07. The Leader’s Opportunity for Change

This next question proves challenging – so challenging that at one point Jonathan, the master wordsmith, is at a loss for words. And that’s ok because it reveals a lot about why resistance to change can come from deep within ourselves, even when we know something has to change. Fasten your seatbelt for this one as there are a few sharp curves in the road. But we have a few laughs along the way.

01:12 Reference Cards – why do we repeat, particularly words and phrases?

07:45 Repeating’s role in changing thought and action

11:35 Amplifying

12:55 Two levels of “illumifying” –you and your meaningful change

15:05 Illuminate Question 6

16:55 When we want deep, enduring change across a community, it needs to take root everywhere.

20:53 An idea, a vision, may need time to reach everybody.

24:03 The moment of creation of a vision is much more explosive within the person.

25:12 The visionary’s need to be proactive.

26:30 A story of resistance to change

33:00 What the visionary does

34:48 Everywhere all at once?

41:20 What do YOU see as the opportunity for meaningful change from the perspective of where you stand?

45:55 Struggles to articulate what the opportunity for meaningful change is

54:19 A new understanding of the truth and why it’s so important.

56:20 Could it be some aspect of a truth that is currently invisible to them?

1:00:25 What if there are certain individuals who have the capacity to help the many?

1:06:54 Could you be the visionary shining the light on what needs to change but not the leader igniting it?

1:08:15 Definition of “ignite”

1:11:50 The risks of creating a vision as a group.

1:14:10 Modesty vs superpowers vs gifted

1:22:20 How does being lost for words feel?

1:25:22 “I’ve never been at peace with my silence.”

1:30:00 A story of what emerged while walking his dog

1:35:51 The necessity of being heard, and pain of not being listened to

1:39:40 Good conversations wake you up.

1:41:38 A funny story about death :)

1:46:35 “Know thyself” would be my t-shirt: Katherine

1:47:37 A story illustrating a “David Lynch moment”

1:51:00 The link back to “new ground”.

1:55:30 Where we land

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