Hi.
I'm Pad.
Welcome to Team Me.
What kind of person would you say that you
are?
What role do you play in life?
What kind of hats do you wear most of the
time?
Do you see yourself as a bit of a warrior
or a jester, as a lover or a sage, as a king,
a queen, or maybe a mystic?
We all recognize these characters.
It's as if they've existed in society since
time immemorial.
They are prominent in the legends of old,
and we see them perpetuated in numerous modern
movies.
Some of us find ourselves identifying with
those characters in a very personal way.
What kind of person would you say that you
are?
Which of these characters do you identify
the most with?
Understanding yourself in this way will make
many aspects of life so much easier because
the characters that we reflect the most in
life will impact pretty much everything that
we say, think, and do.
If you haven't heard of them before, I'm going
to introduce you to what the psychoanalyst
Carl Jung refers to as Archetypes.
Archetypes represent characters that we would
all recognize who possess different perspectives,
qualities, and abilities.
Whilst there are many such models that Jung
and others have identified over the years,
there are six particular ones that we're going
to focus upon in these sessions.
They are the Sovereign, the king, the queen,
or ruler; the Warrior, the Lover, the Sage;
that's the wise one, the Mystic; some people
think of this as a magician or a wizard; and
finally, the Jester.
When you discover their distinctive traits,
you're likely to start thinking about characters
that you know.
That's because they each do represent a classic
character type that would be recognized in
pretty much every race and every culture.
They are an engrained part of our thinking
as individuals and also in society at large.
The important thing to get to grips with,
however, is the fact that the defining traits
of each of these characters actually exist
inside every one of us.
It's just that some of us display more of
these characters' traits than others.
Have you ever been part of a team?
Have you ever had to put a team together?
Recognizing where certain people's strengths
lie can help us to build a highly effective
team whether on the football field or in the
boardroom.
You wouldn't want a hockey team full of goalies,
and you wouldn't want a company board of only
marketing directors.
No, you would purposely gather people with
different perspectives and different skills
and experience, and then you'd ensure that
they were united behind a single purpose.
The amazing thing is that you have actually
have a team inside of you.
These Archetypes are ready and waiting to
be called upon.
Some will need to be exercised a little bit
more.
Some may need a little taming at times, but
now's the time to recognize them and activate
them so that they come up full force and meet
every challenge that lies before you.
This is the journey that you are about to
take.
This is Team Me.
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I'll catch you on the next video.
