What if. . .The Dark Wizard Had a Map?

HBO Series. . .The Dark Wizard

We are at a time in history where humans need to be exposed to real situations with authentic consequence. Why? In the real arena, we have the potential to learn essential skills for being a fully functioning human being. This is important so that we can make the best possible choices, when it counts. We are in a place in history where our decisions have leverage, so we need to make the best possible choices we can. In this HBO series we get to watch Dean Potter's choices, and if we are wise, reflect on our own.

The first thing I caution watchers, and Dean’s contemporaries about is this miniseries come-case-study: to see ourselves and our own decision-making processes through his story. To use trials and painful processes of The Dark Wizard as a mirror for ourselves. This is a courageous and honest step. Why honest? Because we all make decisions from a mindset that is either too limiting or too expansive, under the right pressures. Here are some examples that show up on the map..

•       I think we all have been extrinsically motivated and wished we were “more” than what we are, and if we have not, then the potential is there for us to do that in certain circumstances.

•     I think we all have denied the conditions, both intrinsic and extrinsic, and pushed situations that should not be pushed.

•   I think we all are subject to our history. How we were incubated in early life can set us up for certain ways of being that either play well or bring sketch into our choices.

The list does go on.

As I watch the series, I will use the language we have developed to put honed words to what we observe Dean doing.

Follow along and we can unpack our own careers, as we unpack Dean’s

Mindset Map: www.archetypal.ca