So what if there is more than one person inside of us? What if it’s critical that there are many more than one? Would that make you feel like you had a split personality disorder? A bit confused on whom you should call upon in each situation? Which one would be in charge of all of these people?
Maybe it’s less complicated? Perhaps it’s just an evolution of the same core person who becomes more complex with new multiple layers? More of a straight line evolution that fortifies the weak spots as we grow; but does it just happen naturally or does it take willingness to learn and a humble open-mindedness?
The challenge exists in the simple wisdom that you don’t know what you don’t know, but that leaves you wondering, how do we then know to search and what would we be searching for? Maybe it’s not even a function of consciously searching for anything? What if we’re just wired that way from the start? After all if we’re designed to survive, then hunting and gathering must already be preprogrammed on the motherboard.
Once upon a cave ago, the best hunter-gatherers certainly didn’t know what they didn’t have a clue about, but through experience they learned. So by default, the evolutionary learning was in the doing of the thing. Those that hunted more, learned more, did it more efficiently and learned how to change their behaviors to succeed. Simply put, the workers that did the most in the beginning, evolved the fastest.
Passing that down to the newer members of their tribe, they would have advanced as a community faster then their competitors. Was there anything wrong with the other groups or people? Maybe not at all. In fact we could make a certain bet that many people evolved quickly, but did they continue to push for growth is the real question.
As for me, all I know is that I know nothing. -Socrates (469-399), Greek Philosopher.
Asleep & Dumb
Are you incompetent? No really…are you clueless? Of course your first reaction would be a defensive, “of course not”; but what if the fact is that we’re all a bit out-to-lunch. Certainly some people are convinced that they do “know-it-all“, but then of course how ridiculous are they; however, the “knowing-it-all” stage is actually the starting point for learning anything new. There is no other way into the game.
Consider when you’re first introduced to a new concept or idea. Maybe you get dragged into a seminar or classroom. Your first reaction might be pure rejection. You shut down immediately when the teacher begins. After all what could they possibly teach that you don’t already know? Isn’t it the same old stuff? How in the world could anybody have made more distinctions than you? So you sit back, cross your arms across your chest in the defensive position and shut down. You might even proceed to spend the rest of your class wondering what planet this so-called expert came from.
Cry Baby
It’s the equivalent of a child’s tantrum. Try telling a kid what to do and off they run in the other direction. Why? We come out of the womb not wanting to be told what to do, how to think or where to go. So we start swinging; but then we start learning. We start to realize at some point, especially when we hear the word “no” a lot, that maybe there are other ways, different perspectives. So our rigid belief systems get challenged and something finally snaps to help us realize that we’re acting childish or closed-minded and nobody likes being called that…how ugly to be told that you’re off limits for new ideas and personal growth!
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The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all that it contains. -Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), military and political leader of France who dominated continental Europe through a series of military victories.
There was a time when I was a young, aspiring businessman and had the opportunity to shadow some supposed experienced mentors during company visits. In particular, I used to cringe as I watched and listened to one of my associates during business meetings.
The intent of these visits was to interest the subject entrepreneur in considering our services. In one meeting, within minutes, I realized that my mentor was not hearing anything the other guy was saying, not understanding at all what was important to him. Instead my guy was on a rant all about himself and our company.
The thought screaming in my head was “make a connection with this guy!”, “listen to what he’s saying first and then respond!” At times I tried to interject in a supportive way without overstepping my bounds and embarrassing the associate, yet ultimately, it was clear not only to me but also to the entrepreneur that this guy was definitely not conscious of what was happening.
How does that happen? How does a relatively smart business guy, who did have a successful track record, simply miss the boat? If this had been a softball game, the associate would have struck out swinging at pitches a novice should have hit.
