STUDY
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Four of Spades combines Four themes of structure, stability, foundation, and practical order with Spades themes of consciousness, work, belief, action, and transformation.
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Easy-going, clear-eyed, and cheerful with a can-do, positive mindset
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Radiating a calming, grounding presence
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Experiencing life as a slow-paced struggle with no forward momentum
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Deliberately cultivating a facade and holding one's cards close to one's vest
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Inability to make changes in one's life even when changes are absolutely necessary
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A placid demeanor belies the convoluted, criss-crossed churnings of one's own mind
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Consciously able to reframe one's entire existence in the blink of an eye
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A gift for framing the overall objective that puts all the details in the right place
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Compressed inside one's work-a-day schedule; resigning oneself to unrewarding labor
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Over-extended, scattered, and over-committed trying to do too much and accidentally double- crossing oneself
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A financial frame of reference that is too small for one's big ambitions; undervaluing what one is worth
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Pushing one's agenda with quiet insistence; splitting semantic hairs in order to maintain control
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A creative visionary who sees how to construct something solid and meaningful
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A creative visionary who sees how to construct something solid and meaningful
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Implicit expectations and unspoken demands can strain one's relationships
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Passively, willfully controlling, trying to make others fit inside one's terms and conditions
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Unconsciously appearing aloof, cold, and unfeeling; inability to let down one's guard
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Stoically struggling with dark feelings of unworthiness; stuck inside a lonely experience
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A deep well of sensuality and passionate expression that blossoms inside one's romance
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Stoically struggling with dark feelings of unworthiness; stuck inside a lonely experience
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A deep well of sensuality and passionate expression that blossoms inside your romance
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Suffering anxiety and nervous tension underneath one's polite facade
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Getting stuck inside rote habits and self-limiting patterns that stifle one's growth
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Losing one's spark and zest under the weight of one's daily grind
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one's own ambitions and passions light a fire that lights one's heart and lights one's life
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Getting stuck inside rote habits and self-limiting patterns that stifle your growth
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Losing your spark and zest under the weight of your daily grind
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Your own ambitions and passions light a fire that lights your heart and lights your life
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And much more...
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Suit: Spades
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Domain: Imagination
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Phrases: I believe; I will
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Face: Four
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Source label: 4. Guard
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Symbol: A Structure
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Role: Protect & Defend
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Zen. Conscious. Framing reality. Defining and naming what is. Solid. Willful. Self-absorbed. Stubbornly confining. Resistant. Trapped inside routines.
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`references/training-outline-matrix.md`
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`faces/source-notes/04-four.md`