When your mind is well-trained in Reason’s Decision-Making ways, EgoEgo is the negative, wrong-minded teacher who continually tells you how difficult the world is and how you must constantly fight to survive. attacks do not throw you off course.
When a difficult team situation happens, you immediately stop for a moment of ReasonWhen you are facing a challenge such as an Ego attack, and you experience a positive and perhaps surprising moment of revelation, clarity, or sanity, you have achieved a moment of Reason.. You refocus on OnenessOneness is a psychological state of mind. It can be described in many ways using phrases such do no harm, and work as one. Separateness is its opposite., rise above the battleground, and remember to live your Work AgreementsA Work Agreement is a collective promise made by teammates to transform non-productive behavior into collaborative teamwork behavior. in your classroom.
To train your mind simply means practicing your team’s Work Agreements, which represent your psychological goalsA team’s psychological goals describe how teammates intentionally choose to think and behave as they work together to achieve their team’s business goals., as often as possible, especially during difficult team situations.
To learn more about this philosophy which includes training your mind, pick up your copy of Reason, Ego & the Right-Minded Teamwork MythIn this short story, we will meet three characters: Reason, Ego and the Decision-Maker. Each plays a key role in creating or destroying teamwork.: The Philosophy and Process for Creating a Right-Minded Team That Works Together as One.
ACIM Reference You are much too tolerant of mind wandering and are passively condoning your mind’s miscreations. (ACIM, T-2.VI.4:6)