“THE SIMPLEST IDEA IN THE WORLD!”
JACK WELCH of GE: “cvs2bvs is the simplest idea in the world!”
ESCAPE + SEARCH = THINK
Introduction – <Lesson Link>
Thinking, in any situation, is escaping from your current view of the situation (cvs), and searching for a much better view of the situation (bvs).
Insight 01 – <Lesson Link>
The Switch is The Universal Brain Software known as cvs2bvs
Insight 02 – <Lesson Link>
The Universal Brain Software allows the brainuser to switch from one parallel universe to another
Insight 03 – <Lesson Link>
At any particular NOW moment in spacetime the brainuser has a cvs
Insight 04 – <Lesson Link>
Two cvs options are: defend the cvs, or escape the cvs
Insight 05
If the brainuser can escape the cvs then he, she or it can search for a bvs
Insight 06
A bvs can be ten times better than a cvs
(The X10 Memeplex: multiply your business by 10! (2000), ISBN 0724801111)
Insight 07
cvs2bvs is the thinking switch from cvs to bvs
Insight 08
cvs2bvs frees the brainuser to hop sideways across parallel universes using tenpower … the power of ten
Insight 09
cvs2bvs empowers you to explore the cognos, the multiverse of possible thoughts and thinking
Insight 10
Flip the X10 switch! From cvs to bvs
ESCAPE + SEARCH = THINK
Click through here for a more detailed explanation
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–@cgd.vic.gov.au writes: “I used cvs2bvs quickly today when faced with a process problem. I was reviewing data recently transferred into an updated Risk Management Database which will be several days work. Instead of ploughing into it I used the cvs2bvs technique to generate a number of alternative ways of tackling the issue. I will admit I didn’t come up with 10 alternatives but I had several options to review. I estimate the small amount of time taken to plan the approach will save me at least a days work.”
DFQ:
1. In your view, what is one of the most interesting insights of this lesson?
2. Give a specific example of how you deliberately used cvs2bvs in your own life to get a result? The more specific in terms of when, where, how etc the more useful will be your example.
August 13th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
I think this is a powerful thinking tool CVS to BVS and it allows one to tackle any challenge.
July 26th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
I think the CVS and BVS provide something somewhat graspable when thinking, a purpose to the thought process. There is always a sense of having improved your view.
I applied CVS2BVS in a decision in my role as co-ordinator of a year level of Secondary School. It applied to some decisions about managing a particular student, who had been of concern for some time, and re-evaluating the perspectives which applied to the situation. It helped regulate the types of questioning I undertook when discussing the situation with that student and the solutions we considered. The student continues to be of concern but it allowed some action both by the student and their parent to improve the situation. While in some regards, I may have eventually covered the same ground with the student, the focus was more clearly on moving away from the CVS.
July 20th, 2010 at 1:38 pm
CVS2BVS – I like the idea of escaping the current and searching for the new and different. Perhaps idea of defending our current view reminded me of ‘fight or flight’. I will definitely try to ‘fly’ more.
At the moment I am using the CVS to BVS to come up with a better way to teach adverbs. Hopefully has already led to some more interesting techniques.
July 20th, 2010 at 10:55 am
The wherewithal exists to escape is presented in concise logic. The formula allows for critical analysis of the CVS and the method to move to BVSX10.
I moved from the private health service to the PHS and immediately noticed the sloppiness and, if you like, the willingness of the PHS to repeat mistakes and remain in the CVS. The Prince of Wales hospital was undergoing a complete face lift to meet the standards required of a Medical teaching hospital. I was the employment officer; as distinct from the personnel officer. The turn over of non professional staff was unacceptable to myself. I introduced a staff exit interview scheme where disgruntled employees could air their reasons for terminating. It became clear there were problems in the way supervisors were handling staff. If we were to cut down on the cost of advertising, supervisors would need to be trained in staff relations. The problem was twofold. The POW hospital became the Cinderella when it was elevated from a backwater nonentity, to teaching hospital status. The existing staff were not prepared or trained for duties in a large complex. The influx of new appointments on a daily basis literally overwhelmed the old staff. I looked at the CVS and the impediments blocking my path to a BVS, ignored protocol and went directly to the CEO. He agreed and even admitted he should have foreseen the problem and addressed it. My second CVS was to solve the problem of relief staff. This was achieved by calling for applications for relief positions. The criteria I set was; only applicants who lived in the immediate area or within a short bus ride need apply. This BVS was beyond my wildest hopes. In retrospect, very little thinking was done. The exact same problems popped up in the Westmead complex. It was not until Pickering was allowed to carry out accreditation that things improved slightly. I got Pickerings foot in the door when I invited him to accredit the hospital where I as the CEO. The Hospitals commission never forgave me for this. JMD
July 19th, 2010 at 10:41 am
One of the most interesting think about this lesson is the concept that we can ’switch’ our way of thinking. Given the tool CVS to BVS. Becoming aware of the possibility of creating change makes that change possible.
I used CVS toBVS to look at the process of how we write reports. The CVS showed that the system used has a number of flaws. Just listing a number of alternatives helps change to BVS, adn will hopefully lead to a better system. If not, CVS to BVS!
July 12th, 2010 at 10:54 am
1. I am amazed at how often I automatically go to defend the cvs. I’ve also started to notice others around me defending their cvs.
2. I deliberately sat back from a situation where I could have got caught defending but instead used cvs2bvs to look for a better view.
July 5th, 2010 at 8:08 am
The most interesting insight is thinking beyond where you are at now, and expanding your model of the world. The hardest thing about it is remembering to do it in the emotin of the moment!
I have used CVS2BVS in dealing with objections and found it useful to remind me that defending the CVS won’t take me where I want to go.
July 3rd, 2010 at 5:11 pm
CVS < BVS
CVS:
Procrastinating in doing my book keeping – behind in my documents and keep putting it off. Piled up and way behind making it harder to get started. Feeling powerless by it.
CVS:BVS – OK What is a better view of the situation – WHAT do I want what is the result outcome ; up to date with books and not have to do it.
What are the possible scenarios that will deliver this ?
BVS – get book keeper
cvs – too much time needed to explain it all
BVS start give him what you have let him get back to you
draw up all the areas of claims and headings and give him details to do
CVS – is this practical ?
BVS – Do it start do notice think
SDNT:
Look up phone number and set meeting now
Start organise books in 10 main sections title each section and what needs to be done in each section for him to do and cross reference.
Use large ring binder folder with 10 section separators
Have index
Gather all receipts and doc give to book keeper
Schedule time to review
Intend to have all up to date within 3-4 weeks from today.
June 15th, 2010 at 12:18 am
Just sounds like review. Call me crazy but this could be some repetition, yes?
I am helping my kids to use these techniques as they become applicable. Seeing there cvs to Bvc moments has inspired some cvs to Bvs for me also.
Just by way of feedback, am I the only one that feels that referring to parrallel universes makes the associated, implied concepts sound like Tom Cruise having a flashback?
June 8th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
1. Its simplicity!
2. At home, getting kids to help more around the house.
May 31st, 2010 at 10:14 am
thanks for the reminder to escape and think for myself
May 27th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
1. That at any given point in time regardlesss of how good the cvs is, there is always a bvs.
2. A new road opened up near a regular weekly route of mine. Whilst my current route seemed to be the most direct I still tried out the new route. It turns out that with this new road I now have one less traffic light to negotiate.
May 26th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
1. unless i am aware that I am “stuck” in the CVS then it is unlikely I will switch and escape to a BVS. for me awareness is the first step to escaping and the repetitive exercise sets up a pattern to create this awareness.
2. we are currently toilet training our young son and things haven’t been progressing so well so on the weekend my wife and I accepted we were in a state of CVS and started to look for the BVS. We have a few options that will take some time to see if they worked, but we used cvs2bvs to escape and search for the BVS.
May 23rd, 2010 at 9:51 pm
1. A world of potential can open if I can move from my CVS and flick the switch – CVS2BVS
2. I have used the concept recently in looking at how to improve an existing business process. Interestingly I had not heard of the CVS2BVS switch before this but new we need to do something. If I had know about the switch then I think we could have done the re-design much quicker and more efficiently.
