Season 1: 07 – The Leader’s Opportunity for Change

This next question proves challenging – so challenging that at one point Jonathan, the master wordsmith, is at a loss for words. And that’s ok because it reveals a lot about why resistance to change can come from deep within ourselves, even when we know something has to change. Fasten your seatbelt for this one as there are a few sharp curves in the road. But we have a few laughs along the way.

01:12                Reference Cards – why do we repeat, particularly words and phrases?
07:45                Repeating’s role in changing thought and action
11.35                Amplifying
12.55                Two levels of “illumifying” –you and your meaningful change
15:05                Illuminate Question 6
16:55                When we want deep, enduring change across a community, it needs to take root everywhere.
20:53                An idea, a vision, may need time to reach everybody.
24:03                The moment of creation of a vision is much more explosive within the person.
25:12                The visionary’s need to be proactive.
26:30                A story of resistance to change
33:00                What the visionary does
34:48                Everywhere all at once?
41:20                What do YOU see as the opportunity for meaningful change from the perspective of where you stand?
45:55 - 51:00.   Struggles to articulate what the opportunity for meaningful change is
54:19                A new understanding of the truth and why it’s so important.
56:20                Could it be some aspect of a truth that is currently invisible to them?
1:00:25             What if there are certain individuals who have the capacity to help the many?
1:06:54             Could you be the visionary shining the light on what needs to change but not the leader igniting it?
1:08:15             Definition of “ignite”
1:11:50             The risks of creating a vision as a group.
1:14:10             Modesty vs superpowers vs gifted
1:22:20             How does being lost for words feel?
1:25:22             “I’ve never been at peace with my silence.”
1:30:00             A story of what emerged while walking his dog
1:35:51             The necessity of being heard, and pain of not being listened to
1:39:40             Good conversations wake you up.
1:41:38             A funny story about death :)
1:46:35             “Know thyself” would be my t-shirt: Katherine
1:47:37             A story illustrating a “David Lynch moment”
1:51:00             The link back to “new ground”.
1:55:30             Where we land