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#1640 WTF Is Self-Transcendence - Harps · The You Project

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Speaker 1: Good a Groovers another installing the new projects. Hope you
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Speaker 1: have the bloody great day. So I'm recording. I don't
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Speaker 1: know why I always tell you what I'm fuck it
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Speaker 1: just so you know, so you know where I'm at.
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Speaker 1: So it's Monday, the ninth of the ninth, September the ninth,
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Speaker 1: and it's two eleven and yesterday I did a workshop
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Speaker 1: which I spoke about in yesterday's podcast, yest day to
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Speaker 1: workshop in Melbs. We're going to take that all around Australia.
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Speaker 1: We might becoming a Brisbane soon. I just spoke about
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Speaker 1: that to Melissa just before. Might becoming a Brisbane soon
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Speaker 1: to do that. We'll think about that anyway. So did it?
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Speaker 1: Workshop yesterday called Understanding You were Me and a whole
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Speaker 1: bunch of people in an auditorium at Deacon University Slow Down, Harps.
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Speaker 1: Me and a whole bunch of people at Deacon University
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Speaker 1: opened the door on the topic of trying to understand ourselves,
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Speaker 1: kind of that self knowledge, self awareness, self for who
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Speaker 1: am I? How am I? Why do I think the
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Speaker 1: way that I think? Why do I make the decisions
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Speaker 1: that I make? Why do I do the stuff that
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Speaker 1: I do? The good stuff the bad stuff, the dumb stuff?
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Speaker 1: Am I living consciously? Am I living unconsciously? Do I
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Speaker 1: do things which are at odds with who I want
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Speaker 1: to be and how I want to be? Am I
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Speaker 1: living in alignment? What are my values? What are the
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Speaker 1: things that matter to me? And does my typical lifestyle
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Speaker 1: and the way that I do everything from health and
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Speaker 1: wellness to communication, to career, to spending money to being
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Speaker 1: a member of society does the way that I do
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Speaker 1: all of those things typically represent or reflect who I
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Speaker 1: want to be as a human. My values, my standards,
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Speaker 1: my purpose, all the shit that allegedly brothers and sisters
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Speaker 1: allegedly matters to me. So we opened the door on
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Speaker 1: that kind of stuff. And for me, my experience and
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Speaker 1: observation from a personal perspective, me analyzing me, which is
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Speaker 1: an interesting thing to do. But self awareness is kind
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Speaker 1: of my field, it's my PhD area of research. But
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Speaker 1: you know, as an observer of other humans, also the
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Speaker 1: ever present challenge of trying to understand why do I
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Speaker 1: do the stuff that I do? And why am I
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Speaker 1: Why am I self sabotaging? Why am I overthinking? Why
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Speaker 1: am I underdoing? Why do I make decisions which are
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Speaker 1: at odds with improvement and growth and development and all
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Speaker 1: of that stuff is fascinating. You know, me talking today
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Speaker 1: is not going to be a it's not going to
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Speaker 1: be a panacea or a three step solution. But I
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Speaker 1: just want to keep opening the door on this topic
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Speaker 1: because I believe that if we can understand ourselves better,
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Speaker 1: understand our mind, understand our thinking, understand our emotions, understand
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Speaker 1: our actions and reactions, and understand the way that we
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Speaker 1: are in the world and the way that we are
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Speaker 1: for ourselves, but also the way that we are and
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Speaker 1: aren't perhaps for others and around others. Now, pursuant to
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Speaker 1: that desire, I said yesterday that I was going to
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Speaker 1: share like a framework, which is really a synergy or
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Speaker 1: a combination of a whole lot of thoughts and ideas
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Speaker 1: from different people. I've added to it. I've put my
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Speaker 1: own little touch and insights and stories into it. But
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Speaker 1: this is part of what I'm about to share. I
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Speaker 1: shared the other day at my workshop, my Melbourne workshop.