May 21st, 2010 at 5:26 pm
1. We have a choice in how we look at and think about things.
2. I used the cvs2bvs switch this week when faced with a design problem. Changes in software we are upgrading meant we couldn’t have our current structure and utilise the new functionality, original decision sacrifice our structure. This solution was not ideal by applying the cvs2bvs principle got a solution that improved on the structure and gave us all the new functionality.
Worked out that it wasn’t an either or problem but one that could be resolved positively using cvs2bvs thinking
April 8th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
1. Escape; get out, get away, experience the ‘new’ BE ‘New
2. Take holiday, and going to World Expo in Shanghai in June 2010
March 23rd, 2010 at 12:35 pm
There is always a better way and it is so easy to find it if you will simply apply the CVS2BVS process. You always have a choice to improve regardless of what the current situation is. Improvement requires nothing more than a state switch.
The biggest road block I find is starting – simply because I get trapped looking for the holy grail when solving problems. With CVS2BVS I learned that you need to take it one step at a time and that the perfectionist creed is a millstone that prevents quick change. I also discovered that this approach allows you to fully engage and “learn as you go”, giving me new insights on details that are needed for an even better solution. It is a path for continuous improvement.
March 17th, 2010 at 11:27 pm
Insight 5 with the visual mapping really hits home for me.
This provides the ability to quantify CVS to BVS. Imagine someone lost or stuck in a rut literally wandering in the wilderness, for a better point of view, over the next ridge, hill/point of vantage or ‘escape’. A point of view is literally this. From this position I see this, so changing from a CVS to a BVS is movement and a change in perception.
That is to say, we have thoughts and perceptions anyway, how often do we question or map an existing CVS and movement to a BVS.
I have a lean toward a visual preference so this perceptual mapping – I like a lot!
March 15th, 2010 at 9:14 am
Looking back recently at my relationship with my family I can now see how on occassions I (unconciously) used a switch to encourage my childrens thinking. Children a free thinkers and learn ‘that wont work’ from their elders.
I can now start to concoiusly encourage them to look for their bvs
March 14th, 2010 at 10:05 pm
That there is always a better view, is the biggest and most obvious insight. it provides a very interesting way to approach situations to get to a solution.
in my own personal experience i cvs was my current financial situation i came up with ten things that were wrong and ten things that were good and a few ideas to help better it. i came up with doing an accounting course, hiring a financial planner etc. it really made things plain and obvious of what was working and what wasnt. it enhances your solutions and makes them much more appropriate. it was funny i actually sat down at a restaurant exactly 2 weeks ago and wrote everything down whislt i was at dinner
February 26th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
To a lessor or greater extent we are all behavioural addicts, when we get CVS2BVS right, it’s when we are able to kick our habit. PRR helps us kick the habit – thank you for letting me see this.
My thinking lately has been that I cannot afford to take a risk in business. My husband is close to retirement and we cannot put our retirement at risk. I’ve been programmed to thinking “retired”, “old” and “security”.
How do I grow a business without personal risk and with little resources?
Escape – Search = Think
CVS2BVS – the switch went on “I have the product and knowledge, my business partner has the venue”. For now the business does not have to be about rentals and a return on profit.
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:17 am
1. In your view, what is one of the most interesting insights of this lesson?
It is a revision of what I have learnt from SOT
2. Give a specific example of how you deliberately used cvs2bvs in your own life to get a result? The more specific in terms of when, where, how etc the more useful will be your example.
Just recently I was looking at a procees one of our staff was performing. I looked at the whole procees and thought there is a BVS to this.
Now I have already done the functional specifications for a technology solution to perform that task more efficiently and effectively. This also is an environmentally friendly paperless solution which also addesses ETS – reducing our carbon footprint.
February 15th, 2010 at 9:12 am
Escape + search = think
All too often I am too busy or there are other erason not to escape, I have stated getting into a routine of walking the dog, in doing so getting a bit of exercise and fresh air and the opportunity to escape collect my thoughts and search for better options.
February 14th, 2010 at 8:58 am
I was on the toilette, where I do my greatest thinking, and I was stuck on a business plan (more specifically a certain approach to this business plan), and it was hard to un-stick to search for new ideas since the idea was especially good, so I simply said aloud “CVS2BVS” and that opened up my mind to alternative approach. It was programmed into my mind…like a switch.
January 28th, 2010 at 12:17 am
Main insigth is that when you believe there is a better way, the belief triggers the process of finding it.
In one of my first jobs in the late 80’s we had a problem with customer complaints on invoiced technical support, by investigating the causes, one part was the time approx 30 days between when the job was carried out and the customer received the invoice. By then they had forgot that they had a serviceman at their site. We decided to redesign the process and simplified the workflow and reduced the time from job to invoice to 1-3 days. Less complaints, improved customer satisfaction, reduced accounts receivable….. etc
From not possible to possible by finding the BVS
January 25th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Most interesting insights to me is: cvs2bvs empowers you to explore the cognos, the multiverse of possible thoughts and thinking.
Our mantra now is “the best is yet to come” – regardless of how good our situation is. This has created a level of healthy dissatisfaction in our life and at the age of 60+ with an idylic lifestyle here in Australia, it is now our intention to move to Vietnam with every belief that we will enjoy an even more fulfilling lifestyle.
January 19th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Having participated in the SOT for a few years now, I find that the skills and techniques of thinking are most beneficially gained through the repeated use of the thinking skills outline in the 59 second course. Repetition becomes the mother of skill and expertise.
A simple yet powerful example use of the cvs2bvs strategy is with my young daughter who has confronted her desire to swing across the monkey bars on the school playground. She struggled to swing with the ease of some of her friends and was faced with her all too often choice to give into defeat. I presented her with the idea that she could visualize accomplishment and victory over her challenges. Seeing a better outcome, and one that was beyond the personal vision of her abilities. She was amazed at the outcome and has since been observed sharing the ideas with friends.
January 18th, 2010 at 10:17 am
1. We probably do this more often than we realise (perhaps more so if we’re glass half full people) – -its useful to revisit this consciously on a daily basis to reinforce the ‘habit’ and to apply it more often (especially when we notice stress or resistance in day to day events & encounters – ie. the stress is coming from a cvs which can be moved to create a bvs and so reduce the ’stress’)
2. When my position was made redundant I encountered numerous challenges some of them apparently severe (financial woryy for example) – with assistance from professional coaches I was able to reduce concerns by attaching a timeframe to necessary actions and break down concerns into more manageable packages (this is a very useful exercise in itself regardless of the challenge as many challenges in fact appear less daunting when broken down into more manageable chunks).
January 14th, 2010 at 4:54 am
1/ The way you can change your thinking
especialy when you are disatisfied with your present outlook
2/a work situation where it was difficult to decide in which direction to go
by using cvs/bvs was able to decide on a way forward
January 11th, 2010 at 3:00 am
1] There is always a bvs to any situation,one only needs to escape their cvs,to be able to search for it,
2]Today i listened to my brother inlaws anger about being a taxpayer who believed his taxes paid maori their treaty settlements,[his cvs]
I explained total process is paid by maori crown forestry leases managed by the goverment[my grey cap thinking cvs]
the look of joy that came over him [bvs for his own reasons]was something to behold,
January 6th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
The most interesting insight of this lesson is: ‘thinking, in any situation, is escaping from your current view of the situation, and searching for a much better view of the situation.’
Watch the Climate Change debate for signs of cvs2bvs. It is interesting that many bvs-people, in this debate, have been classified as Climate ‘Sceptics’.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:58 pm
1. The benefit of hitting the “pause”button
2. A recent holiday project involved updating and organising my music collection.
There were many issues in the collection including music that had media usage rights, songs that had been downloaded more than once, songs that weren’t linked to playlists etc.
In the past the process has been to purchase, download and create music playlists in an adhoc manner.
Using cv2bvs I identified many different ways of streamlining this project. I decided to set up a framework for storing and categorising the music that would provide some structure as I worked through each of the issues in the collection.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
1. Escape from the traditional concept explained to search insight.
2. De-Caste Concept in Indian Land. I prefer for “Conception of the Castes to Castelessness i.e. Annihilation of Caste” to “New Conception of the Culture of Castes to De-Caste Conception to Castelessness Process”.
