The purpose of 59 Second Training is to compress SOT ideas and insights into an ultrashort course that can then be unpacked by SOT instructors in their longer courses.
Today we will discuss the Introduction.
The Introduction is:
Thinking, in any situation, is escaping from your current view of the situation (cvs), and searching for a much better view of the situation (bvs).
DFQ:
You have now been studying and discussing the idea in this Introduction. What, for you, has been the main insight of this idea?
Improvement via daily training to enable a flow from CVS to a BVS
if i can’t step aside from my cvs then i am unable to think effectively on any issue. i am just churning out familiar ideas and beliefs. what a relief to be free!!
CVS2BVS means to me that there is always a solution (BVS) to a given problem (CVS).
it’s not necessary to be a victim of circumstances, it’s possible to create bvs’s.etc. etc. etc.
Current for better… seems so simple… it really is… just we need to focus on it… is to expand your possibilities, and the first step to find more than one answer to your concerns…
At any time I can switch from my current view of the situation and explore parallel universes to come up with a better view of the siruation which may be ten times better.
For me its the impact that there is ALWAYS a better situation and thats its often merely a shift in perspective thats turns the cvs to a bvs.
Looking at both sides of a problem give balance as well as credence to the proponents of any argument. It also entails that decisions are made based on exploration and consideration of all possible facts.
That by escaping from the usual position of defending a viewpoint, much more positivity and inclusivity can be brought to group discussions and meetings.
The key here is awareness that escape is possible. From that point there are choices