The premium operating system of your mind workshop
Welcome to the forum on Creative thinking Your mind workshop. This is text for the video with the same title URL https://youtu.be/cacYz4huQVY?si=Xx1ZvQXjAJapfDeL
There are three levels of the mind. We shall deal with the first level here which we normally use in our ordinary activities. I refer it as workshop for it is the working mind which relates to the world we live in. This mind workshop operates on three processes or stages:
The three I’s- That is; Idea, Interpretation and Implementation
These are dictated by your Mental attitude If you are working on the negative threshold which is the wrong approach, the results will be in the negative and not successful.
The first process is the idea or call it a dream which comes into your mind from the impressions or suggestions you get, generally from your conscious mind, or people, or environment, or circumstances. Many a time God brings the idea but we may not recognize it. I will discuss more on this in the next video talk.The idea could be a very faint thought. It depends on how you grasp it and desire to work on it. Many thought ideas come and go for good or for bad. For many of them are not useful. Or we do not recognize them and our minds just ignore. Sometime we realize when we are too late.
Think of this! It is so common for people to have ideas and they try to implement them before they go through second stage. The results are usually drastic. On the other hand those ideas which go through scrutiny in the interpretation stage become highly successful.
Now the Interpretation process works best in terms of responding to the seven common leading questions, why? how? which? what? who? where? and when? These often lead the mind to search either from inside where there is stored information, or outside where information is collected in various ways.Let me now address the seven basic questions or processes.
Firstly, The Why? This is the determining factor for the direction to take. it determines the purpose, the reason or motive although often motive is used to refer to details seen from negative point of view. On this, the negative approach brings doubt hindering any further progress.
But when you act from positive aspect, this will lead you to explored critical areas that relate to the project you are dealing with. It derive strength from your inner desire to achieve.
- Secondly, The How? This determines the method that can be used. It drives the mind to search for possible activities that will make the idea or dream realizable the negative brings in the mind possible impediments blocking any further action. But in our case it is the way forward that we are seeking.
- Thirdly, The Which? This works on choices, preferences or priorities when there are many ideas. This helps when you have to consider the urgency and importance. Many a time when we are on a certain course of work other issues crop up either brought by people or thoughts popping out in our minds. In organization issues come out which demand attention. When they come we have to consider whether they are important and what is their urgency. Let me digress a bit to talk about this important/urgency thinking. Actually here we are only setting the ground to help make informed decision when we come to the implementation stage.
- Fourthly, The What? This Where we determine the means or the tools. Here tools can be physical equipment or the preparation of the mind where we prepare references for action. When I was running course for senior clergy in the nineties, I organised workshops where every clergy could write down every possible resource in their place of work. This could be the geographical potential, the human resources the economic situation, infrastructure and other physical and mind/spiritual availabilities. It was so enriching when on the implemental stage they could see the potential they were not tapping.
- Fifthly, The Who? This leads to the determination of people to implement the idea. We refer this as human resources. It is here that the decision to inform, train orientate etc is made. They would have to go through the process to assimilate or own the project. It gives direction for the implementation. Actually this a good part of the implementation. Effective preparation makes it easy to make people implement properly.
- Sixthly, The Where? This makes the mind work out the route or direction. This is the plan of action. Mind you I am emphasizing more on the working of the mind rather the physical aspect of it. There could be a survey of various aspect of the direction. If for example one was planning to do a business, it would be prudent to locate where possible ground is more favourable.
You cannot go to Semi arid areas and set your computer mall or go to sell warm clothing to hot areas.
- Seventhly, The When? This works on time plan
When this stage is done well it is bound to give great result at the implementation stage. sometime seasons and circumstances dictate the timing of implementation.
Again there are programmes that demand quick action while others may require long duration.
Again the above mentioned six processes will help determine the time frame.
Finally when all is done we go to the Implementation stage. This is the most important part of the process for if it is not effected the idea or dream will remain but a dream.
This is fully dependent on the working out at the interpretation stage
Most of the projects fail because not enough time was taken to consider the path to follow. This also goes with human relationships.
If there is a challenge at the implementation stage reference always goes back to the second stage
The case of Joseph was successful for he knew what was going to happen all the time. He saved a nation.Genesis 41:25ff esp.33-36 48-49 55-57. 47:13-26.
Finally A major part of the process of the second stage actually works on various key areas of our lives.
Whereas this describes the thinking process it will not be fully complete without using the deeper part of human life, that is, the feeling or the spiritual aspect….I shall give a story here…the recipe story. This presupposes inspiration and deep desire. When I was organizing courses on Church admin and management of senior clergy I realized this aspect of the spirit or inspiration. Much of teaching, even counselling can be dry academic.
I shall talk about this in the next talk where we appeal to the inner mind which is known as the subconscious mind.
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