Goldmine of Goodness

Everyone in your group has learned something worth sharing. This game taps that collective experience by asking people to pull out one habit, piece of advice, or life lesson and share it. The result: everyone walks away smarter.

Sample Prompts

Habits & Routines:

• What is one habit you have stuck with and how do you maintain it?
• What small routine has made the biggest difference in your work or life?
• What daily practice keeps you grounded or focused?

Wisdom & Advice:

• What is the best thing a mentor ever told you?
• What lesson took you years to learn but wish you’d known earlier?
• What advice would you give your younger self?

Practical Tips:

• What tool or system has dramatically improved your productivity?
• What book or resource changed how you think about your work?
• What simple change created unexpected positive results?

Why It Works

Adults come loaded with life experience, but we rarely ask for it. This game flips that. By mining expertise intentionally, you create real peer learning and show people that their experience actually matters.

Perfect For

• Professional Development: Colleagues learn from each other’s experiences
• Cross-Functional Teams: Share practices across different roles
• Leadership Programs: Extract wisdom from experienced leaders
• Community Building: Create mutual respect and shared learning

Facilitation Tips

Group Size: Stick with 3-4 people. It’s the sweet spot where everyone gets air time without the conversation stalling.

Prompt Selection: Match your prompt to your crowd. Career-focused prompts for work contexts, life-focused ones for community settings.

Capture Insights: Have each group jot down their best takeaway on a flip chart or shared doc. It signals that this stuff matters.

Reinforce It Later: Circle back to the shared wisdom later in your session. It reminds people that this wasn’t just a nice activity—their peers actually taught them something.