This document summarizes a presentation about neuroscience, systems thinking, and transformation. It discusses how the brain is part of the nervous system and ways to keep it healthy. It also defines emotional intelligence as understanding yourself and others. Systems thinking is described as understanding the interrelationships between all things. Transformation is the process of evolving over time through applying systems thinking. The goal is to provide tools to assist in personal transformation.

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Presented by:
Robert J. Corbitt, Jr.
17 April 2015
PMI Baltimore
Professional Development Event
www.corbittfinancialgroup.com
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Administrivia
• Please silence all electronic devices
• No dozing off
• All images are used with permission
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The Conversation
• Neuroscience: The study of the brain,
Emotional Intelligence and Emotional
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• Systems Thinking: A discipline for understanding
the interrelationships of all things
• Transformation: The process of evolving
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The Goal
• Through conversation, provide information
and tools you can use tomorrow, to assist
in your transformation
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5. Neuroscience
The Brain
• A muscle
• Weighs about 3 pounds
• Is the consistency of tofu
• Uses 20% of the blood and oxygen in our bodies
• Forgetting is good for the brain: deleting
unnecessary information helps the nervous
system retain its plasticity
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• Is 75% water
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6. Neuroscience
The Brain
• Is part of the Nervous System
• The human body has how many systems? 9
Lymphatic
Nervous
Circulatory
Skeletal
Endocrine
Muscular
Reproductive
Respiratory
Urinary
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7. Neuroscience
The Brain
 Keeping it healthy and in good working order
 7 – 8+ hours sleep
Hydrate
Eat whole foods
Exercise the mind and body
Love
Quiet time
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8. Neuroscience
Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient
EI / EQ
“Your EQ is the level of your ability to understand
other people, what motivates them and how to work
cooperatively with them.”
Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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9. Neuroscience
Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient
EI / EQ
Travis Bradberry, Co Author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0
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10. Neuroscience
Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient
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Personal competence: Your ability to stay
aware of your emotions and manage your
behavior and tendencies
 Self-Management - your ability to use awareness of your
emotions to stay flexible and positively direct your behavior
 Self-Awareness - your ability to accurately perceive your
emotions and stay aware of them as they happen
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Emotional Intelligence / Emotional Quotient
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Social competence: Your ability to understand
other people’s moods, behavior, and motives in
order to improve the quality of your
relationships
 Relationship Management - your ability to use awareness of
your emotions and the others’ emotions to manage
interactions successfully
 Social Awareness - your ability to accurately pick up on emotions
in other people and understand what is really going on
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12. Systems Thinking
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What is systems thinking?

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What is systems thinking?

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System Thinking
http://www.merriam-webster.com
• A regularly interacting or
interdependent group of items
forming a unified whole
• A group of interacting bodies
under the influence of related
forces
• A form of social, economic, or
political organization or practice
<the capitalist system>
• The action of using your
mind to produce ideas,
decisions, memories, etc.
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What is systems thinking?

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“Understanding the interrelationship of everything”
Robert J. Corbitt, Jr. Corbitt Financial Group
What is systems thinking?
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Everything in the universe is:
 Connected
 Relational
 Integrated
 Dependent
 Inter related
 Simple
 Complex
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17. Systems Thinking
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Question?
?What structure is a
combination of three
geometric shapes, each
shape has equal sides?
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Pyramid

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Applying a systems thinking discipline improves:
 Performance
 Understanding
 Clarity
 Critical thinking
 Empathy
 Personal and social competence
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19. Transformation
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“The process of evolving”
Robert J. Corbitt, Jr. Corbitt Financial Group
Life long learner
Employee to owner
Infant to adult
Caterpillar to butterfly
Invention of the printing
press by Gutenberg
around 1450
Aging
Social media
 Parenthood
 Fertilization to birth
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What to do tomorrow
Apply systems thinking
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Begin your transformation!
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21. Robert J. Corbitt, Jr.
202.722.4775
rjc@corbittfinancialgroup.com
www.corbittfinancialgroup.com
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