The Other Side Of Potential
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The Other Side Of Potential
Episode 309: The Complexity of the Meta-Aware Tier
Over the past several weeks, Dr. Spano has been unpacking the fundamental Stages Framework, designed to help listeners better understand who they are and where they want to go. If you haven’t yet listened to episodes 305 through 308, we encourage you to go back and check them out, as they lay the foundation for today’s discussion.
The third tier of the Stages Framework, the Meta-Aware Tier, is often quite complex due to the stages within this tier being able to observe both concrete and subtle objects. Join Dr. Spano as she explores the four stages in the Meta-Aware Tier, why transitioning into this tier often feels disorienting, and why it’s crucial to have a concrete understanding of the framework.
She highlights how to measure human development, how different developmental perspectives can cause societal division, and why there is hope for all of us. She also expresses the need to love and forgive yourself on this journey through life.
What you’ll learn about in this episode:
- The focus for today’s solocast: The Meta-Aware Tier.
- A quick recap of the concrete and subtle tiers.
- The names and a brief overview of the four stages that fall under the meta-aware tier.
- Why transitioning into the meta-aware tier can feel disorienting.
- Reasons that it is important to understand the Stages Framework.
- A recommended read: Hours of the Universe by Ilia Delio.
- How we use language to measure where people are in terms of their human development
- Why much of our division can be attributed to different developmental perspectives.
- Dr. Spano reflects on the series, Gunpowder, that she has been watching.
- An analogy to explain why someone from an early stage of development simply cannot understand the perspectives of someone at a later stage.
- Insight into Dr. Spano’s belief that there is hope for all of us.
- Having a choice of how and what we think about our circumstances.
- The importance of learning to love and forgive yourself on your journey through life.
- What Dr. Spano has learned from years of traveling and working around the globe.
- Details of the free one-hour virtual open house on September 23rd, 2024.
Transcript: Here
Links Mentioned:
Episode 308: The Stages Matrix: The Achiever Stage
The Hours of the Universe: Reflections on God, Science, and the Human Journey
The Leader's Edge Virtual Open House
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