Chapter 2 - Disconnecting Marv From The Painful Past

Question 1

Where does creativity reside?

Answer 1

Creativity resides in our present-tense efforts to make order from the chaos around us.

Question 2

Georgia O’Keefe quote about fear.

Answer 2

THE GREAT PAINTER Georgia O’Keeffe famously said: “I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.” When we take simple, positive actions in spite of our fear, our minds and our possibilities expand.

Question 3

What happens when we take simple, positive actions in spite of our fear?

Answer 3

our minds and our possibilities expand.

Question 4

How is every goal obtainable?

Answer 4

break each goal down into individual doable parts,
do the actions in the present, and
make sure that what we’re doing is true to our own values and not something foisted upon us by pressure or control.

Question 5

Name two replacement words for Succeed and fail

Answer 5

Expand and contract

Question 6

What truly defines us?

Answer 6

our core values—the ideas, the conversations, and the actions we engage in.

Question 7

What does Zen teach us about ourselves?

Answer 7

We are observers of our life. We are not what we own

Question 8

Explain what an Elephant Rope is?

Answer 8

Baby enslaved elephants are chained to a tree to teach them submission. When they are adults they only need to be tied to a tree with a rope because they learned as a baby that r they couldn’t break the chain.

Question 9

Brain bottler opener 2 - Elephant Ropes

Answer 9

Write about one of your own elephant ropes. Be specific Be present Be true.