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Affective Computing: Helping robots emotionally connect

10/12/2021

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Affective Computing relates to the design of computers and technology to recognize, interpret, and respond to human emotions.

This area of research is important as it seeks to allow AI to create more emotionally intelligent connections with the humans they engage with.


Robots may not, as yet, have their own emotions but for us humans the relationships we have with our machines always contain an emotional component – sometimes a very significant one.


​We see people talking lovingly to their cars, affectionately stroking the sides of their boats, speaking encouragingly to their laptops, or expressing delight when their machine delivers a welcome response. Maybe someone even closer to home has shouted in frustration at their ‘stupid machine’ when it has failed to perform.

Meeting the Human Need

Humans have an innate need for connection and cooperation and, because of this, have always sought to anthropomorphise the objects and animals around them. We often give them names and may, quite naturally it seems, assign them a gender. Our interaction with any significant entity can easily become a ‘relationship.’
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This dynamic has been amplified all the more over the past decade or two as machines have been given the ability to converse with us using natural language.
Humans thrive when they perceive that their personal feelings are evidently being accounted for in any interaction.

In our friendships we tend to gravitate towards those people who are on our wavelength; those who share our values and perspectives.

Our relationships with talking machines are no different, meaning that we will find ourselves getting on much better with machines that are able to adopt language patterns that reflect our values.

Vanilla responses, those programmed in the factory and delivered to every user regardless of their emotional constitution, are simply not enough to create meaningful engagement. Such interactions will never succeed in getting the best out of the humans involved in these conversations.

The Mechanics of Emotion

Acknowledging that machines do not have emotions, how can we build AI that is able to create a sense of emotional connection?

​In order for AI to create a sense of emotional connection with a human being, it must be able to recognize and understand specific signals (data input) that relate to human emotion.


But what kind of inputs would be required to inform our AI of our individual ways of looking at the world? This, of course, would be a prerequisite to the machines adopting the language patterns required to create a positive emotional experience.

AI is now advanced enough to perceive, and then mimic, human facial expressions, it can use natural language processing to interpret the emotional content of text or speech and it interpret gestures and bodily movements - which provide important and meaningful signals that the human is often unaware that they are communicating.

Data Input

Emotions themselves are complex, of course, and our machines need not only the ability to accurately perceive the emotional state of the individual they're talking to, they must also have the ability to respond in an appropriate and engaging way; using expressions that convey (simulate) appropriate emotions.
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Whatever language processing goes on inside the AI, the machine is entirely dependant on accurate and usable data inputs. Beyond natural language processing, huge efforts are being made to develop sensors that detect and interpret biometrics of many kinds but there is a method that can simplify things enormously; a method that does not even require advanced sensory input to provide extremely useful data.

The Solution

What if we were able to provide our AI machines with a map of the individual’s core emotional make-up?

What if we could capture the data necessary to diagnose the individual’s dominant motivations and decision-driving values?

…and do all this with just 90 seconds of input from the human involved.


The AI could then store this data and use it to select the most affective language for that individual; phrases that resonate and ‘get on the wavelength’ of the individual - building rapport, encouraging and motivate them in action.
AI that can emotionally connect with humans in this way is significantly more engaging, more helpful and more successful than AI that simply spouts dry instruction or information with no consideration of the individuals’ emotional constitution.
Team Me provides the data input model, the classification types, and the language sets that make all this possible. If you are involved in affective computing and are committed to driving things forward, I’d love to hear from you.
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Your Trinity of Purpose

13/7/2020

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I believe it's vital for every one of us to get absolutely clear about our Trinity of Purpose.

​A Trinity of Purpose is of course made up of three parts. It is your vision, your mission and your values. Let me read a little from Kevin Murray's extraordinary book The Language of Leaders.

