THE THREE PILLARS OF TRANSFORMATION

PRINCIPLES

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PRINCIPLES

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  • Principles act as guideposts along your transformational journey
  • A principle is a diligent observation of a certain aspect of reality.
  • Principles are context-independent.
  • Principles are generally and relatively true.
  • Principles are not always specifically true for any given situation and should not be used to compare individuals.
  • Princples rarely describe the exact how or why.
  • Princples mostly describe the what, who and when.
  • When leveraged, principles will work for us, when ignored, principles will work against us.

PRACTICES

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PRACTICES

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  • Practices are repetitive, communal tasks of moving head knowledge to the heart.
  • Practices are expressions of head knowledge that can be seen, heard and most importabtly felt.
  • Consistent Practice creates habits.
  • Practice makes Permanent. Perfect Practice makes Perfect.
  • Our Practices are perefected in Community through transparency, vulnerability and accountability.
  • Our Practices are perefected when we strive to live it to give it rather than fake it to make it.
  • Princples help us develop Healthy Practices and identify Unhealthy Practices.
  • Unhealthy Practices need to be intentionally replaced with Healthy Practices.

TOOLS

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TOOLS

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  • Tools in this context refers specifically to Transfromational Tools/.
  • Transfromational Tools make Practice more effective and efficient.
  • Tools can apply to all Practices or can be optimized for specific Practices.
  • Transformational Tools are generally categorized as either Fininte or Infininte.
  • Fininte Tools help with Fininte Tasks, which are short-term and can be directly measured.
  • Infinite Tools help with Infinite Tasks, which are long-term and cannot be directly measured.
  • Real, sustained Transfromation requires the proper balance between Finite and Infininte Tools.

 

PRINCIPLES

MASTERPIECE

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MASTERPIECE

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  • The Masterpiece Principle states that each and every one of us was born with a one-of-a-kind, authentic Masterpiece inside of us.
  • We have the capacity to be radically transformed if we are willing to work hard.
  • Everything we need to live an abundant, meaningful life is Already inside of us.
  • Our unique Masterpiece is our Authentic Self.
  • Over the years, our reactions to the people and circumstances in our life builds up layers of dysfunction that hide our Authentic Self.
  • Unleashing the Masterpiece requires identifying, removing and replacing these layers, and slowing the growth of new ones.

KNOWING

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KNOWING

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  • The Knowing Prinicple states what we need to Know about Knowing in order to effectively Transform.
  • There are many different kinds of Knowing:
    • Knowing how much you Do Not Know.
    • Intimately Knowing Ourselves.
    • Authentically Knowing Others.
    • Knowing through Learning.
    • Knowing through Experience.
    • Knowing through Engagement.
    • Knowing through Perspective.
    • Knowing without Certainty.

RADICAL TEAMS

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RADICAL TEAMS

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  • The Radical Teams Principle states that there is a capacity for mutual value add between us and every person in our life.
  • Every person in our lives has Value becuase each of them are a one-of-a-kind, authentic Masterpiece.
  • We have Value becuase each of us are a one-of-a-kind, authentic Masterpiece.
  • We have the Potential to Add Value To every person in our life.
  • We have the Potential to Receive Value From every person in our life.
  • Fully Realizing this Potential to Add and Receive Value mostly takes hard work and practice.
  • Some people in our life are easier to Add Value To than others.
  • Some people in our life are easier to Receive Value From than others.
  • The Radical Teams Principle states that we need to be good stewards of the Potential we have with every person in our life.

PRACTICES

COMMUNITAS

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COMMUNITAS

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  • Communitas has two aspects: the Individuals in the community, and the community as a Collective-whole.
  • A Tension exists between meeting the needs of the Individuals and meeting the needs of the Collective-whole.
  • A Tension exists between meeting the needs of Ourselves and meeting the needs of Other Individuals.
  • The Practice of Communitas addresses these two Tensions with different sets Strategies and Tactics.
  • The Individual Practice of Communitas is the practice of loving your neighbor.
  • The Collective Practice of Communitas is the practice of loving your neighborhood.
  • The Individual Practice requires Self-sacrifice for the direct good of specific Indviduals.
  • The Collective Practice requires Individual-sacrifice for the direct good of the Community Itself.
  • Individual skills include Seeing, Inviting, Adjusting and Discerning.
  • Collective skills include Awareness, Advocacy, Deconstructing and Innovating.

