Coaching practices for The Perennial Philosophy with My Team

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  • I’m realizing how much of what I believe about myself and the world I just absorbed from somewhere and never actually checked against my own experience
  • Every conversation in my life is about logistics or careers or complaints, and I’m starving for somewhere I can actually talk through how to live
  • Every conversation I have about anything that matters turns into each side trying to win, and I’m tired of it
  • I fuse so completely with whatever I’m thinking or feeling
  • A close friend is going through something and I keep just reacting to the words they say rather than reading what they actually need underneath

Practices that may help

  1. The Perennial Philosophy, Made Practical
    The perennial philosophy, synthesized by Aldous Huxley from mystic and contemplative traditions across cultures, identifies a common inner core: a divine or ultimate ground underlying all existence, knowable through direct experience; an inner nature in humans capable of that knowing; and an ethics of love and compassion as the natural expression of that realization. It is not a scientific theory but a philosophical synthesis — its practices draw on contemplative traditions whose psychological effects have increasing observational and some experimental support.
  2. Prioritize direct experience over inherited belief
    Test philosophical claims through personal practice rather than accepting them on authority.
    The Perennial Philosophy, Made Practical
  3. Creating a philosophical community of practice
    Form or join a small group that meets regularly to examine how to live well — not just to succeed.
    Epicurean Philosophy: Practical Happiness
  4. Philosophical dialogue as a practice
    Use careful, good-faith conversation — not debate — to examine your assumptions together.
    Philosophy as a Way of Life
  5. Practice loosening identification with the ego-self
    Train the capacity to observe your thoughts, feelings, and roles without completely being them.
    The Perennial Philosophy, Made Practical
  6. Use close friendship as a moral laboratory
    Cultivate deep friendships deliberately — they are the arena where practical wisdom is practiced and tested.
    Phronesis: Aristotle’s Practical Wisdom
  7. Practice inquiry into the ground of your experience
    Investigate the aware presence that underlies all mental content as a way of touching the real.
    The Perennial Philosophy, Made Practical
  8. Run a structured team morphological session
    The method is most powerful when multiple perspectives populate the dimensions and values.
    Morphological Analysis, Made Practical
  9. Cultivate an "acorn brain": plant what you will not harvest
    Deliberately invest time and energy in efforts that will only pay off decades from now.
    The Good Ancestor: Long-Path Thinking for a Meaningful Life
  10. Run a regular team elimination review
    Periodically review what the team is doing that no longer serves any current goal.
    The Eisenhower Matrix for Teams

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