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So let's kind of get the theme overview for
Context here. Context is a
it's a thinking theme. It's in people's head. It explains
how they gather and process
information and obviously it's one of the reasons that people are smart
is Context. And I'm sure that many of you have heard the phrase when someone
takes something
"out of context." And what I think the most,
the best example of that is
when the media
takes a short statement that someone has made
and they extract it from the larger conversation or presentation.
That's what it means to take something out of context.
We have another phrase where we say, "Let me put this into context."
It's when we try to explain something by explaining
not only the event or the statement but the broader
surroundings, the setting of that event,
that person, or that statement. So Context is really about
the background of something. And I think many times
the background can be about the historical background. What else was
going on.
What were the events that led up to this event.
Or what was the
situation that this person was in.
We understand the person when we understand their situation.
It can also be cultural background. It could be
geographical background. I remember I had
a good friend whose father had Context and whenever he met someone
he asked the question
"Where are you from?" [chuckles] When I know
where you're from, when I have that kind of geographical context
it gives me a greater understanding
of who you are. And so it's this kind of thinking that really has to do...
It's a frame of
reference if you will.
And we'll talk with Jerry more about this. There's a
French word that I like that I think is about Context. I have a hard
time saying it.
It's milieu. M-I-L
L-I-E-U...milieu, which has to do with the environment or the
the surroundings that are...
help explain that thing in the middle of the environment.
As I said before this is really about... it's a thinking theme.
Some nouns that we might use would be
historian or a framer. It's kind of like
a person who creates a picture. There's the foreground, there's the background,
and then there's the middle ground.
All those things make a more complete picture
We might also say a recorder
someone who keeps track of history.
Maybe archaeology, an archaeologist.
Understanding humanity by understanding
everything that surrounds people at a particular time.
Maybe even a genealogist could be another noun we could use
for Context.
This is a theme that is really not that
frequent. It's ranked number thirty on our list
in our database, right. So its not that frequent.
Only nine percent have Context
A kind of interesting fact is that men
this is one of the things where men and
women seem to be a little bit different.
In many ways, themes, men and women have these things in common. But this is
one of the ways
it's ranked eighteenth in the male database.
It's ranked 30th in the female database..
So, I always, sometimes we said ...people
might say women get kind
of hysterical or historical sometimes about things.
Maybe it's men that actually
get more historical. So there seems to be, you know, a kind of bias
to some degree toward background. The theme that is most likely paired
with Context is Input and
Jerry was talking about he has both these themes and he's kind of
renamed them Con-put or In-text
when you've got both them. And if you've got one
If you've got Context, Input might be a...
you might be likely to see that go with it.
The themes that are least likely paired with Context are,
some themes that are, you know, often not found
in the database: Command and Significance are two of them.
But another one is Focus. So I'm not sure why that is, but maybe
Jerry might have some insight on that.
Some dynamics about how these themes might work together.
Themes that I think can help to intensify Context?
One of them is Input. I can see how when you've got one and you've got the other it
makes a difference.
So Input can complement your great memory
by archiving memorabilia and documenting the past. It's really keeping track
of the artifacts and the memorabilia of the past. You actually (collect)
things that remind you
or are evidence of the past. Includer might be another one
that could actually enhance Context.
Includer can ensure that everyone's history is preserved
so that everyone's story can be told, not just kind of
a select few. There might be some themes that could actually
intensify it or sharpen the edge. Futuristic can help to occasionally
I mean to moderate this could actually moderate Context. If you had
Context and Futuristic which
probably doesn't happen too often. But if you had that
it, you could help to occasionally look at tomorrow so you don't get branded as
old-fashioned.
Sometimes Context might, in it's raw form, can kind of
be stuck in the past.
Positivity might be another one that could really
help to kind of modify Context.
Might be able to help you to celebrate the highlights
and the heroes of the past that will energize others.
It's kind of bringing celebration to history where we kind of,
as I say, highlight the histories and heroes
of the past. Let's see...
Raw and mature is another thing to kind of ...
what I wrote about raw talent I
said this:
My love of yesterday might keep me in yesterday.
That's kind of how, what it might look like when you
kind of get stuck in the
background to some degree.
How it might look mature...more maturely and I think this will go pretty
well with Jerry he's got Maximizer as one of his themes,
this might sound like this, "My memory insures that the best of the past will
be preserved.
It's not only studying failure, it's also studying success.