This is an excellent read really enjoyed it. The old line comes to mind "Give a man a fish feed him for a day, teach him how to fish feed him for life"
Thanks as always John, and always nice to have someone lend a helping hand so I can leap into more Heidegger! ;-)
As a sport coach the ever present need to help athletes understand I'm here to help them leap forward and not just here to tell them what to do always resonates.
And along my current "anti-atomistic" and "anti Naive-Netwonianism" reading, I think you might like this short read about one of Heidegger's Ph.D. students Hans Jonas. (Who as a Jew went on to despise Heidegger post WW2).
Brilliant as always John. Leaping ahead in a culture that promotes and incentivizes leaping in. Helping others keep their βgrowing edgeβ and βtest their mettleβ rather than dulling their own capabilities and capacity for transformation. Youβd love the work of Milton Erickson and Ernest Rossi. Two men who inspire my passion for assisting others in a very βleaping aheadβ kind of way. ππ»ππ»
Agree with Robβ¦ another thought provoking and enjoyable read. I was only yesterday hearing a conversation about the difference between βleaping inβ (doing to, fixing for) and βleaping forwardβ (working with, growing alongside) when trying to βhelpβ communities improve their health. It was framed as co-creating systems with the people affected to build dignity rather than dependency, which feels spot on when I feel most people are ultimately seeking dignity and agency, despite the current rhetoric around welfare and benefits. The challenge, I guess, is both recognising what our current system is actually doing and then finding the energy(or not) and courage to shift itβafter all, βevery system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.β
There are so many βhelpingβ professions now, aren't there. And as we know in schools and universities, failure isnβt really an option these days. βJust get them throughβ was the mantra before I left. Leap in and fix it quick, or the system weβre propping up that isnβt working will get found out! Grim when the kids/students just want it fixed for them too so they can jump through the qualification hoop and move on.
As you may remember I tortured myself readingβBeing and timeβ which was helped by Blattnerβs readers guide. Not sure if that was βleaping inβ or βleaping aheadβ but it helped it make sense.
I love the way he made his own words up that seems to neatly articulate his meaning.
I think what you have described is what I believe is the approach of the great coaches, help form the environment and architecture for the individual or team to be successful.
I think we might have to do another session on H. Heβs very aligned with our recent themes on process and smashing body-mind dualism. Once you get through the brutally dense language, what heβs saying is actually very pragmatic and straightforward. Simplicity on the other side of complexity! This is a good doco. Makes H very accessible. Lots of sporting examples too. https://youtu.be/fcCRmf_tHW8
Thanks for opening what is, to me, a black box labelled Heidegger, and shining some light in.
Heidegger is a very deep and dark black box, but itβs worth the exploration π
This is an excellent read really enjoyed it. The old line comes to mind "Give a man a fish feed him for a day, teach him how to fish feed him for life"
Thanks Bill, good to hear it resonated.
Thanks as always John, and always nice to have someone lend a helping hand so I can leap into more Heidegger! ;-)
As a sport coach the ever present need to help athletes understand I'm here to help them leap forward and not just here to tell them what to do always resonates.
And along my current "anti-atomistic" and "anti Naive-Netwonianism" reading, I think you might like this short read about one of Heidegger's Ph.D. students Hans Jonas. (Who as a Jew went on to despise Heidegger post WW2).
A true radical anti-reductionist "hero" that I had never heard of before - https://bigthink.com/13-8/nature-of-life-hans-jonas/
Thanks again
Cheers pal. Thereβs always an additional pressure to leap in when people are paying you to help them. Got to justify your worth!
Jonas is very Peaty/Whiteheadian. You might like this book by AudronΔ Ε½ukauskaitΔ on βOrganism-Oriented Ontology.β Similar vibe.
https://amzn.eu/d/0g4wRE5f
Brilliant as always John. Leaping ahead in a culture that promotes and incentivizes leaping in. Helping others keep their βgrowing edgeβ and βtest their mettleβ rather than dulling their own capabilities and capacity for transformation. Youβd love the work of Milton Erickson and Ernest Rossi. Two men who inspire my passion for assisting others in a very βleaping aheadβ kind of way. ππ»ππ»
Thank you. βTest their mettleβ is an underused phrase. Need to bring that back into circulation. Will check out Erickson and Rossi π
Absolutely ππ»
Agree with Robβ¦ another thought provoking and enjoyable read. I was only yesterday hearing a conversation about the difference between βleaping inβ (doing to, fixing for) and βleaping forwardβ (working with, growing alongside) when trying to βhelpβ communities improve their health. It was framed as co-creating systems with the people affected to build dignity rather than dependency, which feels spot on when I feel most people are ultimately seeking dignity and agency, despite the current rhetoric around welfare and benefits. The challenge, I guess, is both recognising what our current system is actually doing and then finding the energy(or not) and courage to shift itβafter all, βevery system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.β
There are so many βhelpingβ professions now, aren't there. And as we know in schools and universities, failure isnβt really an option these days. βJust get them throughβ was the mantra before I left. Leap in and fix it quick, or the system weβre propping up that isnβt working will get found out! Grim when the kids/students just want it fixed for them too so they can jump through the qualification hoop and move on.
Thanks for another timely reminder of why the world needs philosophers π€©
As you may remember I tortured myself readingβBeing and timeβ which was helped by Blattnerβs readers guide. Not sure if that was βleaping inβ or βleaping aheadβ but it helped it make sense.
I love the way he made his own words up that seems to neatly articulate his meaning.
I think what you have described is what I believe is the approach of the great coaches, help form the environment and architecture for the individual or team to be successful.
Another great read John, thanks for sharing π
I think we might have to do another session on H. Heβs very aligned with our recent themes on process and smashing body-mind dualism. Once you get through the brutally dense language, what heβs saying is actually very pragmatic and straightforward. Simplicity on the other side of complexity! This is a good doco. Makes H very accessible. Lots of sporting examples too. https://youtu.be/fcCRmf_tHW8