Is it time to cool off?

Cracking the Codefor Sensei SuccessCracking the Codefor Sensei Success

Sensei Sean Adrean’s RoastApril 24th 2010

Sensei Sean Adrean’s RoastApril 24th 2010

Today it is “All About You”Today it is “All About You”

• To honor and affirm you for your success

• To help you keep raising the bar to achieve continued levels of greater success

• To help our organization as a whole, grow and be more successful as a result of both your individual and our collective efforts

• To honor and affirm you for your success

• To help you keep raising the bar to achieve continued levels of greater success

• To help our organization as a whole, grow and be more successful as a result of both your individual and our collective efforts

How can we make this happen?

How can we make this happen?

Some Principles and Techniques…

Some Principles and Techniques…

Are you a Cave Dweller or a Hermit Crab?

Are you a Cave Dweller or a Hermit Crab?

That Dynamic Tension between our Fears and our

Dreams IS our Life!

That Dynamic Tension between our Fears and our

Dreams IS our Life!

Hermit Crabs are Life Long Learners that say “YES” to the Universe

Hermit Crabs are Life Long Learners that say “YES” to the Universe

•Complex learning fanatics with an unquenchable thirst for growth

•Seek new challenges on the edge

•Highly SpiritedHermit Crabs leave for a Larger Shell

Can’t NOT Grow!

•Complex learning fanatics with an unquenchable thirst for growth

•Seek new challenges on the edge

•Highly SpiritedHermit Crabs leave for a Larger Shell

Can’t NOT Grow!

Training: Drill for Skill, Master the Fundamentals, Practice Makes Permanent…

Training: Drill for Skill, Master the Fundamentals, Practice Makes Permanent…• Only On-Going Reinforcement Training

works!“Train Hard, Fight Easy”-The Marines

• Levels of learning:– Unconscious Incompetence (don’t know what you

don’t know)– Conscious Incompetence (Yikes this is hard!)– Cons. Competence (Proficiency)– Unconscious Competency (The Road to Mastery)

• Drill it 10,000 Times! (Outliers-Gladwell)

• Only On-Going Reinforcement Training works!

“Train Hard, Fight Easy”-The Marines• Levels of learning:

– Unconscious Incompetence (don’t know what you don’t know)

– Conscious Incompetence (Yikes this is hard!)– Cons. Competence (Proficiency)– Unconscious Competency (The Road to Mastery)

• Drill it 10,000 Times! (Outliers-Gladwell)

Quantum Physics/MedicineQuantum Physics/Medicine

• A Human being is a network of energy and information

• The Environment is a field of energy and information

• Wellness results from the appropriate exchange of energy and information between the individual and the environment

Energetics is the Final Frontier…

• A Human being is a network of energy and information

• The Environment is a field of energy and information

• Wellness results from the appropriate exchange of energy and information between the individual and the environment

Energetics is the Final Frontier…

Sensei Study MotivationSensei Study Motivation

• Body-Extrinsic Participation

• Mind-Intrinsic Engagement

• Spirit- Energetic Commitment

• Body-Extrinsic Participation

• Mind-Intrinsic Engagement

• Spirit- Energetic Commitment

BodyBody

SpiritSpirit

MindMind

Attitude is Important:Do you Feel Lucky?

Attitude is Important:Do you Feel Lucky?

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Human Beings are fundamentally

Meaning-Makers!

Human Beings are fundamentally

Meaning-Makers!

…The unconscious meaning we/they assign

Attentional Blindness

…The unconscious meaning we/they assign

Attentional Blindness

Winners Create Their Own Luck!

Winners Create Their Own Luck!

Luck is when “Preparation meets Opportunity”

Let’s grow yours and help you create your own luck…

Luck is when “Preparation meets Opportunity”

Let’s grow yours and help you create your own luck…

Sensei Go PlatinumSensei Go Platinum

• The Rule: … As others would have done unto THEM!

• Getting what we want while giving dojo mates what they want1. Teaching: Proficiency to Mastery2. Personalization: Show me you KNOW

me3. Connection: Then I will show you I care

about you

• The Rule: … As others would have done unto THEM!

