SFL Episode 43: Systema For Executives, with Bryan Johns


"You can find anybody who's managing a company, and it's the guys who run towards problems, the people who run towards discomfort. And not because they crave conflict. But because there's a problem that needs (to be) solved."

Musings, obersvations, and hard-earned lessons from business manager, investor, CEO and NC-based Systema practitioner Bryan Johns.

Here, Bryan offers his vision of Systema for Business Executives, and how martial arts training - and Systema in particular - has helped him progress from ne'er-do-well kid to USAF engineer to President of a global engineering company.  

   Why black belts and MBAs matter less than you think
  The power of fast, iterative problem solving
   The dangers of outsourcing responsibility, and the benefits of assuming it

  And Bryan's 3 cardinal rules of Systema and Life (TM)

 1) Practice the principles, and the techniques will take care of themselves
2) You don't have to go to every fight you're invited to
3) Where you're at (emotionally) matters

A long one, but a good one if you're interested in leveraging you training for all asepcts of life and work.

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Systema For Life Podcast - Episode 42: Rob Poyton

"You have to find an internal point of support for your work. The floor is a very obvious point of support...but if you're on one foot, or your heel is lifted, you have to find a point of support within the body somewhere."

Fun and enlightening interview with Rob Poyton, Chief Instructor at Cutting Edge Systema, based in Bedford, UK.

Rob became highly proficient in T'ai Chi and other Chinese internal arts before finding Systema, and is the former Editor of Tai Chi & Alternative Health, and of Tai Chi International magazine. His articles on martial arts have been published in Combat, Martial Arts Illustrated, Men's Health, Maxim, and elsewhere.

Rob is also the presenter and producer of an extensive series of Systema training DVDs designed for solo and group use, and teaches Systema workshops and seminars throughout Europe.

Here, we discuss his path into Systema; commonalities and differences between Systema and other "internal" arts, the value of form (vs formlessness), principles of grounding and mobility, and discovering freedom within structure.

Find out more about training with Rob - and order his solo training DVDs online - at systemauk.com. Tell him Glenn sent ya :)

www.systemauk.com

 

Systema For Life Podcast - Episode 41: On Intuition

"Sometimes we do want to leverage our higher cognitive selves over these (intuitions)...But sometimes we need to get out of the way and trust them, because they're very, very good at making sense of, and flitering down, highly complex systems. As long as we're applying the right rules of thumb."

Glenn Murphy talks with health and wellness guru Howard Jacobson about the power of gut feelings and intuitions. An wide-ranging conversation that delves into:

  • why intuitions are generally underrated
  • how intutions can both help and hinder us in life
  • situations in which intuitions work better than anlaysis
  • how a core function of Systema is to remove or rewire unhelpful intutions

Mentioned in this episode:

Gut Feelings, by Gerd Gigerenzer
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TO0T8U/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00555X8OA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

The Gift of Fear, by Gavin de Becker
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0036Z9U2A/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed
https://www.amazon.com/Black-Box-Thinking-People-Mistakes-But/dp/1591848229/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1528731049&sr=8-1&keywords=black+box+thinking&dpID=41cMiQ%252B%252Bw%252BL&preST=_SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

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