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Space Beyond Boundaries

A Reset on Perspective

By Bill Fox

Strictly speaking, it is not our perspective that is creating reality but our identity.

— Robert Fuchs


A reset on perspective

The notion that our identity creates our reality may be something new for you to consider. It sure was for me.

But if you stick with me here a little bit further, I believe you will come to this new understanding as well if you haven’t already. The implications of grasping this understanding could be quite substantial in how we go about our daily lives and seek to create change.

This past June, I published a newsletter on the power of our perspective to create our reality. In The Power of a New Perspective, I made the following assertion:

“Our current perspective is creating our reality. Until we make an effort to take a different perspective, not much is going to change.”

Fortunately, there are people like Robert Fuchs who subscribe to my newsletter. Robert is the founder of the HappinessGroup, a cultural consultancy, and a consciousness researcher.

Robert’s work is renowned for integrating the latest research from topological psychology and neuroscience for sustainable decision-making and problem-solving.

When Robert read my newsletter, he emailed me this response:

Hi Bill,

Great topic, but I am sorry. Your statement in the post is wrong. Correlation does not imply casualty.

Strictly speaking, it is not our perspective that is creating reality but our identity. Perspective is simply a perception angle of a finite static 2-dimensional space from a reference point. But it is identity that creates the dynamic 3-dimensional sphere from which perspective takes 2-dimensional snapshots. So you tell me what creates reality?

Just because I can look from a certain “reference point” (perspective) does not mean that my looking creates real, physical objects. If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody is listening, does it make a sound?

I also think you are trying to answer a question that is not very helpful to apply practically. To make this statement applicable to daily life, the important question is not “if” perspective change is useful. Everyone would agree. But “under which conditions” perspective change is possible in the first place, and how many subjective perspectives are there maximally for objective reality?

Yes, our reality looks locally two-dimensional and flat, but it is actually wrapped around a sphere to make it three-dimensional non-locally. When we open our eyes, we see a 2-dimensional image that is projected onto our spherical eyeballs. The mathematical nature of consciousness utilizes a (Möbius-) transformation, which gives the flat image 3-dimensional depth.

To make matters even more complex, you assume “free will” to change perspectives. However, whether we can change our perspective depends on the phase state of our consciousness (relaxed, tense, fixed, or injured), which depends on the spacetime orientation of our identity. Changing perspectives is easier said than done.

Cheers,

Robert

With Robert’s permission, included below is my email to Robert and his in-line comments to my responses.

I think you will find Robert’s responses fascinating and thought-provoking.

Please note: Some of Robert’s responses are a bit comprehensive, but I decided to include them here in their entirety for completeness. I have invited Robert to attend our first monthly online meeting on November 4, 2021, to discuss this topic further and answer any questions. You’ll find more on the event and how to sign up below.

Email and response

Bill: Hi Robert, Thanks for sharing your thinking on my post. The purpose of this post is to encourage people to take a more reflective higher perspective. I’m sharing what I experienced from flying as I started to look at the world and my circumstances differently. This experience began to change my thinking and change my reality.

Robert: I would still argue that you first changed your “identity.” You switched to your pilot identity and were able to fly like a change from “chicken” to “eagle.” As a result of this changed orientation angle of your identity, your perception, and therefore your experience changed (e.g., your event horizon became bigger and curved at infinity when you looked at the far distance).

Bill: While it may not be exactly correct to say that perspective creates my reality precisely and entirely on a scientific basis, this is in effect what happened and what I experienced.

Robert: It was what you experienced and how you interpreted this experience, but not necessarily what happened. Remember that ~95% of our internal processes happen unconsciously. (See Perception is Not Reality.)

Bill: On this basis, I can stand entirely behind my statement. I think it’s an appropriate and valid statement to make for a general business audience.

Robert: Sure, most people would not even notice the difference. As long as you are aware of the nuances, there is no problem. On a subjective macroscopic scale of your “flight experience,” perception creates reality, but on an objective microscopic scale, identity creates reality.

Bill: The idea that our identity creates our reality is a whole new notion to me. What comes to mind in this area are Bohm’s statements that thought creates our reality.

