Coach Ted discusses fractals and how they relate to our expectations, our limitations, and the key to unlocking our abilities.
Intro to Fractals
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0:04 Jon:
Welcome to the TED O'Neill program. Today's Monday. Oh, man, this is going to be a good week. Maybe a good couple week? Yeah. So, we discussed the concept of fractals, but we really want to get into it because we need to be able to identify how these fractals affect us and where we can make improvements and whittle away a lot of the extraneous stuff by identifying that fractals happen to us.
0:44 Ted:
Yeah, or that they exist overall, because it wasn't until I want to say 1982 and Mandelbrot, who was a mathematician, created what's now referred to as the Mandelbrot set, which is a way to visually represent this concept of fractal relationships. And so first, let's just talk about what the definition is or when defining what that could be okay. And that's that fractals are an infinitely complex pattern, or patterns that are self-similar across different scales. So, anyone who wants to decode that further, if you go to YouTube and search Mandelbrot set, there's all these computer-generated programs that essentially have a visual representation of this. So, a self-similar pattern would be something that repeats from small to large. And so, another way to think about this is the Russian dolls. That kind of escapes me right now, but it goes from, it's a doll with the nesting dolls. Yeah, and they look exactly the same. They're just on different scales from large too small. Now this concept in space and time of fractals, who would be that it's infinite. So you could look at this, if you're viewing the Mandelbrot set, and a visual representation, say on a YouTube video, you can stare at this thing for 20 minutes and see how it goes through all these little different permutations where the thing that you're looking at in the moment seems to have no relationship to the original picture, but ultimately comes back to that said differently, it would be as if you looked at something under a microscope, and then zoomed in like a million times. So, you can see the space between the space between the space and see the similarity of this object and how it's made up.
2:23 Jon:
Yeah, all the way down to the cellular level. Yeah, or even
2:27 Ted:
Yeah, or even beyond into subatomic particles, or go in the opposite direction into macro concepts like universes. So, what does all that have to do with anything? Yeah, the next question would be the next logical question. If it's a self-similar repeating pattern, I think everyone can relate to the concept of repeating certain patterns in our life. And last week, when we talked about the human machine, we talked about the construct, and this construct in neuroscience that 95% of the time, as adults, we are replaying subconscious programs. So, in other words, we're habituated to certain patterns. Yeah. And we don't always even know it. In fact, we could start this week by saying, we don't know what we don't know. And herein lies the promise of potential. So again, a fractal, it's an infinitely complex pattern. And the way we use this at Diablo or in the Para-physical training model is a little bit unique. And that's when you're experiencing anything, we can then look to see where that pattern is repeating itself and other places in your life. So, this is one of the things that initially, you know, kind of stood out to me as a strength coach, because we could see this, you know, fear looks a certain way under the bar, avoidance looks a certain way. And it's replicated in any number of different individuals with any different level of experience. And so, it's not unique to the person. It's something that you can see that's replicable, oftentimes, just by reaching a certain squeeze point. So, here's a way that this conversation just came up. I like to use current and recent examples of discussions I had, and I just had this one, like, maybe yesterday, I don't know, time kind of blends together. But one of our trainees who's pretty new, I've observed, has been really stuck in this what I would call a negotiation feedback loop. In other words, all the instructions become a point of negotiation. And you know how I love that. So how that presents itself is, we'll see for example, if we talk about having a specific nutrition program, and then I do a check in the program and this person's phone has been deviated from the instruction, and there's always a reason for it. Well, I'd decided to do this to get this result. Okay, well, that wasn't the program, right? And then in training, there's a certain series of instructions. And then as I observed the training I'm asking, alright, so where did this come from? Why I decided to change XYZ, or not check in, or I got this off the internet. Okay. And then within the exercise itself, Alright, so we've gone over technique, and this isn't following the model that we use, or every repetition is performed differently. So, there's all this internal negotiation that's expressed externally. So, when we had this conversation, the next question I asked was, where else in your life? Do you find you do the exact same thing and this person's pretty introspective and said, Man, I really see the relationship to this, that I kind of do this everywhere?
5:55 Jon:
Well, I applaud that person for being that introspective and that honest, but I'm sure our listeners as I did, went through their own mental inventory. So just in case you haven't, or if you're trying to identify yours, I'll give you mine. When you give me an instruction for a particular formula for a lift, I may think to myself, because I wouldn't dare speak it out loud. That's what I've learned. But when I catch myself thinking, Yeah, but my body does this. So, I Yeah.
