Archive for March, 2010
Floating Madness Once there was the group of people. They lived in a small, close-knit community that was similar to most other communities. They had an occasional weekend barbecue at somebody’s house, and they had a community swimming pool that most of the kids went to on the weekends during the summer time. A few [...]
March 20th, 2010 | Posted in Fears, Metaphor, Model of the World, Stories | No Comments
Numbers There’s this guy that I know that I meet up with from time to time for various reasons. We usually meet in the same place, usually for hour or so or less. This guy is exceedingly busy, and doesn’t have a lot of free time. I hadn’t him around recently, but I ran into [...]
March 19th, 2010 | Posted in Appreciation, Flexibility, Metaphor, Model of the World | No Comments
Boom I was having this interesting conversation the other day with this girl that happened to be sitting at the table next to mine in this weird café/restaurant I went to for lunch. One of those things when you make some piece of small talk, not really expecting anything, and then the topics for follow [...]
March 18th, 2010 | Posted in Metaphor, Model of the World, Social Skills | No Comments
Extra Bacon The other day I was walking down the street, heading for my favorite sandwich shop. They make their own bread, and usually make whatever you want, although they do have a menu they use sometimes. I think the menu is for people that go there for the first time, but they will make [...]
March 17th, 2010 | Posted in Covert Persuasion, Focus, Metaphor, Stories | No Comments
Where To Now? Once, many many years ago, I took a road trip with a bunch of friends from college. Not really friends, although we referred to each other as friends at the time. More like contextual friends. Dorm friends. As soon as we moved out of he dormitory (at my particular school, they only [...]
March 16th, 2010 | Posted in Decisions, Dreams, Goals, Metaphor | No Comments
Loose Ends Once I had this really strange neighbor. He would seemingly be awake at all times. I don’t think he ever slept. We had these really thing walls, and occasionally when I’d wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom, I could hear him next door. And there were a [...]
March 15th, 2010 | Posted in Conversation Skills, Hypnosis, Metaphor, Stories | No Comments
Showtime Had I known things were going to end up like this, I might have started differently. I might have decided to shoot for another outcome, or come up with a backup plan. Maybe, but not likely. I was about three minutes away from find out if it really was going to end up like [...]
March 14th, 2010 | Posted in Confidence, Metaphor, Stories | No Comments
Answers That’s what she wanted. She had been waiting for me for almost two hours, when I came wandering up. Where was I? Why didn’t I call? How could I do this to her, didn’t I know that she felt like a fool standing there all alone like that for so long? What must people [...]
March 13th, 2010 | Posted in Beliefs, Choice, Decisions, Metaphor, Stories | No Comments
I’ll Take It Due to the overwhelming response to something that happened before I even knew that I wasn’t aware of it, I’ve decided to do what most everyboyd already figured out. Which is precisely what you’ve probably been thinking. Exactly. My tale starts out with a vague feeling of déjà vu, although not quite. [...]
March 12th, 2010 | Posted in Metaphor, Sales Skills, Stories | No Comments
This Post Ends With Whiskey So the other day I was supposed to meet my friend downtown. She didn’t show up, and she usually isn’t late, so I gave her a call. Turns out I had my dates mixed up, so I figured I’d wander around. We were going to hang out at a coffee [...]
March 11th, 2010 | Posted in Confidence, Hypnosis, Metaphor, Stories | No Comments