strategies + tactics of
Integral Mode
Integral Mode
To live an uncommon life, one needs to learn uncommon disciplines.
- Mark Divine
Living in Integral Mode = Living in Integrity.
Integral Mode coaching supports the vertical development necessary to embody this integrity.
Successful coaching - identifying and realizing potential - is predicated on profoundly attuned listening, creative exploration and meaningful communication. Its foundation is built on forging uncommon new disciplines and being held accountable to them, with insight and compassion.
Daunting challenges in today’s complex and changing world require a new skill set - a metaphorical toolkit - to maximize this potential and create relevance. Today’s challenges require mental agility and a perspective of pristine clarity, qualities that are reinforced through Integral Mode coaching. The challenges require mental toughness and resiliency, but most importantly they demand a comprehensive growth mindset, which fosters deep self-inquiry into purpose, passion and principles.
Below are just some of the strategies and tactics involved in the coaching process. For simplicity, they are presented here (with permission), in a form that is inspired by and slightly modified from the definitively integral writings of Mark Divine.*
Strategies of Integral Mode
1. Study the OODA loop
2. Be functionally fit
3. Cultivate emotional depth and control
4. Breath is Energy
5. Master the art of intuition
6. Constantly move towards integration
Tactics of Integral Mode
1. Breathwork
2. Cultivate stillness
3. Visualize
4. Be positive
5. Listen deeply
6. Live the OODA loop
SMART Performance
Specific + Precise - absolute HD clarity
Measurable - be quantifiably distinctive
Achievable - can you really pull this off, now?
Relevant - is this really important to you now? to others?
Time - when is this project going to be ready? is now the right time?
Creative Mission
Are you clear about your mission?
Can you articulate, precisely, the context and goals? Do you know exactly how you are going to execute them? Do you know exactly what you need in order to execute them? Are you the only one in charge, and if not, how clearly have you defined how communication works?
Front Sight Focus (from essential reading, Mark Divine’s Way of the SEAL)
For every creative mission you need to know how to:
*(used with permission from Unbeatable LLC)
Mark Divine Essential Reading: The Way of the SEAL, Unbeatable Mind, Kokoro Yoga, Staring Down the Wolf
Integral Mode coaching supports the vertical development necessary to embody this integrity.
Successful coaching - identifying and realizing potential - is predicated on profoundly attuned listening, creative exploration and meaningful communication. Its foundation is built on forging uncommon new disciplines and being held accountable to them, with insight and compassion.
Daunting challenges in today’s complex and changing world require a new skill set - a metaphorical toolkit - to maximize this potential and create relevance. Today’s challenges require mental agility and a perspective of pristine clarity, qualities that are reinforced through Integral Mode coaching. The challenges require mental toughness and resiliency, but most importantly they demand a comprehensive growth mindset, which fosters deep self-inquiry into purpose, passion and principles.
Below are just some of the strategies and tactics involved in the coaching process. For simplicity, they are presented here (with permission), in a form that is inspired by and slightly modified from the definitively integral writings of Mark Divine.*
Strategies of Integral Mode
1. Study the OODA loop
2. Be functionally fit
3. Cultivate emotional depth and control
4. Breath is Energy
5. Master the art of intuition
6. Constantly move towards integration
Tactics of Integral Mode
1. Breathwork
2. Cultivate stillness
3. Visualize
4. Be positive
5. Listen deeply
6. Live the OODA loop
SMART Performance
Specific + Precise - absolute HD clarity
Measurable - be quantifiably distinctive
Achievable - can you really pull this off, now?
Relevant - is this really important to you now? to others?
Time - when is this project going to be ready? is now the right time?
Creative Mission
Are you clear about your mission?
Can you articulate, precisely, the context and goals? Do you know exactly how you are going to execute them? Do you know exactly what you need in order to execute them? Are you the only one in charge, and if not, how clearly have you defined how communication works?
Front Sight Focus (from essential reading, Mark Divine’s Way of the SEAL)
For every creative mission you need to know how to:
- Prepare your mind
- Envision your goal
- Define the mission
- Simplify the ‘battlefield’
*(used with permission from Unbeatable LLC)
Mark Divine Essential Reading: The Way of the SEAL, Unbeatable Mind, Kokoro Yoga, Staring Down the Wolf
© 2020 JD Hixson