–De-Caste Concept is more better to directly annihilation of Caste which was not practical, or perhaps immpossible.
– I am implementing the De-Caste Concept which is another name of the Out-Side-the-box-thinking Or CVS to BVS Or Ten time better of present approach of Indian Intellectuals.
De-Caste Concept is more better to fight inequality in India.
Therefore, I started the following campaign in India initiated from Pune.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Thank you for collating all the concepts in such a simple way. I will definately we be able to share this with others in my team.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:36 am
1. I often forget to try to derive a BVS and merely wallow in the CVS.
2. In my legal practice, I took 2 dead ends and blended them into a new argument. CVS: voluntary intoxication is not a defense to first degree murder and life w/o parole for a murder committed by a juvenile is legal. BVS: Life w/o parole for a murder committed by an intoxicated juvenile is cruel and unusual punishment.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
I find it is the challenge of thinking about a situation or a project in 10 alternative ways, it excites me to the point that I will think of any possibility. I used it today , I needed to sling my kayak so I could fix it and repaint it. I tried different possiblities . SDNT. Finally found the right operation, it worked perfectly.
All hail CVS2BVSX10.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
The insight I’ve had is that that x10 is the key to generating higher quality BVS’s. Don’t just search for any BVS but rather make sure you are searching for the x10 BVS. Why? Because if you search for something like a 50% improvement (x 0.5) or a x2 then your thinking is still likely to remain thinking close to your CVS. When you search for the x10 BVS then your mind has to go to a radically different place to get the answer, and this is where your revolutionary new ideas come from and where breakthrough thinking can occur.
An example from my own recent experience is that the completion of a new product was dragging and my personal momentum from working on the tasks was dropping off rapidly. So my CVS was a lingering painful drawn-out process. I searched for a x10 BVS – how can I get this finished 10 time faster? Several key answers came to me including outsourcing the development, outsourcing the documentation tasks, and reducing the product features dramatically while still retaining the core features. The last point was especially interesting because under the spotlight of “10X faster”, it became apparent that a lot of “fluff” features had crept in which really were in the “nice to have” category.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
It summarised all I learnt from you. Excellent!
I used it on my team at work to add value to their processes.
Many times as I keep reinforcing this concept by using PRR!
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:28 am
I try to use cvs2bvs every day, the result being that friends say “what an amazing life you have”. And I do..
The greatest benefit of cvs2bvs is that incremental changes are achieved every day. It is not the daily change or achievement which is important..it is but a link in the overall change and as the outcome is not so important, one is freed to make best possible choices at every opportunity..that is, decisions aren’t made to fit an outcome, decisions are made to suit the challenge.
A small example..on the 20th Dec my son was badly hurt in a skiing accident. necessitating a rescue off a mountain and immediate surgery. We had just begun holidaying in a foreign country, with no support systems (ie known medical support,friends or family in place). Despite complications, and the most serious pronouncement by surgeons, several weeks later, this young man is home, healing rapidly (despite all predictions to the contrary), and also,despite not being able to fly back to Australia (and his own fledgling business) for another 8 weeks, is buisly making business plans and reviewing objectives for the year ahead! we will use this 8 weeks as a breathing space and opportunity for “think tanking”.. cvs2bvs in action!
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Hi folks, I could not stop reading the comments! All really interesting.
Insights of this lesson: I tend to think of the cvs 2 bvs in terms of a disc and grooves my thinking has made on it. In between one groove and other, should be new thinking. Hard to move out of the groove!
Specific example deliberate use: Realising that there is a networked society and a lot of people connected, but not talking e.g., executives struggling to find specific skills and those with specific skills not being able to find the executive…classic case of “you should be speaking to” I broker the meeting if needs be, otherwise I hand over the contact details. In my travels as I come across clients and consultants, I am unconsciously focussed on cvs2bvs. Those I talk to appreciate the referral as they are not thinking strategically. I do not accept any payment directly. Indirectly, the goodwill this generates and invisible network it creates is amazing and a privelege to enjoy. A couple of times career wise, I have had to use the invisible network.
On a personal level, I also use it as input into my “design for life” eg. “where am I going for the next five years?” otherwise life happens to me instead of me planning it. As we come into 2010, I need to consciously use it.
Cvs2bvs? best invention since sliced bread!
December 23rd, 2009 at 1:25 pm
The idea of a quantum leap …or kangaroo bounds…to escape from the cvs is very attractive….nothing is impossible or has limts within the cognos…so we can in a moment , discover a solution ten times or a thousand times better than the cvs …providing we actively SEARCH for it.
I just received the accounts for advertising and my cvs was …for a moment…negative, but within seconds I thought…..I have to pay for the OPPORTUNITY to have my ads make an impact, and take the attention of prospective clients ….and thousands of CHECK moves are involved…..out of thousands of check moves (customer attention and cognitive contacts) I need only TEN responses to more than cover costs and make a profit …so the result of my BVS was…JUST DO IT…..ADVERTISE.
December 21st, 2009 at 12:10 pm
1. We tend to get caught up in our own little worlds and overtime become conditioned to thinking in a certain way (victims of our own environments). The fact that it needs to be an obvious decision to stop and think of a BVS is something that often gets lost. We too frequently want to find the fastest possible solution without opening our minds to other options – it only takes 59 seconds to Escape, Search and Think of other options so why wouldn’t this become the normal way of dealing with issues? I love that it is so simple and can be applied to everything from very simple to the most complex of matters – it clears the mind and ensures you start with a clean slate before jumping to conclusions.
2. I have used CVS to BVS a lot for work matters – where an objection to somebody elses idea is often seen as criticism,or a put down, or a show of no support – I have asked employees to consider what the other person has suggested and if they don’t like then they should try offering something better as well as commenting on the idea. This has frequently has a snow balling effect where one suggestion that may not have fully addressed the issue has been developed with the imput of others (and more BVS’S) to the point where we had not only a good solution but one that the group readily accepted becasue they had helped develop the solution (the BVS).
December 21st, 2009 at 9:52 am
One of the things that I find at work is the desire to ‘cookie cut’ processes rather than address particular contexts in their uniqueness. This means following particular methodologies and/or rules – these aren’t always effective and more work goes into making the methodology or rule work rather than finding the best solutions or approaches. So drawing on CVS to BVS we were better able to improvise and co-design (as well as use our resources in a more adaptive way) rather than just deliver the same old. It also meant we approached this process in a way that acknowledged the limitations of the existing ‘good practice’.
December 21st, 2009 at 6:48 am
I believe e + s = t is only the beginning of the understanding. A nice segue to exploring the intelligence trap… a fundamental and psychological point to understanding repetitive thinking behaviours that actually block cvs2bvs outcomes.
Cuz…. over to you.. please explain???
December 20th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
One of the hardest things is to escape from our point of view. If we can do that we can open ourselves to a multitude of possibilities.
It’s easy to stick with what we know. But we can bog ourselves down that way. It takes effort to think of better ways to do something. We have to – metaphorically speaking – climb aboard the rocket to overcome the pull of gravity. But once you get in the habit, establish a new pattern, it’s fun to CVSTOBVS.
Even one word can change the way we think. For instance the word “yet” is powerful in changing our beliefs. My friend Geoff said to me the other day, “I can’t do public speaking”. I replied, “Yet … you can enjoy imagining what it would be like when you can”.
December 17th, 2009 at 11:22 am
The thought that there is always a BVS and a BVS beyond that (kangaroo hop) if you take the time to think and look for it.
December 17th, 2009 at 5:48 am
I love ESCAPE then SEARCH, its about becoming pro-active and not just escaping(switching off)
My friends and I have been making fishing sinkers and in our last sinker making session we BVS’d a method that enable us to increased productivity and was alot of fun. This example may seem trivial but its an example of practicing the technique (CVS2BVS) in everything we do.
