[Neurons] 2017 Neurons #23 The World Matrix

Sun May 21 19:54:56 EDT 2017

From: L. Michael Hall

2017 "Neurons" #23

May 22, 2017

The Matrix Model Series #10

                                                        THE WORLD MATRIX

The final content matrix in the Matrix Model, one of the five content
matrices about Self is the World matrix.  I put this together to refer to
any of the thousands upon thousands "universes of meaning" (e.g., domain,
field, or area) of human experience.  And there are multiple thousands.  And
in each area that you have traveled and explored, you have developed your
own mental maps about it as well as you have developed particular skills so
that you can live and operate within it.  Each "world" is a domain, a field,
an area, a dimension, an industry.  It is a place where one can create a
human domain for thinking, feeling, acting, living, etc. 

When I grew up the world matrices that I soon became aware of was the world
of Mathematics (my dad was a mathematics teacher), the world of Indiana
University (that was the dominate factor in Bloomington Indiana), the world
of business, ministry, medicine (hospital, doctors), dentists, and so on.
Later I discovered the world of psychotherapy, then the world of NLP,
Coaching, publishing, etc.  What worlds did you first encounter in your
adventure of life?

Now in each world or domain, if you enter it and stay there for awhile, you
will probably find that you have some role to play.  So whereas we have
already covered self-esteem and value (Self), self-confidence (Power),
social self (Others), and temporal self (Time), this is the place where you
experience and know yourself in terms of your roles.  Who are you in this
particular world?  What position or status do you have?  What position do
you want?  What identity is required in that domain?  What roles, rules,
understandings, and so on?

It is in the World matrix that you and I develop our identity via the roles
that we play.  This becomes, to some extent, one of your role identities.
The roles that you play, and the possible identities that arise from those
roles, depend on how much you may identify with any given role.  In the
domain of family, you may be Father, Mother, Brother, Sister, etc.  In the
domain of work, you may be Employee, Supervisor, Manager, Leader, etc.  Your
status, standing, position, earned or attributed ranking, etc. establishes
another aspect of your self.

As the contexts in which we operate, any given World that you live and
operate also becomes part of your internal environment, the internal
frames-of-reference that you use to make meaning of things.  That's why,
given the roles you play in life, you- like all of us-tend to make meaning
of things through the filter and assumptions of your roles.  That's why a
business person will see and interpret things through economics, markets,
sales, bottom lines, etc. in contrast to someone in the public sector who
would see and interpret things through community, environment, politics,
etc.

When you meet someone new and are asked, "Who are you?" or,  "What do you
do?"  We almost always defer to our World matrix identity.  We tell about
the roles we play, the positions we hold, that title or status, etc.

The World matrix also directs you to identify the market or markets that you
work in.  What World does your business operate in and what worlds does it
interact with?  What services does your business offer in that area?  And
given that, what is distinctive and unique about you and what you do that
makes it viable as a commodity?  When you identify that, you have your
unique selling proposition (USP).   In addition to your knowledge about your
own products, services, customers, etc., what do you know about your
competitors- those who serve in the same area?

Every industry further requires its own unique business and management
processes, that of developing, presenting, contracting, negotiating,
building a HR department, finances, etc.  Each further requires and involves
its own critical knowledge and skills which enable you to operate
effectively in that world.  In that domain, do you need insurance?  Do you
need to have a professional membership in that industry?  What are the
professional associations that influence this field?

Every World also has a history and a future.  How did it get started?  Who
where the key thinkers and developers?  What has happened over the years or
even centuries (if it has been around for centuries)?  What is happening
now?  Is it a growth industry, stable one, or a declining industry?  What
are trends of the field you are in?  Where is it going?  Are you staying up
with it?  Are you reading the journals and books being produced?  

Given the field you are in, what do you charge for your products and
services? How do you go about setting the prices?  What criteria do you use?
What do others in this field charge for their products and services?  What
are the risks in this field?  What are the opportunities in terms of new
possibilities and untapped markets?

Putting it Altogether

The eight distinctions of the Matrix Model give us eight categories to start
sorting out the complexity of a human being.  The Meaning matrix is the
variable that creates our inner reality, the Intention matrix sets the
direction, and the State registers it in emotion and behavior.  The five
content matrices define the person in terms of value, competencies,
relationships, time, and domain.

L. Michael Hall, Ph.D.

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