{"id":169,"date":"2008-09-08T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T10:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.wpdude.com\/test\/?p=169"},"modified":"2008-09-08T10:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T10:41:00","slug":"integral-life-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.integrationtraining.co.uk\/blog\/2008\/09\/integral-life-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Integral Life Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So I recently celebrated my 29th birthday (party pictured) and asked myself, “How’m I doing?” Being a sad integral kinda guy, interested in a well-rounded answer I and gave questionnaires to my friends, family and colleagues, asking them to rate me on a number of areas. These “lines” can be thought of different kinds of intelligence – so David Beckham might score high on physical but low on cognitive for example. The point was for me to identify areas that I could work in for the coming year.<\/p>\n

The ridiculously simple unscientific scale I asked people to use was:<\/p>\n

1: Causes problems
2: OK
3: Source of strength
4: Defining characteristic<\/p>\n

So from here’s how I rated (mean average from 14 respondents, descending order):<\/p>\n

Physical – 3.6
Social\/relational \u2013 3.3
Humour \u2013 3.1
Creativity \u2013 2.9
Cognitive – 2.8
Contemplative\/meditative \u2013 2.7
Gender, sex and sexuality \u2013 2.7
Emotional – 2.6
Ethics \u2013 2.4
Aesthetics \u2013 2.2<\/p>\n

Naturally half my awkward friends and colleagues were too sophisticated for this crude tool<\/a> so gave me qualitative feedback instead which was also useful. I let people define the areas for themselves which was interesting in and of itself. Some like “emotional” unearthed several sub-sets, some of which were rated high and others low. Doing what I do it was perhaps unsurprising that the physical lone came out strongly and most of the others were as I would have guessed. The one that really surprised and worried me was people rating my ethics as just “OK” as I rarely lie, steal, cheat on my girlfiend or slaughter the families of work competitors. On talking with people this seems to be more historical and personal from my drinking womanising days and not related to the last 12 months. The people who I work with all rated me highly in this regard which I was happy about it.<\/p>\n

One interesting point is that I forgot to include shadow (unconscious) , but that’s what shadow does I guess! Here’s my action plan for each line for the coming Walsh Year:<\/p>\n

Physical <\/strong>
\u00b7 Continued daily Holistics practice
\u00b7 2x weekly aikido
\u00b7 taking up free running
\u00b7 Continue to monitor sleep and diet<\/p>\n

Social\/relational
<\/strong>\u00b7 4 x family get-togethers, 1x week family calls
\u00b7 Host 6 friends from out of town
\u00b7 2-3 x weekly networking lunches
\u00b7 Business collaborations and growth to 8 consultants
\u00b7 Continue to develop local friendships as measured by next party attendance!<\/p>\n

Humour<\/strong>
\u00b7 Observation of when humour is at expense of others
\u00b7 Comedy workshop
\u00b7 Continue to play in aikido, tango and Holistics<\/p>\n

Creativity<\/strong>
\u00b7 Write 1st draft of aikido travel book
\u00b7 3 x 1 hr exploring Art therapy with Sasha
\u00b7 Viral marketing development<\/p>\n

Cognitive<\/strong>
\u00b7 Watch 1 x Integral video daily
\u00b7 Read 20 books related to work
\u00b7 Increase understanding of business through conversations with mentors and 2x courses
\u00b7 Develop alt. perspective practice?<\/p>\n

Contemplative\/meditative
<\/strong>\u00b7 Increase daily meditation to 30 min
\u00b7 Complete7 days of retreat
\u00b7 Incorporate mindfulness into daily life
\u00b7 2x daily prayer
\u00b7 Nightly spiritual readings (20 min)
\u00b7 6 weeks of both Feldenkrais and Tai Chi<\/p>\n

Gender, sex and sexuality<\/strong>
\u00b7 Continue and deepen relationship
\u00b7 Tantra….
\u00b7 Explore dynamics with middle aged women<\/p>\n

Emotional<\/strong>
\u00b7 MBCT course
\u00b7 Continued NVC practice including attending\/supporting 2 trainings
\u00b7 Reminder to cultivate not knowing and humility each aikido class
\u00b7 Manage moods\/optimism through rest, pacing, social support, reframing and herbs.
\u00b7 Look for listening opportunities and practice with Sasha and clients
\u00b7 2x monthly walks in countryside
\u00b7 Gain 4 new stress management tools \u2013 e.g. Free Running , anchoring
\u00b7 Reassess head\/heart balance monthly
\u00b7 Work on containment and impulse control through long term business, book and relationship.<\/p>\n

Ethics<\/strong>
\u00b7 Write and impeccably honour business code of conduct, including confidentiality clauses
\u00b7 Honour all intimate promises
\u00b7 Ask friends to warn me of any ethical breaches<\/p>\n

Aesthetics<\/strong>
\u00b7 Develop music collection
\u00b7 Daily appearance review
\u00b7 Improve room\/house
\u00b7 Buy new business clothes
\u00b7 1 x week tango<\/p>\n

Shadow<\/strong>
\u00b7 Do 6 sessions of depth therapy
\u00b7 Add shadow element to Holistics
\u00b7 3,2, 1 process weekly
\u00b7 Complete Rolfing course
\u00b7 Dream course?<\/p>\n

I’ll blog in a years time to let you know how I got on with this lot!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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