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5 Main Purposes of this site and the work done through it:

1. A Dedication. Greetings, my name is Brad Lehman and I am the editor of this website. The work being done here is in dedication to my late son Jack Lehman. More information about Jack and this dedication can be found on the next page.

Dedication Page.

2. Bring more Awareness to the concept of Approach/Avoid. All day - Every day we are Approaching and Avoiding. We will highlight some important areas of Approach Avoid that we feel you will find Useful. There will also be links to individuals and organizations researching this area if you would like to learn more.

Research Page > Concepts that we feel you may find Useful

Links Section > Links to Organizations and Individuals within this field

3. Help organizations and individuals by building Approach/Avoid Touchpoint and Journey Maps to improve:

- Moments

- Experiences

- Bottom Line Results

You can review

7Starters Page > 7 Important concepts that feel we should be the base of most maps

Services Page > Learn how easy it is to get started to improve the human experience

Maps/Ideas Page > Download Free Maps - Use our Ideas

4. Help organizations and individuals explore, understand, and adapt to a world that IS and WILL BE be in Constant Change. We advise having an ongoing change map to stay on top of this constant change.

Big Picture Page - Including the topics of:

Big Picture Introduction

5. Teach Detached Observation Skills. This will help in terms of understanding change in our society and it will also help in providing better experiences for others. We take a Detached Observation view of all subjects covered on this site. As you go through the pages, you will see DO (Which means Detached Observation). Perspective-taking is a key to learning more about the world by expanding outside our perception. More about this line of thinking is discussed at the bottom of this page:

Click Detached Observation for further information

INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE or GET STARTED TODAY?

(Every Map Template used in our work can be sent to you for Free)

Watch the short Video (or read through the description) below.

Thank you for your time visiting/reviewing this site and your consideration in having us on your team!

Mapping Options

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Approach/Avoid Touchpoint and Experience Mapping Services:

1. Do the mapping yourself - In this option, you can view our content for ideas and we will send you a Free link to a whiteboard (we are currently using Miro) that has multiple templates you can use. If you like it and want to have your own whiteboard on Miro, we will give you the templates you desire by sending the board to your Miro account. You can also view our MAPS/IDEAS page to download a PDF of various maps and just copy the deas you like.

The whiteboard link we send you will have beginning content on how to navigate through Miro to make it easy to get started on your mapping project.

This option is FREE

2. Do the mapping with you - We will send you a link on Miro that has the templates you want. At this point, we will set times to work with you on building a map to improve moments, experiences, and results.

3. Do the mapping for you - We will set up a time to go through what your needs are and we will build a map (or multiple maps) to your liking.

For options 2 and 3, we have Simple Pricing to get us started quickly.

Click Mapping Services to learn more about how we can assist you.

Approach/Avoid "Change Map" Services for Adapting to Constant Change

FREE Option

Review our content and develop your own "Change Map". We can send you links for templates. At the bottom of each of the categories of the Big Picture section, there is an ongoing Example Map for both the World and the US Perspective. You can take these and use the ideas to build a 'Change Map' for your organization or for you self.

Hire us to be on your Team

We can build a 'Change Map' based on your needs and update this throughout the year.

Based on the amount of change we all will be a part of in the years ahead, we highly recommend having change maps to be on top of these changes.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES OFFERED THROUGH APPROACHAVOID.COM

Improving the Human Experience involves constant communication. If you do not have customer/employee feedback services, want to consider new feedback services, or would consider adding to your current feedback system, reach out to us to see how we can help you in this area.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The Feedback services are offered through a different site. If you combine ApproachAvoid Mapping Services with the Feedback Services, you will receive a discount on the Mapping Services.

Feedback Services

The world is moving forward at a fast pace. This constant change is why we offer Mapping Services for this change. To improve Moments and Experiences, we recommend having a Customer/Employee Feedback System in place to learn more about individual Approach/Avoid in your organization.

Having real-time feedback is vital in a world of change and tough competition. A service we recommend is the HappyOrNot System offered through SmileyAnswers.com.

Disclosure: We work with SmileyAnswers to help people understand their customers/employees better

Below you can click on a link to learn more about the system. As you will see when viewing our site, capturing feedback is a way to learn more about individual Approach/Avoid decisions.

Click the link below:

Visit SmileyAnswers.com

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Some details on the three options:

For our Mapping Services, we have the following three options:

Approach Avoid

Hours

Mon	09:00 am – 05:00 pm
Tue	09:00 am – 05:00 pm
Wed	09:00 am – 05:00 pm
Thu	09:00 am – 05:00 pm
Fri	09:00 am – 05:00 pm
Sat	Closed
Sun	Closed

Detached Observation

Detached Observation is an Important Concept here at ApproachAvoid.com

Imagine a satellite hovering over your organization collecting data. Skip the predictions, emotions, and biases within the human element. Now take this satellite and focus on the human experience to better learn why we Approach or Avoid the inputs of life. We look to take this far view of human life to better understand it and to make positive improvements.

We want to understand human behavior with this detached view. As we collect data, we are not afraid to change conclusions of previous thoughts and decisions. It is all about the data and making improvements by Mapping the Moments and Experiences.

Throughout this site you will see the following:

DO:

When you see this, it is a Detached Observation of what is currently being presented.

The challenge with human perception is that it is limited. We can only understand the world through our senses and from our past experiences. What further complicates human understanding of the world is our biases, our need for safety (world views), and energy constraints. It takes energy to go outside our perception to better understand others and the world around us. With constant practice, we can build better pathways in our brains to improve this understanding. We then can take this knowledge to improve human experiences.