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Quadrant 1Your Life

Long Term Perspective

We live in a moment-by-moment world. Most people are just concerned with getting their current issues fixed. They want instant results. They are driven in most areas of their life by a short-term perspective. They want a solution right now and they won’t worry about it until next time the ‘issue’ or ‘problem’ occurs again and at that time they will seek the same ‘band aid’ solution. You may relate to this. You may notice that the mood of the…
Mark Postles
April 27, 2018
Quadrant 1Your Life

Get Around To It

We are now 3 months into the New Year and I would mind betting that you have already noticed yourself procrastinating on some aspect of your 2018 resolve. It may be just a little thing here or there but the structure is the same – putting off to tomorrow what you could have, (or by your rules or decisions) should have done today. Now, it’s pretty hard to find a person who does not procrastinate at all from time to…
Mark Postles
March 14, 2018
Quadrant 1Your Life

Perspective is everything

There are many things that we can’t comprehend in our life and because we can’t comprehend it doesn’t meant that it doesn’t exist. Consider what you are filtering out in your life by excluding the immeasurable and unseen.
Mark Postles
February 20, 2018
Quadrant 1Your Life

Make this year Play with a Purpose

As I write this I am 7 hours into another 12 hour long haul flight and as usual the cabin staff have commented that I am still ‘working’! This is a funny one, because I don’t see work as ‘work’ and for me it’s always been play. If I choose to do something surely it makes sense to either only do something that I love or if there isn’t love there in the first place then bring love to it.…
Mark Postles
February 6, 2018
Quadrant 1

Q1 and Life Source

Your Quadrant Questions We are constantly developing and expanding the in8model® and as such we have questions that regularly come to us. The ‘Your Quadrant Questions’ program is an addressing of these questions. Please feel free to ask us your burning Quadrant Question and we will do our best to address it. Why is ‘Life Source’ such a prominent consideration for Quadrant One? Quadrant 1 occupies the frontal part of your brain, which is part of the pre-frontal cortex. This…
Mark Postles
January 12, 2018
Your Life

Stress and Neuroplasticity

The subject of neuroplasticity reminds me of a story of the emerging butterfly. One day, a small opening appeared on a cocoon. A man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then, it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could not go any further. So the man decided to help the butterfly: he…
Mark Postles
October 19, 2017
Why Change DirectionQuadrant 1Your Life

Why Change?

I want to touch on the topic of change and thought that the subject of transformation was worthy of consideration. When we consider the dictionary definition of transformation we find words like - change in form, appearance, nature or character. The operative word here is change. Transformation is the process of change across form – or from one form to another. The in8model is a model of how it is that we transform. For anything new to come into being,…
Mark Postles
October 3, 2017
Mindset Series

Tolerate – NOT

Tolerance can be a two-edged sword. On one hand, it can be a high value and very useful trait that gives you the ability to overlook aberrant behaviour, particularly that of others which may be different than yours. This is the subject of a discussion at another time. The other side of the ‘sword’ is the one that I wanted to address today. Imagine a foreman with a crew of a hundred skilled workers. These people really knew their stuff.…
Mark Postles
September 22, 2017
Your Life

Experience What’s Possible

Everything is constantly moving. Even inanimate objects aren’t really motionless. They are just vibrating so rapidly they appear to be solid. That’s why it’s important to constantly reassess. Nothing stays constant. And fearing change won’t do you any good. It only holds you back from “what’s possible.” It keeps you rigid and promotes inflexibility and ultimately death. Think about this...If you brood about change and hope everything stays the same (your life, relationships, children, practice and finances), how can you…
Mark Postles
August 21, 2017