Robert: Yes, Bohm’s statement describes the transformation process from information to energy and finally matter across different scales. This is nicely illustrated in the Escher image, where thoughts create matter and matter creates thoughts.

But, we also need Bohm’s hidden variables to construct the whole objective reality. In effect, we contemplate ourselves into existence through interaction with nature. A weird concept, I know, but “Cognitive theoretic Model of the Universe (CTMU) describes this process much better than I can.

Our thoughts, feelings, and actions are the tools to shape our reality construct, the plane or worldview we move on. But it is our identity, or “who we think we are”, that determines our perspective and therefore what we see.

Bill: The concept of a rectangular grid was intended to show that we see a much bigger picture from above. I depicted it as a rectangular shape because that was a shape I could create, and I had no clue that a circular shape would be more appropriate!

Robert: Yes, the square or linear matrix is easiest to work with and usually good enough to depict subjective linear reality. Suppose you want to know more about objective reality. In that case, it’s necessary to wrap it around a “Riemann sphere,” particularly if you want to understand the “holographic principle” and why reality changes when we discover new aspects of our identity. Space beyond boundaries is exactly the Riemann Sphere. Bound space is bound by the rectangular edges of the complex plane. The Riemann Sphere has a point in infinity, which is beyond boundaries. The sphere has no beginning and no end, hence no boundaries.

Bill: I’d love to learn more about the points you raised, so I can change my reality and share a new story and a new design from what I learned!

Robert: Sure. Information flows through our identity like light through a prism. It is then projected onto a sphere. Depending on the density and purity of the “quasicrystal,” the light is distorted (bent), leading to misunderstandings and false assumptions. Therefore, gaps and contradictions in the reality construct (sphere) indicate impurities (dysfunctions) in the crystal.

The cool thing about your “flying metaphor” is that it resembles physical realities. Nature is “dihedral,” humans are polyhedral. The dihedral angle of the wings of a plane determines its stability in turbulences.

For example, it was recently discovered that the bumps on the wings of a humpback whale cause vortexes that reduce drag, cause uplift, and save 30% energy. We will very soon see planes with similarly shaped wings. In addition, we will see wings that can change their shape and angle to improve aerodynamics between take-off and landing and flight.

So the question for leadership becomes, how to train people to use their wings properly. We just think we are chickens (perspective), but our identity is born to fly. Of course, keeping in mind what happened to Icarus.

This idea relates to mindset orientation or the saying: “Attitude determines altitude.” The dihedral angle resembles “attitude” For example, if our non-local/infinite orientation is toward truth and beauty (abundance, as opposed to scarcity), it is locally transformed into an attitude of “love and peace.” If your flying experience creates love in thinking and peace in feeling, you have the optimal “dihedral angle” for riding on the flow of happiness. Happiness is simply the natural product of love and peace.

Join the discussion on November 4, 2021

Robert and I had a follow-up conversation on this topic, and the discussion was riveting.

I learned many more fascinating insights on perspective and how we can bring the power of perspective to our everyday lives and work.

As a result, I invited Robert to speak on this topic at our first monthly online meetup.

Our first meeting will occur on Thursday, November 4, 2021.

If you’d like to join us, please fill out the survey to let me know your preferences, and I will add you to the meeting invitation.

As always, I welcome and look forward to your feedback. Please reply to this email or email me directly at bill@billfox.co.

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To your forward-thinking life & success!

— Bill

Bill Fox, Author, and Founder at Space Beyond Boundaries and Forward Thinking Workplaces.

“Our thoughts, feelings and actions are the tools to shape our reality construct, the plane or worldview we move on. But it is our identity, or “who we think we are”, that determines our perspective and therefore what we see.”

Robert Fuchs

Filed Under: Space Beyond Boundaries

The Crowd Is Always Wrong

By Bill Fox

Every big success had taken place when I was going against the crowd. My trading style was clearly “contrarian,” and it taught me a key lesson: The crowd is always wrong.

— Kurt and Patricia Wright, Breaking the Rules


Going against the crowd


Going in the opposite direction from the crowd is a great place to look for innovative new solutions to challenges that defy traditional approaches.

