A high level understand of what The Dynamics of Imipact® is

A summary of its 5 dimensions

An introduction to the metaphor

1. The Dynamics of Impact® is a simple model to help focus your efforts to identify purpose and align your thoughts, emotions, physical energy, and relationships to it.

2. The “dynamics” are the five dimensions (just noted). Purpose. Thoughts. Emotions. Physical Energy. Relationships.

3. I use an atom as a metaphor to represent the model and help align the 5 dimensions. I do this to remind me that this is not a linear process, but a dynamic one ... always in motion.

Let’s get into it, starting with ...

The Dynamics of Impact® is the result of more than twenty years of study and practice in understanding human performance and wellness. I have found repeatedly that for a human being to really feel and act in ways that are authentic and meaningful, there are five aspects of being human they must attend to:

They are put together as a “whole” because as I’ve been taught and as I’ve experienced and observed, these individual dynamics don’t exist by themselves, and they certainly don’t have meaning on their own.

The more these are aligned, the more fulfilling and impactful a life we experience.

But before we get to how the model works together, let’s start by deconstructing it and looking at the individual parts.

(The components below are sliders! Just slideLeft, where “left” is ←)

Now, you may be wondering ... what’s with the 2-letter acronyms? (XQ? TQ? ...)

Good question.

In thinking about concepts such as purpose and others from a personal perspective, it’s easy to think in binary terms. Either I’m good or I’m bad. I fail or succeed. I’m healthy or unhealthy. But in life, it’s never binary. It’s always a scale ... a quotient if you will. It’s important to keep in mind that each dynamic is something that is constantly in motion - growing one way or the other.

So, I gave each quotient, or Q, a single alpha character to act as a short hand to talk about a particular dynamic. For example, your “thought” dynamic is represented with ‘TQ,’ or, ‘thought quotient.’ It’s my shorthand for the different dynamics. This should grow in helpfulness as we go.

Next, let’s look at ...

I’ve gone through several different metaphors (images) for this model before landing on an Atom.

In my limited experience, models of personal growth seem to be fairly linear. B follows A, C follows B, and so on. I wanted something that expressed the reality that as human beings we are living dynamic systems - organic and complex. I wanted an image that I could easily sketch on a napkin and which would represent the movement, growth, and interchange of the dynamics of a human being.

Let’s look at how this works.

An atom is a particle of matter that uniquely defines a chemical element. In non-science terms, it’s a really small thing from which physical objects are comprised. An atom consists of a nucleus that is orbited by one or more negatively charged electrons. The orbit of these electrons are called “shells.”

We’re going to explore this in more depth in a later module. We’re going to walk through each of the dynamics in an intentional order. Then, we’ll put it all together so it becomes something you can use in full.

The Dynamics of Impact® is meant to be a framework from which to work towards health across 5 related dimensions (dynamics).

XQ | Purpose (X-Quotient)

TQ | Thoughts (Thought Quotient)

EQ | Emotions (Emotional Quotient)

NQ | Physical NRG (NRG Quotient)

SQ | Relationships (Social Quotient)

We are using the metaphor of an Atom to give us a way to see the systemic, organic nature and interlock of the 5 dynamics

I hope this has been helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out: scott@sjmorris.io

You did it! Your completed Module 0! 🎉

Below are my thoughts on how you could process the above. If you come up with better ideas, please let me know.

After the exercise, it’s time to go to Module 1.

TBD

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