Is it Complicated or is it Complex? (with Dr. Jennifer Garvey Berger)

PODCAST   BOOKS   TRAINING SUBSCRIBE PODCAST BOOKS TRAINING SUBSCRIBE DIVINE INSPIRATION December 27, 2022 Finding and Feeding Courage & Is it Complicated or Complex? (with Dr. Jennifer Garvey Berger) Finding and Feeding Courage & Is it Complicated or Complex? (with Dr. Jennifer Garvey Berger) WHAT I'M WRITING ABOUT THIS WEEK Feed The Courage Wolf In this week’s blog, I revisit the tale of two wolves. Cherokee culture believes and tells the tale of two wolves and how they reside in us all. For those of you who have read my other books or gone through my programs, yes, I’m retelling this resonant Indigenous parable. It’s the best darn metaphor out there for our purpose in evolving how we show up in the world and lays the foundation for all our work.  SHARE THIS ON TWITTER THE MARK DIVINE SHOW Leading On The Edge Episode #392 Is it Complicated or is it Complex? (with Dr. Jennifer Garvey Berger) Today, I speak with Dr. Jennifer Garvey Berger. Dr. Garvey helps CEOs unleash their teams' and organizations' complexity genius. She is the co-founder and CEO of Cultivating Leadership, where they blend deep theoretical knowledge with a driving quest for practical ways to improve leaders' lives. She coaches CEOs and their executive teams and designs and teaches high-end leadership programs. She has written three highly acclaimed books on leadership and complexity. Jennifer's newly released book, Unleash Your Complexity Genius: growing your inner capacity to lead. Key Takeaways: Looking at Patterns to Inform Actions: When we acknowledge that complexity exists within our relationships and the external world, we can lead with that awareness. One of the ways to enact positive change is to notice the patterns are working and focus on how to do more of that, as well as noticing any patterns that don’t work and leading our way through complexity together.  Working with Complexity, Not Against It: It is essential to ask how we can work with complexity instead of against it. Using the metaphor of a wave, You can’t jump in a wave without getting wet. With the knowledge of the wetness of the wave, then you can ask, how do I work with the waves and do something cool with what's here? This makes any complex problem a different task and, in many ways, much simpler. We need to recognize complexity, work with it, and harness it in some ways to create the lives we want to lead. Looking at Complexity as a Collective: To address complexities such as environmental concerns, human rights, and global politics it is important to recognize how we, as a collective, function. Once we can see the complexity within the collective, we can start to address how we as a collective can function better and better over time. In relationships, organizations, and communities, it is important to create the conditions for people to build strong bonds and trust one another. When people are bonded and trust each other, they can activate those things that make humans awesome at addressing and acting towards and within complexity. Leadership and Environment: A leader’s job is to amplify the conditions where people can be diverse, individual, imperfect, creative, and energized in the workplace. Leadership is recognizing the individuals and cultivating something unique that each person brings to the group. LISTEN HERE WATCH ON YOUTUBE WHAT I'M READING Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change By Sherri Mitchell Drawing from ancestral knowledge and her experience as an attorney and activist, Sherri Mitchell addresses some of our day's most crucial and complex issues. She writes and shares the gifts she has received from the elders of her tribe, the Penobscot Nation. Sacred Instructions explains how traditional stories can set the  framework for our belief systems and help us understand how we can be part of the change we want to see in this world. For all those who seek to create change, this book lays out an ancient worldview and set of cultural values that provide a way of life that is balanced and humane, that can heal Mother Earth, and that will preserve our communities for future generations. WHAT'S INSPIRING ME Bioneers Organization is a group of cutting-edge thinkers, scientists, activists, teachers, and more who want to see balance restored to life. Bioneers is a nonprofit organization highlighting breakthrough solutions for restoring people and the planet. This organization is a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges. QUOTE OF THE WEEK PRACTICE OR HABIT TO TRY This is a 5-minute practice that you can do every day this week: Find a place where you can lie or sit comfortably on the ground and relax. Once you have settled in, start to notice where you can relax just a little more, trusting the support underneath you. Place one hand on your stomach area and one over your heart. Say to yourself silently or softly, “ I am courageous, I trust in my courageousness, I am courageous.” SHARE THIS ON TWITTER That’s all for now! See you next week.  Hooyah! Mark P.S. If you enjoyed this newsletter, please share the wealth on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or simply forward this email.    P.S.S. 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BUY NOW Follow Mark on Social Media Mark Divine is a New York Times best-selling author, leadership expert, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and retired U.S. Navy SEAL Commander. He is also the founder and CEO of Unbeatable and SEALFIT.   PODCAST BOOKS TRAINING SUBSCRIBE This email was sent to edwardlorilla1986.paxforex@blogger.com by Divine Inspiration, LLC. All rights reserved © 2022

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