After presenting a 2-day seminar at Okanagan Vision Therapy, I sat down for a philosophical chat with my host, Dr. Paul Rollett, an inspired Behavioral Optometrist practicing in Kelowna, British Columbia (Canada!).
We talked about many spheres of life: How our awareness for the Visual Process, space, figure-and-ground all show themselves in real life. The talk spans experiences in dance, interactions at a winery, thoughts on team building in one’s practice and in one’s community.
This link (mirrored below) summarizes the fruits of the conversation, and the audio is provided for those of you who wish to listen in!
Enjoy! 
DR. ROLLETT’s TOP 5 TAKEAWAYS:
- Dance offers the liberating opportunity to let go, to step out of the role of leader, to be present in the current moment and to learn not to cut off opportunity or potential by trying to guess where someone is going to go.
- The gift of writing gives one the ability to talk with yourself across time. Your future self can evaluate who you were and most importantly, how far you’ve come.
- It can be important to find ways to mentally separate yourself from the entity that is your business. When you do this, it allows your team to feel more empowered and open to offer unfiltered and honest suggestions.
- The safest way to build agreement is to begin with straightforward comments or statements that are global enough that people won’t take major issue with them. Don’t delve into specifics until you’ve earned both the right and trust to do so.
- It’s important to suspend full closure on concepts in order to leave yourself mobile as you build what should be an ever-evolving model of vision.
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