Page 209 says the second most often raised point cited by 20% of leaders is the importance of effectively communicating your vision, your values and your mission. It goes on to say this vision of success has to be united with a powerful mission and a liberating set of values all of which create a framework for action and decision making throughout the organisation. 
Now your values actually come first because they define what it is you will stand for, and what it is you will not stand for. These are the crucial factors that give you a sense of Meaning in all that you do.

Next, there's your vision. And your vision is quite simply the picture that you have of your furthest horizon. How far can you see.

​And finally, there's your mission. Now the mission is the course that you are on the steps that you're taking in order to move towards that destination that you have in mind.

So imagine yourself as a tightrope walker, the vision is the other side is that anchor point that you have attached your tightrope to, that's the place you're heading to. That is the destination that you have in your head.

The values are actually the things that give you balance that enable you to walk the straight path that you need to walk. And the mission is the path itself the tightrope, which of course means nothing unless you are taking the steps necessary to move towards your vision.

These are the three elements that we must define very clearly. If we're to give our team our work, our whole organisation No brand, a real sense of identity. What is true for organisations is also true for us.

As individuals, we each individually need our own sense of values to guide us our own mission steps that we need to take towards our vision, our own personal picture of the furthest horizon that we can see. And if you've ever been out Hill walking, you will know that once you've reached your furthest horizon, you will see another horizon.

That's exactly how it's supposed to be.

The reason that I say these things are a matter of identity is because actually, vision mission and values are actually inside of us. They are not points of reference that we can identify out there somewhere.

They're very much a part of what makes us tick, and who we see ourselves to be in the world. And when a number of individuals come together and creates together a sense of a corporate identity, there's no stopping them. 
That trinity of purpose, a vision of mission and a value. To create a cohesive power that enables them to go about their daily tasks and to bring about their purpose upon this planet. If that identity resonates with a large number of people, we will create a movement.

​So how well define is your sense of purpose - as an individual as an influencer and a leader?

Are you clear about what is driving you in this present time? How much time have you spent getting the clarity that you need and communicating with clarity what it is you truly believe in?

What it is that makes you your team, your whole organisation what it is.

Commit to taking steps today to make this a deeper, clearer reality for you and your people.
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Building Resilience

8/7/2020

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Resilience has much less to do with Mental Toughness and much more to do with Grounding.

Back in 1995 Dr. Edith H Grotberg was involved in something called the International Resilience Project. But it's interesting because her study started out as a study of pathology. She was looking at kids that had gone through some really difficult times, and she expected to see so damage, some challenges in terms of the way that they socialised or went about life or tackled goals, because of the really difficult circumstances, with which they grew up.

The interesting thing was that she began to notice, and turn her focus towards, those kids that actually seems to thrive. Despite their circumstances, as she began to steer her studies, towards this issue of resilience.
For many years I've introduced my clients to what I call the 'Undeniable Affirmation'. Affirmations seem to be very popular these days, but we need to be very careful with affirmations. Because if we are stating things that are aspirational, that can be encouraging and inspiring, but it's possible that we start to say some things to ourselves things that are simply not true; things that are simply unbelievable. We need to be honest with ourselves, we need to be aware that if we are stating some kind of aspirational affirmation that there isn't actually a little voice inside of us say, "Matey, you are lying to yourself!"

​Because if that is going on, it will undermine everything that you're seeking to positively declare. So, the most important affirmation, I seek to steer my own clients towards, is this Undeniable Affirmation.

And it goes like this.

"I am what I am. I have what I have. and I couldn't do what I can do." 
So, whilst mental toughness is a really applaudible trait to have in your life. Actually, the grounding that these three statements provides you is a more important foundation for all that you think, say and do.

"I am what I am. I have what I have and I can do what I can do."