6:31 Ted:
So right there the Yeah. But that's, that's actually an entire module I have in my life coaching program. It's because we hear it so frequently. So, I received this. And we're going to get into this when we get into frameworks and why that's such a pervasive thing that happens with us, we hear something new. We might even accept that person as the teacher but instantly begins the negotiation. Yes, I'm hearing this thing. You're stating this the way that we're going to do? Yeah, but… So, using fractal relationships, as a lever allows us to identify where we do this in multiple places in our life. Because if we think about it this way, if we can identify a problem, or a pattern, we might be replicating that in many places in our lives. I frequently talk about the four planes of existence, physical, mental, emotional, and energetic. if it's happening in one place, say a physical movement pattern. Right? Like we just talked about, someone's technique isn't correct. Even after receiving extensive training. It's happening mentally. It's happening emotionally, and it's happening energetically. Now, if we view those things as being different, not simply situationally different, we're going to spend our whole life chasing our tail. And by the time we've solved one of these and identified the next, we're right back to doing it in the original place, because no new learning has occurred. Oh, that's terrible. But that's the reality that most people experience. And this is why I said, we don't know what we don't know.
8:13 Jon:
So, in your experience, can we solve this problem? Because it happens across all four planes, one plane at a time? In other words, if it's all concurrently if it's identifying physically, is there an opportunity for me to first address it energetically?
8:30 Ted:
Yeah, so or concurrently. And so, this is the thing by identifying whatever the behavior is, as a pattern. And then we seek the fractal relationship. In other words, where else does this happen? Now instead of having to fix this and say 30 different scenarios, situationally one by one, what we're now doing is we’re focusing on the original thought, or the original belief. And if we can change that, then we fix all the things in one shot. So as a lever, learning to think relationally, using this concept of fractal self-similar repeating patterns, we can solve many things at one time. And in doing so we can make a gigantic leap in consciousness. We can make a huge leap in our mental acuity. We can make a massive leap in performance, whether that's body comping, whether that's gaining muscle mass, whether that's getting stronger, all the things that become much simpler, because instead of diffusing our energy over many, many different scenarios, we're now using all of our energy to punctuate and focus on one focal point and eradicate that.
Welcome to the TED O'Neill program. Today's Monday. Oh, man, this is going to be a good week. Maybe a good couple week? Yeah. So, we discussed the concept of fractals, but we really want to get into it because we need to be able to identify how these fractals affect us and where we can make improvements and whittle away a lot of the extraneous stuff by identifying that fractals happen to us.
0:44 Ted:
Yeah, or that they exist overall, because it wasn't until I want to say 1982 and Mandelbrot, who was a mathematician, created what's now referred to as the Mandelbrot set, which is a way to visually represent this concept of fractal relationships. And so first, let's just talk about what the definition is or when defining what that could be okay. And that's that fractals are an infinitely complex pattern, or patterns that are self-similar across different scales. So, anyone who wants to decode that further, if you go to YouTube and search Mandelbrot set, there's all these computer-generated programs that essentially have a visual representation of this. So, a self-similar pattern would be something that repeats from small to large. And so, another way to think about this is the Russian dolls. That kind of escapes me right now, but it goes from, it's a doll with the nesting dolls. Yeah, and they look exactly the same. They're just on different scales from large too small. Now this concept in space and time of fractals, who would be that it's infinite. So you could look at this, if you're viewing the Mandelbrot set, and a visual representation, say on a YouTube video, you can stare at this thing for 20 minutes and see how it goes through all these little different permutations where the thing that you're looking at in the moment seems to have no relationship to the original picture, but ultimately comes back to that said differently, it would be as if you looked at something under a microscope, and then zoomed in like a million times. So, you can see the space between the space between the space and see the similarity of this object and how it's made up.
