An introduction to Personally Responsible Freedom. A presentation of the main ideas of How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World by Harry Browne. “Freedom is the opportunity to live your life as you want to live it. And that is possible, even if others remain as they are. The freedom you seek is already available to you, but it has gone unnoticed. There are two basic reasons why most people remain enslaved: 1. They’re unaware of the many options and alternatives available to them; 2. They accept without challenge certain assumptions that restrict their freedom.”

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Consultant
Execu)ve
Coach
An
Introduc)on
to
Personally Responsible Freedom
“To be free, you have only to make the decision to be free.
Freedom is waiting for you — anytime you’re ready.”
Harry
Browne

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About
Jack
• Last
11
years
in
China
teaching
business,
culture
&
English
in
universi:es
&
companies
&
coaching
execu:ves:
Presen:ng
seminars/courses
on
self-­‐
knowledge
(personality
models,
MBTI,
Big
5,
etc.),
rela:onship
(EQ)
&
performance
skills
• 12
years
before
this,
worked
in
Australia
teaching
&
consul:ng:
TAFE,
aged
care,
career
development,
male-­‐female
singles
introduc:on
agency,
Pallia:ve
Care
(helping
the
dying),
couples
&
singles
rela:onship
counseling
&
educa:on
•
3
ci:zenships:
American,
Canadian
&
Australian
• Before
teaching,
inventor
&
entrepreneur,
husband
&
father,
writer
of
poetry
&
prose
• Long
:me
interest
in
Religion
&
Spirituality,
Western
&
Eastern
Mys:cism
&
Culture-­‐-­‐China:
Daoism,
Confucianism,
Buddhism,
Yi
Ching,
Poetry
–
Laozi,
Kongzi,
Mengzi,
Xunzi,
Du
Fu,
Li
Bai

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My
Goals
for
this
Time
Together
I’d
like
to
you
to
experience:
1. Thinking for yourself
2. Caring to Learn
3. Learning to Care
4. Choosing to Live Responsibly Free
None
of
the
above
can
be
“taught”
They
can
only
be
“caught”
The
more
important
things
in
life
can’t
be
taught
They
are
learned
by
doing

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Seeing
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Which TWO go together?
1. Chicken and Grass?
2. Chicken and Cow?
3. Cow and Grass?
WEST VERSUS EAST
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Icebreaker-­‐Warmup
PURPOSE:
Concentra:on
and
focus
OBJECTIVE:
Place
index
finger
on
palm
of
person
to
your
le`
while
avoiding
placement
of
person’s
finger
on
your
right
INSTRUCTIONS:
1.
Stand
in
circle
far
enough
apart
to
extend
both
arms
out
horizontal
2.
LEFT
HAND
(LH)
point
index
finger
down
3.
RIGHT
HAND
(RH)
palm
upward
4.
At
“GO!”
try
to
place
LH
finger
on
palm
to
le`
while
avoiding
finger
on
RH
palm
5.
First
person
to
touch
finger
to
palm
on
leS
3
)mes
SHOUT
OUT
“DID
IT!”—then
tell
us
how
many
:mes
your
palm
was
touched
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How
I
Found
Freedom
in
an
Unfree
World
by
Harry
Browne
An
Introduc)on
to
the
Book
“Freedom
is
the
opportunity
to
live
your
life
as
you
want
to
live
it.
And
that
is
possible,
even
if
others
remain
as
they
are.
The
freedom
you
seek
is
already
available
to
you,
but
it
has
gone
unno:ced.
There
are
two
basic
reasons
why
most
people
remain
enslaved:
1.
They’re
unaware
of
the
many
op:ons
and
alterna:ves
available
to
them;
2.
They
accept
without
challenge
certain
assump:ons
that
restrict
their
freedom.”
“Many
adults
lack
freedom
not
so
much
because
someone
has
stolen
it
from
them
as
because
they
have
thrown
it
away.”
Thomas
Szasz