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Speaker 1: So it's like I said, it's Monday, so the other
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Speaker 1: day being yesterday, and I said that I would unpack
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Speaker 1: this further on my podcast. So for those of you
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Speaker 1: who were there on Sunday, welcome back. This is me
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Speaker 1: kind of finishing this off or recovering or reflecting on
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Speaker 1: this for you and for those of you who weren't
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Speaker 1: there on Sunday, this is kind of I guess it's
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Speaker 1: like a framework or a model that you could use
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Speaker 1: to either start to be proactive and lean into this
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Speaker 1: getting to know you, getting to understand the self capital
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Speaker 1: s self that is in the middle of your life.
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Speaker 1: It's so hard to be objective about ourselves, isn't it,
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Speaker 1: Because we are us? Because my experience of me is subjective.
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Speaker 1: Your experience of you is subjective. Your experience you the listener,
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Speaker 1: your experience of everything around you is some because you're
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Speaker 1: looking through the U window. Through the U filter, you're
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Speaker 1: looking at every person, every event, and every situation, every
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Speaker 1: problem and every opportunity through the lens. That is your
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Speaker 1: beliefs and ideas and values and education and all of
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Speaker 1: those things. As am I. So to truly to try
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Speaker 1: to understand ourselves with a greater level of awareness with
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Speaker 1: a through a somewhat more objective lens and a less
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Speaker 1: subjective lens is the real challenge. So, without further ado,
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Speaker 1: there's eight steps to this and I'm going to walk
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Speaker 1: you through them. I'm going to explain to you what
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Speaker 1: they are, and then I'm going to kind of operationalize it,
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Speaker 1: or to put it into practice, using me and one
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Speaker 1: of my issues, one of my numerous issues as an
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Speaker 1: example for you to understand how you might use what
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Speaker 1: I'm about to teach you or share with you in
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Speaker 1: a practical way. So there are eight steps. So I'll
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Speaker 1: just share these eight with you now and then i'll
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Speaker 1: unpack them in some detail. So number one is self reflection,
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Speaker 1: Two is self awareness, three is self knowledge, four is
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Speaker 1: self acceptance, five is self regulation, six is self improvement,
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Speaker 1: seven is self actualization, and eight is self transcendence. All right,
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Speaker 1: here we go. So what is self reflection? This is
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Speaker 1: more the education part. I'll give you a real and
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Speaker 1: of course, you know, I don't expect you to necessarily
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Speaker 1: operationalize this today or even do anything with it. Maybe
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Speaker 1: it's just for you something of interest, and it's going
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Speaker 1: to be hard to remember all of this, but you
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Speaker 1: might want to reply it at some stage and take
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Speaker 1: notes just to get your head around it. But so
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Speaker 1: stage one, self reflection is the practice of intentionally examining
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Speaker 1: your relationships thoughts, motions, behaviors, experiences, beliefs, habits, patterns, and
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Speaker 1: outcomes in order to gain a deeper understanding of yourself,
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Speaker 1: of you. This stage is not about judgment, evaluation, or labels.
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Speaker 1: It's just about curiosity and recognition in a way. This
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Speaker 1: is about, as Eckhart Toll would say, this is about
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Speaker 1: you becoming the observer of you. And this kind of
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Speaker 1: the self reflection enables us to identify patterns and behaviors
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Speaker 1: and traits that might be good or bad. That allows
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Speaker 1: us to if we need to make different decisions, do
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Speaker 1: different things and grow or move in a different direction.
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Speaker 1: So that's self reflection. Number two is self awareness, which
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Speaker 1: is just the ability to recognize and understand what's going
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Speaker 1: on with us and for us our thoughts, our emotions,
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Speaker 1: our drivers, our behaviors, sometimes those in the moment behaviors,
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Speaker 1: and how all of that stuff affects both you, me
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Speaker 1: and those around us. It involves being conscious of our
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Speaker 1: internal states, feelings, motivations, thinking, desires, as well as being
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Speaker 1: aware of how we're perceived by others in different situations.
