Ben Lytle - POTENTIALIST

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The Former CEO of Anthem Healthcare, Ben Lytle, is back with his latest installment of his POTENTIALIST book series: The Pursuit of Wisdom. Ben is always future thinking and sharing his current message that the next thirty years will be so different and move at such a rapid pace than any other in human history. In his off the charts successful career as a leader, Ben lead with both business and also people skills; he’s a great communicator, team builder, a leader who cares about people and sees the world while listening and questions what could be - all of this helped him lead and create Anthem now Elevance Health (with a current market value of more than $120 billion) and also co-founded Silver Sneakers fitness program designed for older adults that became one of the world’s largest exercise programs, among many of his ongoing business endeavors. Ben’s supportive parents told Ben he could do anything, and he realized that there’s a whole body of work for someone to really live their full potential. This calling, this need to live his own potential and help those around him do that, became his north star, and Ben has lead companies and lived a life by these twenty-five words as expressed in his POTENTIALIST series: Ben Lytle’s Potentialist Series is a wake-up alarm for an emerging New Reality rapidly altering life as we know it. Times of great change require individuals to adapt, as in the Renaissance, Enlightenment, and three prior industrial revolutions. The New Reality’s global impact, institutional disruptions, and sweeping redefinition of work, life, learning, and human potential require a faster, more significant adaptive response by each of us. The old ways won’t cut it anymore. (In this video, Ben talks about the Potentialist Series and his new book, The Pursuit of Wisdom youtube.com/watch?v=ZDFbVkS3SkQ) The Potentialist: Your Life in the New Reality of the Next Thirty Years, published in 2022, explains how five change forces are creating a New Reality and recommends seven adaptive preparations. The Potentialist: The Pursuit of Wisdom is a guide to wiser decisions by expanding the capacity for wisdom and operating at one’s potential, the ultimate adaptation. Decisions largely determine the quality and measure of a life. Everyone will need to make frequent, unprecedented, complex, life-altering decisions never before faced and take actions never imagined. “Democratizing wisdom—making it practical for more people and ultimately everyone—is the most rational and achievable adaptive response. The New Reality dramatically increases the need for wisdom and the means to achieve it, making democratization not only possible but probable. The challenge to overcome is people underestimating their own potential and humanity’s.” Wisdom is easier to develop than generally assumed and can be accelerated. It has been taught for thousands of years, and literature is abundant. Technology can make wisdom easily accessible to learn and apply in decision-making. A growth mechanism inside everyone awaits to assist and guide. Routine unconscious practices performed consciously and intentionally accelerate wisdom. Adults can develop wisdom regardless of age, educational background, or social standing. Little or no expense and nominal daily time are required. The pursuit of wisdom is personal and private, with no need to disclose to others or join anything. All that is needed is a heartfelt, unwavering commitment to becoming your best while equally serving others. Ben Lytle is known for his vision and entrepreneurial success. He has founded or co-founded seven companies to date. Two listed on the New York Stock Exchange, including Anthem (today Elevance), one of the nation’s largest companies. He has served on state and presidential healthcare commissions and dozens of company boards.