Official Weekly Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Lafayette, CA
July 8, 2010 | VOL 65 | ISSUE 2
July 8, 2010 | VOL 65 | ISSUE 2
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New President Geoff Zimmerman opened the meeting and Chuck Vogel provided thought for the day |
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Visiting Rotarians:
none Guests: Tom Madden Farmer’s Insurance guest of Pete |
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Board Meeting next Tuesday
August 1 Rotary night at the Sacramento Rivercats
August 3 National Night out in conjunction with The Chamber of Commerce and Lafayette Police
Rock the Plaza sign up, dates are August 13, 20, 27
Blue badges were presented to Pete Barbounis, Erin McCoin, Terry Ring and Maurice Williams
Jess Wellen announced some international fund projects: Schools in Afghanistan with Budd McKenzie, African projects with Mike Barrington
Fines
Maurice Williams for not arriving on time to be greeter
Jess Wellen $50 for his birthday on the 19th
Happy $
1. Don Anderson for resting at Lake Almanor
2. Bob Shusta gave not happy $ for putting unleaded gas in his diesel tank
3. Maurice gave $5 for Bob’s gas
4. Geoff Zimmerman for the article and picture in the Lamorinda Weekly
5. Chuck Vogel for his granddaughter’s successful knee surgery
6. Maurice Williams for Bob Shusta’s email to the club
7. Pete Barbounis for his Cpap machine and all night sleep and for his daughter’s surgery and readiness for her soccer season
8. Larry Blodgett for Geoff typing email at 2am
9. Larry Blodgett for his truck that was in the Orinda parade and for his wife and daughter riding with him
10. Andy for the Moraga Commons fireworks on the 4th and the 2 pictures that actually turned out for him
Speaker
Tom Madden – Mind Theory
1. The “mind” is separate from the “brain”. There are two brains the reptilian brain (primitive) and the thinking brain.
2. The cerebral cortex allows humans to separate from the other animals and think in the abstract.
3. There are 4 key levels to the mind: Conscious, Analytical, Subconscious and Instinctive
4. The conscious mind protects us from emotional harm
5. The subconscious mind is the warehouse for storage of prior experiences
6. The analytical mind is the filter and it filters information from the outside, most information is filtered to the negative
7. Human behavior prefers negative knowns vs. unknown even though we know they are negative
8. We as individuals believe that our feelings and thoughts are 100% right. To allow for communication we need to understand that others also believe that they are 100% right and that their 100% is different than our own.
9. The key to mind theory is understand the 2 types of terms, concrete terms and relative terms, the conversion of the relative terms to the concrete terms is the key for effective communication
10. Two words to listen for in a conversation that are key to understanding mindset of others:
1. The word not in a in a question makes it a statement and no longer a question
2. The word but, a comparative used to make a point that eliminates everything prior to the but, “You did a great job, but…”
3. When you hear these things, start asking questions and take control of the conversation
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Notes by Erin McCoin | Photos by John Sherry