I was immediately attracted to Breaking the Rules by Kurt and Patricia Wright when I learned their contrarian approach to solving problems.

Through trial and error in my own career, I had learned that “doing the opposite” and coming up with properly framed questions were often very fruitful and powerful ways to get exceptional results.

One of my favorite stories in Breaking the Rules occurs when a company with a huge software development project employing 400 engineers finds itself in deep trouble.

The project is 18 months behind schedule, already 38 months into a 60-month project. There is also a $30 million penalty if the project fails to deliver on time.

The Wrights knew that if they could change the question the project team was running on from “What’s going wrong?” to “What’s going right?” they’d have an opportunity to turn the project around.

After several weeks of conversations with many of the employees, the Wrights’ proposed this incredible and unexpected question:

They asked, “What would it take to deliver this project a week early?”

As you can imagine, this question was met with outright disbelief and deemed not even worthy of discussion. They were even pulled aside by management on several occasions and asked not to repeat the question to anyone.

But the Wrights’ had a track record and persisted. They eventually won over the company and got others behind their seemingly preposterous question and strategy for turning around the project.

I think you know the outcome already. The project recouped the lost time and was delivered right on time and under budget!

Of course, going against the crowd won’t always be the best course of action, but looking in the opposite direction is a great place to start.

Why the question worked

The secret ingredient in the Wrights’ approach can be found in their use of a “What’s right?” question.

Most of us spend far more time asking “What’s wrong?” questions. Whenever we ask any kind of a what’s wrong question, it is processed in our rational mind.

But asking a “What’s right” question is far more powerful. A what’s right question helps us regain conscious access to what we already know intuitively.

In Breaking the Rules, we learn that there is a systematic way to increase the intuitive part of our mind using the what’s right framework.

The what’s right series of questions help us build upon what’s working right already:

  1. The initial question is “what’s right?” or “what’s working?

  2. “What makes it right?” or “why does it work?”

  3. “What would be ideally right?” or “what would work ideally?”

  4. “What’s not yet quite right?”

  5. “What resources can I find to make it right?”


Try them out on your next challenge. You’ll discover why the authors believe the energy around an unanswered what’s right question may very well be the most powerful motivating force in the universe.

What question are you living in?

What successes have you had going against the crowd?

When I first read Breaking the Rules in 2015, I was captivated by the power and audacity of the Wrights’ question: How can we deliver this project (that’s already 18 months behind schedule) a week early?

When I applied the notion of what’s right-thinking to my work, I came up with this question:

“How can we create workplaces where every voice matters, everyone thrives and finds meaning, and change and innovation happen naturally?”

As you may know already, this question is the opening question for the interviews at Forward Thinking Workplaces and the book, The Future of the Workplace.

What about you?

What question are you living in?

To your forward-thinking life & success!
— Bill

Bill Fox, Author, and Founder at Forward Thinking Workplaces.

“Living in the question is an ever-evolving, creative process in full alignment with the wisdom of the universe. As long as we are able to stay in the question, miracles will happen.“

—Kurt and Patricia Wright, Breaking the Rules

Filed Under: Space Beyond Boundaries

How One Can Have an Impact

By Bill Fox

A group of people who practice being present is extremely helpful because an energy field is generated all over the planet. Go to the group to generate more presence, and then your responsibility is to live it in your everyday life.

— Eckhart Tolle


One can have an impact

Participating in forward-thinking conversations is a fascinating and powerful way for one person to impact the world and simultaneously advance the quality of their thinking, work, and life.

For the past 11 years, I have initiated and participated in an untold number of forward-thinking conversations and gatherings where there was a shared intent to make things better for everyone.

For example, the intention and opening question in the Exploring Forward Thinking Workplace interviews is:

How can we create workplaces where every voice matters, everyone thrives and finds meaning, and change and innovation happen naturally.

My direct experience from engaging in these conversations (that otherwise wouldn’t have happened) has been an unexpected and cascading positive impact on the quality of my life, work, and influence in the world to bring about change.