December 17th, 2009 at 4:16 am
that there is always a better way we just have to look fer it, simple just not easey cvs2bvs huge help.
when looking to strengthen a brand,i needed to understand it past an present history strengths an weakness to enable brand to move from
voluntary arganization to cmmercial reality.
we setup a prototype [sdntcvs2bvs] 6monthfeed back made ajustments to the product to fit clients requirements give them what we were able to,[qrh] an will continue to do so [prr]
December 16th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
There are always many, many different ways of looking at any particular situation. Whatever it is that we are currently doing, someone else, somewhere, is already doing it a “much better way”. Once we escape from the CVS–the current way–we can search for the BVS–the much better way.”"
We don’t see things the way things are – we see things the way we are. We all see things differently – we are capable of unique valuable thoughts.
One way I use BVS is in my work as an advisor. When asked to provide advice I always stress that my opinion is just one point of view based on my experience and training – the most value I can provide is acting as a conduit for others to contribute their ideas and opinions.
December 16th, 2009 at 10:54 am
To me, the most interesting insight is that everyone has on occasion had the experience of e + s = t, without necessarily recognising the technique could be applied more broadly and replicated again and again.
Typically, many people are only able to suspend their current view of a situation and be open to very different possibilities when they get to their wit’s end. The trick is to escape from the CVS before you get to your wit’s end.
My example of how I deliberately applied cvs2bvs: A number of years ago I was looking for a new role, and was underwhelmed by the options apparently available to me (via headhunters, employment ads etc) so I took a completely different (but not very novel) approach: take the initiative and target companies that I thought I’d like to work with and contact them directly. The result was a much larger number of far more interesting possibilities – and resulted in a new role. Previously, it would not have been an approach that I’d have considered.
December 15th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
“Because human perception is unstable
we can always change the way we look at things.”
In a small group of people discussing vaious topics we did a quick ‘runaround’ the group for 59 sec input from anyone who wanted to give their ‘take’ on the task at hand.
we ended up with a brilliant team strategy that we all wanted to do..
e+ s = t
thank you
December 15th, 2009 at 11:43 am
During a recent argument with my partner which involved the prospect of us going separate ways I chose to separate myself from much of the normal ego defensive tactics that never are beneficial and turn to looking at the benefits we had accrued and if indeed we parted we had a net gain. It wasn’t a x10 but it was at least better than anger! One must make a conscience effort to alter the course of one’s normal thought (and action) process to make progress.
December 13th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
I like the Kangaroo Thinking.. Keeping It Simple, (I think), you must be sure to go back to Escape not just continue to Search. Quick story (I hope). I decided on a project to modify a Lawn Bowl so that it would run straight. Interesting I’m sure is that the Escape problem already arises, not for me but for you. Like, what does he want to do that for. You can’t use it in playing the game. Wait for it. “Why don’t people listen”, by Hugh Mackay. Any’ow, a “bowl” is not symmetrical, it’s shaped with a miniscule bulge to one side so that it has a “bias” and turns that way at the end of it’s run. We are going to Escape. Search for a modification. Reshape that side so that the sides are equal and it runs straight. Result was imperfect, (like me). Search again for a modification. No good . Stop. ESCAPE. Absolutely escape the modification of that “Bowl”. Make a new unit, spherical, symmetrical. Quicker job, easier job, works fine. Escape this time was not back to the beginning but to a New beginning. Search this time was for a new objective, not a modification but a new original. The method works, in the kitchen or the workshop or Copenhagen.
December 12th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
1. The greatest insights are first the flexibility on mind to change one’s opinion and the ability to apply repetition to all things that one learns.
2. Learning how to round my voice as a great thing for me. Once I understand that voice a great value for human beings and that a flat voice is not the best for speaking to others. When a started it was very difficult but when I repeat the practice I notice progress so I continue.
December 12th, 2009 at 11:28 am
practice e s t 10x daily =10x bvs results, cvs being the starting point
whenever im asked a question,i percieve it as a starting point.
i then offer my perception of hopefuly a bvs in answer their question
in essance i ESCAPE their view, SEARCH for my view,THINK about my response. before giveing them my answer,
December 12th, 2009 at 7:44 am
Once again I’ve had a violent agreement with Michael. Great way to go.
December 12th, 2009 at 3:24 am
for me it illustrates how there is always more to be found by escaping from more of your patterns and underlying psychological habits and limitations, with perfect insight being impossible to attain – although that path can end in madness if you do not practice moderation. So to me the question is just how far to escape? what is the right distance for a particular problem?
I used to work really hard delivering to clients at work, always doing doing doing. however I was always frustrated by the systems we had and the problems we faced that we created for ourselves in our business by the way we organised ourselves and the way we worked. So I escaped! no, I didn’t leave, but I carved out a role for myself away from those constraints. BUT I TOOK THEM WITH ME TO THE NEW ROLE! It was not until I actively decided to disconnect my self from my work that I really made any progress. that is the aim that guides my escape today. It helps to notice the big elements of your CVS, then slowly chip away at them a bit at a time.
December 11th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Realising that you can escape is the most important part. Keeping this in mind enables application of CVS2BVS. I used this when renovating my house.
November 29th, 2009 at 2:12 am
What’s my current view of this situation?
What is a better way to view this situation ?
x10
the habit is so powerful that it just makes things that seemed impossible almost easy .
November 18th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Kangoroo thinking is a good way to describe continual process improvement. However, this learning is about thinking and not process improvement, BVS is what leads us to process improvements in manufacturing. This skill uses thinking and not logic to solve problems.
November 13th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Since I’ve been learning the CVS2BVS it has really shifted the way I perceive and THINK of my world in a liberating ways. BVS2BVS has gives me many choices to choose from, that’s absolutely fantastic. Another wonderful tools that I really gain great benefit from is using SDNT. WOW! I am so appreciative of the SIMPLICITY, the EFFECTIVENESS and the ETHICAL of the SOT materials. My daily work out for my BRAIN is now X10 PRACTICE, REPETITION, PRACTICE AND X10.
FINALLY, I found the MISSING tool that I’ve looking for in the past seventeen years. I am so happy that I refused to give up searching. ITS WORTH ALL THE EFFORT I PUT IN. Thanks SOT & Michael.
November 10th, 2009 at 5:30 am
Look outside the box for your BVS, The norm is not always the right way
November 4th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
e + s = t there is always a different view. It’s impossible to stay negative if you are searching for bvs. Thank you!
November 4th, 2009 at 11:31 am
there is always a better way – change your view and the view becomes clearer
November 1st, 2009 at 7:21 pm
birthplaces poked,renovate promotes invisible – Tons of interesdting stuff!!!
October 30th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Therefore t – s = e
Thinking without searching for a better view is really just an escape!
Thanks for the ongoing mental stimulation.
October 26th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
One step back (or to the side) can equal 10 steps forward. Rather than leaping forward with blinkers on, look left, look right and you will find a quicker/more efficient way
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:53 am
CVS to BVS tells me that if I change the way I look at things, the things I look at change.
How cool!
October 20th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
EST is a mirror or the steps being taken in the CVS to BVS
process.
Outcomes must be targetted to be improvements
October 20th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
To search for BVS, we need to escape from the CVS.
As soon as we escape the CVS, the thinking patterns get refreshed and provides a chance to re-evaluate and find BVSs.
Escape + search = think will become second nature with practice and repetitions
October 20th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Don’t identify with a situation by observing your own reactions. To reach this stage of being it is required self-observation. The later requires repetition and selwareness.
October 19th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Without escape we are trapped in our current state. Without searching it is unlikely that we will never discover anything new. Combining the two (ie. Thinking) will enable us, with much practice, to make quantum leaps and find new things that we would not have found otherwise. Some of which will be Good, some Bad and some Better.
October 19th, 2009 at 7:27 am
By disconnecting from your conscious thought processes(escape), allows the subconscious to “think” and provide alternative solutions(search).
October 17th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
changing long held habits takes a lot of effort and practice, practice, conscious practice
October 16th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
I must still learn to do Kangaroo thinking. Often to scared to take to big jumps.
October 16th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Only by removing yourself from a situation or thought pattern can you effectively re-evaluate your position and strategically alter your viewpoint. Take the time to seek out new answers, and allow yourself time to mull over the tidbits you’ll discover.
October 16th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Escaping from the path of narrow mindedness, my way or the highway is not road to a BVS. Searching and keeping an open mind and considering the ideas of others by 1 or more and adaptation of these ideas to a CVS, will indeed result in achieving a BVS.