It brings you back to who you really are. It brings you back to the moment, it brings you back to the core of what makes you, you in the reality of the situation you find yourself in like from that foundation, you can rebuild your life, you can tackle your goals you can press through the pain and deal with the challenges that are in front of you. Without it, you're very likely to find yourself overwhelmed by certain challenges that will come your way in life. 
Now I've used that as a technique for years myself and for my own clients, but this was the interesting thing: I've only just come across, Edith H Grotberg's study on resilience, and in that study, she makes it very plain, that there are three areas of focus for resilient characters: they tend to focus on who they really are, what they really have and what they really can do.

Identity, ownership and opportunity.

​And in her research she defines a series of example questions for each of those areas that are extraordinarily helpful and lay the foundations that are necessary in order for any one of us to build that resilience from the inside out.

So, as you face your own challenges today, this week, this month, this year.

Take a moment to focus upon the Undeniable Affirmation. "I am what I am. I have, what I have. I can do what I can do." I just feel that for yourself, just have grounding that is and how empowering it is for you. In that moment.

So this is Pad -giving you a boost to your own personal and professional resilience.
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Remote Teams Dynamics

11/4/2020

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Lessons from Nature - Where the River Meets the Sea

So much of what we want to understand about a thriving business can be found mirrored in nature.

Age-old principles we find at work in the natural order of things; especially when it comes to what sustains life or how the elements inter-operate, can provide powerful insight into how vital systems work best.


Many organisations have been forced to adapt to a distributed team structure due to COVID-19 restrictions, and this has created an unusual and uncertain landscape that is both unfamiliar and hard to navigate.

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To help understand some important dynamics that this shift has caused, we will discover that the mouth of a large river, the point where it approaches the open sea, can provide us with a wonderful mirror in the natural world.

Rivers are amazing subjects that can teach us so much in terms of life-sustaining systems and in the following lesson, we'll see how key factors effecting two natural ecosystems can be seen to reflect issues that we may now be facing. 

In what follows, t
he river simply represents the way your team operates. 

Treating the sea as the destination, a pool of clients or the open market to whom you must deliver, I'm going to compare and contrast two very different scenarios; that of an ESTUARY and that of a DELTA.

It might be worth noting that deltas and estuaries only occur for large, mature rivers; small, young rivers will have little impact on the shape of the land or the waters of the sea.

​LESSONS FROM THE ESTUARY
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Estuaries form where a large river approaches the sea and an expanse of water is created in which the fresh river water and the saline waters of the sea become mixed. There are many key attributes we can identify in this environment that can teach us about the power of a united team.

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ENERGY: 
A single channel of water in the natural world tends to run deeper and provides reduced friction with the river bed and banks, as the overall area of contact is minimised. Less friction at these points of contact means there is more energy available to carry a greater load of sediment downstream towards the sea - the ultimate destination. 

Smaller watercourses that link up with a main river are known as 'tributaries'. Tributaries frequently join estuaries, swelling the overall river volume. This water is also often less heavy with sediment and, carrying less of a load, this water provides an energy boost from the moment it joins.

When incumbent, executive teams are in danger of becoming stale, in the same way that tributaries con-tribute a new boost of life to the river, it can be very helpful to introduce a little 'fresh blood'. This can provide an extremely beneficial boost in overall energy as well as fresh perspectives and methods that lead to an increase in momentum and productivity.

Any broadening of a river channel will naturally cause the velocity of the water to slow. This reduction in movement, this loss of energy, will reduce the water's ability to erode rock and soil and also cause any sediments in the water to be deposited where it slows. This is noticeable where the land flattens out, but where there are steep sides to the estuary right down to the sea, little deposition will occur.

To ensure your team carry their tasks through to the end, keep clear and beneficial constraints in place, right to the end.


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CONSTRAINT:
The biggest factor that determines whether a river will end in an estuary or a delta is the geomorphology of the area; the geology and the elevation of the land. That is to say that large, hard rock formations constrain the passage of water, keeping it in a narrow, single channel - the path of least resistance. Cliffs and steep sided valleys act as barriers that are slow to change (erode) over time and so the flow of water (think 'energy') is tightly focused.