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Speaker 1: Remember that beta perception. Self awareness intersects with emotional intelligence
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Speaker 1: and helps us manage our responses to situations, make better
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Speaker 1: decisions or more informed decisions, and align our actions with
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Speaker 1: our values. It allows us to identify areas or needs
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Speaker 1: where we need to grow, where we need to learn, unlearn,
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Speaker 1: develop better relationships, navigate life with greater intentionality, consciously shaping
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Speaker 1: our life through this awareness. Number three, so self knowledge
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Speaker 1: number three is the understanding of your own personality, values, belief, strengths, weaknesses, emotions,
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Speaker 1: and motivations. This involves having a clear sense of who
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Speaker 1: you are, what drives you, so your reason, your reason
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Speaker 1: for doing stuff, your motivator for doing stuff or motivators,
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Speaker 1: and also to understand what matters to you, what is
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Speaker 1: really important to you, what do you want from life?
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Speaker 1: And self knowledge goes beyond self awareness as it includes
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Speaker 1: like a much deeper understanding of the self, not just
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Speaker 1: a momentary awareness, but a real deep comprehension of your
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Speaker 1: inner workings, how you are and why you are the
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Speaker 1: way you are. Self acceptance, yes, number four, is the
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Speaker 1: process of fully embracing and acknowledging all aspects of yourself,
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Speaker 1: both good and bad, strengths and weaknesses, without undue criticism
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Speaker 1: or self loathing, while also knowing that you've got the
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Speaker 1: capacity for growth, learning development, doing better, positive change. It
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Speaker 1: means recognizing your imperfections, mistakes, and limitations, but not letting
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Speaker 1: them define you, define your self worth or your perceived
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Speaker 1: value instead of striving for an unrealistic version of perfection.
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Speaker 1: Self acceptance is it's really about cultivating compassion and understanding
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Speaker 1: for you, for yourself and accepting both the good stuff
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Speaker 1: and the bad, your achievements, your strengths, your flaws as
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Speaker 1: part of your unique identity. But also self acceptance is
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Speaker 1: not some people get this, or maybe this is some
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Speaker 1: people's interpretation. It's not my interpretation that that self acceptance is, Oh,
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Speaker 1: I'm terrible at that, I'll always be terrible at that.
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Speaker 1: To me, that's self limitation, but it is it is
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Speaker 1: so for me. An example of self acceptance for me
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Speaker 1: would be there have been times where I've intended one thing,
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Speaker 1: but I've done I've been offensive to people I never
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Speaker 1: wanted to, or some people find me intimidating. I will
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Speaker 1: do my very best, that's just something I know. I'll
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Speaker 1: do my best not to be that, but I have
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Speaker 1: to accept that there are certain people that won't like me.
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Speaker 1: There are certain people don't like the way that I
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Speaker 1: communicate that's okay. Nonetheless, I will strive to be the
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Speaker 1: best version of me, so that, by the way, I
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Speaker 1: will never create optimal connection with everyone, but I'm going
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Speaker 1: to kind of aim for that, knowing that I'll never
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Speaker 1: quite get there, but hopefully what I'll get is further
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Speaker 1: down the line, closer to that end of the scale.
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Speaker 1: Number five is self regulation, and this is the ability
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Speaker 1: to be able to manage and control our emotions, thoughts,
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Speaker 1: and behaviors in different situations, to create positive shift, to
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Speaker 1: improve our operating system in real times social outcomes, to
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Speaker 1: build better habits, and to achieve long term goals. And
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Speaker 1: also with self regulation is a big part of it,
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Speaker 1: I believe, is being able to be able to perform
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Speaker 1: under pressure, responding to challenges and impulses in a balanced,
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Speaker 1: thoughtful way rather than reacting poorly or emotionally. And like
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Speaker 1: you know, the whole concept of equanimity is being able
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Speaker 1: to be the calm and the chaos, And so for me,
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Speaker 1: quite often self regulation means not saying something I'm thinking,
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Speaker 1: you know, impulse can emotional management, being able to lean
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Speaker 1: into that uncomfortable thing and just be there, be there
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Speaker 1: without reacting inappropriately being able to delay gratification, being able
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Speaker 1: to not talk when sometimes I really want to talk,
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Speaker 1: but I have an awareness that it's not the right time,
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Speaker 1: or it's not the right situation or the right person.