October 16th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Removing yourself from a situation/escaping for a brief peiod of time can often help refresh your thinking process. I find I already do this when attempting a crossword puzzle. I often read and interpret the clue completely differently the second time round. That is why it’s best not to get hung up on finding the best soltuion/answer straight away. Escaping the current situation definitely puts you on the road to a BVS.
October 16th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Leaps and Bounds by Paul Kelly sprung to mind whilst reading. Like the learnings from Escape + Search = Think the song is about how great the freedom of release is when you escape from the norm. Train yourself to repeat the process to grab on to the feeling and make better decisions.
October 16th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Repetition of chant, and of process.
October 16th, 2009 at 8:47 am
by escaping from the current situation you able to formulate the best response allowing effective communication even in heated situations
October 16th, 2009 at 7:39 am
The obvious requirement is to escape.We can never see clearly when we are surrounded by the “cloud” of the situation.I see that pressing that escape button is the most important part of the lesson for me.
October 14th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
If you are not born this way (ie bvs, glass half full), work hard to change and to recognise the advantages this style of thinking can have on success within and beyond the workplace. It is also important to not let the constraints of saying ‘yes’ to endless requests compromise your ability to maintain your ‘BVS’. With increasing demands through IT it is very important not to get compromised to insignificance and use your abilities to ‘BVS’ (No do not handball it all!!).
October 12th, 2009 at 10:52 am
While it is always valuable to look for alternative ways to handle any particular situation and be willing to do things differently, we do also need to be prepared to accept that sometimes, the current way actually is the best, or is at least as good as any of the other options we come up with.
The process of examination of alternatives and the thinking behind that, is the valuable lesson, not necessarily the end-point.
October 8th, 2009 at 10:56 am
We need to train our minds to look at other alternatives to better the situation. I think we get comfortable and don’t look at what could be better. CVS to BVS can be powerful to train your mind to look at better alternatives to the present position.
October 7th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
It will take practise to remember to stop and pause for the cvs to BVS contemplation. I have tried it a few times but the habit is not entrenched – yet
October 5th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
It makes sense that in order to look for a better view point there needs to be a perceptial shift to an acceptance that the current view point can be left behind (escaped)
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:41 am
E and S are often seen as luxuries in the fast modern world. In the workplace, one of the best ways to move from CVS to BVS is to consider the options in a group. Ten people will come up with ten different ideas, and if we are all open to valuing the view points of others I think we always gain a BVS by doing this- even if it just accomodating small things that are important to some of the team which we as individuals or leaders may not of thought of. CVS2BVS can apply to the small things that make a team happy and productive as well as the big ideas.
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:36 am
It is clear that you cannot move forward without thinking differently than you have done.
Positive changes results from alternative thinking.
September 21st, 2009 at 10:21 am
There is always a better way – we just have to train ourselves to look for it.
September 21st, 2009 at 9:34 am
I do look for bvs but inherentally but I realise that part of my brain sets up hurdles to move from cvs to bvs. Eventually the brain comes to a really high hurdle which is indeed a locked gate because inherantally I know (or maybe its intuitive) that the bvs will not be accepted by managers and so instead of using the bvs I revert to the cvs.
September 21st, 2009 at 8:04 am
I think the key is to “Escape” . There will alsways be a better view but we cannot always see it because we haven’t had the discipline. That is where the practice comes in.
September 15th, 2009 at 9:38 am
There always seem to be practical constraints preventing a BVS to be feasible. Maybe that means we have not thougt hard enough. Or we need to manage our managers better.
September 3rd, 2009 at 10:20 pm
For how long can I continue searching for a better networking company without being labelled a junky. Do I have to listen all the talks of focusing on one company at the expense of my yearning for a better pay and marketing plans? There will always be a betterway as I have come to undersatnd it now. Where in then can we place focus? On my/the vision or the means/vehicle to it. How long can I use an idea before discarding or adopting as a standard practice.
August 31st, 2009 at 7:18 am
Searching for a BVS poses its own challenge to to change. It has alsways been difficult to change one’s habit and especially thinking that is “traitional” way of doing things, it is worth trying.
August 1st, 2009 at 8:15 am
In a Michael Hewitt Gleeson Concentrated SOT Day (it was VERY wet and COLD outside ) I have just re-read and studied Software for the Brain ,and WOMBAT Selling ,as well as taken in the hour lecture I found from the 10x Conference…..and I taught those concepts to my friend …….my thinking is improving in Kangaroo leaps…..and I am HAPPIER knowing I need never be RIGHT.
Thanks Michael….looking forward to Leadership Courses again…
July 29th, 2009 at 7:37 am
I think keeping a journal and asking morning questions like what is a better view of my situation would provide the repition and practice needed to create the new habit of CVS to BVS
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:39 pm
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June 21st, 2009 at 8:41 pm
We cannot not think, our brain is always in use. But what we think and how we train our brain to really think is the question. I believe that repetition on a regular basis will help me think better so long as I do not think the way I do things is the only way. Phew what am I thinking?
June 21st, 2009 at 11:01 am
Therefore t – s = e
Thinking without searching for a better view is really just an escape!
Thank you for the ongoing mental stimulation.
June 17th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
I constantly see this when I read through my MediaPost.com ezines that give me BETTER ways to SEO, SEM, advertising, Social Networking. etc.
June 15th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Dont be afraid to change the past way of carrying out tasks. Take time out to consider alternatives and don’t be afraid to give it a go.
June 6th, 2009 at 7:29 am
There is always a better way of doing things, we have to be able to escape the CVS, the way of doing this to repeat ten time at least, then come up a BVS.
June 1st, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Hi Michael. I took your course way back in 1996 and loved it and it helped me break out of a CVS to something much better. Right now I’m in a similar situation in that I am stuck, looking for a BVS. I don’t usually like to repeat lessons but was wondering if you had any advice about breaking into a new BVS–maybe over the past 13 years since taking your course you or someone you know about has developed something new. –David Rosdeitcher
May 25th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
This training has shown me there is awlays a better view and that one should just look for it always
May 15th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
That thinking is a skill, it can be refined with daily practice.Thinking can take you places so if you wish to go, just practice.
May 4th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
x10 is good measurable mechanism, its specific. You dont say ‘think’ you say come up with x10 cvs2bvs please
May 3rd, 2009 at 12:23 pm
I was listening to someone this morning chatting about ‘the answer’ always being on a different level.
escape + search (at a different level/perspective) and thinking evolves into a bvs
May 1st, 2009 at 7:27 pm
nice…new thing to try…on the thinking…repetitivley
March 23rd, 2009 at 5:59 pm
True thinking is divinely inspoired from sources that come from outside ourselves- aka revelation
March 22nd, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I can develop different solutions for reoccuring problems that obviously have not been solved. Instead of restating the goals and lack of results ad infinitum I will take time to develop memes to take my employees from cvs2bvs.
I now take time to pause and think instead of plowing the old answers that I am comfortable utilizing. Great changes!!
March 9th, 2009 at 1:49 am
the miracle of awareness and growth produces a cup that can perpetually be at least half full.
no matter the situation there is ALWAYS a better view.
a gourmet meal cannot be had without first learning how to cook, practice and repetition, repetition, repetition…
I continue to seek an ever better me and participate in an ever better world.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:12 pm
very good view for dealing with problems
March 2nd, 2009 at 1:06 am
Wonderful! Again, further examoles of REPETITION = we just have to think of how we learned the Multiplication Tables = Repetition; also, when we Think of the Soap = Dove = a Bird = NOT Soap … but what Repetition has done to our Thinking = Now, Dove is a Soap … equally, Mustang = a Horse … No, Now a Car … and so on …
Change One’s Thoughts/Thinking and One Changes One’s Life …
Happy Thinking and Trails …
March 1st, 2009 at 4:33 pm
There are so many instances in my experience that i which i had this operating software installed in my brain ..it would have have saved a lot of pain ..I guess there is no excuse now !
December 27th, 2008 at 8:50 am
This is very good information. I can relate to it easily because of my background in Computer Software Engineering which is a relative of Cognitive Science. The methodology for developing computer software is a scientific method called the SDLC or Software Development Life Cycle. It provides methods, tools, and techniques for going from CVS to 10X+ BVS. This same method can be used to develop software for the brain or what I call Humanware.