MIRRORING

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MIRRORING

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  • Mirroring is a physiolgical phenomenon in which the brains (neurons) of two or more individuals become synchronized in specific ways.
  • The Practice of Mirroring will be defined as reflecting our perspective of the attitudes, speech or actions of the people around us..
  • Mirroring will also be defined as intentionally receiving these reflections from others in our lives..
  • Social Mirroring occurs when an individual chooses to conform to their own perception of the social norms in their environment.
  • Reactive Mirroring is the unhealthy Practice of Mirroring, Authentic Mirroring is the healthy practice.
  • Reactive Mirroring changes what is reflected based on personal biases, feeelings, mood, pre-conceived ideas or self-motivated desires.
  • Authentic Mirroring gives a fully accurate reflection based only on the vantage point of the person doing the mirroring.
  • Reactive Mirroring projects and objectifies, Authentic Mirroring provides opportunities for self-awareness, friendship and transformation.

CONTEMPLATION

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CONTEMPLATION

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  • Contemplation can be simply defined as Being.
  • The Practice of Contemplation will be defined as being fully present in the current moment of time.
  • Contemplation is always Bigger and Beyond our thoughts, attitudes, speech and actions.
  • Contemplation is Not: meditation, an escape from reality, or a method to control external circumstances.
  • Fear, Unhealthy Desire and distract us from the Ptractcie of Contemplation.
  • This practice has four Contemplative Elements:
    • Paying Attention: Intentional awareness of what exactly we are currently paying attention to.
    • Detachment: Thinking, speaking and acting like there is no permanent ownership of anything, only temporary stewardship.
    • Everything Belongs: Thinking, speaking and acting like every moment has opportunities for growth and development.
    • Identify: Thinking, speaking and acting like we are human Beings, not human Doings.

TOOLS

BELIEVE THE BEST

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BELIEVE THE BEST

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LEARN-APPLY-ENGAGE

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LEARN-APPLY-ENGAGE

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HABIT REPLACEMENT

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HABIT REPLACEMENT

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OWNERSHIP

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OWNERSHIP

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FOCUS ON A FEW

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FOCUS ON A FEW

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BREATHING

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BREATHING

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EMPOWERMENT

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EMPOWERMENT

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PERSONAL HOME TEAM

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PERSONAL HOME TEAM

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ENGAGE GROUPS

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ENGAGE GROUPS

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THE TRANSFORMATIONAL RHYTHMS PROGRAM

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THE TRANSFORMATIONAL RHYTHMS PROGRAM

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  • You live and relate in five primary contexts every day of your life:
    • Self, Relationships, Groups, Organizations and Communities
  • Flowing out, in and through each of these contexts with an intentional, structured rhythm creates fertile soil for growing abundance, joy and meaning in every one of the contexts.

ABOUT US

The Transformational Rhythms Program has produced phenomenal life change in Illinois State Prisons. Since 2016, more than 500 individual prisoners have taken courses in the program, and most prisoners have taken multiple courses, as both participants and assistants. We currently serve more than 300 prisoners per week in Illinois State Prisons.

We desired to test out the Transformational Rhythms Program in one of the most difficult and demanding environments we could find. The results of the last three years have given us the confidence and the desire to extend the program beyond prisons to young adults, marriages, parenting, professionals, nonprofits and anyone desiring meaningful, sustainable transformation in their lives.

We have marketplace, faith-based, and faith-neutral versions of our program available, in print, PDF, and digital-online LEARN-APPLY-ENGAGE formats.

 

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