In the same way, your team must carry out their activities in a united way, with a view to the 'high ground' that defines their purpose, priorities (values) and principles. These constraints forge powerful cultural dynamics that, if adopted willingly by the team, will act as important 'glue' - keeping a sense of unity and focus.


FOCUS:
The constraints provided by the physical geography invariably cause the river to flow as a single channel. Though the channel may widen in the very last stretch towards the sea, it still engages with the sea in a relatively narrow area along the coastline. 

The hidden result of this that the more focused, faster flowing river waters push further out into the ocean (impact and market penetration) than we would see at a delta. Focus pays off - but it starts long before the river hits the sea.

For your team, focus is defined as a key objective or 'Commander's Intent,' to use military language, and maintained by SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) that predefine precisely how any repetitive task must be carried out.
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In summary, estuaries are much more energy-efficient; consisting of a single, deeper channel of faster flowing water that carries and delivers greater volumes of material, further out into the sea.
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​LESSONS FROM THE DELTA

This is where the remote team situation finds it natural metaphor.
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(LACK of) CONSTRAINT:
Deltas form where there are very few geographical (often geological) constraints present. Your team may recently have been freed from their geographical constraints in a similar way.

The water of the river is essentially free to find its own path. The result is that multiple channels spread out over a wide area and long, marshy islands take shape
 quite naturally; separating lines of water, which all significantly slow their pace. Cliques and enclaves often develop in remote teams, where individuals limit their personal and professional interactions to a few, preferred others, rather than inputting into the wider team.

(LACK of) FOCUS:
Deltas cover vast areas. They are, in this way, lacking in any clear point of focus. Energy is dissipated as the shallow waters feel the drag of the river bed. 

​ENERGY:
The velocity of the river water at a delta slows dramatically as separate channels emerge and each one becomes more and more shallow. The separate water channels make much less of an impact than would a single, united, focused channel of flow. 

A lot of energy is used up dealing with 'internal issues'. These internal issues distract from the job in hand - the primary purpose of carving the land and carrying sediment out to the sea. The water comes up against:
  • marshy islands - separating the channels of water, increasing inefficiencies, preventing productive collaboration, decreasing 'communication'
  • the build up of sediment - clogging the channels, providing further rooting opportunities for vegetation
  • high levels of evaporation - reducing the medium of change. The large surface area of the shallow water channels lead to a significant amount of water volume being lost to the air.

With so little energy available, sediments carried by the river are often deposited long before it reaches the sea and vegetation is able to take a hold in these deposits - slowing the water flow even further.​

Notice also that there are very rarely any tributaries joining, and thus contributing to, the latter stages of a river that ends in a delta - so no new energy enters the system.

To summarise, deltas are very inefficient systems in terms of their management of energy; consisting of a multiple, dispersed channels of shallow, slower-flowing water that often delivers little of its load to the sea. 

Whilst they are 'perfect' in the natural world; a result of forces that seek to create an enduring balance, they also reveal the inevitable inefficiencies that result from unguided, unfocused energy and may reflect ways in which your team are struggling to manage the current mandate to operate remotely.

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What's been your experience? Post your comments about any of the factors highlighted here and any you've seen reflected in your own situation. I'm sure there are more, so do list any further contributions you might have too. Thanks.

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6 Ways People Handle Coronavirus Convir-19

1/4/2020

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​We each handle crises in different, typical ways. With Coronavirus now posing a serious threat to numerous nations, this video explores not the details of the disease itself, but the phenomenon of our different responses to the crisis.

Your response may serve you well... but consider how others may approach the challenge with a completely different perspective.

This is not a medical video, it is not a public service announcement, it's going to be a video about the way in which we handle challenges
 
The first thing is to realize that the way that we respond to a crisis situation any challenge is related not so much to the nature of the crisis but to who we are as individuals.
 
So who we are affects our response a lot more than the actual situation itself because, as people have said many times in the past, the way we do anything is the way that we do everything.
 