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Speaker 1: So that self regulation number six is self improvement. So
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Speaker 1: I guess in the context of this conversation, self improvement
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Speaker 1: just refers to the ongoing process of consciously working to
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Speaker 1: be better. It's that process that I'm always in the
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Speaker 1: middle of. You're always in the middle of to enhance
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Speaker 1: your knowledge and skills and behaviors and thinking and overall
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Speaker 1: well being in a way that aligns with your values,
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Speaker 1: your belief setting, constantly setting and resetting goals, making deliberate
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Speaker 1: and conscious attempts to grow emotionally, mentally, sociologically, practically, physiologically,
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Speaker 1: perhaps any area of your life where you seek to improve, learn, grow,
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Speaker 1: evolve with that to be better. This is the process,
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Speaker 1: the process, and you know self help is self help
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Speaker 1: is pretty much a product these days, but truly, at
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Speaker 1: its core, self help or personal development, or in this example,
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Speaker 1: self improvement is a practical process that we can put
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Speaker 1: ourselves in the middle of. Daily number seven. We're getting there.
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Speaker 1: Self actualization is the process of realizing and fulfilling our potential,
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Speaker 1: perhaps not our absolute ten out of ten, but self
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Speaker 1: actualization is where we're now starting to be where we
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Speaker 1: wanted to be, achieve what we've been wanting to achieve,
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Speaker 1: produce the results that we hope we would, and now
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Speaker 1: we're doing it. We're actualizing the thing or things that
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Speaker 1: we set out to do. It's getting to where we
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Speaker 1: wanted to go in inverted commas, while still having other
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Speaker 1: journeys ahead of us. I think most of us, you know,
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Speaker 1: realize that that the final destination is death, but between
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Speaker 1: now and then, you know it's going to be peaks
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Speaker 1: and troughs, and we're going to get where we wanted
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Speaker 1: to go, and hopefully there'll be some joy and satisfaction
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Speaker 1: and sense of achievement in that, but there's always going
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Speaker 1: to be something new. Now. That doesn't mean we can't
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Speaker 1: take joy or we can't be super grateful for what
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Speaker 1: we're achieving. But the self actualization part is I've done this,
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Speaker 1: I've achieved this, I created this result. This is great.
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Speaker 1: I'm full of gratitude, but also I need to keep
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Speaker 1: growing and learning. There's more that I can do. But
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Speaker 1: self actualization is a really important part of the overall journey.
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Speaker 1: Self transcendence is number eight. This is almost my favorite
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Speaker 1: part because or my favorite kind of concept, because for me,
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Speaker 1: it's really about having a purpose bigger than me. It's
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Speaker 1: about it's about not being all about me, and it's
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Speaker 1: about serving others. I guess self transcendence can be considered
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Speaker 1: almost like in this paradigm, while it's literally the final stage,
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Speaker 1: but in terms of our own development, like the final
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Speaker 1: stage where it involves going beyond personal fulfillment and takes
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Speaker 1: us to that place where we focus on contributing to
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Speaker 1: the greater good, connecting with a purpose larger than me,
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Speaker 1: like humanity, like nature, like other people, the greater good.
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Speaker 1: It's about shifting from individual growth to collective wellbeing, fostering
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Speaker 1: compassion for others, altruism, and a sense of interconnectedness. And
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Speaker 1: I guess in this stage self transcendence, people often seek
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Speaker 1: meaning through you know, something a bit more than self
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Speaker 1: help and dollars and practical outcomes. Quite often this is
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Speaker 1: where people open the spiritual door in an attempt to
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Speaker 1: you know, transcend just all that normal nuts and bolts
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Speaker 1: of ticking boxes and fulfilling to do lists and reaching goals,
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Speaker 1: and it's kind of it represents a broader, more outward
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Speaker 1: focused way of living where the individual you me in
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Speaker 1: the middle love it all. We find meaning, We find
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Speaker 1: joy in being part of something bigger than ourselves, in
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Speaker 1: contributing to the greater good, that is those in our world,
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Speaker 1: be that our immediate world or the greater world. All right,
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Speaker 1: So that wraps up a kind of an overview of
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Speaker 1: all of those. So what I'm going to do to
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Speaker 1: finish this off is I'm going to I'm going to
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Speaker 1: give your practical example working through those eight constructs, all
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Speaker 1: those eight components that process. So number one, remember number
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Speaker 1: one was self reflection, and so I'm going to use
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Speaker 1: a and this is the start of the eighth steps,
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Speaker 1: So self reflection. So the reflection for this example is
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Speaker 1: and I'm going to refer this. I'm going to use
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Speaker 1: me as an example, so no one else gets offended.
