PATTERN #4: META-STATING PLEASURE

We end Day One with a great pattern—the last pattern of the day is the Meta-Stating Pleasure Pattern. We end with pleasure ... and give a homework assignment, “go do this one on someone you love and who loves you.” This is on purpose, we want people accessing pleasure states when they leave! This pattern is also a modeling pattern—when you do this one, you are modeling how a person “does pleasure” that is, pleasures him or herself at meta-levels. The value of this particular prerequisite of genius is obvious. When you find your focus/flow state you will want to have lots of fun and joy in the engagement. Then your “genius” state will have its own inner reinforcement and reward. This pattern will enable a person to joy him or herself even in the not- so-fun parts of the engagement.