In that light what I want to do is break down six character types six key typical responses that people bring to any kind of crisis and I wonder which one ones of these you identify the most with.
 
These archetypal characters are: the Sovereign (King/Queen/Boss), the Warrior, the Sage, the Mystic, the Lover and the Jester.
 
We are, of course, a mix of all these characters but if you look at your own reaction to challenges, ask yourself which of those characters is dominant for you.
 
You may already have an idea of which one dominates but you can get a lot more precise about your two driving characters by visiting the power profiling app. Find your typical response to a challenge with this free, instant Profiling Tool: https://teamme.app .
 
This simple online tool takes about 90 seconds and it is proving to be remarkably accurate in terms of helping you helping hundreds of people to understand their typical way of showing up.
 
If you want a detailed explanation of *how you think* then my Signature Consultations will reveal how your innate profile is both helping and hindering the way in which you are going about things - in life, in a relationship, your finances, your career - and how you can fine-tune that or adapt that in order to get a better result in life.
 
So, whether you're dealing with the coronavirus on a global scale whether you're dealing with a challenge in a relationship, in your finances, in a career situation - whatever it might be but really suggest you look into these things. I think you would find it really insightful - six universal characters that'll help you in many, many ways.




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Encounter and Learn From Your Future Self

18/2/2020

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There's something I have to ask you...

Are You Making the Progress You Desire?

Today, you can listen to and benefit from this full-length audio experience COMPLETELY FREE.

I've been using it for many weeks and have found it extremely helpful as it places my thinking into a more advanced realm. It literally re-programs my present-day thinking and provides me with much more advanced thinking patterns that accelerate my progress IN THE NOW.

This track is so effective because it leads you through:
  • Powerful exercises that help you achieve a deep state of relaxation
  • Carefully crafted narrative and music that will guide you into a deep learning state
  • Combined layers of audio that instruct you at both a conscious and unconscious level
  • An imaginative journey that opens up new possibilities and enables you attain specific truths that will accelerate your progress towards your dreams

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Archetype Profile Dean Russell New MP for Watford

13/12/2019

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Character Profile - Dean Russell MP for Watford

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Just ahead of some speaking events earlier this year, where Dean and I shared the stage, Dean completed his is archetype profile to understand his personal and professional drives. 

Though I was confident I knew this man's character from many years of working together, the profile results strongly confirmed to me his leadership capability. 

If you're not familiar with the Team Me Archetypes, you can find out more here - suffice it to say that to know yourself from this perspective will give you a very clear understanding of why you do, what you do, the way you do it - and why, then, you've been getting the results you've been getting this far in life.

We start with a Power Profile that shows us the two most dominant characters that drives us.

Dean's Power Profile came out as Sage/Mystic. But what does that mean?


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This essentially means that's Dean first tendency is to get real about the facts. He wants to know things for certain and looks for evidence to back up both his own views and the assertions of others.

Immediately following on from this, he's driven by a desire to makes things better. He's a natural innovator. 

Some people with this profile come over as rather aloof - but, as you'll see from the full Archetype Spectrum below, Dean's desire to connect with people offsets any such danger.
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Dean's political affiliations may be 'conservative' but his outlook is strongly progressive and rooted in reality.
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Dean Russell's Leadership Profile

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The profile above instantly reveals that we're looking at a mature and well-balanced individual.

This is evident from two distinct patterns:
  1. The even scores across all archetypes show us that Dean is able to operate across the whole spectrum of thinking types. He's not stuck with a limit range of perspectives but is able to understand the views and values of people from a diverse array of backgrounds and cultures.
  2. The fact that all his scores are over 6, clearly indicates that he has a maturity across all types. None are notably lacking; none are dominating in an unhealthy way. 
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Having done hundreds of profiles for people in all levels of business and society, Dean's profile immediately stood out to me because of these results. When he told me he wanted to be an MP, I could clearly see how suited he would be for such a role. 

