Posted on: 26th May 2008
I heard a great quote last week from a friend who also works with FIRO theory and The Human Element that sums up where alot of people appear to be living their lives
It went something like this:
He described his life as having his foot pressed down hard on the accelerator and his gaze fixed firmly in the rear view mirror…
Wow now there’s a scary thought. It got me thinking about what The Human Element is really about. (more…)
Posted on: 14th March 2008
Last night I was sitting at home clicking through Stumble, one of my favorite websites, when a page was served to me about gut feelings.
A team at the University of Leeds have done research into these feelings. The research shows that on a subconscious level our brain provides us with information, in the form of gut feelings and intuition, based on our previous experiences and what is happening around us. (more…)
Posted on: 11th March 2008
That’s what you would think before having had the conversation I had a little while ago.
I was in one of the coffee shops in Reading enjoying a nice, hot cappuccino with a few friends. Just a general catch-up, we hadn’t seen each other for some time and after going through the usual small talk one of them made a remark that stuck with me…. (more…)
Posted on: 11th March 2008
So we think we are pretty clever these days having so many ways to study and publish research about the brain. We have come a long way. We even have “Brain Awareness Week”
If you get the chance to see the Tutankhamun exhibition at the O2 you might be amazed by how advanced a civilisation could be 4000 years ago.
They also had an interesting take on the usefulness of the brain - given they didn’t have the technology to know what it’s role might be. Suffice to say they didn’t include it on the list of vital things to bury with the Pharoah for use in the afterlife.
Pretty stupid these Ancient Egyptians eh? Or were they? (more…)
Posted on: 20th February 2008
Now there’s a name for a band “The Law of Requisite Variety”. Bands, awards… nominations and so few to choose from in reality.
Who can possibly resist the temptation - Ozzy Osbourne presenting live. You can almost smell the fear of the producers with their hand hovering over a big red cut off button…..
I occasionally have the same feeling presenting with Daryll, that is of course when he isn’t banging on about something in relation to NLP and his best friend, John Grinder. But you know, sometimes he isn’t far off the mark especially when it comes to choices in life.
There’s not much choice when you only have 4 or 5 nominations is there? But think about your life in general for a moment…. how many choices do you give yourself in your day to day life REALLY…….? What if these choices you make conciously are only the tip of the iceberg….. or the limited nominations presented to you?
What if you make a whole load of choices you aren’t even aware of…..? (more…)
Posted on: 19th February 2008
I popped to my GP the other day and having sat there in the consultation (feeling about 7 years old as usual) came away asking myself “Are they treating the symptoms here, or the cause?”
There are so many things that we attempt to find out more about and change in our lives personally and professionally. we often turn to psychometrics like Myers Briggs or Firo-B.
I used OPP’s FIRO-B for years helping people understand their behavioural needs and it’s a really effective tool but I can still remember the feeling I got when someone told me there was more and you can go deeper a bit like loving a book and finding there’s a whole series… (more…)
