RMP 133 - Ancient Tribe Design Secrets with Daniel Eisenman

Forming any sort of community or group might feel daunting. But, with a little bit of wisdom from successful tribe designers, forming community bonds and friendships becomes EASY. Daniel Eisenman, who has been leading retreats, playshops, and teaching for over a decade, shares his secrets for the most optimal and natural ways of relating. Listen in and find out how gossip is a product of a colonial mindset, what nature can teach us about collaborative living, and why Covid is giving us even greater permission to break our definitions of normal.

Show Notes:

• What is the new normal? How does it relate to Daniel's philosophy of breaking normal?
• Book recommendation - "Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World" by Tyson Yunkaporta
• Why spirit is more easily understood through metaphor
• How leaders, influencers, and wayshowers are organically co-creating a new culture.
• Do studies from the primate world prove the advantage of small communities?
• Dunbar's Number - A suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships.
• What can we learn from bee colonies and natural systems about tribe?
• Why gossip is a colonial concept
• How to not let the media and social norms dictate your beliefs
• If more people don't step in faster, the quicker the collective dips deeper into chaos
• The benefits and pitfalls of online tribes
• "Where my attention goes, my energy flows" - Daniel
• What is the line between an addiction and honoring our desires?
• The difference between a Medicine and a Poison is the dose
• The things we struggle with the most with are also where we can be of greatest service
• "What's most personal is most universal"
• "Sometimes a sorrow shared is sorrow halved, and a joy shared is a joy doubled"
• Book recommendation - "The Culture Code: Secrets of Highly Successful Groups" by Daniel Coyle.

Connect with Daniel Eisenman:

Instagram | @danieleisenman

Facebook | Daniel Eisenman: The Freedom Catalyst

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