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  • Nimitz at War

  • Command Leadership from Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay
  • By: Craig L. Symonds
  • Narrated by: L.J. Ganser
  • Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
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Only days after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt tapped Chester W. Nimitz to assume command of the Pacific Fleet. Nimitz transformed the devastated and dispirited Pacific fleet into the most powerful and commanding naval force in history. Facing demands from Washington to mount an early offensive, he had first to revive the depressed morale of the thousands of sailors, soldiers, and Marines who served under him. And of course, he also confronted a formidable and implacable enemy in the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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On Human Potential

Today is the 8th anniversary of this blog, "Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal." My first post, "What is a Supply-Side Liberal?" appeared on May 28, 2012. I have written an anniversary post every year since then:

  1. A Year in the Life of a Supply-Side Liberal

  2. Three Revolutions

  3. Beacons

  4. Why I Blog

  5. My Objective Function

  6. A Barycentric Autobiography

  7. Crafting Simple, Accurate Messages about Complex Problems

As I look back over the past year, other than the pandemic we are all in the midst of, the biggest shift for me in my life has been digging in ever more deeply into what I will call “human potential.” In addition to the well-known psychologists William James, Abraham Maslow, Viktor Frankl and Carl Rogers, the Wikipedia article “Human Potential Movement” lists Werner Erhard as a notable proponent. Werner Erhard was the originator of est, which is the institutional ancestor of Landmark Worldwide, which was one of my points of contact with the human potential movement. On that, see my posts:

Other points of contact for me with the human potential movement are my practice of transcendental meditation and my study of co-active coaching and co-active leadership, which I will focus on in this post. I also include in the human potential movement broadly-writ the Economics of Happiness and other well-being research (see https://blog.supplysideliberal.com/tagged/happiness) and principles such as a growth mindset and grit (see “There's One Key Difference Between Kids Who Excel at Math and Those Who Don't,” “How to Turn Every Child into a 'Math Person'“ and Visionary Grit”).

Thinking it is possible to dramatically improve human performance and human well-being, is, from another point of view, saying we are dramatically inside of a possibility frontier, doing something dramatically suboptimal. That is exactly what I believe. For example, on the purely cognitive side, we are almost all nowhere near the potential of our ability to le

Sometimes, I think I just get lucky. OR, maybe I have been blessed. It all depends on your perspective, I guess.

My spiritually spooky grandmother, Glennie Mae McBrayer, would make some pretty outrageous claims on the guidance of the Spirit, which she brought from the moors of Scotland to the hill country of Texas. As I get older, I seem to appreciate her perspective more. Maybe you just need to have a rearview mirror with a long enough view to recognize, see such things.

But this has the spooky quality that would bring that twinkle to Glennie’s emerald eyes.

It began with a phone call from a coaching colleague who lives in Memphis, (Memphis in the meantime, baby) while I was driving down live oak-tunneled, Spanish moss-dripping Frederica Road on St. Simons Island, definitely a setting for revelatory moments. My normally well-measured Methodis colleague was excitedly telling me about some guy named Shirzad. “Shirzad?” I replied. “What the hell is a Shirzad? A new Tesla Model 3 turbo-charged?”

“No.” Rick replied curtly, long-tired of my comedic attempts. Rick quickly told me that he had run across an article that might interest me in its connection to Emotional Intelligence. I encouraged him to send me the article, so I could add it to pile upon the mounting stack of things I need to read. Shirzad? Shirzad..,,exotic. The name seemed to stay with me, residing in my awareness. Haunting me? No, but definitely pulling me into an unknown vortex.

And within a week, I found myself leading a retreat for a pack of priests who had been introduced to this guy’s book, Positive Intelligence by Shirzad Chamine. Turns out, Shirzad is a professor at Stanford, who through his research in neuroscience, performance science, and organizational psychology, has provided an amazingly sophisticated and accessible model of human behavior. I wrote this summary for a number of my clients that I am working with in my coaching practice. I

Soul Fitness Coaching

Body Fitness + Mental Fitness + Soul Fitness = Abundant Life

 Robert Burlingham MDiv, ICF, PQ mental fitness coach, UMC Elder (retired)

The picture of Andrea, my wife, and I was taken at Bryce Canyon.  

Welcome! 

 My name is Robert Burlingham.  When I turned 40 I resigned by position as Operations Manager at a private Country Club.  I attended seminary at Candler School of Theology, Emory University.  Prior to retirement I served  28 years as an Elder in the United Methodist Church.  I now work as an ICF Life Coach and Positive Intelligence  Mental Fitness Coach.  

My interest and passions are varied.  My undergraduate work focused on ornamental horticulture and turf grass management.  I enjoy gardening, cooking, cycling, and carving,  My wife, Andrea, and I recently purchased a motorhome.  Tiamat and Kacu, our Boykin Spaniels, journey with us as we explore the places on our bucket list.  I am deeply curious about the intersection  of theology, quantum physics, and neuroscience.  The writings of Dr. James Bryan Smith continue to inspire me to be an Apprentice of Christ Jesus.  I am a student of Henri Nouwen, Richard Rohr, and Anthony De Mello.  Shirzad Chamine's  book and six-week program, Positive Intelligence, provides an operating system that lets me escape my judgmental mind, heal my heart, and restore my soul.

During the five years I volunteered as an Emergency Medical Technician, CPR Instructor, and Basic EMT Instructor my eyes were  opened to the power and human need of compassion and empathy.  Serving United Methodist congregations personalized these basic human needs.  I have an off and on relationship with depression.  I have first hand experience with  the lure of "Successful Ministry" and the pitfalls of Ministry Burnout.   I am passionate  about freeing  life long church members  from their fear of death, fear of God,  and fears about  their share in Jesus'  promise of eternal life.  

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