Liminal Thinking

Many beliefs are embedded in habitual routines that run on autopilot. Disrupt the routine to create new possibilities.

Try to understand people’s hopes, dreams, and frustrations. Explore the social system and make connections to create new opportunities.

SCARF model, which I have found useful.
Status: Does this person feel important, recognized, or needed by others?
Certainty: Does this person feel confident that they know what’s ahead, and that they can predict the future with reasonable certainty?
Autonomy: Does this person feel like they have control of their life, their work, and their destiny?
Relatedness: Does this person feel like they belong? Do they feel a sense of relatedness? Do they trust the group to look after them?
Fairness: Does this person feel like they are being treated fairly? Do they feel that the “rules of the game” give them a fair chance?

You can’t learn new things without letting go of old things. Stop, look, and listen. Suspend judgment.

Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.

can’t change your governing beliefs without changing yourself.

If you want to change the world, change yourself.
—Tom Robbins

Beliefs are tools for thinking and provide rules for action, but they can also create artificial constraints that blind you to valid possibilities.

A belief is a story in your head, a cause-and-effect chain, like a recipe or rule for action

Beliefs are constructed hierarchically, using theories and judgments, which are based on selected facts and personal, subjective experiences.