Life, Laughter &
Limbic Leadership!
Life, like Leadership, is simple
– we all want to be happy. As leaders,
when we make the decision to
motivate our people with happiness, amazing
things happen.
Sounds simple, and it is, when we enroll the resources of our limbic
brain. The limbic is our middle brain, the part that’s often referred to
as our unconscious, yet when we understand the full dimensions of how
it works, we
realize its anything but unconscious!
Why survive -
when you can thrive! Right now, as you’re
reading this page, your limbic brain is managing millions of
different functions; regulating your heart rate, blinking your eyes, filtering your blood,
digesting your last meal, etc. Most of this we take for
granted, and miss out on a huge untapped potential.
A Brief Limbic
Lesson The limbic is like a 5 year old,
it
takes everything we say literally. If I say, 'think of
a red fire truck', your limbic brain brings you an image of a fire
truck. How about a polka dotted fire truck? See how
fast your limbic is?
If I say, 'don't think of a blue
fire truck', you still see it. Why? Because the limbic brain is unable
to comprehend 'not'.
Here's another example. Don't think
about hiring me. Don't think about the amazing breakthroughs my
programs generate for you. And whatever you do, don't think about the
increased productivity and revenue you gain as a result!
See how powerful our words are?
This is one of the distinctions I teach. I integrate them with a mix of right- and
left-brain activities to ensure they become an integral part of
your life. I teach how to become 'mindful', even masterful, about your
thoughts, words and actions, the most powerful tools we as leaders have.
Habitual Limbic
Your limbic turns any activity into a habit by the second
repetition. Behaviorists say over 90% of what we think each day are the
same thoughts we thought the day before. Left to itself, the limbic turns
our life into an endless repetition, maintaining a re-active
response to life. Following is an example of the
liabilities of habitual behavior...
Monkeys & Bananas
Researches put 4 monkeys in a
room. They hang bananas in the middle of
the room over a ladder. Anytime one of the monkeys starts climbing the ladder
to get the bananas, the
researches spray the other 3 monkeys with cold water. Brrrr! They learn quick, and before long, anytime a
monkey starts up the ladder, the other 3 stop him. And the bananas just
hang there.
They take one of the monkeys out and
rotate in a new monkey. He looks around, sees
the bananas, and starts up the ladder. Wham - the other 3 jump him. He
doesn't understand, tries again, gets jumped again.
He waits 'til he thinks the other's
aren't looking, and tries to sneak up the ladder (those bananas look
good!) and they jump him again!
He learns to leave the
fruit alone. Researchers rotate in another monkey, the same thing
happens; he goes for bananas, they stop him. After a few tries, he stops.
They keep rotating in new
monkeys (they have turnover too!) and before long, none
of the original monkeys are there.
None of the monkeys go for the bananas,
they ignore them. And if a monkey did go for them, (which any monkey in
his right mind would do),
the others stop him.
Guess what? The researchers have
stopped spraying water awhile ago! No one would get sprayed if they
climbed up the ladder. The monkeys who are in the room don't even know
why they don't go up the ladder, they're none of the original group! They just maintain the habits they learned from those who came before
them.
What's this got to do with us?
All of us; individuals, families, companies, have patterns we're unaware
of. These patterns limit us in ways we cannot imagine. And these
patterns will continue in perpetuity, even generationally, until you
become conscious of them and make the deliberate
choice to change them.
In my programs, I give your company/tribe/team the tools and training to see
your world with new eyes, resulting in a totally new look at your
business. As a result, you find breakthrough approaches to business and
industry problems. Read my client's results, and ask yourself if this is
the kind of results you want for your
company.
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Life's an Adventure, and we give your
company the Adventure of a lifetime!
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