John Renesch teleseminar on "Beyond Reasonable Leadership"

It occurred to me the day after the teleseminar with Matthew that trust is a big factor in people remaining in their existing worldviews. Part of the human condition is that we often stay with the familiar, even when it is painful or uncomfortable, because we know it, we trust it, we've become "friends" with it...so we are more trusting of it than something unknown and untried. Even if it promises a far better life or a far better world.

I recall a common rationale for people who refused to take personal growth workshops in the 1970 and 1980s....my life may not be great but it is stable and I don't want to "rock the boat"...settling for a mediocre life rather than risking the discovery of some potentially horrible thing about themselves. This is the fear paradigm.

It seems reasonable to avoid the risk but when we all succomb to the fear paradigm we are trapped in, it is insane...it is VERY "unreasonable" viewed from the perspective of the new paradigm, the envisioned and potential future.

I'd love to hear from any listeners about your thoughts, so long as they serve the dialogue.

John Renesch
Futurist, author, Getting to the Better Future
www.Renesch.com