Liminal Thinking
Create the Change You Want by Changing the Way You Think
Why do some people succeed at change while others fail? It’s the way they think! Liminal thinking is a way to create change by understanding, shaping, and reframing beliefs. What beliefs are stopping you right now?
You have a choice. You can create the world you want to live in, or live in a world created by others. If you are ready to start making changes, read this book.
What is liminal thinking? Liminal is a word that means boundary, doorway, portal. Not this or that, not the old way or the new way, but neither and both. A state of ambiguity or disorientation that precedes a breakthrough to a new kind of thinking. The space between. Liminal thinking is a kind of psychological agility that enables you to success- fully navigate these times of transition. It involves the ability to read your own beliefs and needs; the ability to read others’ beliefs and needs; and the habit of continually evaluating, validating, and changing beliefs in order to better meet needs.
Why do some people succeed at change while others fail? It’s the way they think! Liminal thinking is a way to create change by understanding, shaping, and reframing beliefs. What beliefs are stopping you right now?
You have a choice. You can create the world you want to live in, or live in a world created by others. If you are ready to start making changes, read this book.
What is liminal thinking? Liminal is a word that means boundary, doorway, portal. Not this or that, not the old way or the new way, but neither and both. A state of ambiguity or disorientation that precedes a breakthrough to a new kind of thinking. The space between. Liminal thinking is a kind of psychological agility that enables you to success- fully navigate these times of transition. It involves the ability to read your own beliefs and needs; the ability to read others’ beliefs and needs; and the habit of continually evaluating, validating, and changing beliefs in order to better meet needs.
Testimonials
In the best sense of the word this is popularization of the obvious, of the space between things, of seeing things you’ve always seen but never seen and pulling them into your own personal library, for getting through the morass, the flotsam and jetsam of all the stuff that’s around us.
Richard Saul Wurman, founder, TED conference, and author of Information Anxiety
Dave Gray has taken the brilliantly simple germ of an idea (how to think across the borders of belief) and written it into a potent virus. Dave’s timing couldn’t be better. As the world slips again into splintered conflicts of belief, I hope and pray his virus spreads.
Dan Roam, author of The Back of the Napkin
In a time of increasing complexity and change, Dave Gray’s Liminal Thinking provides a much needed blueprint to help us clarify our own thinking, make connections with others, and powerfully communicate our ideas in a way that is both deeply human and profoundly impactful.
Lisa Kay Solomon, co-author, Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations that Accelerate Change
Change, it’s inevitable, and it will happen whether you’re proactive or reactive. Becoming an effective agent for change is invaluable. In Liminal Thinking, Dave Gray nails it! Do yourself a favor, buy this short book and finish reading it immediately.
Jeffrey Eisenberg, Author of NY Times Best Sellers Call To Action and Waiting For Your Cat To Bark?
Table of Contents
Foreword by Richard Saul Wurman
Principle 1. Beliefs Are Models
Principle 2. Beliefs Are Created
Principle 3. Beliefs Create a Shared World
Principle 4. Beliefs Create Blind Spots
Principle 5. Beliefs Defend Themselves
Principle 6. Beliefs Are Tied to Identity
Practice 1. Assume You Are Not Objective
Practice 2. Empty Your Cup
Practice 3. Create Safe Space
Practice 4. Triangulate and Validate
Practice 5. Ask Questions, Make Connections
Practice 6. Disrupt Routines
Practice 7. Act As If in the Here and Now
Practice 8. Make Sense with Stories
Practice 9. Evolve Yourself
