The 72-Hour Reset™
Design the life of your dreams, AND THEN MAKE IT STICK WITH scientifically-proven pragmatic behavior change. All in just 3 days.
Online Course
Design your life with purpose and impact.
3-hours, over 3-days, is all it takes to complete the life and identity redesign. The online program gives you a playbook and results to craft a meaningful identity appropriate for your next chapter.
What you’ll gain...
Over just 72 hours, I’ll guide you step-by-step through the scientifically-proven strategies and practical tools I’ve spent decades teaching to leaders, entrepreneurs, and creators around the world.
Here’s what you’ll walk away with:
- Pragmatic tools to surface blocking stories and then align your most purposeful stories with the highest vision of yourself.
- Real-world expertise and practical ways to connect theory to behavior from decades of product, service and identity design.
- Timeless exercises that can be applied to all part os of your life and tailored for you so that you can use again and again.
Decades of transformation work has shown me that it isn't sexy. It requires clarity and commitment. A clear story combined with small repeatable steps are the only thing that truly works.
Change your life in 72 hours—using proven strategies.
Hi, I'm Richard.
I was 51 years old when I lost my wife to cancer and had to shut down our business. It was a nightmare and I was searching for the meaning in all the chaos.
Deep in personal loss, serious burnout and a lack of purpose, I decided to redesign my life using the tools I had used to build world class products and services for my clients.
I rewrote my “story,” set up a few thin-slice experiments to test my new identity, and accidentally created a new business in the process. Since then, I’ve used this process to reinvent myself again and I've taught it to hundreds of others. Resigning my life changed everything for me and I’d like to help you change yours.
Give me 3 days, and I can teach you to do the same.
Does this sound like you?
You’ve outgrown your old story, but your life is still built around those outdated ideas
You’ve checked all the boxes; career, family, house, etc. On the outside it looks like the dream life. But lately, your inner monologue sounds like this:
“I should be happy. Why does this feel so flat?”
“I’ve outgrown my life. Now what?”
“I know something needs to change, but I can’t just blow up my life.”
The 72-Hour Reset™ is designed for exactly this tension: honoring what got you here but reshaping your wisdom, experience and skills for the next chapter of your life.
You probably don’t need to blow everything up and buy a camper van, or get a divorce (well maybe the van). What you really need is a simple, structured, low-risk way to begin living differently—while still honoring the responsibilities you have.
The 72-Hour Reset™ schedule
The 72-Hour Reset™ runs over 3 days. You'll need 1 to 2 hours a day over the 3 days to complete the exercises that change your mind and behavior. Within that hour or so each day, there will be some reading, a few short videos, and about 30-40 minutes a day of focused writing work.
Before We Begin
Prep (30 minutes)
Quick intake: Where are you now? What feels “off”?
- A short video from Richard on what to expect.
- A simple reflection exercise: “What’s the story I’ve been living?”
- Who am I without the traditional roles, labels and titles?
Day 1
See Your Stories (30-40 minutes)
Theme: Awareness and interruption the stories that are running on autopilot
- Short introductory video via email
- Exercise 1: Identify and map your current "stories"
- Exercise 2: Rewrite your stories through a fresh lens
- Short practice: Observing thoughts vs. being thoughts
- Exercise 3: Develop your own "lived questions" (which you'll need for Day 2)
Day 2
rewire your nervous system (30-40 mins)
Theme: Presence, embodiment, and integration of new stories and patterns.
- Short introductory video via email
- Exercise 1: Mapping your feeling-state to your mind's awareness
- Exercise 2: Define your emotional GPS
- Exercise 3: Return to your "lived questions"
- Short reflection: Integration prompts and shaping new behaviors
Day 3
Design your thin-slice experiment (1 hour)
Theme: Small low-risk experiments that change your immediate and long-term experience and give you answers to your big questions.
- Short introductory video via email.
- Exercise 1: Write your own change in action statement
- Exercise 2: Design your thin-slice experiment
- Exercise 3: Run the experiment and integrate into long-term habits, routines and behavior.
- Optional integration with 100 day Make It Stick plan (select this at checkout)
Ready to run your first thin-slice experiment?