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Personally
Responsible
Freedom
14
Traps
that
Keep
You
Caught
14
Assump)ons—TRAPS,
the
keep
you
Caught
Trap
#1:
The
Iden)ty
Traps
(2)
(1) the
belief
that
you
should
be
someone
other
than
yourself;
(2)
the
assump:on
that
others
will
do
things
in
the
way
you
would.
“To
be
nobody
but
yourself
in
a
world
which
is
doing
its
best,
night
and
day,
to
make
you
everybody
else
means
to
fight
the
hardest
bafle
which
any
human
being
can
fight;
and
never
stop
figh:ng.”
e.e.
cummings,
American
poet

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14
Traps
that
Keep
You
Caught
(con)nued)
Trap
#2:
The
Intellectual
Trap
The
belief
your
emo:ons
should
conform
to
an
intellectually
preconceived
standard.
Emo:ons
are
automa:c,
accurate
assessments
of
how
you’re
dealing
with
reality—accept
them.
Trap
#3:
The
Emo)onal
Trap
You
do
not
have
to
act
out
your
emo:ons,
especially
when
they
are
overwhelming
you!

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14
Traps
that
Keep
You
Caught
(con)nued)
Trap
#4:
The
Morality
Trap
The
belief
that
you
must
obey
a
moral
code
created
by
someone
else.
To
be
free
you
need
to
create
your
own
moral
code.
Trap
#5:
Unselfishness
Trap
The
belief
that
you
must
put
the
happiness
of
others
ahead
of
your
own.

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Traps
that
Keep
You
Caught
(con)nued)
Trap
#6:
The
Group
Trap
The
belief
that
a
gathering
of
separate
individuals
is
a
unitary
“Agent”
that
can
actually
and
accurately
represent
all
of
its
members.
With
a
Group
you
can
only
act
“Indirectly”;
only
individually
do
you
act
“Directly”.
Trap
#7:
The
Government
Traps
(4)
(1)
The
belief
that
governments
perform
socially
useful
func:ons
that
deserve
your
support.
(2)
The
belief
that
you
have
a
duty
to
obey
laws.

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Traps
that
Keep
You
Caught
(con)nued)
Trap
#7:
The
Government
Traps
(last
2
of
4)
(3)
The
belief
that
the
government
can
be
counted
upon
to
carry
out
a
social
reform
you
favor.
(4)
The
fear
that
the
government
is
so
powerful
that
it
can
prevent
you
from
being
free.
Trap
#8:
Despair
Trap
The
belief
that
other
people
can
prevent
you
from
being
free.
Trap
#9:
Rights
Trap
The
belief
that
your
rights
will
make
you
free.

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14
Traps
that
Keep
You
Caught
(con)nued)
Trap
#10:
Utopia
Trap
The
belief
that
you
must
create
befer
condi:ons
in
society
before
you
can
be
free.
Trap
#11:
Burning
Issue
Trap
The
belief
that
there
are
compelling
social
issues
that
require
your
par:cipa:on.
Trap
#12:
Previous-­‐Investment
Trap
The
belief
that
:me,
effort,
and
money
spent
in
the
past
must
be
considered
when
making
a
decision
in
the
present.

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Traps
that
Keep
You
Caught
Trap
#13:
Box
Trap
A
box
is
any
uncomfortable
situa:on
that
restrains
your
freedom.
The
box
trap
is
the
belief
that
the
cost
of
gejng
out
of
a
box
is
too
high
to
consider.
Trap
#14:
Certainty
Trap
The
urge
to
act
as
if
your
informa:on
were
totally
certain.

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Choose…YOU!
“You
are
only
as
free
as
you
take
the
responsibility
to
be
while
allowing
others
to
do
the
same.”
Jack
“You
haven’t
met
yourself
yet.
But
the
advantage
to
mee:ng
others
in
the
mean:me
is
that
one
of
them
may
present
you
to
yourself.
Examine
the
nature
of
everything
you
observe.”
Waking
Life,
the
Movie
Choice
Theory,
William
Glasser
“The
only
person
whose
behavior
we
can
control
is
our
own.
All
we
can
give
another
person
is
informa:on.
All
long
las:ng
psychological
problems
are
rela:onship
problems.”

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My
Brain
Is
Full,
May
I
be
Excused?
Jack’s
Contact
Details:
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