While this experience has been very real to me, it’s not easy to share its true depth and breadth.

This is especially true when its dimensions are beyond what most of us experience in the day-to-day world, which leads me to the quote by Eckhart Tolle featured in this article.

While listening to a podcast by Oprah Winfrey with Eckhart Tolle this week, my attention was captured when Tolle was asked this question, “What role do you see joining with others in the flowering of human consciousness?”

Eckhart Tolle responded by saying, “A group of people who practice being present is extremely helpful because an energy field is generated all over the planet. Go to the group to generate more presence, and then your responsibility is to live it in your everyday life.”

What Tolle refers to and what I experience by engaging in forward-thinking conversations goes well beyond the conversation itself. Changes are set in motion that impact many other aspects of our work and life too.

I think this is so important to grasp and understand. We really don’t have the language to convey the nature of this experience and can only point to it by sharing our experiences with it.

In the words of David Bohm, “There is a difficulty with only one person changing” “People call that person a great saint or a great mystic or a great leader, and they say, ‘Well, he’s different from me—I could never do it.’ What’s wrong with most people is that they have this block—they feel they could never make a difference, and therefore, they never face the possibility because it is too disturbing, too frightening.”

Tolle’s response has given me new insight and understanding of something I have been experiencing for almost a dozen years now.

It has also given me new energy to facilitate more forward-thinking conversations because it enables more people to be the change right where they are and have an impact.

No one’s permission or authority is needed. We become the change we want to see in the world. It happens naturally and effortlessly.

Breaking down the blocks between us

New possibilities open up when people join together and go beyond their habitual ways of being together and interacting as a group. This has been my experience repeatedly.

Our mind has powers that allow us to go beyond our routine or habitual way of thinking and being and beyond what we think is possible.

In Synchronicity, we learn from Joseph Jaworski and David Bohm that people create blocks or barriers between each other by the way we habitually think.

Most of the time, we are operating separately in our own world of thought. We think we know what is right and true and come prepared to defend our point of view.

However, when we learn how to come together in new ways, those barriers can break down, and the notion of one mind comes into existence.

What is one mind?

One mind allows us to operate as one unit, but each person still has their own individual awareness.

We see examples of groups operating as one mind when we see championship sports teams performing flawlessly in perfect coordination with each other.

In a past newsletter, I shared a personal experience of how the crew on a nuclear submarine came together as one unit to get us out of a bad situation.

But here’s the fascinating thing that happens when we learn how to come together and achieve a state of one mind, that one mind will still exist even when people separate to go about their ordinary everyday life and work!

I’ve experienced this repeatedly. When I’m more active in groups that are coming together with a shared intention to make things better for everyone, there is an uncanny impact on everything else in my life.

How does it get any better than this?

David Bohm describes one mind as follows:

“A single intelligence that works with people who are moving in relationship with one another. Cues that pass from one to the other are being picked up with the same awareness, just as we pick up cues in riding bicycles or skiing. Therefore, these people are really all one.”

Imagine the impact if more people pulled together and worked together in this way.

It would be remarkable.

Moving forward

As many of you know, I’ve experimented with various ways to bring more people together more frequently to interact with greater awareness.

I believe there is sufficient interest to establish such groups. I simply haven’t come up with the best approach.

My intention this week is to send out a survey to see if there is interest in establishing a monthly online session that would occur on a regular basis.

And of course, if there’s interest in anything more regular than a monthly session.

As always, I welcome and look forward to your feedback. Please reply to this email or email me directly at bill@billfox.co.

To your forward-thinking life & success!
— Bill

Bill Fox, Author, and Founder at Space Beyond Boundaries and Forward Thinking Workplaces.

The more spaciousness you create, the more effective your thinking will be when you start thinking again because thinking can then link into this creative intelligence that is the unconditioned intelligence in you.

— Eckhart Tolle

Filed Under: Space Beyond Boundaries

Get to the Point

By Bill Fox

A point is a contention you can propose, argue, defend, illustrate, and prove.

— Joel Schwartzberg, Get to the Point


Get to the point

In his book Get to the Point, Joel Schwartzberg tells us that most of us don’t know how to make a point. I was skeptical at first, but after reading the first three chapters, he had me convinced.

