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Readings:
Narcissistic Leadership. by S Rosenthal, T Pittinsky (no online copy found). This was a thumping great discussion about narcissism and how it both drives people to place themselves in leadership positions, but also to under-perform. Arguments exist for cultures needing a small amount of poeple with grandiose visions - especially in times of great chaos. Loses points for only discussing male leaders
The Inward Journey of Leadership by Wiley W. Souber (2006). I failed to read this in depth and cannot comment, a quick skim looks like it's talking about how self knowledge and understanding one's life story position one to lead and engage with others.
Stress, Work as a Spiritual Practice by Lewis Richmond (1999) pp33-44: Very clear discussion about integrating ones work with (sometimes tiny!) spiritual aspirations so as to integrate and improve ones experience.
Seminar: delivered by George Trippe
The Inner Journey of Dreams
"Supervisor" role you can debrief with one on one (seems to have overlap with counselling which is also one of George's roles).
Self Care: Noting people's difficulty with caring for oneself; we hurt and abuse others when we don't care for ourselves.
Reflection exercise!
What must I do to be well?
According to Jung, the shadow, in being instinctive and irrational, is prone to projection: turning a personal inferiority into a perceived moral deficiency in someone else. Jung writes that if these projections are unrecognized "The projection-making factor (the Shadow archetype) then has a free hand and can realize its object--if it has one--or bring about some other situation characteristic of its power." [3] These projections insulate and cripple individuals by forming an ever thicker fog of illusion between the ego and the real world. - wikipedia
That which is not transformed through self reflection is transferred. By which we mean flaws you do not observe in your own self, you may find deeply irritating in others. In the terms of the tradition in which I was raised we say "look within, look without"
A quick way to connect with the hidden shadows - write down your five most delightful qualities and then write down their opposites.
Golden Shadow - expressed often in times of crisis, for example the thousands of people who volunteered to assist with the outcome of the Brisbane floods.
Befriend yourself, cut yourself some slack, it will develop your ability to do the same for others.
In the psychic economy what is out of sight is not necessarily out of mind.
Short talk about positive projection - idealising people and perhaps not acknowledging ones own strengths. I am reminded of someone I dated when it was 17 who gave me a small very elegant pedestal for my birthday. My mother laughed herself sick.
How I Can Enter Into Conversation With Myself
Five basic characteristics of dreams
Unfinished dreams are for you to finish
Discussed example dreams; name your own dream symbols - they are personal to you. These were interesting but kind of self explanatory.
All in all it was a very interesting seminar, I like George very much. It did feel like we were always on the verge of a really interesting conversation but unable to enter into it. This may be because 'reflection' is a relatively new concept to some of my classmates.
Narcissistic Leadership. by S Rosenthal, T Pittinsky (no online copy found). This was a thumping great discussion about narcissism and how it both drives people to place themselves in leadership positions, but also to under-perform. Arguments exist for cultures needing a small amount of poeple with grandiose visions - especially in times of great chaos. Loses points for only discussing male leaders
The Inward Journey of Leadership by Wiley W. Souber (2006). I failed to read this in depth and cannot comment, a quick skim looks like it's talking about how self knowledge and understanding one's life story position one to lead and engage with others.
Stress, Work as a Spiritual Practice by Lewis Richmond (1999) pp33-44: Very clear discussion about integrating ones work with (sometimes tiny!) spiritual aspirations so as to integrate and improve ones experience.
Seminar: delivered by George Trippe
The Inner Journey of Dreams
"Supervisor" role you can debrief with one on one (seems to have overlap with counselling which is also one of George's roles).
Self Care: Noting people's difficulty with caring for oneself; we hurt and abuse others when we don't care for ourselves.
Reflection exercise!
What must I do to be well?
- Base level: eat, wash and sleep
- Be conscious of and caring towards my health
- Respond to my needs
- Practice joy - continue to develop the skill of happiness
- Have contact with beauty
- Have contact with nature
- Have loving relationships
- Feel connected to people
- Have things to be passionate about
- Continue to develop self knowledge
- Mostly fond
- Sometimes critical
- I would totally bang my identical clone
- Self and SSOs is good, they care for me and l care for them and we all work to make our lives full of care and support for what we need. I have people who unconditionally accept me and encourage me to be awesome. I try to reciprocate
- Self and family varies, some relationships are clean, caring and easy, some less so - I do not question the love in any of these relationships but the expression could be improved
- Self and work, not good enough, stresses outbalance joy
- Doing my tiny bit to make the world a better place
- Working to be conscious of where and how I expend my personal energy
According to Jung, the shadow, in being instinctive and irrational, is prone to projection: turning a personal inferiority into a perceived moral deficiency in someone else. Jung writes that if these projections are unrecognized "The projection-making factor (the Shadow archetype) then has a free hand and can realize its object--if it has one--or bring about some other situation characteristic of its power." [3] These projections insulate and cripple individuals by forming an ever thicker fog of illusion between the ego and the real world. - wikipedia
That which is not transformed through self reflection is transferred. By which we mean flaws you do not observe in your own self, you may find deeply irritating in others. In the terms of the tradition in which I was raised we say "look within, look without"
A quick way to connect with the hidden shadows - write down your five most delightful qualities and then write down their opposites.
Golden Shadow - expressed often in times of crisis, for example the thousands of people who volunteered to assist with the outcome of the Brisbane floods.
Befriend yourself, cut yourself some slack, it will develop your ability to do the same for others.
In the psychic economy what is out of sight is not necessarily out of mind.
Short talk about positive projection - idealising people and perhaps not acknowledging ones own strengths. I am reminded of someone I dated when it was 17 who gave me a small very elegant pedestal for my birthday. My mother laughed herself sick.
How I Can Enter Into Conversation With Myself
Five basic characteristics of dreams
- the dream is autonomous
- they are highly symbolic (metaphor etc.)
- dreams compensate (dreams will go in the other direction)
- dreams can be warning dreams (pay attention!)
- dreams may be forward looking but are not prophetic
Unfinished dreams are for you to finish
Discussed example dreams; name your own dream symbols - they are personal to you. These were interesting but kind of self explanatory.
All in all it was a very interesting seminar, I like George very much. It did feel like we were always on the verge of a really interesting conversation but unable to enter into it. This may be because 'reflection' is a relatively new concept to some of my classmates.