[Ailist] Re: Today (May 31, 2009) is the 8th annual What You Think upon Grows

[Cheri Torres]

And my experience is that the key is focused, aligned (congruent) and
consistent action that generates the creative force.  In addition, when many
are working on the same clear vision and stay focused, aligned and
consistently act together they can change the world.
Cheri

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:29 AM, Howard Ditkoff <
howard at emergentassociates.com> wrote:

> Re: [Ailist] Re: Today (May 31, 2009) is the 8th annual What You Think upon
> GrowsThanks Bruce. That's really what I feel too. These cliches are often
> worthwhile when combined with others. But in isolation they're meaningless
> and often hopelessly oversimplified. There are many things that grow without
> us focusing on them and there are things we focus on our whole lives that we
> fail to manifest even though we might wish to. All of that is because there
> is a reality outside ourselves. To think our focus is the sole factor in
> determining what happens is extremely narcissistic indeed.
>
> Howard
>   ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Bruce Elkin
>  To: Howard Ditkoff ; ailist at lists.business.utah.edu
>  Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 11:15 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Ailist] Re: Today (May 31, 2009) is the 8th annual What You
> Think upon Grows
>
>
>    AI and many other fields promote this concept that "What You Think Upon
> Grows." Yet aren't many things growing precisely due to our lack of thinking
> about them? We don't think about genocide going on in Sudan and so allow it
> to grow, for example. I think these one-sided cliches are dangerous. You can
> get unhealthy results by overfocusing OR underfocusing on things.
>
>    Best,
>    Howard
>
>
>
>   Howard, all.
>  I agree with you. While it's true that focusing on what we want increases
> our power to create it, we cannot close our eyes to what is. In creating
> desired results, we must focus on a clear vision of the results we want. And
> we must also accept and appreciate reality-as-it is (without judging it and
> adding emotional charge to it. The ability to hold both vision and reality
> in mind at the same time sets up a gap out of which a useful creative
> tension emerges. This creative tension provides the core energy for
> creation, complemented by motivation and momentum.
>
>  It's pleasing to have a simplistic cliché such as "what you think upon
> grows" but as Einstein said, "A thing should be simple enough, but no
> simpler."
>
>  To create real and lasting results we need vision, reality, and action.
> These are the core elements that underlie all acts of creating.
>
>  Cheers!
>  Bruce
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Cheri B. Torres, Ph.D.
Collaborative-by-Design
Asheville, NC
828-225-5088

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