In these times of fake news, misinformation, and conspiracy theories everyone needs to improve the ability to review and understand information. With social media providing never-ending, instant information, we are all becoming lazy as we digest opinions, superficial descriptions, and outright lies. Most of us have not had formal critical thinking education or training. Therefore, most of us form opinions based on often erroneous information and meaning.

Understanding and applying critical thinking empowers you to identify weak evidence and debunk faulty reasoning, evaluate information properly, let go of preconceived opinions, and avoid overconfidence based on experience and beliefs.

The Positive Revolution is not only about learning new skills and applying them to creatively solve problems. It is about developing a positive mindset to change the way you approach life. Unfortunately, most of us focus on the negative, rather than looking for the positives, even in a challenging situation.

Positive people develop a mental capacity that allows them to easily adapt during adversity. They develop a set of powerful mental traits. Life is about overcoming obstacles. The more you can focus on the positive of every situation, the less stressed and worried you will be.

Creativity is not solely about being an artist. Everyone needs to be creative just as much as musicians, ballet dancers, or sculptors.

Creative thinking is a crucial skill for Positive Revolutionists. Creating new businesses, new products and services, solving problems, or, improving processes, require creative thinking skills. Generating and implementing new ideas is critical to improving yourself and the world. Most people greatly underuse creativity based on the conditioning processes of society, educational systems, and business organizations.

Changing the future is not only about learning new skills and applying them to creatively solve problems. It is about developing a positive mindset to change the way you approach life. Unfortunately, most of us focus on the negative, rather than looking for the positives, even in a challenging situation.

For example, if you get a flat tyre on your car, you can be angry and upset. Or you can realize it is a great opportunity to get some exercise and be glad it did not cause an accident. Negativity is habitual.

The real challenge is finding positivity in every situation. Nothing is negative unless you think it is negative. It all starts with your mindset and how you focus on things.

In this episode Dr. O discusses the loss of RBG, the ongoing battle against COVID and the growing complacency of people, possibly resulting in a return to more stringent lockdowns. Dr. O also provides an update on his progress with The Positive Revolution and why a move away from negativity and destruction is critical to everyone's future. And he wraps up by reminding everyone to take advantage of COVID and focus on self-improvement. Dr. O shares his recent motorcycle adventure training, and his personal growth riding big bikes off-road.

As the pandemic continues, life and work keeps evolving. Many of us face new challenges as we juggle work/life balance. The time is ripe to rethink how we work and how we interact with our customers and partners. There is no better time than now, to improve processes and differentiate yourself from your customers. Dr. O discusses the need to change, create, and innovate, while  sharing how he is working remotely and the new challenges he faces, especially working in three time zones.

Traveling Internationally during a pandemic is not the most relaxing way to spend a day, but Dr. O just flew from London to Los Angeles, and survived. He will share his experiences dealing with travel during the pandemic, and the differences between how England and the US are handling the various challenges. And Dr. O reminds everyone that this is an amazing time to "put your thinking hats on" as there are opportunities everywhere to improve our world.

This episode discusses the book One Small Step Can Change Your Life written by psychologist and kaizen expert Dr. Robert Maurer. The book outlines ways individuals can take small steps to achieve large goals; i.e, adopting the principles of kaizen for personal improvement. The seven steps outlined in the book allow individuals to develop new habits through simple, small methods. Dr. Maurer provides a clear and simple method for individuals to slowly build their confidence and overcome fear to achieve large, often insurmountable-seeming goals.

Kaizen is a Japanese term meaning "change for the better" or "continuous improvement." It was popularized due to the success of Toyota which utilized kaizen to create some of the world’s most dependable vehicles, while improving every aspect of the organization for industry-leading profits. This business philosophy involves all employees to continuously improve operations. Kaizen sees improvement in productivity as a gradual and methodical process, unlike innovation that often is seen as a large, impactful change that happens quickly. Kaizen is more akin to small, incremental improvements that combine for massive changes.

An IDEA FACTORY is a deliberate and systematic virtual and physical space which teaches people how to develop ideas and apply them for continuous improvement. An IDEA FACTORY can be for individuals, groups or teams, organizations, or communities. The goal is for people to learn how to develop and apply ideas to solve problems, take advantage of opportunities, create new products, services, or businesses, or improve processes. Now more than ever, IDEA FACTORIES are needed during such a massive time of change.

In good times you should never blindly follow the herd. But this is even more relevant during bad times. As Albert Einstein famously said, "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result". To develop lasting competitive advantages and provide new, unexpected value for your customers, it is critical to think and act differently from your competitors. You have to reinvent the game. You need to become an intrapreneur.