The Tapestry of Reciprocal Leadership
Posted: December 21, 2024 Filed under: AI-Powered Essays | Tags: argument, dialogue, humility, purpose, reconciliation, relationships, religion, values Leave a commentSequel to How MAET Turns TEAMS Around (and Also Saves Civilization)
Explain the journey of reciprocal leadership using a tapestry viewed from three perspectives: John Gottman, David Marquet, and later Saint Francis. It starts out exciting, but leads to disillusionment.
ChatGPT Prompt (greatly condensed)
Then something miraculous happens…
Act 1: Shared Excitement
Scene: A serene monastery courtyard. The sun casts a golden glow over an ancient stone wall, where a large, intricate tapestry hangs. The label beneath it reads: “Reciprocal Leadership.”
Enter JOHN GOTTMAN, reflective and warm, and DAVID MARQUET, precise and deliberate, from opposite sides of the stage. They stop in front of the tapestry, staring at it curiously.
GOTTMAN (gesturing to the tapestry)
Look at how interconnected it is. Each thread supports the others, like a family—built on trust and shared understanding.
MARQUET (studying the pattern closely)
Interconnected, yes, but orderly. Each thread has a role and direction, like an organization—efficient, driven by clarity and intent.
The Great American Marriage: Kamal Harris v. Donna Trump
Posted: November 19, 2024 Filed under: AI-Powered Essays | Tags: argument, dialogue, ideas, intellectual, polarization, politics, reform, relationships, transformation, values Leave a commentWrite a hunorous three-act play where the American political divide is portrayed as a couple, Donna Trump and Kamal Harris.
ChatGPT Prompt
In Act II, show their therapist Miriam Bowen-Friedman guiding them to a breakthrough using self-harmonization and the example of Jefferson and Adams.
Highlight how their conflicts mirror their inner struggles and how embracing their rejected parts (Donna’s logic, Kamal’s passion) leads to personal and relational growth, especially for parenting their kids.
#InternalFamilySystems
Act I – “Divided We Bicker”
Setting: The living room of the America household. The room is divided down the middle. On one side, everything is red, adorned with eagles and a MAGA hat on the coffee table. On the other side, it’s blue, with a climate change poster and a Ruth Bader Ginsburg bobblehead on the shelf. Donna Trump, wearing a red power suit and pearls, is pacing aggressively. Kamal Harris, in a navy blazer with a cup of herbal tea, is calmly sitting on the couch.
Scene 1: The Disagreement
Donna Trump (hands on hips):
Kamal, I’m telling you, we need a wall! The neighbor’s kids keep cutting through our yard. It’s disrespectful!
Kamal Harris (raises an eyebrow, sipping tea):
Donna, we don’t need a wall. We need a fence, maybe even a community garden. Let’s invite them over and talk about why they’re cutting through.
Donna Trump (throws her hands in the air):
Talk? TALK? By the time you’re done “talking,” they’ll have taken the lawn chairs, the grill, and the doghouse!
Higher Self Café, v4: Miriam Harmonizes The Philosophers
Posted: November 17, 2024 Filed under: AI-Powered Essays | Tags: debate, dialogue, philosophy, relationships, systems, transformation 2 CommentsContinued from Frankel vs Maslow/Bowen/Hegel and Chesterton vs Philosophers.
Scene: The Philosophers’ Table
The café exudes warmth and intellectual energy. The round wooden table is cluttered with coffee cups, scribbled napkins, and sugar packets stacked into haphazard sculptures. G.K. Chesterton, Abraham Maslow, and Viktor Frankl are engaged in a spirited debate. Miriam Bowen-Friedman, the waitress, enters to clear the table, carrying herself with quiet authority.
1. The Napkin Sketch Incident
Chesterton
(as Miriam reaches for a napkin with a crude pyramid sketch)
Stop, stop! You’re about to destroy the next chapter of Orthodoxy!
Miriam
(pauses, holding the napkin up to the light, feigning deep thought)
I don’t know. It looks more like Heresy to me.
Maslow
(leans forward, grinning)
You’ve got a sharp tongue. Careful, we might recruit you into philosophy.
Miriam
(deadpan)
Only if you let me clean up the mess you’ve made of it.
Higher Self Cafe, v2: Frankel vs Maslow/Bowen/Hegel
Posted: November 14, 2024 Filed under: AI-Powered Essays | Tags: relationships, self, values 2 CommentsUpdated version of Maslow, Bowen & Hegel Walk Into Cafe
In Act II, Victor Frankel is the barista. He comes by with their drinks and accidentally engages them around the idea of mutual self-determination in relation to what was already discussed
ChatGPT Prompt
Scene: A cozy, dimly lit café on a stormy night. Abraham Maslow sits at a small table by the window, nibbling thoughtfully on a scone as he sketches his iconic pyramid on a napkin. Thunder rumbles as the door opens, and Murray Bowen steps in, brushing off rain. He spots Maslow and, intrigued by the half-finished pyramid, walks over.
Maslow:
Glancing up, grinning through a mouthful of scone
Bowen! Just the man I needed. I’m refining my hierarchy here, and you should see what I’m adding at the top. Gesturing to the faint sketch of “Self-Transcendence” atop the pyramid It’s the summit, the true peak of human motivation.
Radical Centrism 