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June 1 - June 15, 2020
Idea sex is when two thinkers come together with separate ideas and meld them together to form one new superior idea. When people share
When two people get fired up on one idea, their brains do too. One study hooked people up to fMRI machines to uncover what was happening in their brains. It revealed that they sync together. They are literally on the same frequency.
Break Hierarchy and Create the Right Beliefs Introduce OODA
1. BREAK HIERARCHY AND CREATE THE RIGHT BELIEFS
2. INTRODUCE OODA
OODA is short for: Observe-Orient-Decide-Act.
In short, Colonel Boyd noticed that the BEST military pilots were also the ones wasting the most bullets. They missed more. But they also downed more enemy planes.
First, it’s about increasing the amount and rate of ideas shared. You create systems where people can easily and quickly communicate to speed up idea flow.
Second, it’s about speeding up decision making. You act on imperfect ideas. The idea is that while many of those decisions miss, it’s better than aiming for 100 percent hits and moving slow.
want you to consider the idea that the point of all our emails and meetings and phone calls and Slacks is merely to make decisions.
The idea is simple. ACT FAST—Even with Imperfect Knowledge.
Observe the enemy aircraft. Orient yourself. Decide your next move. ACT and fire!
Act with Imperfect Knowledge and pivot on the way. When this happens, you will also create change. Embrace this.
“The people who are right a lot more often change their minds.”
“It’s better, even healthier in fact, to have an idea that contradicts one you had before. The smart people constantly revise their understandings of a matter. They reconsider problems they thought they had solved. They are open to new points of view, new information, and challenges to their own ways of thinking.”
“It’s about communication. It’s about honesty. It’s about treating people in the organization as deserving to know the facts. You don’t try to give them half the story. You don’t try to hide the story. You treat them as—as true equals, and you communicate and you communicate and communicate.”
Brain coupling happens when two or more people vibe on the same idea. During these moments their brain
Break Hierarchy and Create the Right Beliefs Introduce OODA
Why is this person like this? Based on their actions, is what I believe factually true? What could be going on in their life? Am I struggling in this relationship because I am caught up with their title? What do other people say or believe about this person? What is an empowering stance I could view this person/situation through?
If I believe that every person is by nature a well-meaning person, what can I see about this person now?
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
This is because it’s your identity that shapes your world.
This “Law of Attraction” thing, you see, the way most people think of it is incomplete. The world doesn’t give you what you want or desire. Rather it gives you WHO you ARE. Your identity shapes your experience.
see a lot of entrepreneurs who are less successful than me working harder, and when I peel back the layers with them and start asking them some questions, they genuinely believe that business is hard. I have people come to me who are doing $1 million or $2 million
a year and their income won’t increase and they can’t understand why. It’s because they are generating to their max of the hard work they put in. Because their internal structure is wired that way, they find it really difficult to create results. Instead if we started thinking, What if business was easy? What if making millions of dollars was fun and easy? What if we had a belief that the more money I make, the more money I make automatically?
person is executing on the mission. It’s when they are in a mode of performance where they are task focused. For me, this is when I’m optimizing the business, meeting with the team, developing new products and systems. But acceleration alone isn’t enough.
Navigation is not about moving fast; rather it’s about understanding if you’re moving in the right direction, on the right path. It’s about concocting new visions for a business, looking for new areas to explore, essentially figuring out where to point your vision. Spend
Neuroscientists call it the Default Mode Network (DMN). It
In this state people daydream, imagine, and think about the future. These thoughts are vital for organizing and planning ahead. They help you consider situations and decide on your next action.
Conversely, Task Mode Network (TMN) happens when the mind is focused on a task like typing on a keyboard, playing an instrument, reading a book, anything that requires focus and attention. Many practiced meditators have a highly developed TMN.
STEP 1: ENVISION YOUR PERFECT LIFE
The Two Versions of You: Everybody has two versions of themselves. First, there is the identity you walk around with that’s made up of roles. You’re the office manager. Or the coder. Or the freelance graphic designer. Or the lawyer or CEO. This is, however, only your shell. It’s the role you’re playing in the world around you. And frankly, it’s a role you’re playing for someone else. It’s the role you choose to play so you fit into the grand human collective. That intricate web of human society you belong to. But this is not you. There is a second version of you. It’s the person you secretly
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Those are just the surface outcomes. The truth is, the whole point of being a human is to create and to perpetuate experiences. Goals are meaningless unless they come with an experience.
Experience + Identity = Life
If there were no limitations or consequences, what would your perfect, average day look like?
Limitations means you don’t have to worry about money, health, geography, nor limiting people. Consequences means you need to stay safe with your dream for that perfect day. Not anything that would hurt you, get you in trouble, or arrested. Average means you could do it every day and not get killed (this means your perfect day would not include climbing Mount Everest, for example). Now
Where would you live? What would your house look like? What time would you wake up? Whom would you wake up with? What would you do first thing in the morning? What would you have for breakfast? What does the mundane stuff look like (for example, taking kids to school)? What would you do in the first half of your day? What would you eat for lunch? Whom would you eat with? What are your body and health like? What would your friends be like? What would you do for personal fulfillment? What purpose would you strive for? What would your business be? What are your clients like? What are your
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The Alpha State: When a person works in alpha-level frequencies, they increase their amplitude
and coherence. They experience an overall increase in general states of well-being; for example, increased health and vitality, less emotional stress, more bliss. The Theta Level. Work at theta-level frequencies increases a person’s ability to access intuition and creativity. The Delta Level. One of the more curious states is delta. When a person is in delta, they experience increased synchronicity and gain the ability to tackle massive projects with ease.
The Gamma Level. This is a newer frequency discovered only in 1993, and it seems to correlate to...
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Who do I have to evolve into to be the man or woman who has this perfect day?
STATE #1: WELL-BEING
The state of well-being means that you take care of your body and mind.
“To be the man or woman who experiences such a day, what levels of well-being would I have?”
STATE #2: CREATIVITY AND INSPIRATION
“To be the man or woman who experiences such a day, what levels of creativity and inspiration would I have?”
Flow: How easy is it for me to access flow states for optimal productivity? What do I experience in these states? Clarity and Focus: How clear am I on my goals and visions for life and work? Purpose and Direction: How clear am I on my life purpose? Is what I’m doing on a day-to-day basis consistent with what my true purpose is?
STATE #3: ABUNDANCE AND POWER
“To be the man or woman who experiences such a day, what levels of abundance and power would I have?”
Consider these components: Wealth: Your access to money, connections, home, offices, and assets. No Overwhelm: Your ability to deal with complex structures, multiple projects and jobs, mastering complexity at everything you try. Ease and Synchronicity: How easy your life seems.
