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Neuroscience Systems Thinking Transformation + =
Presented by: Robert J. Corbitt, Jr.
17 April 2015 PMI Baltimore
Professional Development Event
www.corbittfinancialgroup.com
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Administrivia
• Please silence all electronic devices
• No dozing off
• All images are used with permission
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The Conversation
• Neuroscience: The study of the brain, Emotional Intelligence and Emotional Quotient
• Systems Thinking: A discipline for understanding the interrelationships of all things
• Transformation: The process of evolving
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The Goal
• Through conversation, provide information and tools you can use tomorrow, to assist in your transformation
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Neuroscience
The Brain
• A muscle
• Weighs about 3 pounds
• Is the consistency of tofu
• Uses 20% of the blood and oxygen in our bodies
• Forgetting is good for the brain: deleting unnecessary information helps the nervous system retain its plasticity
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• Is 75% water
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Neuroscience
The Brain
• Is part of the Nervous System
• The human body has how many systems? 9
Lymphatic
Nervous
Circulatory
Skeletal
Endocrine
Muscular
Reproductive
Respiratory
Urinary
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Neuroscience
The Brain
Keeping it healthy and in good working order
7 – 8+ hours sleep
Hydrate
Eat whole foods
Exercise the mind and body
Love
Quiet time
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Neuroscience
Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient EI / EQ
“Your EQ is the level of your ability to understand other people, what motivates them and how to work cooperatively with them.”
Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Neuroscience
Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient EI / EQ
Travis Bradberry, Co Author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0
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Neuroscience
Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient EI / EQ
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Personal competence: Your ability to stay aware of your emotions and manage your behavior and tendencies
Self-Management - your ability to use awareness of your emotions to stay flexible and positively direct your behavior
Self-Awareness - your ability to accurately perceive your emotions and stay aware of them as they happen
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Neuroscience
Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient EI / EQ
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Social competence: Your ability to understand other people’s moods, behavior, and motives in order to improve the quality of your relationships
Relationship Management - your ability to use awareness of your emotions and the others’ emotions to manage interactions successfully
Social Awareness - your ability to accurately pick up on emotions in other people and understand what is really going on
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Systems Thinking
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What is systems thinking?
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What is systems thinking?
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Systems Thinking
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System Thinking http://www.merriam-webster.com
• A regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole
• A group of interacting bodies under the influence of related forces
• A form of social, economic, or political organization or practice <the capitalist system>
• The action of using your mind to produce ideas, decisions, memories, etc.
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What is systems thinking?
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Systems Thinking
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“Understanding the interrelationship of everything” Robert J. Corbitt, Jr. Corbitt Financial Group
What is systems thinking?
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Everything in the universe is:
Connected
Relational
Integrated
Dependent
Inter related
Simple
Complex
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Systems Thinking
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Question?
?What structure is a
combination of three
geometric shapes, each
shape has equal sides?
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Pyramid
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Systems Thinking
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Applying a systems thinking discipline improves:
Performance
Understanding
Clarity
Critical thinking
Empathy
Personal and social competence
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Transformation
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“The process of evolving” Robert J. Corbitt, Jr. Corbitt Financial Group
Life long learner
Employee to owner
Infant to adult
Caterpillar to butterfly
Invention of the printing press by Gutenberg
around 1450
Aging
Social media
Parenthood
Fertilization to birth
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What to do tomorrow
Apply systems thinking
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Begin your transformation!
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