David Taylor-Klaus is an executive coach and speaker, as well as the author of Mindset Mondays with DTK. He is the Founder of DTK Coaching, a company that works with teams, individuals, and groups to help them unearth and unleash their leadership mastery. David is a successful serial entrepreneur who served as the CEO of Digital Positions, an internet strategy and web development firm he co-founded in 1995 and sold in 2009. Today, as an executive coach, David is dedicated to guiding professionals to take an active, intentional, and dynamic role in their work and personal lives.

David joins me today to discuss unwritten rules and how they impact society, culture, and personal lives. He explains how conforming to unwritten rules takes so much more time, energy, effort, and attention than going after the change we want in our lives. He describes the cultural stain we have around the word “easy” and society’s tendency to overcomplicate things. David also underscores how we can dig deep into unwritten rules and rewrite them with attention and intention.

“We act in the fear that not belonging means death, so we conform ourselves—that’s the unwritten rule of all unwritten rules and the lie of all lies.” - David Taylor-Klaus

This week on the Trauma Hiders Club Podcast:

• The unwritten rules in my family, generation, and culture
• The categories of unwritten rules in our lives
• Why you shouldn’t say “We already knew!” to a child who comes out to you
• Unwritten rules at the societal and cultural level
• Digging deep into the unwritten rules under unwritten rules
• Why our brains make it difficult for us to be accurate with our memories
• Tracing the voice of unwritten rules inside us
• The joy of hiring “lazy” programmers and why there’s a cultural stain around the word “easy”
• How the pandemic has created blank spaces where we can co-create culture, relationships, and work
• The four currencies that matter

Resources Mentioned:

• Book: The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz

Connect with David Taylor-Klaus:

• DTK Coaching
• Book: Mindset Mondays with DTK: 52 Ways to REWIRE Your Thinking and Transform Your Life
• DTK Coaching on Facebook
• David Taylor-Klaus on LinkedIn
• David Taylor-Klaus on Twitter

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