You Can Put The I Back Into Team
Written by: Kristi Peck, Executive Contributor
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For years now, the common theme in organizations has been to take the I out of teamwork. This was a highly destructive mannerism for the human psyche. In outfitting the team as more important than the self, the mind orchestrated mechanisms for defending, protecting and manipulating.
Organizations, such as companies, schools, families, communities and neighbourhoods, are contemplative organisms that have no pulse and are numb to the essence of the human dynamic.
While wealth may be on the rise, many individuals find themselves poor in spirit, homeless in knowing who they are, and prisoners of self-defense for pain and hurt. It is time to put the I back in the team. We are no longer together everyone achieves more. We have become together everyone acts manipulatively as a way to safeguard the self. The rise is not in the manifestation of togetherness, it is in the downfall of the human spirit.
Wabi-sabi is a Japanese philosophy for manufacturing the aesthetics of architecture. Governed by imperfection, constant change, and always evolving, this way of organizing any landscape seems to bring a sense of freedom to the being that inhabits such a space. The very system for which this philosophy organizes can be seen as one creates awareness in noticing surroundings and how each aspect brings an overall sense of the presence of peace. Peace has always been conceptualized from a transcendental truth that comes from within.
When the mind of the individual finds peaceful resolve, the entire environment benefits as a peaceful contemplative movement. Think of this much like dropping a pebble into a body of water. The ripples of such interaction as the act of the pebble meeting the water is exactly what happens when a peaceful state of mind meets the outer landscape of one’s life. The ripples of blessings, beauty and the extraordinary moments of goodness expand indefinitely.
Creating peaceful states of mind within the individual helps to maintain a peaceful existence outside of the mind. I recently wrote about how to find resolve in the ordinary acts of every day to find peace within. You can read it here.
Creating peaceful states of awareness can orchestrate a new way to consciously live. The more we bring peace into the body of the individual, the more we can create organizations that also have an agency of peace as a way to resolve disturbance in the system. You can find more helpful hints at www.kristipeck.com.
Kristi Peck, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Kristi Peck is an intuitive life coach, a spiritual mentor, and author of Coming Home – A Love Story, and a podcast host of Living the Liminal: Finding Joy in the Pauses of Life. Kristi is an engaging storyteller who inspires your heart and soul to take adventurous leaps thus making choices that are aligned to who you are and your deep purpose. Kristi has a wealth of transformational life experiences and 30+ years as a resource for others. She has coaching certification in Jungian Psychology, Eastern Spirituality and Social Neuroscience with extensive training in the currency of relationships, channelling, mediumship, energy healing. Kristi’s warmth and vulnerability have been described as a “soft-toughness” as she leads by example and creates a safe haven for you to open your heart to courageous choice-making and a conscious lifestyle. Kristi has compassion for change and a deep understanding of the human dynamic which makes her a sustainable source for learning."