Dean's official Conservative Website Page tells us:

"Coming from a working-class background, Dean has since become known as a successful polymath with a diverse career spanning from physics to the arts, senior roles advising global brands, CEOs, government and philanthropists through to running his own business."

This explains much of what is evident in his profile. So, how to you talk to someone with this kind of profile? 
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Strategic Communications

Every profile reveals that VALUES that drive an individual. Knowing someone's profile can make your communication with them far more effective and opens the door to a much deeper engagement and more positive response.

So, if you find yourself in a meeting with Dean, I'd suggest the following strategy - a strategy based on the key values (in priority order) that his Archetype Profile reveals:

You'd first want to ensure you mention evidence that backs up any plans, claims or views you're about to unveil.

Then you'd want to talk about possibilities and opportunities; painting a picture of a better future around the matter at hand.

Next you'd need to mention how your plans will positively impact people: talk about teams who would get the job done, talk about ends results of unity, harmony, impact and benefits on communities - even on society at large.

Be aware that, once convinced, Dean's mind will rapidly move to the pragmatic issues of how to establish matters in the real world. The Sovereign will steer his thoughts towards clarifying and sharing a new vision then building the teams and structures necessary to see things manifest in the real world. 

You'll need to ensure you can speak to this and rapidly follow it with a couple key actions you'd want to take without delay. This way you'd be appealing to the Warrior inside who is seeking rapid progress - once the facts, vision and benefits to people are clear. 

Last of all, make sure that you show him how you want to make the journey enjoyable. The Jester may be last on the list, but it's still too strong to be ignored. Dean will want to see some novelty and variety to feel satisfied with the whole picture.
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The Power of Profiling

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If you're serious about creating business breakthroughs and want to understand your own Archetype Profile, or to discover how to use this knowledge to create a High Performing Team within your field, BOOK YOUR SIGNATURE IMPACT CONSULTATION HERE TODAY.  

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Eradicating Flow Killers in Your Place of Work

9/4/2019

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Desperately Seeking the Flow State
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The Flow State is the key to high performance.

In Flow, you are in an extraordinary state of being where you are able to process information extremely fast and act without conscious thought. Intuition takes the lead and the act of learning is more like an act of ‘absorption’ as your normal, critical thinking is superseded by the ability to automatically adjust to what is important.

Effective professionals of every kind have learned to live, and lead, in Flow.
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​“The number one management metric you need to know? Flow State Percentage.
Interruptions that move us out of Flow State increase R&D cycle times and costs dramatically.”
        Forbes


​Can You Go With the Flow?

​Sadly, as we look around, it appears that the vast majority of people have been dumbed down; dare I say it, even robbed!

Modern life seems to demand that we live and work far from the extraordinary levels of life we know are possible.
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Flow-killers are all around us - as abundant as rotten leaves in November. They’re like thieves intent on stealing the richest pickings and seducing us into fifty shades of dullness, when life should be a continual explosion of joyful colour.

For too many of us our brains are overflowing with cognitive clutter that diverts our energies towards empty entertainment and mindless distractions; things that mentally trip us up or box us in – preventing us from doing what we love and love what we’re doing.

Yet those who have found the formula, who experience the Flow State on a regular basis, seem to have discovered a higher level of meaning in their lives and find these moments so rewarding they’ll go to great lengths to re-engineer their lives to stay there as long as possible.
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Extreme Sports athletes are an obvious example of this, and whilst it’s easy to see their addiction to the rush they feel, we mere mortals can also do much to set ourselves up for regular moments of exhilaration – moments in which we not only perform our best but also inject health and happiness into both our brains and bodies.

You really can find your own path to Flow and set things up so that you regularly activate this remarkable state and find much greater fulfilment in your daily life.

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Problems with People

​Countless issues arise in the classroom and corporate world due to a lack of meaningful engagement with the tasks at hand.
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All too frequently managers and teachers complain about issues with their workforce or students when it may be that the task itself or the environment they work in is actually a significant factor they need to consider.

