The power within

I just finished a course on teaching ESL to adults. It was wonderful... intense... nerve wracking... hard... all at the same time. Anyway, one day we discussed Neuro Linguistic Programming. It was totally new to me. We went through several of the beliefs and we all indicated if we believed in it, then why or why not. Here they are. It amazed me to hear people's beliefs. To me, some of these ideas are just "wacko".

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The map is not the territory
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Experience has a structure
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If one person can do something, anyone can learn to do it
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The mind and body are parts of the same system
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People already have all the resources they need
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You cannot not communicate
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The meaning of your communication is the response you get
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Underlying every behavior is a positive intention
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People are always making the best choice(s) available to them
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There is no such thing as failure, only feedback
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If you want to understand – act
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If what you are doing isn't working, do something else


One that got us going because one man was so for this and a couple of us were so vocal against it, "People are always making the best choice(s) available to them." ARGGGG.... Just look at Haitian adoption. Too many people are not making the best choice. And what about the food crisis in Haiti? Tell me how letting a container full of food sit and rot on the wharf is making the best choice? For anybody?

Surprisingly, I was the only one who was completely against this one; "People already have all the resources they need." Ummmm... have you seen the mess all around us? Failed relationships. Failed businesses. Corrupt governments. Oh wait. "There is no such thing as failure, only feedback." Uggghhhhh!!!!!

And by the way, I'll never be a world class runner. I don't care how many other people have learned to do it. I'll never run a 4 minute mile.