Archive for the 'Metaphor' Category
Roots Have you ever been looking forward to a nice, easy, Saturday afternoon, doing nothing but reading the paper and watching whatever happens to be on TV, only to have your most well thought out plans for laziness destroyed by a friend in need? Rides to the airport, helping somebody clean out their garage, and [...]
April 27th, 2010 | Posted in Flexibility, Metaphor, Model of the World, Patience, Perception, Stories | No Comments
Sure Thing As I sat there, I wondered how in the world I had gotten into that situation. What had seemed like such a good idea had rapidly turned into a nightmare, and I was starting to become extremely desperate. At the very least I was going to end up in jail. My only question [...]
April 26th, 2010 | Posted in Choice, Metaphor, Stories | No Comments
Parts Once I knew this guy who was a well-respected businessman in his field. I’m not exactly sure what kind of field it was; it had something to do with manufacturing electronic parts or something. And to tell you the truth I’m not absolutely certain what his particular job was. Something to do with engineering [...]
April 25th, 2010 | Posted in Communication Skill, Flexibility, Focus, Metaphor | No Comments
Lost Once I was on this backpacking trip with a friend of mine. We’d planned this trip out for a few weeks, and had been really looking forward to it. It wasn’t a loop trip, which meant that we had to find somebody to drop us off at the trailhead, so that when we came [...]
April 24th, 2010 | Posted in Evolution, Fears, Flexibility, Life Skills, Metaphor | 1 Comment
Trust Your Instincts Once there was this little armadillo. He had separated from his tribe, and was starting to get a bit worried. He wasn’t old enough to be out by himself after dark, but he was old enough to start feeling a little frustrated and anxious whenever his parents started to boss him around. [...]
April 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Confidence, Dreams, Evolution, Metaphor, Mythology, Stories | No Comments
Unexpected Chains Of Events The other day I had one of those nights where things end up much different than you planned. I figured it be a night when you start off thinking you are going to go out, grab a bite to eat, maybe watch a few play of the game on TV at [...]
April 22nd, 2010 | Posted in Beliefs, Flexibility, Metaphor, Persuasion | No Comments
NEXT! The other day I was talking to a friend of mine from high school about this problem that she’s been having with her next-door neighbor and her daughter. She thinks that because they are not as quiet as they used to be, then that means that something has happened, and she is taking it [...]
April 21st, 2010 | Posted in Decisions, Metaphor, Model of the World, Social Skills, Stories | 1 Comment
Remember Who You Are Once there was this guy who lived in the sewer. He didn’t really mind living in the sewer, as it allowed him to live a life free from the worries of most day-to-day frustrations and anxieties. He didn’t have much money, but he didn’t really need anything. This particular sewer that [...]
April 20th, 2010 | Posted in Charisma, Choice, Fears, Metaphor, Model of the World, Mythology | No Comments
Where Am I? So what do you do when you suddenly find yourself lost? That’s what happened to me once. I heard from a friend of a friend about this magnificent party, and he’d heard from another friend some convoluted directions to get there. Both of us, and the friend, had only been living in [...]
April 19th, 2010 | Posted in Focus, Hypnosis, Life Skills, Memories, Memory Skills, Metaphor, Model of the World, Perception | No Comments
Pistols At Dawn I was talking to a friend of mine yesterday, and I noticed something interesting about her speech. She had always spoken like that, but I hadn’t talked to her in quite a while. Last time we spoke was before I had become interested in language, having read several books on linguistics and [...]
April 18th, 2010 | Posted in Beliefs, Language, Metaphor, Model of the World, NLP Tips, Social Anxiety, Social Skills | 1 Comment