“OK Ian”, you cry, “but surely human behaviour is more complex than The Iceberg Model of Consciousness?” Well, yes of course it is. Secondly, they provide after the event validation that what we did was ‘right’ or not. Firstly, they provide us with upfront motivation. Suddenly what was important to me in my life changed.Īccording to David Shephard of the Performance Partnership, our values do two important things. My own values changed on the day I became a father. Again, they can (and do) change over time as we live our lives. You might rarely question your beliefs because they are deep in your iceberg.įinally, and strongly linked to beliefs, are your values. While a belief might not be true, you will probably act as if they are. What if I had not shaken that one off? (Don’t go there!!!). For example, there was a time when I believe when I was eight years old. In fact, if I had held on to some of my beliefs they would have actually made me less resourceful. Speaking personally for a moment, many of my beliefs have changed over time so maybe they are not, in and of themselves, true. The problem was that I took what she said to be true and they had a limiting effect on me. She also told me not to expect too much out of life so I didn’t and sure enough, I didn’t. ![]() As a young boy, I remember my Mum telling me that I would not like certain foods – and sure enough I didn’t. Many of the beliefs people hold to be true were put there by well-meaning folks called parents. We have borrowed Tony Robbins‘ definition of a belief as being ‘a meaning of certainty’ about something religion, society, politics, money, relationships and much more besides. At a deeper, more unconscious level lie your beliefs and values. So, what lies below your thinking in your iceberg? Well, for me this is where it gets really interesting. Might this have an effect on the way you are feeling? Of course.īy the way, folks, while you are arguing whether the glass is full or empty, someone just might sneak in and drink it! ![]() Would this shape the way that you felt? We believe it would.Īt the other extreme, of course, you might have a more glass half empty, pessimistic pattern of thinking. So, at one extreme you may have a predominantly optimistic way of thinking. So, what drives your feelings? Well, using ‘The Iceberg Model of Consciousness’ we would argue that it’s probably your thoughts or thinking patterns. If you are feeling ‘down’, do you think it might just show in your behaviour? Oh yes! These obviously affect what you do and can change very quickly depending on the circumstances you find yourself in. Just below the waterline lie your immediate, minute-by-minute feelings. The drivers or roots of your behaviour lurk unseen below the waterline. If you like, this is the ‘external’ you that is visible to everybody else. The 10% of the iceberg that is above the waterline is your behaviour what you do and say – and how you do and say it. The deeper drivers of our behaviours – the other 90% – lie submerged in our subconscious or unconscious mind. The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water. Freud contested that our conscious behaviour is only the visible 10% of our psyche – the tip of the iceberg if you like. Iceberg Model of ConsciousnessĪpparently, the idea of the iceberg model comes from Sigmund Freud‘s Iceberg Model of Consciousness. Have YOU ever done something and thought how stupid or crazy you were for doing it? Well, whatever they or you did, the behaviour that was exhibited had roots. Have you ever seen anyone do something that in your opinion was crazy or stupid and thought to yourself “Why on earth did that do that?” Of course, you have we all have!īut, consider this. We also love how it explains in fairly simple terms the complexity of human behaviour. We have used Ron’s Iceberg in our training for over 20 years now and delegates have loved it because, we believe, it really helps to understand people better. We call the model ‘Ron’s Iceberg’ because it uses the analogy of an iceberg to explain the roots of a person’s behaviour and the guy who told us about it many years ago was a guy called Ron! ![]() Well, it got me thinking about a model called ‘The Iceberg Model of Consciousness’ that my colleagues at Eagle Training and I use in many of our leadership and management programmes to explain why people do the things they do. Recently I wrote a weekly tip about the rise of the ‘ Covidiot‘ and posed the question of why some people can do such bad, negative, anti-social (insert your own adjective here) things.
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