2:23 Jon:
Yeah, all the way down to the cellular level. Yeah, or even
2:27 Ted:
Yeah, or even beyond into subatomic particles, or go in the opposite direction into macro concepts like universes. So, what does all that have to do with anything? Yeah, the next question would be the next logical question. If it's a self-similar repeating pattern, I think everyone can relate to the concept of repeating certain patterns in our life. And last week, when we talked about the human machine, we talked about the construct, and this construct in neuroscience that 95% of the time, as adults, we are replaying subconscious programs. So, in other words, we're habituated to certain patterns. Yeah. And we don't always even know it. In fact, we could start this week by saying, we don't know what we don't know. And herein lies the promise of potential. So again, a fractal, it's an infinitely complex pattern. And the way we use this at Diablo or in the Para-physical training model is a little bit unique. And that's when you're experiencing anything, we can then look to see where that pattern is repeating itself and other places in your life. So, this is one of the things that initially, you know, kind of stood out to me as a strength coach, because we could see this, you know, fear looks a certain way under the bar, avoidance looks a certain way. And it's replicated in any number of different individuals with any different level of experience. And so, it's not unique to the person. It's something that you can see that's replicable, oftentimes, just by reaching a certain squeeze point. So, here's a way that this conversation just came up. I like to use current and recent examples of discussions I had, and I just had this one, like, maybe yesterday, I don't know, time kind of blends together. But one of our trainees who's pretty new, I've observed, has been really stuck in this what I would call a negotiation feedback loop. In other words, all the instructions become a point of negotiation. And you know how I love that. So how that presents itself is, we'll see for example, if we talk about having a specific nutrition program, and then I do a check in the program and this person's phone has been deviated from the instruction, and there's always a reason for it. Well, I'd decided to do this to get this result. Okay, well, that wasn't the program, right? And then in training, there's a certain series of instructions. And then as I observed the training I'm asking, alright, so where did this come from? Why I decided to change XYZ, or not check in, or I got this off the internet. Okay. And then within the exercise itself, Alright, so we've gone over technique, and this isn't following the model that we use, or every repetition is performed differently. So, there's all this internal negotiation that's expressed externally. So, when we had this conversation, the next question I asked was, where else in your life? Do you find you do the exact same thing and this person's pretty introspective and said, Man, I really see the relationship to this, that I kind of do this everywhere?
5:55 Jon:
Well, I applaud that person for being that introspective and that honest, but I'm sure our listeners as I did, went through their own mental inventory. So just in case you haven't, or if you're trying to identify yours, I'll give you mine. When you give me an instruction for a particular formula for a lift, I may think to myself, because I wouldn't dare speak it out loud. That's what I've learned. But when I catch myself thinking, Yeah, but my body does this. So, I Yeah.
6:31 Ted:
So right there the Yeah. But that's, that's actually an entire module I have in my life coaching program. It's because we hear it so frequently. So, I received this. And we're going to get into this when we get into frameworks and why that's such a pervasive thing that happens with us, we hear something new. We might even accept that person as the teacher but instantly begins the negotiation. Yes, I'm hearing this thing. You're stating this the way that we're going to do? Yeah, but… So, using fractal relationships, as a lever allows us to identify where we do this in multiple places in our life. Because if we think about it this way, if we can identify a problem, or a pattern, we might be replicating that in many places in our lives. I frequently talk about the four planes of existence, physical, mental, emotional, and energetic. if it's happening in one place, say a physical movement pattern. Right? Like we just talked about, someone's technique isn't correct. Even after receiving extensive training. It's happening mentally. It's happening emotionally, and it's happening energetically. Now, if we view those things as being different, not simply situationally different, we're going to spend our whole life chasing our tail. And by the time we've solved one of these and identified the next, we're right back to doing it in the original place, because no new learning has occurred. Oh, that's terrible. But that's the reality that most people experience. And this is why I said, we don't know what we don't know.
8:13 Jon:
So, in your experience, can we solve this problem? Because it happens across all four planes, one plane at a time? In other words, if it's all concurrently if it's identifying physically, is there an opportunity for me to first address it energetically?
8:30 Ted:
Yeah, so or concurrently. And so, this is the thing by identifying whatever the behavior is, as a pattern. And then we seek the fractal relationship. In other words, where else does this happen? Now instead of having to fix this and say 30 different scenarios, situationally one by one, what we're now doing is we’re focusing on the original thought, or the original belief. And if we can change that, then we fix all the things in one shot. So as a lever, learning to think relationally, using this concept of fractal self-similar repeating patterns, we can solve many things at one time. And in doing so we can make a gigantic leap in consciousness. We can make a huge leap in our mental acuity. We can make a massive leap in performance, whether that's body comping, whether that's gaining muscle mass, whether that's getting stronger, all the things that become much simpler, because instead of diffusing our energy over many, many different scenarios, we're now using all of our energy to punctuate and focus on one focal point and eradicate that.
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