Replying to LO24991 --
At 03:21 PM 06/26/2000 +0200, At wrote:
>Bill Braun <medprac@hlthsys.com> writes:
>
>>I tend to treat Personal Mastery as a goal, sometimes as
>>an objective. In the belief that I have attained a goal, I assume
>>and conclude that I have something to say, at least to people
>>whom I perceive have not reached the same goal.
>
>Greetings Bill,
>
>I can view Personal Mastery (PM) from complex concepts such as evolution,
>complexification, autopoiesis and irrverersible self- rganisation. I would
>take all of them together as the "person's art of deep creativity".
>
>There is something which makes all these viewpoints applicable to PM. It
>is the PROPELLING CHANGE of the person's "internal organisation" as time
>goes by from the past through the present to the future. (Latin:
>"pro"=forward, "pello"=drive.)
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I was describing a mental model about Personal Mastery that I find myself
succumbing to with some frequency. Seen from a distance it might even be
rightly accused of being Non-Personal Mastery or Anti-Personal Mastery.
I perceive that goals, when reached, are grounds for bragging rights.
Bragging is not a learning process as I perceive it. Ideals, being
unreachable, but always pursued, nudge me in the direction of asking
questions, dialogue and learning.
I meant to say that giving up Personal Mastery as an objective or a goal
may shift some mental models and transform me in some small way into a
seeker and a learner.
I've been trying to carefully listen to my own words and tone of voice
when I'm in front of a class of students. The more I listen the more I
sound self-absorbed. I can't be learning that much in that mode.
Without knowing what I mean by it (in specific terms), I sense that I'm
lacking humility and as a consequence I'm not very grateful for what I
have learned. Being ungrateful seems to block finding that deep sense of
service to others.
I'm trying to sense my way through this rather than think my way through
it. Can one intellectually find humility? I'd be grateful for some
thoughts.
Bill Braun
--Bill Braun <medprac@hlthsys.com>
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