[Neurons] 2021 Neurons #48 THE EXECUTIVE SERIES

[Michael Hall]

From: L. Michael Hall

2021 Neurons #48

August 2, 2021

Be the Executive #1

 

THE EXECUTIVE SERIES

 

I did not know it at the time, but when I created the Meta-States Model in
1994 and modeled self-reflexivity, the factor that makes human consciousness
so special- I was simultaneously modeling the highest factor of all of the
executive functions.   And it is the executive functions that uniquely
combine to make us the unique species that we are- that has allowed us to
create literature, science, technology, civilization, etc. 

 

Developmentally, the executive funtions arise in our prefontal cortex and is
the source of language, self-consciousness, time-consciousness,
social-consciousness, morality, responsibility, learning, etc.   It is these
executive functions that enable us to truly "think" so that we can rise
above and transcend our learning, habits, and programs.  It is the executive
functions that enable you to be able to chose your ideas, beliefs, knowledge
which you create and therefore operate as the CEO of yourself- the company
of you.

 

So when you develop and activate your executive functions, you can transcend
yourself, your family's programs, your cultural programming, your childhood
programming- in fact, any and all programming that does not serve you well.
To that end, I have been working on how you can do just that- namely, to
develop and activate your executive functions.  That had led to the most
recent books and trainings that we have developed in Neuro-Semantics.

 

Book 1: Executive Thinking (2018)

While your brain anatomy equips you to think at higher executive levels, to
think like a high quality and successful executive requires a good bit of
learning and training.  You have to learn to think like an executive in
gathering information, questioning, exploring possibilities, thinking
long-term to check out consequences and repercussions, making intelligent
decisions, etc.  Doing all of this is an inherent part of your biological
heritage.

 

With your executive thinking you can explore the subject of thinking itself,
the problems that thinking presents, how to get out of the non-thinking
stages and become mindful, and how to think more effectively.  You can learn
to engage in all sorts of thinking patterns - critical thinking, creative
thinking, metaphorical thinking, humorous thinking, hypnotic thinking, etc.
After all, the quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.
Other executive thinking books:

              Hypnotic Thinking (2020)

              Humorous Thinking (2020)

              Thinking as a Modeler (2019)

              Metaphorical Thinking (2021)

 

 

Book 2: Executive Decisions (2021)

Once you learn how to use your executive thinking, you can make executive
decisions.  What's the quality of your decisions today?  How well do your
decisions turn out in creating a high quality success in achieving your
goals?  Do you feel proud and confident that you can make intelligent
decisions?  The quality of your life is the quality of your decisions.

 

The problem with making decisions is that we humans have an astonishing weak
and miserable history in making intelligent decisions.  Why do we humans
make so many poor decisions?  Because smart decisions is an advanced skill
requiring learning and practice.  All around us are multiple signs of really
poor decisions: divorces, failed mergers, incompetent employees, closets
filled with unused items, conflicts between business partners, people
choosing drug addiction, stealing, shootings, etc.

 

While it is our glory as human beings to be able to choose our attitudes,
beliefs, lifestyle, career, and ten-thousand other choices, choosing is
complex. Choosing well also involves navigating many hidden biases and
cognitive distortions.  Your everyday decisions are functions of higher
executive decisions which are mostly unconscious. Little decisions can
wallop you with a devastating impact making life a living hell. 

 

Book 3: Executive Learning (2021)

When it comes to learning- learning is at the very heart of being human.
Learning enables you to be fully alive/fully human.  It opens up everything
beautiful and transcending about being human.  Learning drives
self-understanding - how to tap into your strengths and pull up your
weaknesses, how to cope, how to get along with others in respectful and
loving relationships, how to develop your talents, and how to unleash your
potentials to be the very best version of you.  Learning enables you to know
how to succeed in business, finances, and career.  Learning drives your
ability to solve problems, invent solutions, innovate life transforming
products, and on and on.  Everything you are and everything you achieve
comes through learning.

 

Yet learning has gotten a really bad rap and it has a dark side.  On the
surface it seems boring and then there are "learning disabilities."  Most
people do not know how to access a great learning state or to discern the
best learning strategy for expertise.  They have not learned how to learn.
The good news is that you can learn how-to-learn and stay ahead of the game.
You can discover the secrets of the executive functions in meta-learning and
activate the seven dimensions of learning.  Then learning can be an exciting
adventure of discovery.   

 

Book 4: Executive Wisdom (scheduled for 2022)

Then above and beyond your intelligence by which you build up knowledge and
understanding, there is the mystery of wisdom.  Wisdom is practical, yet
also heavenly.  It speaks about how you treat yourself and others, yet as it
deals with timeless truths, that makes it philosophical.  Moments of
creative insights give you that Aha! wherein suddenly and inexplicably you
discover a wisdom that changes everything.  Then instead of foolish
thoughts, words, and actions, you wisely know what to do and how to do it.
It is as close to magic as we humans get.

 

As wisdom transcends intelligence and knowledge, it empowers you to avoid
both the foolishness of rash responses and the stupidity of forgetting to
fully contextualize an insight as you speak and/or take action.

 

The Executive Series is not only for company executives, it is for every
human being who wants to be the executive in his or her own life.  This
fulfills the NLP dream of "running your own brain."  Now you can truly take
charge of yourself- from the inside-out.  No ore victimization, instead
personal empowerment.  No more dominated by a trauma, instead resilient to
your core.  No more whining about life being unfair, instead becoming a
self-actualized person who strives for social justice.

 

 

 

L. Michael Hall, Ph.D., Executive Director 

Neuro-Semantics 

P.O. Box 8

Clifton, CO. 81520 USA                             

               1 970-523-7877 

132607 NeuroSemantics Executive Learning Front Cover

 

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