Loyalty to the scheme

Pattern loyalty is the tendency to repeat a known pattern of thought or action, even when it brings costs.

Definition

This is a practical concept embedded in working with diagrams. A person may stick to an old pattern because it is familiar, predictable or helped us survive in the past. Loyalty to the scheme is not conscious stupidity, but an automatic return to a way of interpreting the world that requires notice and correction.

Key ideas

Missing key ideas.

Practice and life

Choose one repeatable pattern and write down: when it was created, what it protected against, how much it costs today and what new reaction is possible.

Common misunderstanding

It is a mistake to fight the pattern solely with willpower. It is also a mistake to treat the old pattern as a whole identity.

Questions for self-reflection

No questions for self-reflection.

Sources

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