December 10th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
I battle often to think of other ways because of my analytical training where 1+1 always equals 2. This leads to one thinking that there must be a correct answer. I have to force myself to think there must be another answer to the question.
December 10th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Escaping the CVS and Searching appear to be critical steps to master before Thinking leads to a BVS.
December 9th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Thanks,
It’s KISS; Keep It Short & Sweet
E + S = T
Very good,
Lawrence
December 9th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Escaping from black and white thinking is the critical part that many people do not do. if you have an open mind many options are possible
October 27th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
The thinking of the glass is half-full or half-empty make me wonder which one is correct. I chose both are correct. Whether you choose the wrong way or the right way, either way you are right.
October 13th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I wonder can animals use it ?.They will always respond the same way however at times i have seen them using their skills in a different way, can it be cvs to bvs ? . Here i am talking about domesticated ones. However i feel through meditation we can practice cvs to bvs and practice 10 times !
October 9th, 2008 at 10:06 am
It takes a BVS to recognise that you need to move from the CVS2BVS. Only then can you contemplate the quantum X10 multiple and continuously practise recognising the CVS !
October 5th, 2008 at 8:28 am
How magnanamous of Mr. Dechadenedes to allow that viewpoints other than his might be “all valid in some way”.
September 21st, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Basically everything is dynamic – so today’s BVS is tomorrow’s CVS – never be satisfied with the status quo no matter how much better it is.
September 21st, 2008 at 1:35 am
Good point…the desire to feel “righteous” and “right” is a major obstacle, certainly for me! If I can cultivate patience (over and over and over) I can develop the habit of not needing to feel righteous, allow for many other points of view (all valid in some way), and lead toward better outcomes.
September 19th, 2008 at 9:22 am
By just been aware of the theory of current view situation to better view situation will make you a better leader as you will have many different options to consider and are thus more likely to make a better decision and have a better outcome.
September 17th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
One cannot move from CVS to BVS if they are lazy, scared and apprehensive. Travelling in crowded Mumbai is a good exercise
September 11th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
we can learn to challenge our current way of doing/thinking/relating/points of view (ie our current ways of being)
by searching for better ways of thinking/doing we will grow past our CVS
this will require repetition and practice but our BVS will be consderably better than our CVS
September 8th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Thinking is a skill. To become proficient in escaping from your CVS and searching for a BVS (the much better way) always involves practice and repetition–at least ten times–if we are to build new cognitive patterns and acquire skill and virtuosity.
August 27th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
The key is to escape the CVS…without the escape there can be no effective search for the BVSx10. Thinking within the confines of the CVS = procrastination.
August 27th, 2008 at 1:25 am
Escape my cvs through deep relaxation. Now imagine, dream & have fun with all the bvs’s – Awesome tingles everywhere. Now multiply all these possibilities x 10. I have much to learn & explore in order to break free !
August 26th, 2008 at 3:40 am
I see that is important to find the BVS by knowing that there is always a third option, the massess wants to give you the options, want me to take an alternative, right vs. wrong; left vs. right — is almost as if they want to bring me to their level of thinking and reasoning,
pulling away, – escaping- is almost as coming up with a different solution and a different alternative.
I need to learn to pull away, to look beyond the option given to me.
it might be the best option.
I have to know that when someone gives me two options, is because they themselver are confuse, otherwise, they would not have come up with two options.
so to move away from their confusion, I have to step away escape, and perhaps find the alternate solution
August 25th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Hi, When I first learnt cvs2bvs then x10 it was a reality check on changing my pattern of thinking. I have never forgotten the formula. Things always get better. You may not think so but they do. Just be positive.
August 24th, 2008 at 12:32 am
If we can escape from our current viewpoints, thinking patterns, righteousness and established ways of doing things–our CVS–we can then take a quantum leap ahead of our own experience and jump to ‘a much better way’–a BVS. We can experiment and we can innovate.
It takes practice to not fall back into the easy, established ways of thinking and doing. cvs x 10 = bvs will take some practice to put into play.
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:45 pm
If we always do what we have always done then we always get what we always have, look atside the box and see another way to do it.
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:09 pm
repeatedly! bettering our perception
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
pondering the now!
August 22nd, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Beginner’s mind!
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:17 am
It is always good to be aware that there is a different perspective, and that we need to conciously strive to incorporate this thinking through awareness and effort – until it is habitiual.
August 20th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
i really feel like i am starting to understand and that this lesson really sunk in.
August 20th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
How refreshing to read this lesson again.
Naughty me, I had forgot this lesson from when I last heard you speak at a conference. I must repeat “cvs is ok but look for a bvs” x 10.
To open my mind to bvs will definitely make me a better leader. Surprise, surprise I am not always right!!!
August 20th, 2008 at 4:56 am
In my field of creative design, I am faced with this type of thinking requirement. It is good to think towards multiple levels of improvement instead of one small step of improvement. 10 times = a quantum leap
August 15th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
The skill in being a leader is that you can see a range of outcomes to any particular problem. You are not constrained by blinkered thinking, conditioned responses that most people have taken on board. Leaders think “outside the box”. they engage in creative thinking by escaping from the commonly held view on the current problem. They then search for their own unique response to the problem , and then think how effective that response would be in solving that problem. Actually, leaders do not see “problems” as problems, but as learning opportunities.
This separates them from the vast majority of the population.
August 12th, 2008 at 9:49 am
cvs bvs is how I visualized in the Think Darwin lessons.
The perfection is in the design and the next copy is a little bit better, and the next copy a little bit better than that.
It’s always perfect although it can always be a little bit better and it’s perfect every time!
August 7th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
I had the pleasure of learning about this last week at Melbourne Grammar School with Michael. This is a fantastic concept and I am currently trying to adapt it in to my day to day life. The more you practice the better you become.
Thanks for sharing with us all Michael.
Renee
August 4th, 2008 at 8:54 am
At this very moment I am escaping from my present situation looking to change it for better. Good reminder
July 10th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
i totally agree.i have used CVS2BVS about a dozen times ,every time i came
out of a manic episode.i also used it when my doctor told me i had to take
drugs for the rest of my life for the pain in my hip-joint. within a year i healed my arthritis using acupuncture and chinese herbal medicine.
then i had diabitis,fatty liver and stones in gallbladder and weightgain of 40 pounds in a year.within 6 month
of diagnosis my blood sugar is normal and i have lost 16 pounds ;using only
herbal medicine and regular exercise.
i do not take any pharmaceutical drugs though my doctors told me that
i had to take drugs for the rest of my life for each of this condition.
July 4th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
The ‘cvs2bvs’ concept is great, but only IF you have a desire or are motivated to make a change. From my observations, most of us (humans) get ’stuck’ in our on comfort zone. This zone is very prevalent when you address someone’s ‘belief’ system (i.e. religious etc.). The act of change is very frightening for many adults. You see this in ones’ political views and personal relationships. Therefore, to seriously change or attempt to find a ‘better way’ or BVS, one must WANT or DESIRE to do so.
Lastly, people who question authority or another person’s views are seemingly most likely via ‘critical thinking’ to want to find a ‘BVS.’
July 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 am
I think the hardest thing might be to recognise your cvs…but once that has been accomplished, you might already have escaped….well, at least opened the door.
June 27th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
1. Escape + Search = Think
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June 27th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
You are right. Repetition is the only way to change mindset that is so fixed over the years. Common knowledge has it that beliefs and values are the hardest to change when one’s mind is fixed.
Therefore it’s logical to escape,search and think for mindset to change.
June 25th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
How to think? Focus on the process: escape+search =think So cool in the age of search engines. Escape and search for changes going on around to keep up with reality as it is, not how we think it is.
My cvs constantly needs updating 100 times a day! Thats both a humbling and liberating strategy.
June 25th, 2008 at 8:30 am
After hearing Michael speak about CVS-BVS at the “your business success” seminar on the Gold Coast last year it just seemed to click, BUT then I came home and got busy, This is a great reminder to keep revisiting and questioning the CVS.