Fortunately, I read Joel’s book several days before hosting a webinar last week on Will Forward Thinking Narratives Define the Great Workplaces of the 21st Century?

I thoroughly revised my presentation when I applied what I learned from Joel. Below are six points from my presentation:

I believe that Forward Thinking Narratives Will Define The Great Workplaces of the 21st Century and are:

  • A powerful way to lead yourself or your organization forward into the future.
  • Can begin where you are with a simple intention or question.
  • Create a generative holding space for new possibilities.
  • Help us have conversations that otherwise wouldn’t happen.
  • Help us move from living in the past to creating the future.
  • Provide a framework that helps us focus our attention, make sense, and build understanding.

I highly recommend Joel’s book. It’s a quick read and will immediately help you make better points. Dean Rotbart did an excellent interview with Joel on his MondayMorningRadio.com show that you won’t want to miss.

If you missed the webinar and would like a copy of my presentation or a link to the recording, please reply and let me know.

The inner path is the way forward in the 21st century

On Wednesday, September 29, 2021, I’m hosting a webinar on the inner leader’s journey.

In this 45-minute session, we’ll explore together:

  • What is the inner path?
  • Why is the inner path the Way forward, and what are the benefits?
  • The five dimensions of space beyond boundaries

I’ll also share a preview of my upcoming new book, Space Beyond Boundaries, coming later this year.

This event will be an interactive event with opportunities for attendees to speak or ask questions.

This event will take place on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at:

  • 4 pm GMT (London)
  • 11 am US ET (New York)
  • 8 am US PT (Los Angeles)

My apologies if this time is inconvenient for anyone who would like to attend. If that’s the case for you, please let me know what works on your schedule, so I can work to accommodate your schedule in future events.

I hope to see you there and please get in touch if you have any questions or if you would like to schedule a private session for you or your team.

To your forward-thinking life & success!
— Bill

Bill Fox, Author, and Founder at Space Beyond Boundaries and Forward Thinking Workplaces.

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“Without a point, everything you say is pointless.”

— Joel Schwartzberg, Get to the Point

Filed Under: Space Beyond Boundaries

Where We All Must Go

By Bill Fox

Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership, is the story of one man’s journey toward the place we all must go in the century ahead.

— Dee Hock, Founder, President, and CEO Emeritus, Visa International


Where we all must go


At the Forward Thinking Narratives Will Define the Great Workplaces of the 21st Century webinar I hosted this week, one of the attendees had this to say:

“As a low-level employee at my company, I’m not sure what to think. So many of these “initiatives” have come and gone, and nothing changes for the lowest of us.”

Scores, maybe even hundreds, of people have said something very similar to me over the past eleven years. My work attracts people who have similar things to say.

It’s not surprising since I had very similar experiences in the workplace. However, I decided to try to do something about it, which led me to my work.

What I didn’t expect when I started on this path was that it would trigger the inner leader journey. I had never heard of it before.

The inner path of leadership will redefine your understanding of leadership. You can be a leader at any time and any level. You don’t need anyone’s permission.

You will inspire people, and they will appreciate your authentic leadership.

We begin to change from the inside out, and our world begins to change around us as a result. It’s a different way of being.

Like Dee Hock, Founder of Visa International, I now believe the inner leader journey is where we all must go in the 21st century.

The leadership we’ve been waiting for isn’t showing up. If we truly want things to change, we will need to step into our own leadership.

The inner leader journey equips you with the power to shift your world more to your liking in alignment with a future that works for everybody.

The inner path is the way forward in the 21st century


By enhancing our ability to look and listen within, we access greater awareness and creative power to shape our world and be a force for good.

On Wednesday, September 29, 2021, I’m hosting an online event on why I believe the inner path is the way forward in the 21st century and what’s in it for you.

In this 45-minute session, we’ll explore:

  • What is the inner path?
  • Why is the inner path the way forward and what are the benefits?
  • The five dimensions of space beyond boundaries

Attendees will learn five ways to expand the space beyond boundaries that they can bring to their work and life.