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Speaker 1: And then you can you can use whatever a kind
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Speaker 1: of idea or subject or topic or issue or question
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Speaker 1: to be the genesis for your eight steps. So self reflection.
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Speaker 1: What am I like? So this is what I'm focusing
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Speaker 1: on for this example. What am I like around others?
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Speaker 1: What am I like around others? How am I around others?
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Speaker 1: And by how am I? I mean professionally and personally
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Speaker 1: and emotionally and socially and energetically. Notice how some people
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Speaker 1: have got great energy and you want to be around them.
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Speaker 1: I love that. I love that, and it's almost inexplicable,
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Speaker 1: like what is that about? I don't know. There's something
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Speaker 1: about that person. They have amazing energy. I love being
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Speaker 1: around them. So self reflection. The starting point for these
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Speaker 1: eight steps is what am I like? Number two self awareness?
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Speaker 1: So this is me talking about me, and this is
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Speaker 1: all an honest reflection. Self awareness times and this has
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Speaker 1: been when I say a self reflection, this has been
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Speaker 1: true for much of my journey. Over time, I feel
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Speaker 1: like I'm transcending or at least improving some of it. So,
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Speaker 1: but definitely all of what I'm about to share has
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Speaker 1: been relevant for me. If not now, then definitely at
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Speaker 1: some stage. But much of it's still relevant now. Self
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Speaker 1: awareness Step two. Here's my self awareness. Sometimes I try
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Speaker 1: to impress people, which is ironically unimpressive. Sometimes self awareness
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Speaker 1: I overtalk and under listen. Sometimes self awareness what I'm
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Speaker 1: doing isn't working. Self awareness. Sometimes I can be intimidating.
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Speaker 1: Someone said to me the other day we were talking
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Speaker 1: and I may have been overloading them with information may
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Speaker 1: or may not have your honor, And they just looked
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Speaker 1: at and they went, you're a lot, You're a lot.
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Speaker 1: And I laughed, I when I am a lot. And
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Speaker 1: then they said, in a good way, it's awesome, but
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Speaker 1: fuck you know. And I know that about me, And
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Speaker 1: sometimes I get excited, and sometimes sometimes in my excitement
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Speaker 1: to share, to teach, to inspire to coach, I actually
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Speaker 1: missed the mark. So Number one self reflection is what
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Speaker 1: am I like? Number two self awareness I just shared
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Speaker 1: with you. Number three self knowledge? So what do I
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Speaker 1: know about me? Based on that initial reflection? What I
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Speaker 1: know self knowledge. I can be insecure, which impacts how
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Speaker 1: I am socially. Self knowledge. I periodically suffer from imposter syndrome.
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Speaker 1: Self knowledge. I have historically felt not smart enough at times.
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Speaker 1: Self knowledge. What I know is, which is reflecting on
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Speaker 1: self awareness. I can be intimidating. What I know is
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Speaker 1: I don't want to be intimidating self knowledge. How I
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Speaker 1: see me, how I see me is typically not how
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Speaker 1: others see me. Urgo the impetus for my PhD research,
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Speaker 1: self knowledge. Sometimes I bang on about stuff that excites
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Speaker 1: me as I shared a minute ago, but not the
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Speaker 1: other person. Step four is self acceptance. Self acceptance. Some
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Speaker 1: people won't like me and some will, and that's okay.
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Speaker 1: Self acceptance. My good intentions won't always have good outcomes.
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Speaker 1: Also okay, kind of unavoidable. Self acceptance. I'm flawed, but
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Speaker 1: I will work hard to improve, grow, learn and do
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Speaker 1: good in the world. Self acceptance. I've made many mistakes
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Speaker 1: when interacting with others, and I'll probably make lots more.