Too many employees appear to suffer from a:
  • Lack of motivation
  • Lack of focus
  • Lack of engagement
  • Visible unhappiness
  • Lack of team cohesion
  • Slowness to learn
  • Low level of performance
  • Sense of unfulfilled potential
  • Disruptive and even destructive tendency
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Companies facing a workforce that displays these traits will undoubtedly have a high staff turnover - and yet, with a little bit of thought, things can be re-engineered to guide people into many more hours of Flow at work.
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Whilst too many managers will want to lay the blame at the feet of the workforce themselves, wouldn’t everything be better if they were given more fulfilling work to do? And what would happen if we completely changed the environment we were working in? 

Eradicating Flow Killers

​So why does Flow seem so elusive? Why do we naturally find ourselves caught up in the urgent demands of life instead of caught up in the ecstatic, autotelic highs?

We should become equally aware of the factors that kill the chance to get into Flow.

Because the truth is, the enemies of Flow are all around us. They come not as solitary assassins but as battalions of brutes bent on beating us into a life of reaction and pull us away from periods of planned, pleasurable productivity.
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Flow is sucked out of life by:
  • ​A lack of purpose and specific goals - something to aim for
  • A lack of challenge - where there is demand for us to rise to the moment
  • A lack of focus and direction - too many distractions and interruptions
  • A lack of actual ability - which leads to anxiety, frustration and stress
  • Disempowering judgements – a lack of self-belief, expressed through continual (though often only semi-conscious) negative thoughts
  • A lack of general flow across multiple areas of your life - to find Flow in one specific task if helps a lot if you’ve already learned to develop Flow in other areas.
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​It’s clear that we need to intentionally set up both our mental and physical environment if we’re to make time and space for more Flow in our lives. So, review the above list and take a moment now to remove the Flow killers so that you can produce your very best work.
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Look out for EXTREME ME

This post has been taken from the pages of Pad's forthcoming book in the TEAM ME series, called EXTREME ME - Unleashing Flow States for a Peak Performance Life
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The Law of Repulsion

10/1/2019

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There has been so much talk over the past couple of decades about the ‘Law of Attraction’ and how we can ‘manifest’ into our lives pretty much anything that we believe we can have - as long as we are behaving in a way that is congruent to our beliefs.
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Exactly how far this is actually true is a matter of hot debate but we may all be missing a vital piece of the equation if we are ignoring, or are simply unaware of, a powerful counter-force that we can only sensibly name the ‘Law of Repulsion’.​
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That's Repulsive!

The Law of Repulsion is probably most easily understood by looking at a couple common examples:

If you were in town and started to feel hungry you might step into a store and glance at the snacks available on the shelves.

You may be looking for something specific; especially if you know the store well and the kind of stock they usually hold. But whether you are looking for something specific or simply browsing the available stock, you are inevitably (and without thinking about it) screening out a large number of potential options that lie before you.

There may be a few options that you consciously weigh-up in that moment but there will be many that you are completely deleting with no conscious consideration whatsoever.

For whatever reason, whether it is a matter of taste, size (both yours and the packet’s ! :) ), food allergies, or on nutritional grounds, these are the items that you are repelling with barely a thought.
This is the law of repulsion at work.

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If you were to attend a networking event, the same law might be seen at work.

There will be individuals or small groups of people that you find yourself attracted towards and there will be others that, for reasons you are probably not consciously aware of, you simply don't find appealing. You may be a great judge of people but you can never know the value that lies hidden in a situation until to engage with it - and do so with an open mind.... and heart.

The trick, of course, is to become aware of the unconscious preferences that are guiding your behaviours in such moments because to make a poor choice in either of these situations could have a significant impact upon your future.

