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The Great Updraft

Ross Edwards

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The Great Updraft means sweeping upward growth. The name is a metaphor for the journey towards our greatest expression. My goal is to help you live a full life. I’ll help you become satisfied on all levels: psychological, social, financial, spiritual, professional, and more, integrating the many threads into a sublime whole. The GU is the set of tools you need to unlock your full potential. Visit my site

Recent Episodes

OCT 21, 2026
The Ego-Aware Stage of Ego Development (#167)
We discuss the Ego-Aware stage of ego development, AKA the Magician, which signifies another huge paradigm shift.This is the first postautonomous or post-postconventional stage in Cook-Greuter's model, and the eighth stage overall. It constitutes at...
66 MIN
OCT 20, 2026
Your Field Guide for Identifying Strategists
Here are some key Strategist personality traits that will help you spot people operating from this stage. This is a snippet from my 14/10 episode Strategist Stage of Ego Development (#166)
7 MIN
OCT 18, 2026
Why The Strategist Stage Gets Its Name
The Strategist stage of ego development gets its name primarily from the Strategist's complex, long-term, systemic thinking process, its sense of mission, and its ability to integrate multiple perspectives.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 14/10...
6 MIN
OCT 15, 2026
How the Strategist & Pluralist Differ
The Strategist and Pluralist levels, though both Postconventional, are rather different levels of development, with distinct senses of self, worldviews, motivations and complexity of mind.This is a snippet from my Wednesday 14/10 episode, Strategist...
2 MIN
OCT 14, 2026
Strategist Stage of Ego Development (#166)
In this episode, we're exploring the seventh stage of ego development: the Strategist, also known as the Autonomous stage. This is where we begin to see the bigger picture: not just our own development, but of humanity too. Strategists think in...
55 MIN