Dealing with Adversity (p.46)

1. Evolutionary-Teal Stage

1.1. View of Adversity: Opportunities for growth and learning.

1.2. Emotional Response: Acceptance, inquiry, letting go of negative emotions.

1.3. Approach to Change: Proactive, incremental adjustments.

1.4. View of Personal Growth: Enjoyable, positive tension.

2. Previous Stages

2.1. View of Adversity: Unfair, random events (“rolls of the dice”).

2.2. Emotional Response: Anger, shame, blame.

2.3. Consequences: Disconnection from self and others.

2.4. Approach to Change: Reactive, crisis-driven (“avalanche”).

3. Wisdom beyond rationality (p.47)

3.1. Orange Stage

3.1.1. Focus: Rationality, outcomes.

3.1.2. Methods: Logic, facts, data

3.1.3. Limitations: Neglects contradictory information, emotional insights.

3.1.4. Example: Decision-making driven solely by projected outcomes, potentially ignoring warnings.

4. Teal Stage

4.1. Focus: Holistic, integrated understanding.

4.2. Methods: Rational analysis, emotional intelligence, intuition, insights from experiences.

4.3. Strengths: Accepts paradox (both-and thinking), acknowledges multiple sources of knowledge.

4.4. Example: Considering multiple perspectives, understanding nuances in a situation.

5. Comparison/Contrast

5.1. Emotional Role: Orange avoids emotions, Teal integrates them.

5.2. Flexibility: Orange is rigid, Teal adaptable.

5.3. Perspective: Orange focuses on singular outcomes, Teal on understanding context and complexity.

5.4. Intuition: Orange dismisses intuition, Teal views it as a skill.