June 24th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
It is good to have a short reminder like cvs to bvs to make us question the status quo. As well as causing us to have to think harder, it can remind us to listen to others’ perspectives too.
June 24th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
To Escape + Search = BVS.
With repetitive practice (10x), outcomes must become more varied and more lateral in result and approach.
In turn, these more lateral outcomes with further E+S = greater opportunities againm of a BVS.
Such freedom from ingrained thought patterns is liberating. Life becomes much more fun. With more fun, better outcomes again result (good things always happen from a happy place)
This equation brings great abundance and with that ,best possible outcome living.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:27 am
I really enjoyed hearing the doctor speek lat week at a conference fr TRUenergy, and love the training. I will do the free lessons! The mind is an amazing tool!
Jill
April 18th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
I have just found this website and recieved the first lesson. CVS2BVS
March 19th, 2008 at 8:07 am
I spent a weekend with you Michael in Wellington N.Z 1992 and have not looked back,THANKS A MILLION (x10) CVS TO BVS RULES. THE GOOD OLD DAYS WINDSOR, RICHMOND.Tim
March 18th, 2008 at 8:21 pm
This is great i’m glad you mentioned this website in yo0ur book Wombat selling. Thanks heaps……
March 3rd, 2008 at 4:37 am
I am so pleased to have discovered this website. I am looking forward to the ten free lessons. Thank you thank you thank you………..
January 19th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
I served many years in the military, after I left, I started to question some of my thinking and understandings. It started with asking myself, if the military can get me to move my left foot at the order, “Quick March”. Then I, can organise my life with “Automatic” action from patterned thoughts. Neuro Linguistic patterning is only developed by repetition, as is, Nuero Muscular patterning. The more you practise, the more ingrained the pattern becomes. It works with good and bad concepts. I have been using the CVS2BVSX10 patterning, since reading the book, I enjoy blocking thoughts that are non productive by using the equation, this changes my focus and allows me to escape. Instruct a wise person and they become wiser still.
January 9th, 2008 at 10:56 am
It must be me: by what means can one measure that a BVS is ‘10x better’? Or even recognise a BVS that’s being run by someone else who is already profficient in its use?
Before beginning a search – surely it helps to have an idea in mind – even if it is initially negative. ‘Not this – more this. I wonder which areas might be fruitful – even if nothing like my present environment.’ A systematic and intentional search which can allow for serendipity but does not count on it.
What else might be needed to make the general statement above into a useful tool?
January 8th, 2008 at 1:06 am
I should not only search for a BVS but 10 times better BVS than CVS, I should not miss 10 and REPITITION which are the keys to build new patterns. I am trying.
THANK YOU for everything.
January 7th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
A timely reminder of CVS 2BVS – just what I needed!! Thanks
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I believe I tend to reply on my CVS so making an effort to use BVS will be interesting to start with. I have a positive outlook on life and feel I am open to most changes so this will be good to try to make a habit.
December 30th, 2007 at 11:10 am
Trying to focus on CVS to BVS over Christmas was really interesting as I was living in a new level of happyness and so many things happened that I was really overwhemed. I forgot to say CVS TO BVS but my subconscience continually reminded me of BVS options and I took them including the power of 10. I’m converted. Just need to finish the lessons. Have a happy and prosperous new year to those who read this, and CVS to BVS to you all.
December 29th, 2007 at 9:22 am
To find your BVS sometimes sometimes can be hard to do if it is attached to an emotion or even stronger a feeling about your given situation. Sometimes you may find that you have to identify this first and isolate it from the situation in order to progress to BVS. Emotions and feelings can keep us in a cycle that is hard to break and therefore it can prevent us from moving on. You need to learn to let go of the emotions and feelings and then the rest becomes at least approachable.
December 28th, 2007 at 7:54 am
Thankyou for this refresher. CVS2BVS is simple & userfriendly.
December 27th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
This powerful thinking can gracefully take you and all your associated to a better place
December 27th, 2007 at 7:44 am
I have only just got this methodology of training using the DFqs recently. We read then we have our view (cvs) but then we get to read bvs by reading other people’s view. After a while we get used to this. Great technique, thank you Michael. I always appreciate the concept but find it hard to search for other views, here they come for free.
December 25th, 2007 at 6:09 pm
repetition is king
December 25th, 2007 at 2:26 am
Search for alternatives, options and possibilities
Search for alternatives, options and possibilities
Search for alternatives, options and possibilities
Search for alternatives, options and possibilities
Search for alternatives, options and possibilities
Search for alternatives, options and possibilities
Search for alternatives, options and possibilities
Search for alternatives, options and possibilities
Search for alternatives, options and possibilities
Search for alternatives, options and possibilities
All this thanks to Leo, below, who gave me the blueprint for this idea.
December 25th, 2007 at 2:00 am
cvs to bvs is great to practice when walking, the rhythm of walking, plus the process of moving forward physically, seem to go hand in hand. Once I return the the seated position, then my mind seems to be cleared, to look at alternatives again instead of cvs.
December 25th, 2007 at 1:17 am
Thank you , thank you, thank you!! I needed this right now!!!There is always a better view of any situation. THANK YOU!
December 24th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Change is difficult and most of us are more comfortable not changing, yet we sometimes need the change to see that how we viewed the situation wasn’t the best way….
December 24th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
thinking is a skill.it always would LEAD to a BVS.IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE THE PROCESS OF CVS2BVS YOU NEED A LOT OF PRACTISE WHICH ALSO MEANS A LOT OF REPEATITION
December 24th, 2007 at 8:03 pm
The big question is, is it a better view of the situation or a different view? A different view is easy, but how does one know it is better?
December 24th, 2007 at 7:35 pm
Thanks for this – escape and search is what I need right now – cvs2bvs – CVS2BVS – CVSx10toBVS – CVS2BVSx10
December 24th, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Search for alternatives, options and possibilities
Search for alternatives, options and possibilities
Search for alternatives, options and possibilities
Search for alternatives, options and possibilities
cvs never equal to bvs
cvs never equal to bvs
cvs never equal to bvs
cvs never equal to bvs
cvs never equal to bvs
cvs never equal to bvs
December 24th, 2007 at 12:35 pm
cvs x bvs on 10 index cards is an excellent journey of self discovery as an exercise preceding goal setting. Once you have established a sense of who you are, you will be in a better position to set meaningful goals.
December 24th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Glass looks full to me – half with air half with water
December 24th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Nature teaches through repetition and evolution – it needs no words and is fully integrated with harmonious living
December 24th, 2007 at 10:55 am
Thank you Michael.
December 24th, 2007 at 10:46 am
[...] Using cvs2bvs you can escape from two-box thinking—change your perception from cvs to bvs—and always choose a better outcome. [...]
December 24th, 2007 at 10:33 am
[...] The Necker cube is an ambiguous line drawing. It can be interpreted two different ways. When a person stares at the picture, it will often seem to flip back and forth between the two valid interpretations. The Necker Cube is an optical illusion first published in 1832 by Swiss crystallographer Louis Albert Necker. Like the “half-empty/half-full glass of water” the Necker Cube show how human perception can change and be changed–how it can flip/flop. This also shows why the cvs2bvs brain software is so powerful in the human perception system. [...]
December 24th, 2007 at 9:41 am
[...] Using cvs2bvs you can escape from two-box thinking-change your perception from cvs to bvs-and choose a better outcome. [...]
December 18th, 2007 at 11:15 am
cvs x 10 = bvs
cvs x 10 = bvs
cvs x 10 = bvs
cvs x 10 = bvs
cvs x 10 = bvs
cvs x 10 = bvs
cvs x 10 = bvs
cvs x 10 = bvs
cvs x 10 = bvs
Makes perfect sense to me. I hope the next lesson defines the process of being able to call upon this thought pattern at any time….
December 17th, 2007 at 10:05 am
The hardest part is to be aware of your own current viewpoint. Once we recognise that we hold a certain view and that view is not the only one, then we can take the next step of looking for other views. It is that constant remind to look for BVS that will make the task easier. An example that I have over the weekend is this. It is report week for school children and my son whos has been receiving A reports across all subjects, got his piano report. His teacher gave him 4 As and 2 Bs, and I had thought he would do better than this. So I said to him casually that night whilst practising piano that he should be aiming for straight As. He then replied “I don’t look at things like that, Mummy. I actually thought wow to get As across the more important sections were very good”. Needless to say, I was silenced not because of the differing opinions but the fact that my 9yrs old has just shown me that there are more than 1 way to look at things.
