[Neurons] 2012 Meta Reflections #20

[alan at optimum-mind.co.nz]

Alan Fayter
ISNS Leadership Teeam



alan at optimum-mind.co.nz
 
And just as a
follow up to this post... Michael made almost only a passing mention of
his book "Achieving Peak Performance". This is one of the most
well worn books I have! It's an extremely valuable resource and if
ever I need to inspire myself to action - this is the book I
open!
 
 
 
 
 

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From: L. Michael Hall


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> Meta Reflections 2012 #20



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> April 2, 2012



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> Empowerment Series #10



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> THE POWER OF EXECUTION



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> If you think that discipline is powerful, which it is (the last

article in


> this series), then get ready to be awed at the power of execution!

For


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> than fifteen years, we have made this one of our central themes in



> Neuro-Semantics. We call it by many different things:



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>  Apply to self: self-application.



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>  Closing the Knowing-Doing gap.



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>  Mind-to-Muscling, using the Mind-to-Muscle Pattern.



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>  Implementing.



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>  Innovation.



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>  The Axes of Performance: from incompetence to competence,



> expertise, mastery.



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>  Actualization, to make the potential actual.



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>  Walking your talk, doing what you say.



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>  Embodying, incorporation.



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> Because mind-body-and-emotion are all part of the same system, it

not


> execute is to fail to work in a holistic and systemic way. It is to

fail


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> bring something to completion. It is to dichotomize and work only



> partially. And as Maslow said, "To dichotomize is to

pathologize."


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> When you execute you are bringing your thoughts, beliefs, values,

hopes,


> dreams, etc. into your body to embody it and incorporate it so that

you


> fully prepare yourself to act on what you know. This is the meaning

of


> "actualization." We actualize what is potential, we

actualize what we are


> potentially so that the meanings and inspirations and dreams within

can be


> made real in the outside world. Self-actualization is making real

what


> you



> are capable of which then enables you to make a difference in the

world,


> contribute your unique gifts, and leave a significant legacy. And

that's


> why, as noted earlier, self-actualization is not about you, it is

through


> you!



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> The opposite of execution is a problem -a personal problem, a



> psychological



> problem, and a big problem in life. After all, if you are all talk

and no


> action, people will see you as full of hot air but no substance! If

you


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> big talk and even if you can do it elegantly and inspirationally, it

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> still talk but not walk. And so you will be incongruent.

Inconsistent.


> Untrustworthy. Undependable. Even hypocritical.



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> So getting yourself to actually do what you say is the purpose of



> discipline



> (consistency of actions), of integration, integrity, and

congruency.


> Actually, this is as much a problem for high potential people,

high


> achievers as it is for the unmotivated and the traumatized, and for

those


> who think of themselves as lazy, entitled, and/or victims of other



> people's



> actions. Why? Because if you only learn and learn and read more,

attend


> more trainings, get more coaching, get more therapy, etc. and

don't take


> action, your knowing-doing gap will grow bigger and bigger.



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> A few years ago I wrote the book, Achieving Peak Performance (**)

which


> formally was a smaller booklet, Make It So! Inside that book, I

put


> pattern



> after pattern, and process after process to enable the process of



> execution-



> so that people can learn the how of translating knowledge in the head

into


> muscle-memory so that it is so incorporated and installed in

neurology


> that



> it becomes intuitive in you, your way of being in the world. Do that

and


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> will change your sense-of-self. You will become an Implementer.

You


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> put that on your business card: Implementer par excellent.



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> All of this equally applies to organizations, groups, companies,

families,


> and communities. After all, in some business cultures, school

cultures,


> government cultures, etc., it is all talk and no walk. Great

ideas!


> Inspirational ideas! But no actuality. No execution of the great

ideas


> into practical activities, rituals, or structures. It looks and

sounds


> great on paper, but it is not in the fiber or soul of the

organization.


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> is just talk.



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> There's no innovation of the principles, the vision, the values,

or the


> mission of the organization in people's everyday lives. They do

not


> operate



> by the principles they affirm. We then experience this form of

hypocrisy


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> a disconnect and so in spite of the P.R. brand, the real brand is

the


> reputation of that business in our mind. We know it is just P.R.

So


> companies as much as individuals need the power of execution to

implement


> and innovate the dreams of the business.



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> So what do we need to activate the power of execution? Mostly to get

the


> interferences out of the way- excuses, fears, misunderstandings,

myths,


> mis-beliefs, perfectionism, procrastination, etc. Execution is

natural


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> normal within any system. So if a system is not implementing,



> mind-to-muscling, or actualizing, then something is interfering.



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> In APG workshops, Neuro-Semantic Trainers deal with the power of

execution


> by teaching the Mind-to-Muscle Pattern, by running the Excuse

Blow-Out


> Pattern, by running two integration patterns, Spinning Icons and



> Meta-Alignment, and by running the Dancing with Dragons pattern.

Isn't


> that



> amazing? Obviously, a big part of accessing your personal genius

(APG) is


> activating your natural and innate ability to execute what you know.

You


> can find this information in Secrets of Personal Mastery (1997) and

of


> course in the APG workshops (see



> www.neurosemantics.com for the list of APG courses around the

world).


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> L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.



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> Neuro-Semantics launched the New Human Potential Movement in 2007,

for


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