What you'll have after 72 hours
By the end of the 72-Hour Reset™, you’ll have:
A rewritten core story
You’ll identify your “domestic propaganda”—the old narratives that keep you small—and replace them with a story that actually reflects who you are now.
A personal
emotional GPS
You’ll define the feeling-state you actually want your life to produce (calm, creative, adventurous, spacious… whatever is true for you) and learn how to use it to make decisions.
A thin-slice experiment
Not a plan. Not a journal entry. A real-world, 72-hour experiment that shows you how quickly reality starts to shift when you change how you show up.
A simple,
repeatable framework
You’ll leave with a practical process you can reuse any time you feel stuck, restless, or on the edge of a new chapter.
What you'll get inside the 72-Hour Reset™
- 3 days of guided curriculum
Short, focused lessons designed to fit into a full life - Optional live calls with Richard (pricing options below) A kickoff session and a closing integration session (both recorded)
- Daily reflection prompts & worksheets
Simple, printable or digital prompts to help you see and shift your stories - Thin-Slice Experiment Planner
A one-page template to design and run your short experiments - Optional peer accountability
Light-touch partner or small pod matching so you’re not doing this alone - Invitation into the Second Harvest ecosystem
First access to future 100-Day Make It Stick cohorts and upcoming retreats
Want to turn this reset into a sustainable shift?
The 100-Day Make It Stick program is a structured, guided journey to embed your new identity, habits and emotional GPS into real life. With regular check-ins and supportive accountability from me and your cohort. See below for support options and pricing.
Meet Your Facilitator
Richard Banfield
I’ve spent more than two decades helping teams and leaders design high-stakes products, brands, and experiences. As the former CEO of a top product design firm and the coauthor of best-selling books like Product Leadership and Design Leadership, I’ve led hundreds of workshops and transformations for organizations around the world.
After losing my wife to cancer, burning out, and rebuilding my life from the ground up, I co-founded Second Harvest alongside Devon to help others navigate their own second chapters with more courage, creativity, and humanity. Helping others find their true purpose and identity is my true calling.
Scientific research and behavioral studies support the idea that early, tangible progress (especially small) increases the likelihood of sticking with a behavior change over time. In this course I’ve combined the best of the science-based methodologies with my practical experience teaching transformation to executives, founders and entrepreneurs.
At Second Harvest, we help our participants become aware of their internal narratives, understand how they are influencing their decisions, and rewrite their stories so they can develop a better relationship with themselves, others, money and their life plans.
Don't just take my word for it. See what others have to say about this program...
What participants have experienced
Get started on your reset now
Once you register and pay, you'll receive a series of emails with instructions and exercises.
Focused identity & wellness redesign
Full Reset plus frequent accountability check-ins for lasting change
No subscriptions. No upsell funnel of doom. Just a focused container tohelp you change how you live and feel.
FAQs
Scientific research and behavioral studies support the idea that early, tangible progress (even if small) increases the likelihood of sticking with a behavior change over time, and this is one of the core design insights behind many successful habit-formation programs. Decades of experience has shown me that participants gain immediate momentum and wisdom from combination of small changes (thin slice experiments) and the feedback the experiments provide.
Around 30-60 minutes for the lessons and reflection. Some participants find themselves coming back to their notes and editing or adding to the exercises so you might want to make time for that too.
Sharing is encouraged but never forced. Part participants have preferred to share their stories to get peer feedback but you can do the work privately and still get significant value.
No. The 72-Hour Reset™ is a structured learning experience. We’re not therapists, and this isn’t a replacement for mental health care. It’s a practical framework for people who are ready to take ownership of their next chapter. Scientific research and behavioral studies support the idea that early, tangible progress (even if small) increases the likelihood of sticking with a behavior change over time. This is one of the core design insights behind many successful habit-formation programs.
Calls are optional, and require you register for the Make It Stick option. You’ll still be able to follow the program at your own pace within the 72-hour window.
No. This course stands alone. For retreat alumni, it’s a powerful integration tool. For new folks, it’s a great first step into Second Harvest.
The 100-Day Make It Stick adds:
- Regular bi-weekly or monthly integration prompts
- Accountability check-ins (solo or with peers)
- A container to embed your “thin-slice experiment” into real life