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Speaker 1: Self acceptance. I'm not always a great person to be around,
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Speaker 1: but I can work to do better. Self acceptance. I
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Speaker 1: will always coexist with my issues. And while the volume
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Speaker 1: might go up or down on those issues self doubt, insecurity,
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Speaker 1: overthinking all that human staff and why. While I might
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Speaker 1: be more or less impacted generally less these days, which
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Speaker 1: is good, there's always going to be an element of
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Speaker 1: that stuff on Planet Craig, and so the acceptance part
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Speaker 1: is it's there. That's okay. I will coexist with my
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Speaker 1: self doubt. I will co exist with those feelings of
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Speaker 1: inadequacy periodically, and insecurity it's okay. I don't need to
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Speaker 1: wait for all but all the inadequacy and insecurity and
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Speaker 1: fear to vanish because it won't can coexist with that
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Speaker 1: number five self regulation. Remember the starting point for this
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Speaker 1: was self reflection. What am I like for others? Self regulation?
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Speaker 1: I will work hard to develop theory of mind. Remember,
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Speaker 1: theory of mind is a construct in psychology that means
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Speaker 1: understanding how other people think. So I will work hard
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Speaker 1: to understand how other people think. This is an interpersonal superpower,
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Speaker 1: this skill. I will work hard to understand how this
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Speaker 1: moment is for the other person with whom I'm connecting, talking, interacting,
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Speaker 1: problem solving, creating, whatever it is. We're on number five
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Speaker 1: self regulation self regulation. I will listen more and work
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Speaker 1: to be truly present when I'm in conversation, consultation, or
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Speaker 1: any kind of personal or professional interaction. I will consciously
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Speaker 1: endeavor to develop metaperception and meta accuracy. Metaperception being my
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Speaker 1: ability to understand how I am for others, metaaccuracy, how
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Speaker 1: good I am at it. So I will seek to
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Speaker 1: understand the Craig experience for my audience, be that an
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Speaker 1: audience of one or ten thousand, on a podcast, whatever
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Speaker 1: it is, Because if I can understand the Craig experience
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Speaker 1: for my audience. Then I can create better connection, better report.
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Speaker 1: Self regulation Number five, we're on. I will seek first
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Speaker 1: to understand and then to be understood. I'll seek first
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Speaker 1: to understand the person in front of me. They're thinking,
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Speaker 1: their words, their intention, their reason, their motivation, why we're here,
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Speaker 1: what they're really saying. Then once I kind of get
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Speaker 1: some clarity around that, then I'm going to try to
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Speaker 1: get them to understand what I'm about. But first I'm
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Speaker 1: all about them. And the last one under this kind
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Speaker 1: of heading of self regulation is I will not overtalk
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Speaker 1: good luck without harps. Number six self improvement. As I said,
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Speaker 1: this is the ongoing process, right, So self improvement, I
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Speaker 1: will fully commit to the ongoing process of consciously working
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Speaker 1: to enhance my personal interactions, how I am for others,
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Speaker 1: my understanding of the personal persons in front of me,
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Speaker 1: my communication skills, my self awareness, my situational awareness, and
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Speaker 1: my capacity for in the moment focus and attention. Well,
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Speaker 1: that's a big one. That's self improvement. Self improvement. I
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Speaker 1: will recognize my growth and evolution in this context. I
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Speaker 1: will recognize it, i will lean into it, and I'll
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Speaker 1: keep working on it. Self improvement. I will pay attention
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Speaker 1: to my data. You and I are always producing outcomes, results.
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Speaker 1: What we're doing in relationships, with our training program, in
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Speaker 1: the gym, with our diet, with our spending, with our career,
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Speaker 1: with our study, with all of our endeavors, We're constantly
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Speaker 1: producing data. I'll pay attention to my data, to my results,
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Speaker 1: to my outcomes, and I'll respond accordingly. I won't keep
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Speaker 1: doing what doesn't work. And the last one under the
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Speaker 1: banner of self improven is I will have a greater
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Speaker 1: understanding of the Craig experience for others. I will have
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Speaker 1: that I am having that. I've developed that over the
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Speaker 1: last five, ten, fifteen years. I still have a way
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Speaker 1: to go, but I have way more insight into that
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Speaker 1: through various mechanisms and processes and protocols, like, for example,
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Speaker 1: feedback from other people, like reading what people write about
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Speaker 1: my talks or my work workshops, or I did a
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Speaker 1: workshop yesterday. Obviously, as you know, we got some really
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Speaker 1: beautiful feedback, which was nice. Sometimes I don't get amazing feedback.
