It's never too early to prepare for the future. (MARCH2020)

In this issue - an indulgent buffet of expert deliberate practices and perspectives in a time of crisis. #planbeatsnoplan:

"If you are Ned Stark, don't go to King's Landing"

The e-buffet includes the possibility for exceptions, the contradictions, the hypocrisies, a return to the deepest ideals as well as all of the critiques that go along with it. Explore one or all of the options that you find to be most useful to you.

REPS & ROUTINES

COVID-19

FAMILY SURVIVAL "TENT" ROUTINE (Parts 1-3)

Colonel Gasparotto:

Under increased stress, we need to "keep doing the easy things easily so we can save valuable capacity (physical, mental, emotional, resources, financial, etc) to deal with the severe aspects of a crisis."

UNLOCKING US

Brene Brown/60 Mins:

"I'm not sure about you, but this is my first F'ing global pandemic. We don't know how to do this. We're anxious and uncertain. If you don't name your feelings (and own them) they'll eat you alive."

MENTAL TOUGHNESS

Mark Divine , author of Staring Down the Wolf:

Mental toughness training tools that help us make good decisions in this tumultuous time. How to use fear as fuel so it becomes a strength. Additional podcasts.

MORNING ROUTINE

Mark Divine:

Positive First Words

The importance of intentionally choosing positive words you speak to yourself when you first wake up in the morning.

EXECUTE THE ORDER WE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU

GEN. McChrystal:

Practical leadership in the current crisis from GEN (ret) Stan McChrystal and Chris Fussell, former Navy SEAL, will discuss what you can do to help pull your team through this crisis.

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BREATHE

Mark Divine: PBTA

Learn how to pause, breathe, think, and then act when you encounter stressful situations in life.

NOTHING GOOD ABOUT A CRISIS

Geithner "Stress Test" reflections on the last financial crises:

You will be blamed, you will parse horrible options, you will do things you thought you never would... there is nothing good about a crisis.

PLAYING OFFENSE

LIKELY &

SEVERE

Self-organizing for TBD?

First, get to "higher ground." Secure self/family in a way that's sustainable, so that you can be part of the solution and not another casualty that needs someone else looking after them. Second, ask who needs help & how can I help?

BECOME A PERFECT INSTRUMENT

Niko Canner:

Much of the work to be done, is usually about distilling the essence of her vision/her dream, and helping formulate how, what she’s learned all her life, applies to this next stage in her (our) journey...

#OFFENSE

A call to leadership:

This is a recording from our Stagen Community Forum series. During this multi-part series, we invite our members to participate in live conversations to explore how we are being called forth as leaders during the COVID-19 crisis.

BEAR HUGS & BRAINSTORMS

Peletons & Pullups...

Perhaps the most obvious and most useful way to determine what's needed (beyond the virtual hug), is to reach out and ask. The only way to know for sure how all of this is impacting the people that matter most to you, is to check.

TURN STRESS

INTO ENERGY

Leading Well From Within:

Does your stress cause you to cave under “threat”? What happens to your brain when you feel overwhelmed? Can you view your stress as a resource? Daniel Friedland MD shares tips on how to shift your mindset so you can transform a debilitating stress response into energy.

THE WORLD AFTER CORONAVIRUS

WE NEED A GLOBAL PLAN

 Yuval Noah Harari:

In this time of crisis, we face two important choices - choosing between :

1) totalitarian surveillance and citizen empowerment 2) nationalist isolation and global solidarity

GOOD AFTER

COVID19 CRISIS

Visioning with Visionaries:

Is it possible to start imagining the good while the wounds are still wide open? These thought leaders are contributing what they think might be possible...

"We must act quickly and decisively. When choosing between alternatives, we should ask ourselves not only how to overcome the immediate threat, but also what kind of world we will inhabit once the storm passes. A self-motivated and well-informed population is usually far more powerful and effective than a policed, ignorant population. The coronavirus epidemic is thus a major test of citizenship. We must hope that the current epidemic will help humankind realize the acute danger posed by global disunity. If we choose global solidarity, it will be a victory not only against the coronavirus, but against all future epidemics and crises that might assail humankind in the 21st century."

THE INFINITE GAME

(BUILDING ON JAMES P. CARSE)

"We are inching our way towards the infinite game." - Jamie Wheal

"Where else would you choose to park your 'meat suit' to engage in all of those higher level pursuits, explorations, objectives...other than in a civil society with rule of law, civil rights and protection of private property? How do we go from rivalrous, ego-centric, ethno-centric, Game A dynamics which is the inheritance of homo sapiens (the ape who knows & games...the ape who is working to win...the playful ape...the ape who is playing the infinite game). The infinite game is really only accessible from a global centric level of consciousness. That's the winning move - how do move as many people as possible from ego/ethno-centric to global-centric as fast as possible." - Jamie Wheal

PLAY GAME "A" OR

PLAY GAME "B"

Building on Carse and going way beyond Sinek... is Jamie Wheal:

How do we play the Infinite Game? And how will that help us make sense of a world in chaos? Flow expert, Jamie Wheal outlines his answer

WOODEN DESK OR

WOODEN CROSS?

The Firehouse Chapel (FHC):

Pastor, IRONMAN triathlete, Steve Troglio poses a similar (A vs. B) option but with a spiritual lens... are we choosing to put our faith in the finite or the infinite?...are we seeking shelter from the crisis under a wooden desk or a wooden cross.

"ONLY THAT WHICH CAN CHANGE CAN CONTINUE"

We're always strengthening something.

What do you want to grow stronger?