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#89 Swimming with Dolphins - Emotions of Change - conversations withPaul Kordis, part 6

We are continuing our Swimming with Dolphins series of conversations with Dr. Paul Kordis. Check back to the previous episode (#88) of the series, or start with the first episode (#52) , if you haven’t heard it yet.

Paul has been researching writing, and speaking to groups for over 20 years about the processes of profound change. He is a globally traveled speaker and seminar leader on futuristic, human development, change and other topics. He received his Ph.D. degree (with honors) in human capital and economic development from Colorado State University in May, 2008.

His 1,500-page dissertation is entitled “The Superhighway to Serfdom: How False-Social-Norms Marketing is Hijacking the American Dream.” He is a co-author (with Dudley Lynch) of the books The Strategy of the Dolphin: Scoring a Win in a Chaotic World, which has become a best seller, and Code of the Monarch: A Guide to the Real Global Business Revolution. He is also the author (with his wife, Susan) of the book Name Your Passion: A User’s Guide to Finding Your Personal Purpose.

Today’s conversation touches upon the following topics:

• Emotions of Change
  • Dolphin book – written in late 80s
  • Win-win concept
  • Dolphin metaphor
  • Sharks and Carps
  • Types of behavior: sacrificial, selfish, compromise, collaboration
  • Emotion cycles for each side of the wave
• Decision strategies
  • Accelerating rate of change
  • Openness to change, ability to see it coming
  • How much involvement you have in decision making
• Purpose
  • Why are we here?
  • Context for the decisions

#88 Swimming with Dolphins - Value Systems - conversations with PaulKordis, part 5

We are continuing our Swimming with Dolphins series of conversations with Dr. Paul Kordis. Check back to the previous episode (#64) of the series, or start with the first episode (#52) , if you haven’t heard it yet.

Paul has been researching writing, and speaking to groups for over 20 years about the processes of profound change. He is a globally traveled speaker and seminar leader on futuristic, human development, change and other topics. He received his Ph.D. degree (with honors) in human capital and economic development from Colorado State University in May, 2008.

His 1,500-page dissertation is entitled “The Superhighway to Serfdom: How False-Social-Norms Marketing is Hijacking the American Dream.” He is a co-author (with Dudley Lynch) of the books The Strategy of the Dolphin: Scoring a Win in a Chaotic World, which has become a best seller, and Code of the Monarch: A Guide to the Real Global Business Revolution. He is also the author (with his wife, Susan) of the book Name Your Passion: A User’s Guide to Finding Your Personal Purpose.

Today’s conversation touches upon the following topics:

• Graves model
• The basic value systems
  1. Autistic (right now)
  2. Tribal (family, clan, blood relationship)
  3. The loner (motocycle biker, leave me alone)
  4. The loyalist
  5. The achiever
  6. Egalitarian
  7. Dedication to what works. Negative side: arrogance.
  8. Global
• Movement from one system to the other
  • It’s a Hero’s Journey
• The rule of fours
  • Freedom and Structure
  • Task and Relationship
• Importance of all systems

#87 Openness, part 1

Perhaps, one of the most difficult things to do in life is to open it up for ourselves and others to see – and accept it the way it is, without hiding from it or making up excuses. Today, we are opening the first half of the “can of worms” with the following topics:

• What is openness?
  • Context of challenge
  • As opposed to closedness
  • Acceptance of new and fresh
  • Space for everytihng
  • Opportunity of the full expression
• Levels of openness
  • Self, Others, God / Transcendent

#86 Accelerated Learning, part 2

In this podcast, we bring back the theme of accelerated learning that we started way back in one of our first episodes, now approaching it from a totally new angle and with the new learnings and experiences that we ourselves have learned in the meantime:

• What is learning?
  • What takes time in learning is “not getting it” (Marshall Thurber)
  • “Phase change,” or transformational learning, in contrast to “slow learning”
  • The tipping point in learning
• Examples of accelerated learning
  • Learning NLP techniques – finding the bigger structure
  • Ballroom dancing – exploring the space of mistakes
  • Strategy to execution
• What people remember?
  • The first thing, the last thing, and any strongly emotional moments in between
  • Structuring learning in smaller chunks
  • Segmented learning
  • Constructing stories
• Examples of learning through stories
• Different kinds of learning
  • Academic
  • Experiential
• Games – making learning fun
• Closing remarks
  • Making games on the fly
  • Look for humor
  • Learning as new ways to have fun
  • “Mischief accomplished!”