In two of the Five Stages of Professional Professional Influence, we state, “What got you here won’t get you beyond it” and “you can’t get beyond a familiar level of accomplishment.” We all recognize this frustrating experience, and our lives are often a series of plateaus we can’t get beyond.
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In Stage 4 of Professional Influence, we state, “An ambitious professional in this stage needs both incremental change and total proactive reinvention.”
Proactive Disruption: A Trojan Horse Read More »
When we transact, we demonstrate many things to others.
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Some people or personalities have a linear relationship to earning a living. They see time spent and dollars earned as a simple equation.
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You are always transacting to satisfy your Conditions of Life. So is everyone else. The question is: do you transact powerfully?
Like it or not, we demonstrate our state of mind to others; we offer evidence that we are fit to transact (or not).
Our state of mind offers a clue to the narrative swimming in our heads. It might confirm that we have no pathway to our aims—or conversely, it might evidence that we are an Ambitious Adult fit for the offer we are making.
While Adults merely respond to offers, Ambitious Adults make them. What does it take to evidence the state of mind of an Ambitious Adult and prove our fitness?
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All people go through the five Stages of Professional Influence.
Long-Term Planning Is Crucial to Growth Read More »
When students apply for our programs, we often see an imbalance in their lives—even in the most successful achievers.
15 Unavoidable Conditions of Life Read More »
We think in story.
Humans use stories to organize their thinking and make sense of the world.
There are eight fundamental exchanges in all transactions, and each has a specific purpose represented by a narrative or story about that exchange.
The Narratives of the Transaction Cycle Read More »
If you don’t study, what you already know becomes less valuable day by day.
How to Study and Practice Read More »
To lie, cheat, or steal violates an ethic most people have about integrity, honor, or fairness. But where do we get these ethics that guide our behavior and actions? How did we come to them?
Thinking Accurately: Ethics Read More »
