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CHAPTER 6
ANDREW: What do you think in your personality is driving you to something where the key attributes are freedom and movement? Perhaps those are things that you think you are subconsciously seeking.
MICHAEL: That’s a really interesting perspective. I’m not an anarchist, some- body who comes and says: let’s destroy the whole system. But I am one of those people who continuously looks at the world in a very different way than most people.
I’m not Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs, on his deathbed, was figuring out what was wrong with the medical device they were attaching to his face. To me, that’s a guy who is way too obsessive. But I can pick up on that vibe. I don’t want to be Steve Jobs. But I can understand the mentality of someone who says, “Hey, this is not right, or this is not working. Is there a better way?”
This is a good case where an understanding of the three-part nature of the mind, the Action Cycle Learning model, and Kolbe’s explanation of conation is invaluable.
While the desire to improve something may start in conation, how far it is taken is driven by the Cognitive and Affective dimensions.
Change is not always driven by Quick Start. The need for change can be driven by any of the other conative energies. For example: someone mov- ing to the next thing could be driven by the compelling need to have more facts to gather. High fact finds can be driven not for change in itself but for finding something new to learn
But the mask that was being attached to him while in hospital was probably one of the least of his problems. I mean, he’s dying. But in his mind, on his deathbed, he’s trying to figure out how to improve something. This idea of wanting to fix, to improve, to question, is at the heart of who I am. And I credit a lot of this to the fact that I’ve been a skateboarder for almost 50 years.
Frankl and Pinks assertion of the need for Mastery is present in all
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