A poor choice regarding snacks might, over time, impact your waistline: a poor choice in engaging with certain people at a networking event might lose you a significant business opportunity.​

Have you any idea what the Law of Repulsion might have actually cost you in the past?
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Of course, we do not have the time or money or energy to choose every option laid before us, but it is well worth seeking clarity on those negative, momentary ‘vibes’ that cause you to pass certain options and opportunities by without a second thought.

Become aware, then, of your moments of decision throughout the day - especially when it comes to starting or in deepening relationships with people who might prove key to your success.

Are there people whom you would love to reach out to you in your dreams - but would be scared to reach out to in reality, as you feel they are simply outside of your league?

Are there job roles you have pushed away because you feel inadequate to the task and demands that such a role might place upon you?

In these, and 1001 similar situations, there is of course a vital part to be played by good sense (and many people have, at times, bitten off more than they can chew) however we are all guilty to some degree of failing to maximise the opportunities that could so easily be ours for the taking, because we are unconsciously repelling great choices that appear before us.

So, become aware of your natural inclinations and stop yourself for a moment whenever a choice appears before you. Take a moment to challenge your own personal unconscious inclination and simply ask yourself one question, “What if…?”
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‘What if…’ opens the door to possibility.
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‘What if…’ opens the door to possibility, and a sense of possibility is always the first step towards progress.
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You may just find that this simple question will embolden you to take a step in a new direction and, lo and behold, see a new door opening before you.
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​What you attract and what you repel in life depends more than anything upon your VALUES and these values will be aligned most directly to the Archetypes that are most dominant in your life.

Find out more about Archetypes at www.teamme.com and use the instant Power Profiler to understand your own character in a new and empowering way.
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The New Archetype Power Profile (APP) Beta Launch

18/12/2018

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The first view of the new online app is now available.

Power ProfileWant to start straight away? Head over to Your Power Profile now.

​We're finally able to announce the first phase rollout of the new Team Me Archetype Power Profiler (App, for short).

There are big plans already defined for this App that I'm expecting to release in days to come, but We're unveiling this first critical step now to gain feedback on its ease of use, its accuracy, and its value.

I wondered about guiding you through each step to explain each detail of the system but I thought it better to simply let you loose and see how you get on.
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So what's this Profiler all about? ​
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It's primarily designed to help you understand yourself better - to discover your natural strengths and become aware of tendencies that may not be helping you so much.

Whilst there are many different profiling tools out there, each seeking to classify people in different ways, this system is rooted upon archetypal characters that are easy to understand and easy to remember. What's more, archetypes, which by their definition have been around forever, run deep within our psyche - so we're dealing with powerful motivating forces that are ingrained within us.

Recognise these traits, and you'll begin to understand why you typically do what you do. And why you find yourself highly effective in some situations and really pretty useless in others.
It will explain why certain relationships are extraordinarily fulfilling and others are a continual drain. 
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I've been using this system for many years with my personal coach and clients and in workshop situations but I wanted to ensure that anyone could create their own profile with just an online connection

Your profile will vary a little overtime and so it's extremely useful to be able to redo your profile when you need a to rather than rely upon one that completed weeks or months earlier

If you're interested in personal development, if you're a coach to others, if you're managing teams or dealing with students, this knowledge will help you understand and reflect upon vital dynamics that are deeply affecting the results that you have been able to achieve

At this point in the app development we just have the first key bits of profiling functionality in place.
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So your feedback at this stage would be most valuable.

Later I'll explain where I see this going, but for now, tell me how you got on.
  • What you expected
  • What broke
  • What made sense
  • What didn't make sense
  • What was genuinely eye-opening
  • And what was rather confusing or frustrating

​Crucially, tell me if it is something you'd want to recommend to a friend and if you would want to share it as it is or would wait before it has been developed further.

So please diving the profiling exercise only takes about 90 seconds and then we’ll see what you discover in terms of Next Steps.

I look forward to your contribution to the group and hope you enjoy the process.​
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