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Photo by Jeffery Erhunse on Unsplash
When Mary Morrissey attended high school in Beaverton, Oregon, she served as junior class vice president, starred in the school play, was homecoming princess, and was even a member of the drill team. Then she got pregnant and had a “rushed 10-person wedding” with her then-boyfriend. The principal called her in and “he just put his head in his hands and said, ‘Mary, you have great honors and great grades, but you’re not allowed to come back here for your senior year. “It’s completely inappropriate for a pregnant girl to mix with normal girls.” She was expelled from high school because she became pregnant. He told her that she could attend an alternative school for pregnant girls and juvenile delinquents with full night classes.
This was in 1966. Her son was born in her December, and in May 1967 she graduated from an alternative high school. Two months later, she was in intensive care at a local hospital, diagnosed with severe kidney failure and given only months to live.
The pastor stops by Mary’s bedside. Mary is on the critical patient list because she is scheduled for surgery in the morning. Neither of us realized it at the time, but the visualization the pastor suggested to Mary – seeing her son grow up, seeing her teaching career (her goal) take off, all of it. is in her head–but it will lead her on the path to survival. Working with thousands of people from Kidney Disease, from the Dalai Lama to Nelson Mandela, corporate and political titans, and people just like us.
General time thinking and brave thinking
Morrissey said we have become accustomed to “ordinary time thinking,” a term coined by Henry David Thoreau, and what we need to do instead is “brave thinking.” It is said that it is to put into practice. Common time thoughts include: Now, where should I get the money? So I’m looking for conditions and circumstances to give me permission to live the life I want to live,” Morrissey recently explained in an exclusive interview on the Electric Ladies Podcast.
“On the other hand, brave thinkers developed the courage to think and live from a vision,” just as the vision her pastor guided her to helped cure her of a fatal kidney disease. , she said. “They’re not going to win the situation. They won’t deny the situation or the situation, but they won’t let you win. And they’re drawing from something bigger than the situation, the situation, the condition.”
“There are ways to maintain our thinking and spirit when the situation seems very difficult, very difficult, very insurmountable,” she advised. “Brave thinkers summon the courage to think and live based on their vision, regardless of circumstances, circumstances, or circumstances.”
We need the bravest thinkers possible to tackle society’s pressing challenges
Because we, the peoples of this planet, have once and for all, from combating climate change to protecting democracy and human rights, to the dangers of technology falling into the wrong hands, to stopping the senseless killing of innocent people. as we collectively face a convergence of many large-scale and devastating threats. There are wars all over the world – in 2024, we need brave thinking perhaps more than at any other time in history.
The global risks outlined in the World Economic Forum’s 2024 Global Risks Report reflect the urgency for brave thinkers to find creative, people- and planet-focused solutions – and quickly. .
How can we practice “brave thinking”?
Based on our conversation, below are the questions Morrissey suggests we ask ourselves to practice brave thinking. She talks about this in detail in her recent book, Brave Thinking: The Art and Science of Creating A Life You Love.
Ø How do you direct your thoughts?: We can control what we think, how we see situations and people, and how we interpret and react to them. “Brave thinkers know that the greatest control they have over their lives is the power they have to direct their thoughts to make their dreams come true,” she writes in her book “Brave Thinking.” Masu.
Ø Are you practicing “common time thinking”? What is your focus? Is there a problem or can you find a solution? Morrissey also described this as “fixed thinking.”
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Ø What do you think, feel, and do when you feel fear? I tell my coaching clients to acknowledge their fear, thank them for keeping them safe, and put it aside to tackle the task at hand. Morrissey expressed his fear: “Fear is actually the dividing line between the life you know and the life you can have.”
Ø “What’s the worst that can happen?” That’s the question Morrissey proposed in response to Fear. Once you know you can get through it, your tension will fade and you will be able to focus more on the solution.
Ø Are you open about where solutions come from? Or are we ignoring people and options before seriously considering them? “Credentials,” or bias against people who agree with us, can prevent us from finding potential resources and solutions. there is. (Dr. Catalin Carrico fell victim to this before the world realized how powerful her mRNA discovery was in saving lives during a pandemic, earning her a Nobel Prize.)
Ø What goals am I in love with? Brave thinkers focus on the end result and work backwards from that vision. Morrissey suggests that the end result is something we are “obsessed with” and reminds us that that can change as we grow and evolve. She needs to ask herself, “Am I still crazy about this vision?” What is “the thing that makes you most alive”?
It’s about who we have to become to be brave thinkers, achieve our goals, and solve society’s pressing challenges.
“Each of us, at any given moment, is choosing who we will be and what we truly value in this moment.”
Listen to the full interview with Mary Morrissey on the Electric Ladies Podcast here.
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