Enabling Genius The Knowledge and techniques that promote self-expression, fulfilment and...

Enabling GeniusThe Knowledge and techniques that promote self-expression,

fulfilment and performance

mylesdowneyJune 2013

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Purpose

• Understanding ‘Enabling Genius’ and the implications

• Identifying and developing your unique genius as a coach

• Evoking Genius in others

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Agenda

Set upGenius?Accessing GeniusThe ResistanceIdentifying your GeniusDeveloping your GeniusEvoking GeniusClose

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Evaluating your Concentration© Csoka and Ohlson

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Questions 1

• When you hear the term ‘Human Potential’ what do you understand by it?

• What do you already know about how human potential can be actualised?

• What are you most interested in exploring today

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‘Genius’

“Genius refers to the innate ability in each and every individual - all the resources, the skills, abilities and capacities that are part of being human. Genius is also a state, a way of being, a condition of mind and a set of circumstances – rather than a genetic disposition or ‘God given gift’. It is a talent worked hard for that will manifest in a particular discipline or activity but not in all.The Latin root is genitum which means to beget which in turn means to cause or produce. So genius is only Genius when there is a result.” Myles Downeymylesdowney

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Maxims in the making

There is Genius in all of us.Each person’s Genius is individual and uniqueYou can move towards Genius in a given craft or discipline (Pros practice!)In any activity you can achieve ‘Flow’ – mental state for high performanceLearning (process) is keyWith permission you can enable/evoke Genius in othersmylesdowney

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Maxims in the making (2)

True community can only occur through autonomyFulfilment and prosperity mean different things to people in the 21st Century

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The MapMyles Downey Enabling Genius – First Cut

Maxim Source Enabling Principle ExerciseThere is genius in all of us Each person’s Genius is individual and unique You can move towards Genius in a given craft or discipline In any activity you can achieve ‘Flow’ – Learning (process) is key With permission you can evoke ‘Genius’ in others True community can only occur through autonomy Fulfillment (Prosperity) means something different to people in the 21st Century

GxE – Genes and Environment interact – we can influence what we become (D Shenk) Mindset: (Carol Dweck) !0 year, 10,000 hours – pro’s practice – Gladwell; Syed (Neuro)science of attention (Eagleman, Kahneman) Bundle theory of identity (Ego Trick by Julian Baggini) Motivation (Dan Pink: Drive) Craft: Sennett 20th to 21st Century – Drive/AMP (Daniel Pink) : No straight lines (Alan Moore)

Awareness/Presence/Mindfulness Learning (Process) Mindset: Fixed vs Growth Trust (one’s self; one’s thinking, creativity…) thinking unfolds; noticing Motivation (achieving Genius has consequences) Identity (multiple) and a Place to Stand Gaining Autonomy/Authority/Mobility Flow/Self Two Community (who you associate with)Environment

Identifying your Genius Visualisation Mindset How to think – model T – Floodlight/Spotlight - Noticing Will Vectors Purpose Exercise Autonomy exercise Numbers game (shows S2 in a mental not physical arenaS1 and S2Qualities – awareness is curative Do what you know how to doSelectively forgetting the pastCreating the futureCoaching!

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The Enemy

‘Fordism’Prescription, measurement, complianceSelf DoubtIdentification (I am…)GratificationContentedness

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The Fallacy of the Gifted

Contrary to what we have been taught, genes do not determine physical and character traits on their own. Rather, they interact with the environment in dynamic, ongoing process that produce and continually refines an individual(David Shenk – ‘the genius in all of us’)

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Relaxed Concentration© Csoka and Ohlson

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‘Self Two Thinking’

Trusting our thinking (creativity, imagination, intuition…)Thinking unfolds…Should, must, have toNoticing (noticing is the ‘not trying’ of thinking)Floodlight and Spotlight

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Autonomy Map

Sliceholder % Negotiated?

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Questions 3

What do you know about what it takes to develop an ability?

What else might you do?

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Mindset

Fixed Mindset – “believing that your qualities are carved in stone…creates the urgency to prove yourself over and over”

Growth Mindset – “the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through effort”Carol Dweck ‘Mindset’

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Identity and Bundle Theory

“Psychological connectedness and continuity is not the result of any core pearl of the self”Julian Baggini ‘The Ego Trick

“I never catch myself, distinct from some such perception” David Hume

“the trick is to create something…from what is actually a messy, fragmented sequence of experiences and memories, in a brain which has no control centre. The point is the trick works”Julian Bagginimylesdowney

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Question 3

What do you know about evoking Genius in others?

What else might you do to evoke Genius?

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‘Self Two Thinking’

Trusting our thinking (creativity, imagination, intuition…)Thinking unfolds…Should, must, have toNoticing (noticing is the ‘not trying’ of thinking)Floodlight and Spotlight

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Mindset

Fixed Mindset – “believing that your qualities are carved in stone…creates the urgency to prove yourself over and over”

Growth Mindset – “the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through effort”Carol Dweck ‘Mindset’

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Quality AwarenessQuality AM1 AM2 PM1 PM2 Quality AM1 AM2 PM1 PM2

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Contact detailsmyles@mylesdowney.comwww.mylesdowney.com+44 (0) 7785 503059

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