is out.

WHEN THE ROOM GOES QUIET — PLAN B QUICK REFERENCE

If No One Shares

Pair-share first — then invite pairs to share. Or ask: "What did you write? Read me one word." Small steps open the door.

If Someone Gets Emotional

Honor the emotion. Don't rush past it. "Take your time. This is important." Do not fix or advise. Witness and affirm.

If You're Running Short

Skip group discussion — keep individual workbook time. Shorten break to 3 min. Never cut the Declaration.

The Coach's Commitment

"As long as you facilitate this material, work through it yourself. Complete your own workbook. Know your own Dream Robbers. You cannot call others into ground you have not walked. This commitment is what makes you trustworthy — and what makes this workshop transformational every single time."

Layla McGlone · Capacity OS™ · Facilitator Standard

Your destiny hinges on your next best decision.Layla McGlone · Capacity OS™