• Getting what we want while giving dojo mates what they want1. Teaching: Proficiency to Mastery2. Personalization: Show me you KNOW

me3. Connection: Then I will show you I care

about you

5 Fundamental Laws behind the Code:

5 Fundamental Laws behind the Code:

• The Law of Concentrated Attention

• The Law of Reversed Effect• The Law of Dominant Effect• The Law of Reciprocity• The Law of Intentionality• The Law of Abundance

• The Law of Concentrated Attention

• The Law of Reversed Effect• The Law of Dominant Effect• The Law of Reciprocity• The Law of Intentionality• The Law of Abundance

Training the Mind: The Power of Positive Thinking…

Training the Mind: The Power of Positive Thinking…

• Worrying is Negative Goal Setting

• "Worrying about the future is like paying interest on a loan that you haven’t taken out."

• Worrying is Negative Goal Setting

• "Worrying about the future is like paying interest on a loan that you haven’t taken out."

Knowing Your Brain & Keeping the ChangeKnowing Your Brain & Keeping the Change

• Reptilian • Limbic• Neocortex

• Survival and Emotion override the Intellect

• Reptilian • Limbic• Neocortex

• Survival and Emotion override the Intellect

Limbic Resonance is the healing response

Limbic Resonance is the healing response

Achieved through the interaction and inter-transference of emotional information thru words, gestures, touch, voice tone, facial expression, body language, music, poetry and ANY stimulus that evokes the moods and the emotions of love

• Tuning• Bonding• Healing/Transform

Love is the healing force

Achieved through the interaction and inter-transference of emotional information thru words, gestures, touch, voice tone, facial expression, body language, music, poetry and ANY stimulus that evokes the moods and the emotions of love

• Tuning• Bonding• Healing/Transform

Love is the healing force

Keep Asking and Answering the

4 BIG Questions of Right Living

Keep Asking and Answering the

4 BIG Questions of Right Living1. How to be Happy?2. How to be Healthy?3. How to cultivate Loving,

Nurturing Relationships?4. How to discover and express our

true and unique Purpose in Life?

1. How to be Happy?2. How to be Healthy?3. How to cultivate Loving,

Nurturing Relationships?4. How to discover and express our

true and unique Purpose in Life?

Focus on the Green Lights!Focus on the Green Lights!

• Redirecting attention and energy…• Redirecting attention and energy…

Aoinagi Ken Shu Kai UCSD Sensei in 30 Years 1981-2010

Aoinagi Ken Shu Kai UCSD Sensei in 30 Years 1981-2010

1. Sensei Paul 1. 2001

2. Sensei Barb1. 2002

3. Sensei Charles1. 2007

4. Sensei Vicente1. 2007

5. Sensei Matt 1. 2007

1. Sensei Paul 1. 2001

2. Sensei Barb1. 2002

3. Sensei Charles1. 2007

4. Sensei Vicente1. 2007

5. Sensei Matt 1. 2007

6. Sensei Fabrice2007

7. Sensei Isabelle2007

8. Sensei Anurag 2007

9. Sensei Dana2007

10. Sensei Sean2009

6. Sensei Fabrice2007

7. Sensei Isabelle2007

8. Sensei Anurag 2007

9. Sensei Dana2007

10. Sensei Sean2009

Aoinagi Ken Shu Kai UCSD Sensei in 30 Years 1981-2010

Aoinagi Ken Shu Kai UCSD Sensei in 30 Years 1981-2010

Our Newest Addition…Our Newest Addition…

The collective wisdom of the ages teaches that

the whole point of life is not what we get

but what we give… And that

we have total control over

The collective wisdom of the ages teaches that

the whole point of life is not what we get

but what we give… And that

we have total control over

In Closing: With Gratitude and a Request

In Closing: With Gratitude and a Request

– Kudos on this milestone– Now we need to build our capacity for

the next level of success– Model and Mentor the best of what you

have been able to do so far“

The only things you keep in live are the things you give away”…

The Abundance Principle

– Kudos on this milestone– Now we need to build our capacity for

the next level of success– Model and Mentor the best of what you

have been able to do so far“

The only things you keep in live are the things you give away”…

The Abundance Principle

Move from “getting informed” to “being transformed”…

Move from “getting informed” to “being transformed”…

• Quench your thirst for meaning and purpose, not just performance and achievement

• Be a force of good and never underestimate its power• Create and maintain virtuous cycles• Eliminate or reduce avoidable

suffering

• Quench your thirst for meaning and purpose, not just performance and achievement

• Be a force of good and never underestimate its power• Create and maintain virtuous cycles• Eliminate or reduce avoidable

suffering

Thanks to ALL of you for all you have done, are

doing, and will continue to do for Aoinagi

Thanks to ALL of you for all you have done, are

doing, and will continue to do for Aoinagi

Congratulations Sensei Sean!

Congratulations Sensei Sean!