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An Introduc)on to Personally Responsible Freedom

“To be free, you have only to make the decision to be free. Freedom is waiting for you — anytime you’re ready.”

Harry Browne


Linkage For Life About Jack •  Last 11 years in China teaching business, culture &

English in universi:es & companies & coaching execu:ves: Presen:ng seminars/courses on self-‐knowledge (personality models, MBTI, Big 5, etc.), rela:onship (EQ) & performance skills

•  12 years before this, worked in Australia teaching & consul:ng: TAFE, aged care, career development, male-‐female singles introduc:on agency, Pallia:ve Care (helping the dying), couples & singles rela:onship counseling & educa:on

•  3 ci:zenships: American, Canadian & Australian •  Before teaching, inventor & entrepreneur, husband &

father, writer of poetry & prose •  Long :me interest in Religion & Spirituality, Western

& Eastern Mys:cism & Culture-‐-‐China: Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Yi Ching, Poetry – Laozi, Kongzi, Mengzi, Xunzi, Du Fu, Li Bai


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My Goals for this Time Together

I’d like to you to experience:

1.  Thinking for yourself 2.  Caring to Learn 3.  Learning to Care 4.  Choosing to Live Responsibly Free None of the above can be “taught” They can only be “caught” The more important things in life can’t be taught They are learned by doing


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Which TWO go together?

1. Chicken and Grass? 2. Chicken and Cow? 3. Cow and Grass?

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Linkage For Life Icebreaker-‐Warmup PURPOSE: Concentra:on and focus OBJECTIVE: Place index finger on palm of person to your le` while avoiding placement of person’s finger on your right INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Stand in circle far enough apart to extend both arms out horizontal 2. LEFT HAND (LH) point index finger down 3. RIGHT HAND (RH) palm upward 4. At “GO!” try to place LH finger on palm to le` while avoiding finger on RH palm 5. First person to touch finger to palm on leS 3 )mes SHOUT OUT “DID IT!”—then tell us how many :mes your palm was touched

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Placeyouindexfingersonthepalmofthepersonnexttoyouwhileavoidingthesame

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Askthedelegatestostandinacircle,slightlyspreadapart.Theyshouldbeable

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Ask everyone to extend their arms sideways while pointing their palms

upwards.

Usingtheirrighthand,everyonemustpointtheirindexfingersdownwardswhile

hoveringontheleftpalmoftheotherperson.

Thereshouldbeno touchingat thispoint; fingersareonlyhoveringabove the

palms.

Theobjectiveistolowertheindexfingerandhitthepalmoftheotherperson’s

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Thefirstpersontosuccessfullydothisshouldshout,“IWON!”.

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You may need to go through an introductory warm up round so everyone

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Thegamewillproducelotsoflaughterandthecompetitiveatmospherehelpsto

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You can continue with several rounds. You can declare the person who

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ExplainingtheExercise:2minutes

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How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World by Harry Browne

An Introduc)on to the Book “Freedom is the opportunity to live your life as you want to live it. And that is possible, even if others remain as they are. The freedom you seek is already available to you, but it has gone unno:ced. There are two basic reasons why most people remain enslaved: 1. They’re unaware of the many op:ons and alterna:ves available to them; 2. They accept without challenge certain assump:ons that restrict their freedom.” “Many adults lack freedom not so much because someone has stolen it from them as because they have thrown it away.” Thomas Szasz


Linkage For Life Personally Responsible Freedom 14 Traps that Keep You Caught

14 Assump)ons—TRAPS, the keep you Caught

Trap #1: The Iden)ty Traps (2) (1)  the belief that you should be someone other

than yourself; (2) the assump:on that others will do things in the way you would. “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest bafle which any human being can fight; and never stop figh:ng.” e.e. cummings, American poet


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14 Traps that Keep You Caught (con)nued)

Trap #2: The Intellectual Trap The belief your emo:ons should conform to an intellectually preconceived standard. Emo:ons are automa:c, accurate assessments of how you’re dealing with reality—accept them.

Trap #3: The Emo)onal Trap You do not have to act out your emo:ons, especially when they are overwhelming you!


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Trap #4: The Morality Trap The belief that you must obey a moral code created by someone else. To be free you need to create your own moral code.

Trap #5: Unselfishness Trap The belief that you must put the happiness of others ahead of your own.


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Trap #6: The Group Trap The belief that a gathering of separate individuals is a unitary “Agent” that can actually and accurately represent all of its members. With a Group you can only act “Indirectly”; only individually do you act “Directly”.

Trap #7: The Government Traps (4) (1) The belief that governments perform socially useful func:ons that deserve your support. (2) The belief that you have a duty to obey laws.


Linkage For Life 14 Traps that Keep You Caught (con)nued) Trap #7: The Government Traps (last 2 of 4) (3) The belief that the government can be counted upon to carry out a social reform you favor. (4) The fear that the government is so powerful that it can prevent you from being free.

Trap #8: Despair Trap The belief that other people can prevent you from being free.

Trap #9: Rights Trap The belief that your rights will make you free.


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Trap #10: Utopia Trap The belief that you must create befer condi:ons in society before you can be free.

Trap #11: Burning Issue Trap The belief that there are compelling social issues that require your par:cipa:on.

Trap #12: Previous-‐Investment Trap The belief that :me, effort, and money spent in the past must be considered when making a decision in the present.


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14 Traps that Keep You Caught

Trap #13: Box Trap A box is any uncomfortable situa:on that restrains your freedom. The box trap is the belief that the cost of gejng out of a box is too high to consider.

Trap #14: Certainty Trap The urge to act as if your informa:on were totally certain.


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Choose…YOU! “You are only as free as you take the responsibility to be while allowing others to do the same.” Jack “You haven’t met yourself yet. But the advantage to mee:ng others in the mean:me is that one of them may present you to yourself. Examine the nature of everything you observe.” Waking Life, the Movie

Choice Theory, William Glasser “The only person whose behavior we can control is our own. All we can give another person is informa:on. All long las:ng psychological problems are rela:onship problems.”


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