Over the next series of emails, Mike Jay will discuss
Talking Points @F-L-O-W.
Mike was interviewed by Kevin Dawson, from Global
Talk Radio about his new book and the audio is
available in your complimentary membership area. If you
haven’t registered yet, we invite you to do so using the
link below.
Talking Point @F-L-O-W: Blank Slate
Mike found that the world is currently running an
operating system called BLANK SLATE by some. Stephen
Pinker writing in his best selling book, of the same name
is quoted as saying:
"Four key issues are at stake in the
human nature debate: the fear of inequality, the fear of
imperfectability, the fear of determinism, and the fear of
nihilism.
I’ve argued that grounding values in a
blank slate is a mistake. It’s a mistake because it makes
our values hostages to fortune, implying that some day
discoveries from the field or lab could make them
obsolete. And it’s a mistake because it conceals the
downsides of denying human nature, such as mystifying the
rationale behind
responsibility, democracy, and morality, and the devaluing
of human life on Earth."
Over the next series of talking points, I’m going to
contrast what I feel are important contrasts between Blank
Slate and a system that I have named @F-L-O-W, to describe
a different approach to how socially we need to look at
shifting to a new paradigmatic operating system.
I’ll make the case for this new operating system by
contrasting the major points I’ve identified working with
my clients globally during my 25 years of professional
coaching.
I’ve listed them here for you, and then in a series of
talking points, I’ll speak more about each of them to
outline my stance @F-L-O-W on their obvious differences,
and how this differentiation promotes a new level of
integration.
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@F-L-O-W
contrasts @BS in the following ways:
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| Blank Slate (@BS): |
@F-L-O-W |
| We Begin Broken |
We Begin
Different |
| Everyone Is Created Equal |
Everyone Is
NOT Created Equal |
| To Be Fair, It Must Be The
Same |
To Be Fair,
Each Different, But Fair |
| To Be Happy, Be Successful |
To Be Happy, Be, Do,
Have, Become, Contribute |
| Wants Replace Needs |
Needs Replace
Wants |
| We Can Learn Anything |
We Can’t–Should
Not–Learn Some Things |
| We Can Be Anything We Want |
We Can Be
Anything We Can & Are! |
| Because We Can, We Will |
Because We Can,
Doesn’t Mean We Will |
| We Are Rational Human
Beings |
We Are Largely
Irrational Beings |
| Refuse To Accept Ourselves
And Others |
Unconditionally Accept Ourselves & Others |
| All Problems Can Be Solved
By Growth |
Growth Is A
Solution To Some Problems |
| Models and Statistics Can
be generalized |
Generalization not possible to
differences |
| Development Through
Personal Change |
Development with
Scaffolding |
| Personal Change Is The
Focal Point |
Acceptance Is A Focal
Point |
I hope you’ll joy me in discussing these talking points by
registering for our free membership and purchasing my new
book @F-L-O-W: Find, Design, Use
Talent to Emerge Happiness & Success in a Postmodern
World.
Register for you Membership @F-L-O-W and Listen to
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