RE: METANOIA and Motivation Motivation is the solution to most human problems: Economics, political, crime, welfare, teen age mothers, business management, sales, love, commercials, and EDUCATION. What do we know about motivation ? 1.) It is mostly pre-conscious, the people who understand motivation best - advertising commercials need a hook to our emotional and visual responses deep in our biology. We are not fully aware of what motivates us, and others peoples motivations are usually a mystery to us and often misunderstood. If we ask people about "what motivates you", we don't get coherent answers. 2.) Groups are very motivating. In "Why Men Fight" Merton showed how soldiers "bond" and will make unlimited sacrifices for each other. The human group has always been inter-dependent, we depend on altruism, mutual aid, empathy, love, for survival and mutual support is in our genes. The "us" and "them" motivates in games and war. The "them" helps motivate "us" in that we are "the special people", chosen by G-d. Love inside the group and hate for outsiders - race, foreigners, strange and alien people who are not "us". 3.) Success breeds Success, the pattern of fail, fail, fail, win is more motivating that always losing or even always winning. We know a lot about "special" learners, so we go step by step, not too easy or too hard. We all learn by challenge but not by having impossible dreams. 4.) The military training system has more Success because it is based on the seven step method of the outward Bound, Sufi 1001 and one nights, the Order of St. Benedict, the Jesuits, the Moonie, The Korean "brainwashing" experiments, Anton Mankaranko's Gorki Colony, the one-room schools, the Z organization, ( Japan Inc) and Motorola, Mobile Oil, in any organization where there is successful "fired up", "gung Ho", collective effort. The seven steps are: 1.) Separation - this is a different place - to use boot camp - the hair cut, the uniform, cutting of communications with the past ( limit phone calls, mail, outside contacts during the first few weeks of training ). Institutional Identification - songs, logos, philosophy, slogans - (BLUE water) all of these are very useful and not expensive - dress codes or uniforms, morning exercises and songs, (universal in Oriental schools and in Germany), special colors, clean by members work - not by others, I.E. in Japan the little ones make their own lunch and clean the school on their hands and knees. 2.) The lesson - Habits start with doing not thinking. The lesson is more than just talking about it. Everyone, Get hands on, clean the rooms, get up at 4 am and run, sing, dance, have exercises in groups.. a ordered set of task not too hard or too easy. Keep busy. (RED mineral) The administration has no closed offices, in in the middle of the action - do as I do - 3.) The drill sergeant - move it - The contact with the dream- time caused by stress - The concerns about our basic self worth come to the surface under stress, we can't do it, we are not good enough, it's too hard.. doubt our beliefs, or faith.. (BROWN - Animal ) No pain no gain... 4.) METANOIA - repentance = change of mind = Think Again = reformation = acceptance I'm OK, self acceptance for who I am - grounding, centered, physically alive being - All bad behavior is from guilt and shame - I deserve the worse because I am not worthy. (Sub-conscious self hate - usually from parents telling them, you rotten kid, and teachers, you stupid brat, verbal and physical abuse) People who know who they are and are comfortable with themselves don't cut their ex-wives throat with a knife. 5.) Make a choice - do I care, is this important, what are my values - values are WHAT YOU DO - you are your values, what you are. Deming was value, old fashion values - from his special background on the frontier. What quality is about is motivation - not doing "only what I have to", do I have to mom ?, IS THIS REQUIRED, will it be counted on the GRADE, not by inspection, but by groups who measure how they and doing because they WANT to do better. From K to death life long learn to evaluate your own work in order do better. Evaluation is our friend... We taste the food, listen to the music, and our evaluation helps us cook better, play better, from inside out. 6.) Acceptance.. A true Marine, the few, the proud, the brave.. Now I can do, I can meet the struggles and demons and we shall overcome. This is called CHARACTER .. will do good with no one watching, with no reward, maybe even in secret I will do my best - WHY what motivates people of character - MERIT, value for its own sake, the essence of being is quality, if you do it do it right because that is who you are and you feel good about it, you are no slob. 7.) A meaningful relationship with the universals, spirit, courage, stability, and other such mesages from the dream time. When other loose their heads, in situations of fear, when the tough get going - where will you be ? Only a connection to the creation makes a real answer possible. *************************************************************** Peter E. Pflaum Ph.D. , Headmaster GLOBAL_VILLAGE_SCHOOLHOUSE The Golden Globe 225 Robinson Road, New Smyrna Beach FL 32169-2176 (904) 428-1355 ftp://gold.doi.com/ftp/internet101 HTTP://Gold.doi.com/ pflaump@internetMCI.com, pflaump@america.com *****************************************************************