Shaun Tomson

Rincon in June!

Some years back, I lucked out into a beautiful June swell at Rincon. Glenn Dubock took the pics. In this day of computerized models that tell you to the second when the swell is arriving, it is good to crack it based on a bit of local knowledge.

Gotta love Rincon with a Channel Islands under your feet

Thanks to Al, Britt, Scott, Aaron and the crew for the great boards and support for the re-ignition of Instinct.

CI is now an employee owned brand - the cool cats that make your boards also pilot the ship and share in the success.

Proudly made in the USA about a mile from where this pic was taken.

Amen to the core!

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The Human Code

I recently spoke at the Western Positive Psychology Conference in beautiful Claremont - a grouping of historic universities that is called the West Coast Ivy League.

The conference featured a collection of leading academics focused on the science of happiness and wellbeing.

In this era of Artificial Intelligence, many speakers spoke on the importance of human connection in life and in business.

Thanks to Stewart Donaldson and Shari Young Kuchenbecker for the opportunity to share my contribution to the field.

I presented the Code Method - my transformational program that inspires, motivates and unites people for a better and more flourishing life.

I had planned this as my intro but my time got compressed - here it is for your enjoyment:

"My mission is to awaken a powerful wave of purpose throughout organizations and schools, across the planet, to activate positive change to make a better self and a better world.

The desired result is higher levels of engagement, wellbeing and improved performance.

My approach is to tell stories and share a simple, quick and low-cost intervention to activate the power of purpose in organizations...

I tell stories to community groups, religious groups, associations, high schools, universities, seal teams, sports teams and to some of the world’s finest corporations.

I tell simple stories of passion and purpose.

I tell stories of – character - ETHOS
I describe how to create a simple Code to activate purpose - TELOS

I offer no prescription, only my stories and my perspective, of ethos – character, and telos purpose, – and the Code, to help others find their purpose their power and their path.

After my stories are told, I encourage particpants to write their own Code, 12 lines of commitment, 12 lines of purpose and power, melding their ethos (character), and telos (purpose) into a commitment to action. Because without a commitment to action, purpose is like a mirage, shimmering and desirable, but without substance.

These 12 lines of code are written within 12 minutes in a group setting, each line beginning with the words “I will” and then read out loud to the group.

This process, The Code Method, is a tool for individual introspection, collective engagement, commitment and accountability, that seems to help distill and reframe one’s purpose and focus one’s psychic energy into an actionable 12-line mantra for positive change.

It is a way to find and define one’s purpose.

Underlying the code is a simple equation of committed action formulated to bring purpose to life:
I Will = Power I will = Power I will = Power

The Code is a way to find one’s best self, and a way for others to know one’s best self.

I believe this simple intervention can help individuals and organizations find meaning and purpose in the challenging sea of life, and l today I am excited to share this simple process with you.

Perhaps it may help you like it has helped me and many thousands of others...

It is open source code so you this code is my gift for you to use for yourself or others.

There are only 2 ways that each and every one of us have become transformed by purpose:

We find purpose, or purpose finds us.

Purpose found me...

The Code Method The Code Method is an academically validated self-development program that inspires, uplifts and connects individuals and teams.