Do you want the ability to conceptualize life?

Often we find ourselves lost in the sauce and incapable to adjust or align our vision with our goals, assist our partners, lead our followers or celebrate the wins in life.

The change of focus needs to be deliberate and intentional and will be met with resistance. "Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs" in my opinion illustrates the idea of the complexity of human capacity for conceptualizing thoughts which I often reflect on when I am faced with challenges. His concept forms a pyramid of required achievements to graduate levels the base is physiological needs followed by safety/security, love/belonging, self-esteem and finally self actualization. Now, simply reflect on this internally and challenge placement. Can any given person successfully conceptualize a thought with out those in a orderly foundation? The concept is if you don't have food and water are not going to consider your own health employment ect... just as if your health is failing your sense of belonging is not your priority.

Ok, how does this translate across to society? If this theory is correct then poverty is directly correlated mental capacity right? Which does not mean that a person cannot be highly intelligent and poor rather it means that there is a high probability that if they are hungry they don't prioritize a shower.

Anger, lack of motivation, frustration in life can probably be correlated to a collapse of one of these foundations creating a mental blockade. This prevents us from achieving our full potential and creates a burden on every aspect of society. Just take a moment to think about a traffic light, when you sit at a red light it can be frustrating by slowing your progress which may effect the pyramid. Now, compound that by 25 in one direction and 25 on the way back. By the time you arrive at your destination you have an unconscious stress level through the roof and you have not even opened up your task list. What if those were swapped with roundabouts creating a temporary pause instead of a stop? By identifying, understanding and the mitigation of this obstacle every single car that passes through is saved from the experience without even knowing it. Business is about providing solutions to problems, if you provide infrastructure that has meaning you solve more than one problem.

What is the cost of complacency and brain fog? If your company is experiencing losses it may benefit from evaluating this topic as well.

Injecting function, simplicity, and speed creates time and ability for innovation. Starting from the top what is our capacity and why? Often in the Military, we would discuss immediate action drills and standard operating procedures so that our machine would operate. These were all visited routinely and edited with lessons learned from operations. As we "walk the dog" we picked up these lessons and implemented them into our drills perfecting our craft. If a war fighter was distracted with their home front they would lapse on execution and we would fail ultimately, costing us the objective of our mission. Leadership is about understanding more than how to use a tool or create an object it is about understanding the maintenance, function, process and importance of the tools presence onsite. Any function that interrupts these staples can cause failure and ultimately a loss.

In closing, if we take a moment to reflect on the stressors of our society we may be able to engineer solutions and thrive while doing it. What are your thoughts?

The Hierarchy Requirements Bottom to Top

1st Basic Needs (Food, Water, Shelter and Sleep)

2nd Safety and Security (Health, Family, Job, Social Network)

3rd Love and Belonging (Purpose, Friendship, Connections)

4th Self-Esteem (Confidence, Individuality, Respect)

5th Self Actualization (Creativity, Meaning, Morality)