a meaning playbook
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A Playbook
This slide set is a collection of models and thoughts about meaning. The intent is that they can be run like plays in the lives of individuals or groups, to
help find and deepen meaning. Meaning is something that improves all that it touches. Please use these plays to help find and hold meaning for
yourself or group. May your journey be meaningful.-Tom Curtis
Personal Strategy
Know strengths and weaknesses
Design around or decide to improve
Plan, Measure, and Review frequently
Ope
n w
ith
self
Honest w
ith self
What do I really want?
What am I willing to do?
What am I willing to give up?
How long am I willing to work?
What price am I willing to pay?
What do my actions say each day?
Why do I want that, is my motive pure?
Creating Sticking Purpose
Characterize-do the sketching, rough cutting-Ask "What does it look like? Feel like? Taste like?" Form
Clarify-finer cuts and finishing-Ask "how do I know this is right? Am I willing to fully invest?" Finish
Cement-make part of all you do, use as guiding principle in decision making and time usage Use
Feeling wholeWhat does it mean to feel whole?
Is it the opposite of being empty?
Does everything have to be perfect? Or is it more accessible than that?
When was the last time you remember feeling whole? Has it been a while? Is so why? Do you believe it to be a rare state?
We can feel whole when we have taken the time to ensure that we know where we are going and that we are doing what we can do.
Stay on Track and Move Forward
Proper Tension
Balance
Check
Old and New must have purpose to stay, or they will get in the way.
Do
On measuringMeasuring
revealsMeasuring discomforts
Measuring resets
Measuring teaches
Measuring accounts
Measuring manages
Measuring observes
Measuring tests
Priority SettingRecognize
that there are priorities
Identify potential priorities
Run the sorting Process
Set priorities and order
Test following
Review at preset time to ensure
compliance
Priorities must be set
and kept
MeaningMeaning may be inherent or assigned. Both are
valid. It may help us to recognize which is which. Meaning may be jointly shared as it is with
inherent meaning. A community or group may have a meaning that is very similar for all members.
Meaning may also be more personal, not widely shared. We may assign meaning to events or activities or persons based on our feelings,
experiences, or relationships. As we come to see the texture of meaning, we will better be able to
understand how we relate to it and it to us. We will be able to recognize and deepen our relationship.