For the Big Thinkers
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Quantum Leaps
7 Skills for Workplace ReCreation
By Charlotte Shelton
Quantum Leaps is one of the most intriguing, and most difficult, books I’ve read over the past year.
And reread.
A book like this takes several readings to even begin to comprehend, especially for somebody who is just learning about the details of the reality of quantum physics. Taking reality to a subatomic level and the violation of Newtonian Laws and our high-school educations can be mind boggling.
A quantum leap refers to the ability of subatomic particles to interact in unpredictable ways; for instance for an electron to actually be in two places simultaneously. As Shelton describes it, “The laws that govern the classical realm are in direct opposition to how things work at the subatomic level of the universe.” Instead, subatomic interactions are unexplainable, unpredictable, and perhaps even most perplexingly of all, affected by our intentions. Shelton does a fabulous job of explaining all of this, much better than I can, but it does take awhile for a person to really begin to wrap their mind around this information. Fans of Stephen Hawking will definitely have an advantage in comprehension of this complex book.
The seven skills are divided into two categories. The psychological skills include
- Quantum seeing
- Quantum thinking
- Quantum feeling
The spiritual skills include
- Quantum knowing
- Quantum acting
- Quantum trusting
- Quantum being
Each skill has an entire chapter devoted to its description, application, and further development.
The seven-page bibliography at the end illustrates two points – the difficulty of the material, and also the exceptional study and research that went into compiling the information in this book.
For those of you ready to explore, and perhaps even accept, a new paradigm as to how interconnected we all actually are, grab a copy of Shelton’s book and watch your thinking expand.