Once upon a time there was this group of scientists. These were different from the scientists I talked about in yesterday’s email, but they had a similar problem. Yesterday’s problem was understanding how something worked. How reality was actually unfolding itself. Today’s story is about how these scientists had a pretty good idea of what […]
You Can Do What Einstein Couldn’t
Sometimes reality can be incredibly confusing, and the models we construct to describe it don’t work on so well. If our models, or our maps of the world fail us, we tend to blame reality, rather than re-configuring our maps. One of my favorite stories of physics is “black body radiation,” which gave rise to […]
The Power of Stories
When we hear any kind of story, wether it’s a full fledged, multi-million dollar Hollywood production, or a friend is telling us a funny thing that happened on the way to the dentist, our brains tend to shut off. Since it’s a story, it doesn’t relate to us, so we don’t have to worry about […]
The Power of Hallucinations
Talking to an imaginary friend can be a great way get insight into a problem, or find unique and creative ways to get more of what you want. Of course, when you talk to your “imaginary” friend, you’re really talking to yourself. But if you were to ask “you” for an opinion, the same “you” […]
Sleight Of Mouth
Sleight Of Mouth If you’ve ever tried to persuade anybody of anything, you’ve likely encountered objections. Even trying to convince your girl to see an action movie instead of a romance movie will elicit objections. Got goals? What’s standing between you and them is your own objections. Of course, when you look out into the […]
Specifically Vague Magic
A large part of the Milton Model, upon which much of NLP and covert hypnosis is based on is vague. Vague meaning that many of the language patterns are specifically vague. Which makes them incredibly powerful. Why? Because when you use artfully vague language, it does a couple of things. One is it uses up […]
How To Build A Metaphor
Metaphors are incredibly powerful persuasive tools. If you’re telling somebody else what to do, or even suggesting a course of action, there’s usually going to be resistance. But as soon as you fire up a metaphor, all conscious resistance goes out the window. So, what is a metaphor? It can be a story, it can […]
More Flexible More Better
One of the presuppositions of NLP is that the more flexibility you have in any given situation, the better off you are. Like if you’re building a birdhouse, you’d be better off with more tools than less tools. If you’re boxing, you’re better off with more defensive and offensive skills than less skills. If you’re […]
The Incredible Importance Of Congruence
Here’s a quick test of your logical abilities – (full disclosure: 90% of psychology students AND yours true FAIL this “simple” logic test) This is called the Wason test, and was created by Dr. Wason in the 70’s. You see four cards laid out in front of you: a three, an eight, a brown card, […]
The Power Of Selfishness
Most people hear the world “selfish” and quickly assume it’s an incredibly put down. Anybody labeled as “selfish” is generally thought to be evil, uncaring, mean, even manipulative. This is incredibly wrong. The truth of the matter is that EVERYBODY is selfish, all the time. In fact, it’s impossible for humans, any human, to NOT […]
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