I’ll also share a preview of my upcoming new book, Space Beyond Boundaries, coming later this year.

This event will be an interactive event with opportunities for attendees to speak and ask questions.

This event will take place on Wednesday, September 29, 2021, at:

– 4 pm GMT (London)
– 11 am US ET (New York)
– 8 am US PT (Los Angeles)

My apologies if this time is inconvenient for anyone who would like to attend. If that’s the case for you, please let me know what works on your schedule, so I can work to accommodate your schedule in future events.

I hope to see you there and please get in touch if you have any questions.

To your forward-thinking life & success!
— Bill

Bill Fox, Author, and Founder at Space Beyond Boundaries and Forward Thinking Workplaces.

Register for the Event

“Change — real change — comes from the inside out.”

— Stephen Covey

Filed Under: Space Beyond Boundaries

Looking Forward into the Future

By Bill Fox

We look at the present through a rearview mirror. We march backward into the future.

— Marshall McLuhan


Which way are you looking?


Andy Raskin is someone who has significantly influenced my work. Andy is a strategic marketing consultant and has a podcast called The Bigger Narrative.

Raskin’s approach to marketing seems right for our world today. Andy asks, “What shift has occurred in the world that creates a need for what you do?”

I like the approach because it helps us look forward rather than through the rearview mirror.

We are conditioned to tell and hold on to our stories and the way we’ve always done things.

It’s not as easy as it sounds to break out of that pattern. It took about six months for me to develop the messaging and strategy that seemed to fit in my case.

When I applied Raskin’s approach to my work, I came up with the following narrative (brief version):

The world has shifted, and new rules apply. It used to be you would win by managing change, following best practices, working harder, or even smarter. It was the age of Industrial Thinking and people as profit-producing units.

Now you move forward with new questions, synchronicity, and one mind to allow the collective voice, wisdom, and energy of everyone to emerge for the benefit of all. It’s the age of Forward Thinking and allowing people to be themselves.

What shift has occurred in the world that creates a need for what you do?

The Forward Thinking Journey


The fascinating thing about the inner leader journey is that it changes you from the inside out.

By inside out, I mean that it doesn’t just change how you think, what you think, what you do, and how you behave.

It changes your beliefs, worldview, and state of being. When your state of being changes, things start to change naturally and seemingly effortlessly.

When I went through this exercise to identify my “bigger narrative,” I identified six beliefs that informed my message.

WHAT KEEPS US STUCK
When everything changes so quickly, things like managing change, best practices, working harder, or even smarter are no longer enough and keep us stuck living in the past.

NEW ENERGY FOR CHANGE
When we authentically engage with each other, we create new possibilities and new energy for change.

QUESTIONS, SYNCHRONICITY, ONE MIND
In today’s new world, you move forward with new questions, synchronicity, and one mind. It’s time to allow the collective voice, wisdom, and energy of everyone to emerge for the benefit of all.

LEADERSHIP ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE
Insight for new leadership resides not in the other but is accessible to everyone. By enhancing our ability to look and listen within, we shape our world from the inside out.

LISTENING TO EVERY VOICE
Stepping into the future requires us to interact with each other with an open mind, listening to every voice — ready to discover whatever is there for us to see and giving us the freedom to act upon what we discover.

SPACE FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY
Engaging in genuine dialogue creates a space for extraordinary performance and truth to emerge. This emergence occurs within the dialogue and reaches beyond to touch all other work and life activities.

What are your core beliefs? Have they changed in recent times?

Would you like to engage in more discussion on this topic?

I would like to invite you to join our monthly workshop at SpaceB. The one-hour workshop occurs on the first Wednesday of every month and is included as part of the monthly or annual membership subscription at SpaceB.

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I hope you will join us and please get in touch if you have any questions.

To your forward-thinking life & success!
— Bill

Bill Fox, Author, and Founder at Forward Thinking Workplaces.

“Our Age of Anxiety is, in great part, the result of trying to do today’s jobs with yesterday’s tools!”

Marshall McLuhan

Filed Under: Space Beyond Boundaries

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