December 16th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
The greater the awareness the greater the result – To escape from a tunnel of thinking and to search without prejudice does indeed expand possibilities x10!
December 15th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
Don’t knock the different way until you have tried it. It just might be better.
December 13th, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Ask 10 people their view of a current situation and you will often get 10 different views.
This tells us at least that our cvs is not the only one and whilst their cvs may not be one we wish to take, at least it allows us to move to a bvs.
A bvs could mean that we need to do something we don’t want to do and procrastination can set in. My way around this was to take the Nike Logo and “Just Do It” and then, canI find an even bvs and “Just Do It”.
This eventually became habitual thinking for me and whole new worlds opened up for me.
What I have learned here is that had I taken a bvs x 10, I could have saved myself a lot of time.
So now I have a new mind set to work on and I know that in time my thinking will habitually become bvs x 10 +.
December 10th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Both components, Escape and Search are skills in their own right. To “Escape” presupposes the ability to see the same problem/thing/event in a new light: from a distance, through a different person’s eyes, under a different angle, etc, etc, etc. This ability is not innate, but acquired.
To “Search” involves a sort of dialectic process: what is has to be negated, discarded, or reconstructed from entirely new components. Again, it is an acquired ability, albeit one that seems most ignored by most people.
If the integrating process of “Thinking” has to bring forth anything of value, then it must be directed and focussed on the topic in point. Otherwise it may result in an alternative that is worse than what was available in the beginning (a frequently occurring result). It is hardly possible to measure precisely the “betterness” of one result of thinking as compared with another, but it still is possible to “feel” that one result offers more added value than another. If that increase in added value is 10 times or just 1,8 times may remain undecided.
December 10th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Think to move away from the ground of the old system of doing things to find new ways. There will always be alternatives which can be ten times better. By repeatedly searching for a better way is bound bring improvement to the current system.
December 10th, 2007 at 10:53 am
Escape + Search + Think …..Even more powerful when a group are willing to detach from their immediate ideas and search and search for a BVS .
December 8th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
It is actually not hard to just stop for a few minutes being doing a task that you are so used to doing and think whether there is a better way, quicker way of doing it and this process has helped me many times since attending Dr Michael’s first course to change from CVS to BVS. Or if the task is so boring and consuming, just stop doing it and think how to make it more enjoyable and less consuming. It worked for me.
Thanks to Dr Michael
December 6th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
We are often locked into a particular view of a situation – without even realising it. The need to create “space” so that it can be viewed from other directions (& create BVS) is essential. This takes practice – neurons that fire together, wire together (medicine is using this to recoup stroke victims etc)
November 23rd, 2007 at 12:46 pm
A heightened consciousness to be aware of when you are instinctively using the CVS and deliberately move to the BVS. The repetition of this move will make it become more automatic for you. It will be challenging at first.
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:55 pm
Great summary.The essentials are in these simple steps.
November 21st, 2007 at 8:13 pm
I attended that talk in Canberra and sometimes you just hear something that you know is going to sit you on your behind. Michael did that. Building a cognitive pattern that can open up a whole range of opportunities. Bring it on.
November 16th, 2007 at 5:57 am
[...] Today, I was invited to Canberra (Australia’s Capital) to lecture to an audience of over 1000 accountants in the National Convention Centre. I discussed a number of themes including the need for a BVS–a much better way of looking at how we value the assets of a company. Amazingly, most of today’s investment and business decisions are still based on an invention that has not yet been updated for over 500 years! [...]
November 16th, 2007 at 4:01 am
leadership is moving people from one level of limitation to a lesser level of limitation or a higher level of freedom.in sum -escape.to be able to provide the basis for escape one must necessarily move on the spiral of knowledge.ie theory-praxis-theory.for an activity to occupy the realm of praxis it must be repeated so it becomes the practice or the norm.up along the spiral with hindsight that you are looking for a bvs you learn to become more knowledgeable
November 14th, 2007 at 9:10 am
Repetition is the key to success. It equates to practice and practice makes perfect and the old golf saying “The more I practice the luckier I get”
November 13th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
A lot of time the challenge is against self. When we are in the quagmire of hardship we are momentarily blurred with the cvs and blocked hard and and fast from thinking that there is a bvs.
November 13th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Think and Think differently atleast 10 times
November 8th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Being reminded of the fact that we can train our minds to take on a ‘bvs’ is helpful.
I need to be conscious that there is a bvs out there for the many things we do in a certain way because ‘that’s what we’ve always done’.
November 8th, 2007 at 8:22 am
CVS’s are often full of constraints. The key is unlock the chains (more perceived than actual) and to be determined to move to a BVS. IT seems to me that even leadership teams are hindered by the black hat thinking mode. I am now conjuring up an image of the tagger’s weapon of chice, namely, a spay can. My challenge will be to utilise the spray can on the balck hats.
November 7th, 2007 at 10:31 am
This is the real challenge that I face on a daily basis. It regularly takes and effort to take a helicopter view of thinking and my behaviors and how I can make a difference – BVS is a life long challenge.
Frequently, those personal governing variables get in the way – the need to win in my case, that are built into my thinking and behaviors.
Always great to take time and take that helipcoter view of onesself – this is my repetition challenge.
November 7th, 2007 at 8:03 am
[...] For more on ESCAPE click through to the 59 Second Course on Thinking … [...]
October 19th, 2007 at 2:58 am
Yes! As a voice teacher, I totally agree. I tell my students that repitition leads to habit. And perhaps not the length of time one puts in daily, but the ritual of doing an exercise every day at the same time, for the same amount of time. That puts whatever the activity is on AUTOMATIC!
October 14th, 2007 at 12:29 am
Fascinating! I’m eager to learn ‘how to’ do this.
October 11th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
I already have adiffenrent view of the situation
October 10th, 2007 at 10:11 am
It’s good concept for thinking.
September 27th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Thank you so much for the powerful tool you provide us with. I’m sure that with training I’ll be able to master it.
September 16th, 2007 at 6:26 pm
[...] In business, Jack Welch was the most famous advocate of cvs2bvs in the US. He used cvs2bvs at GE to help him change the culture of a 100-year-old manufacturer to the most valuable company (at the time he left it) in the history of the world! [...]
August 13th, 2007 at 9:13 am
It takes 11 weeks to learn a new habit – so keep trying everyone.
July 29th, 2007 at 8:20 am
I agree Helen, I never buy the Saturday Age only Herald Sun. And yesterday behold, the paper and I read the section as well. I hope to master this skill!
Thanks universe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 28th, 2007 at 11:36 am
thankyou for this website. i just read about it in The Age. it all sounds very positive and healthy.
July 28th, 2007 at 10:19 am
When the student is ready – the Master appears – and there you were along
with your email address.
This was in a piece of our enormous Saturday newspaper that I do not normally read. I have been trying to put something together and suddenly the puzzle is falling into place.
The Master is there for us all, if you – I think the word in my case is ‘accept’ that
there is a great and good force out there that only wants the best and ultimate
good for you and the rest of the world.
Thank you….Helen
July 4th, 2007 at 8:24 am
Now, on my 13th course, I understand what this page means. I get it. I still don’t get how to teach it to my dog.
July 3rd, 2007 at 7:42 pm
10 things to do to use 10power today
1. think rich (cvstobvs $$$) for 10 minutes
2. write a thank you letter in 10 minutes
3. design a sales pitch in 10 sentences
4. make a list of 10 prospects to ring today
5. spend 10 minutes to stick stamps on mail
6. set reminders – 10am and 10pm next 10 days
7. ring 10 prospects to ask check questions
8. check my goals list at 10.10am and 10.10pm
9. escape my cvs and think bvs about HK
10. repeat cvstobvs 10 times aloud
July 3rd, 2007 at 7:23 am
Infinity.
June 30th, 2007 at 7:45 am
[...] ESCAPE + SEARCH = THINK [...]