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Dear Dave, how are you today?

No, not you, the other you.

In our opening gambit today we’re thinking about the persistence, or lack thereof, of personality. And when I say we, I mean you, I, the other you, the other me and our corresponding antitheses, extratheses and intertheses.

Think about how you feel today. How different is it to the way you felt yesterday? Different enough to say yesterday was a different Dave?

What about the Dave of last week? Or last year? What does it take for you to say that you are no longer the person you were? And if you can say that you are no longer the person you were, is there any sort of persistent you at all?

It’s somewhat unsettling to begin dismantling the notion of a persistent “me”. But what if we flip it on its head, and consider, what if the most exciting aspects of “me” are those that I do not know.

In our conversations with other people, we often draw upon stories from our lives, events we’ve experienced, knowledge we have. But the thing with drawing upon such resources is that - we already know these things, we’re simply telling someone else about them.

Often the most exciting moments that emerge in conversation, are those where we surprise ourselves or another person. And the most exciting conversations are those where we really don’t know what we or the other person is going to say.

The sense of venturing into the unknown has an energy and exhilaration that is hard to describe, and hard to obtain in other ways. We love the excitement of discovery, providing it is relatively balanced with just the right amount of safety and security.

It is this sense of adventure that we enjoy in play and improvisation, comedic, musical or otherwise. It’s the journey into those moments when things come together, or come apart, in exciting, unpredictable and entertaining ways.

So as you go about your daily life this month, consider whether the you that goes to our next Trigger Event, is the same as the one who attends the one after. And in particular, how exciting it may be to embrace the idea that you will indeed be different every time.

We look forward to seeing you, (all of you), soon!

Love,

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Cats and the GDPR.

The GDPR is an abbreviation for the General Data Protection Regulation. You can also read it as an acronym, pronounced as “Good Purr”. It evokes images of a Cat Pageant, where one judging criteria is the quality of the cat’s purr, whilst outside angry protesters rail against the objectification of felines.

Whereas a Cat Pageant reduces such diverse and elegant beings to simple data points to be assessed by others, the GDPR puts you entirely in control of your data points, by requiring businesses to ask your permission to store and use your data, usually for your benefit.

What this means for Trigger Lovers is that if you are joined or would like to subscribe to our mailing list, where you can hear about all our upcoming events and receive great content, (excluding cat pageants), you need to give us your explicit permission.

So take just a couple of seconds now to either:

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Makes you wonder...

Dear Dave,

In 1970, the singer Tim Buckley released his haunting masterpiece "Song to the Siren", in which, using the metaphor of the ocean, he asks:

"Did I dream you dreamed about me? Were you hare when I was fox? Now my foolish boat is leaning, Broken lovelorn on your rocks."

Only 5 years later, at the age of 28, tragically, Buckley would die.

However, he left behind a son - Jeff Buckley, who would go on to become one of the most iconic artists of the 1990s. He released only one album, including his unforgettable cover of "Hallelujah", and his beautiful but heartbreaking love song "Last Goodbye", before tragically, at the age of 30, he too died, drowning in the Mississipi, as if predicted poetically by his Father's sorrowful lyrics 27 years earlier.

Doesn't it make you wonder, Dave... Isn't data protection a lot like the ocean?

All these little pieces of who we are, given like drops of rain, descending down into vast expanses, forever lost.

Well, thanks to the GDPR, that's all changing. Now you are in control of your waters. No longer must you feel like a drop in someone else's ocean, now, Dave, you are the ocean!

BUT WE ARE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO HEAR YOU SAY SO!

So if you haven't already updated your preferences, this is your last chance. You have to click the button below and let us know you would like to remain subscribed, else this is our last communication to you.

So tell us, Dave...

[Is this our Last Goodbye?]

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GDPR! GDPR! GDPR!

Dear Dave!

Why is it that legal definitions, even those of historic importance, are always named in such a dry and boring way?

All you want hear from us is when you can get your next Conversation Fix, but we're harping on about the General Data Protection Regulation...

*Yawn*!

If only they'd named it something SEXY! Something vibrant and enticing, that also makes it clear how it gives you greater control over your data, and what you have to do about it, such as reconfirming your subscription to Trigger.

How about...

The Ginormous Declaration of Personal Revelation

Yes!! Something big, something truly momentous, something that makes you want to declare:

"My name is Dave, I am one of the Trigger Tribe, and I WILL stay with my people!"

Or not. That's the great thing about the Ginormous Declaration of Personal Revelation; you get to decide who you will be.

So, Dave...

[Are you in?]

We're waiting...

Best Wishes and Love from,

The Trigger Team

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*Drum Roll*...

It's another very important GDPR email, Dave!

Dear Dave!

At the moment you are probably receiving lots of emails about the GDPR, which is actually not a socialist republic, but an important piece of data protection law that requires you to reconfirm your interest in your email subscriptions.

In contrast to the GDR, where your data was protected from you, the GD-P-R puts you in control of your data, which is nice. You can opt out at any time, and you won't have to climb a heavily guarded wall or fake your identity.

But why would you want to remain part of a community of like-minded conversation-lovers where you can totally be yourself and reap those rewards in your everyday life ... I hear you say?

Well, as an email subscriber to Trigger, you are one of the first to know about our next events, special offers and new developments. In the future we also want to bring you even more value in your inbox in the form of articles and insights that the members of the #TriggerTribe, (that's you), will love.

So all you need to do to stay part of this amazing revolution in interpersonal relations, is click this lovely purple button below. It looks good, it feels good, it is good.

[Send us Love]

Best Wishes and Love from,

The Trigger Team