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Building the Capacity for Goodness

Building the Capacity for Goodness. The Power of Thought. “Scientists estimate that the average person has 50,000 to 60,000 thoughts a day. 90% of those are repetitive. 85% of the repetitive thoughts are negative.

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Building the Capacity for Goodness

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  1. Building the Capacity for Goodness

  2. The Power of Thought “Scientists estimate that the average person has 50,000 to 60,000 thoughts a day.90% of those are repetitive. 85% of the repetitive thoughts are negative. If leaders have approximately 45,900 negative thoughts a day, and, their followers are doing the same, the most important skill that leaders can develop is training the mind to lead.” - Suzanne Kryder, PhD (www.themindtolead.com)

  3. Robert S. Hartman: Logician and philosopher 1910 - 1973 What is “goodness”?

  4. The Value Science of “Axiology” • From philosophy to moral science to mathematically grounded and an empirically validated science. • “Good” = Fulfillment of a concept • The axiom: good is what fulfills it’s concept, mathematically expressed as, Vx = 2n -1 • Deducting three value dimensions of thought, I>E>S

  5. I > E > S • Intrinsic – • Extrinsic – • Systemic – a geometric circle, an electron, concepts, all our thoughts, the scheme of things, • Can be counted: finite number (schematic concept)

  6. I > E > S • Intrinsic – • Extrinsic – a thing, all objects, processes, our “do”, everything we can perceive we can perceive with our senses • Can be counted; infinite number (analytical concept) • Systemic – a geometric circle, an electron, concepts, all our thoughts, the scheme of things, • Can be counted: finite number (schematic concept)

  7. I > E > S • Intrinsic – a human being; love, everything that has its meaning in itself, can be experienced, • Cannot be counted; infinite (singular) • Extrinsic – a thing, all objects, processes, our “do”, everything we can perceive we can perceive with our senses • Can be counted; infinite number (analytical concept) • Systemic – a geometric circle, an electron, concepts, all our thoughts, the scheme of things, • Can be counted: finite number (schematic concept)

  8. Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own mind. - Franklin D. Roosevelt

  9. I > E > S The Value Hierarchy • Human beings are more valuable than objects. • I > E • Objects are more valuable than mere thoughts/ideas about objects or human beings. • E > S Valuable means having more “good making” properties!

  10. People > Expertise > Scheme of ThingsPeople > Behavior Change > DiseasePeople > Our thoughts about them >What we know I > E > S

  11. Valuing is filtering to bring meaning.

  12. Intrinsic Capacity = seeing and valuing more

  13. Are you ready? Cyclone SHRM meeting, July 2009

  14. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. - Mother Teresa

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