Worldview: Politics, Perspectives & People Who Still Talk to Each Other

“You cannot kill a thought. It needs to die of old age or natural causes”

Mark introduces the topic of worldview and the different belief systems we all have…and where we get them

Jim adds the influence of the political distress specifically in LA and brings in the flywheel

Mark clarifies the politics of it all and both guys laugh at how everything is about politics

Jim says most of us don’t like to have our belief systems challenged, but agree it’s important to do so

Mark reads Jim’s 5w’s assessment…What, why, where, when and who

Jim brings up self awareness and Mark agrees that self awareness is important

Mark talks a bit about how we acquire our belief systems

Jim shares his stories about two recent conversations he had with people with different world views and although they disagreed, they got along

Both guys think most of us want the same things. We are all humans first

After Mark jumps in, Jim continues to share his stories. One woman fro NJ and a great friend from his childhood

The woman is passionate about her work, which Jim admires

Mark says when he goes out in the world, everyone is nice to him

Jim appreciated both of their positions

Mark shares the importance of context. Context resolves a great deal of miscommunication

Mark shares his story about travel regarding world view and how valuable that cross cultural experience is

Jim totally agrees and shares his favorite quote “You cannot kill a thought. It needs to die of old age or natural causes”

He adds the context of the military leader who shared this quote. 18 to 23 year old males with no hope are the biggest danger in the world

Cultural and religious thoughts in particular

Jim cites the progressive movement as one that is possibly dying

“We kill our leaders. Be good enough to be killed”

If you put yourself out there, they’ll come after you

Mark brings in his position on presumption about others

Jim takes us around the wheel and goes deep into the worldview portion of our wheel

Both guys like the idea of revisiting their sources of worldview and the view itself and reevaluate things

Jim brings up victimhood. Both guys are repelled by victimhood

Bitter or better

They also value self deprecation. Mark mentions the idea of some of these thoughts are not conscious

How the tough stuff makes you durable

Jim brings up the LA riots and both guys have disdain for the “leaders” in CA

Mark likes our current presidents worldview - not a politician

Mark brings up the police and the law being enforced and them being respected

Both guys see this system as broken, but the Mayor and Governor are the problem

Mark talks about history and understanding history to predict the future

Mark emphasizes the power of self reflection regarding worldview

Jim goes back to his stories. He got into a discussion about homelessness because they were in San Francisco. They started out in disagreement and ended up mostly in agreement. A big part of this problem is the lack of enforcement of existing laws

Mark shares his opinion about the word “compassion” and it’s misuse

The bad behavior was tolerated for long enough to become and expectation

Jim shreds the leadership of California and questions how they have stayed in power. Who keeps electing them

The guys talk about the differences between living in Florida versus California

Then they wrap up with voting and the notion of how things might look in a few weeks

Jim and Mark are both glass half full guys and think the system will hold up