“I bury the bone so deep that the dogs have to scratch for it.”* I admit it, I’ve always had a hard time thinking small. Some folks are great at it though. They use small words and a just a few of them to express magnificent and expansive ideas. Not me. I tend to be wordy. My sentences run on … and, sometimes on. And, if there’s not a big word to express what I’m thinking and trying to say, I just make one up on the fly. I’m like that. I think that “free speech” means what it says, and I should be free to speak even that which hasn’t existed before I spake it. In fact that’s the heart of the matter. As fish swim in water, we, i.e.: humans, homo sapiens sapiens, swim in language. Words. And, more words. Life is filled with wordiness for humans. All that so far is okay. It’s okay to think small. It’s okay to be wordy. It’s okay that humans swim in language. It’s the “belief” thing that gets us every time though. The idea that the words we read, and the words we hear, and Continue Reading
The Skeleton Key To Transformational Performance
Why We Focus On Neurocognitive Developmental Training As The Basis Of Instigating Transformational Change And Peformance Breakthrough At each stage of human existence the adult is off on his quest to his Holy Grail, the way of life he sees by which to live.- Clare W. Graves Because people get stuck when the worldview they are using doesn't accommodate the outcomes they intend ... they need a way to get out of their "stuck state." Neurocognitive Developmental Training provides the skeleton key that unlocks the mystery of success. This is the essential and most rewarding reason "WHY" it makes sense to get Neurocognitive Developmental Training (NDT) ... but, once you dive down the rabbit hole you'll find so much more that will be valuable to you too. Neurocognitive Developmental Training is all about building "(Human) Adaptive Intelligence" - i.e.: the ability to adapt your thinking to the situations and contexts you encounter and are engaged in at any given Continue Reading
Claiming Your Right To Be … Become The Buddha
Taking A (Semantic) Stand ... What Would It Take To Get You To Put A Stake In The Ground, And Claim That Space As Your Own?” One version of the story about the Buddha sitting under the Bodhi Tree seeking the complete unfolding of consciousness tells of his last challenge by the gods before his enlightenment. Just prior to realizing his final enlightenment the gods, represented by the demon Mara had him send his most beautiful daughters, sometimes thought of as “Lust” and “Desire,” to seduce the future Buddha, but he was unmoved by them, so they departed. Then Mara sent his monstrous army into the fray, and again Siddhartha Gautama, the future Buddha, sat unmoving and untouched. They launched their weapons, arrows and spears darkened the sky they flew in such profusion, but as they reached the future Buddha they fell around him having turned inflight into a shower of flowers. Finally Mara himself stood against the future Buddha, and he proclaimed his right to the seat Continue Reading
Pathways To A High Ticket Coaching Or Consulting Practice
Or … The Gravesian Way To Making A Great Living As A Coach/Consultant/Trainer … Okay … the idea of the Venn Diagram isn’t mine, but the commentary around it is … Let’s take a closer look together … shall we? Most of the “Build Your Coaching Business Gurus” will point you towards what I’m calling out as the “Graves Six” position where you supposedly make money by pursuing your passion … e.g.: “Your Million Dollar Message” B.S. BUT … while you can indeed make money by overlapping “What You’re Passionate About” resides and where “What Your Clients Want and Are Willing To Pay Handsomely To Get” overlap … there ain’t no guarantee that’s gonna happen … BECAUSE there’s no guarantee that what you’re passionate about … or your message, life story, insights, calling, whatever … is going to resonate with what customers and clients are willing to pay handsomely for today. Now if you notice most of these “Gurus” are following the path that most of the Continue Reading
