Discipline: Rigor

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The Power of Rigor

Negative feelings are pointers to their underlying beliefs that are often deeply hidden. When light is shined on the logic of those beliefs’ power to protect and insure safety and survival, a choice can then be made to release those beliefs that no longer serve a desired greater personal self and experience. The same rigor is just as effective in changing culture, i.e. collections of beliefs.

What

Its important to not think of rigor as a way to speed things up because in practice it requires us to slow down, to go deeper and to look at situations through the eyes of others. This should not be mistaken as a therapeutic exercise. The purpose is discovery and communication of the what holds true for the individual, the community, the organization and beyond. When rigor becomes a discipline the blinders that keep us perpetually resistant to accepting others’ viewpoints as valid, particularly when there’s conflict and disagreement, are removed.
The amazing business leaders in this film on the power of rigor in creative organizations and clients that pay for the “experience”.

‘it’ from Nic Askew on Vimeo.

Why

Business projects, within the domain of direction, provide a stage upon which to practice the rigor discipline, using it in action and evaluating the results, in real-time.

Good consultants, coaches and facilitators know that the likelihood of lasting change increases when people find their own answers, decisions and solutions with our help. But what’s less evident is that a rigorous inquiry process, necessary to bringing a hidden belief into the light of awareness, can provoke strong, negative reactions. That’s because every belief that contradicts growth and development has hidden trade-offs and payoffs. Full post

How

  • Examine assumptions
  • Separate facts, emotions, thinking
  • Hold multiple perspectives