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Speaker 1: That's okay as well. I want to understand what it's
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Speaker 1: like being around me for others so that I can
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Speaker 1: create the best connection and the best experience for others
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Speaker 1: that I can second. Last one is self actualization. Self actualization.
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Speaker 1: I am beginning to realize and fulfill my potential as
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Speaker 1: a communicator, conversationalist, educator, coach, author and podcast Remember the
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Speaker 1: starting point for all of this was what's it like
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Speaker 1: being around me? Self actualization. I am becoming the best
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Speaker 1: version of me in this space self actualization. I'm creating
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Speaker 1: better social outcomes for both me and others, myself and others.
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Speaker 1: Self actualization. Some people enjoy being around me. That's a
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Speaker 1: good thing. Self actualization. I'm less fearful, needy, and insecure
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Speaker 1: in front of people. Self actualization. I'm becoming more person
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Speaker 1: and less persona. That is I think at this stage
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Speaker 1: my journey, thank God, I should be. But I believe
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Speaker 1: that I'm more authentically me, more raw, more real, more
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Speaker 1: more almost private me in a public setting than I've
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Speaker 1: ever been, and that's what I want to be. My
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Speaker 1: goal is zero persona. I don't want to be a
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Speaker 1: version of me for an audience. I don't want to
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Speaker 1: be a version of me or you. I want to
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Speaker 1: be me, and if you like me, you like me.
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Speaker 1: If you don't, you don't if you're inspired or disappointed
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Speaker 1: or frustrated or fucking entertained, it is what it is,
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Speaker 1: and that's okay. But the closer that I am to
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Speaker 1: my private self remember public personal private secrets, the closer
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Speaker 1: that I am to that kind of what is generally
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Speaker 1: that version of you that's reserved for one or two.
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Speaker 1: My goal is to be that version of myself for
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Speaker 1: most people most of the time. To keep that door open,
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Speaker 1: to be vulnerable, to be to be okay with embarrassment,
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Speaker 1: to be okay with flaws and faults, to be okay
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Speaker 1: with looking stupid, as well as all the good stuff.
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Speaker 1: And the last one in terms of my example, so
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Speaker 1: self transcendence. Remember the starting point for this whole kind
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Speaker 1: of little protocol with self reflection, What am I like
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Speaker 1: to be around for others self transcendence. I will use
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Speaker 1: my skills, knowledge and energy to serve others self transcendence.
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Speaker 1: I will have an awareness and purpose bigger than me
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Speaker 1: self transcendence. I will help others succeed self trans sentence.
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Speaker 1: I will seek to understand the genius, wisdom, and guidance
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Speaker 1: that exists beyond the tininess of my mind. My understanding
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Speaker 1: and my version of reality. What does that mean? That
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Speaker 1: means that there's the there's the knowledge, the intellect, the wisdom,
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Speaker 1: the small amount of genius that lives in my mind.
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Speaker 1: But then there's all the rest. There's all of the
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Speaker 1: rest of the genius, wisdom, intellect, guidance that exists in
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Speaker 1: the universe beyond the very small parameters of my mind,
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Speaker 1: and I want to tap into that and the last
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Speaker 1: one self transcendence. I will strive to operate from a
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Speaker 1: platform of love, kindness, gratitude, and humility towards others. Now,
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Speaker 1: obviously all of this is all of what I just
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Speaker 1: shared with you. For me is true in that that's
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Speaker 1: who I try to be and how I try to be.
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Speaker 1: Obviously I don't nail that all of the time. But
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Speaker 1: I just think that this this idea of or this
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Speaker 1: framework of you know, being able to try to understand
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Speaker 1: ourselves with this you methodical kind of approach. I'm not
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Speaker 1: the most methodical guy or protocol driven guy a lot
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Speaker 1: of the time, but I think that this might might
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Speaker 1: be a nice framework for some of you to use
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Speaker 1: or not. Uh, you'll know, all right, team, love your guts,
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