NLP Email Training 45

Quote

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

Nathaniel Emmons

Diamond Technique (2)

Last week, you already engaged with the Diamond Technique. You learned that problems can not only be solved with this technique but literally dissolved. This is achieved by changing the background construction in which the problem and the respective solution were previously embedded. The result is often surprisingly rapid changes that are both profound and sustainable. The advantage of this technique lies in its concrete applicability and in imparting a practical competence.

Today's exercise builds on last week's, where you formed the 'diamond'. That means, take the sheet from last week (surely you kept it?), paper and a pen, or do the exercise on the computer.

Exercise for This Week

1. Deepening the four points:
   Now ask yourself for each of the four points you worked on last week:
   – What does this enable?
   – What does this prevent?
   Go through the points one by one and write the result in keywords for each point.
2. Review of the original problem:
   Then turn to the original problem once more.
   As in last week's exercise, it will often be the case that both the problem and the contrast are now completely reassessed. Then it is sometimes useful to start a basic diamond again with the new view of the problem and a new contrast. In many cases, however, this is no longer necessary. Because often a problem resolution will have occurred. You already know the typical signs of this.

Supplementary links

Text:

Philosophical Aspect of the Diamond Technique >>>
The Diamond Technique is compared here to a koan – you will see, there are certain parallels.

Test:

Test 09 >>>
Success control for lessons 41 - 45.

Metaphor of the Week
The Local and the Tourist

Once upon a time in a small fishing village somewhere in Italy. A tourist came by and saw a man sitting calmly on the harbor quay, looking out to sea.

The tourist went to the man and said, "Excuse me, I would like to ask you something: Why don't you work? You could, for example, buy a fishing boat and go out to sea."

"But why should I work?" asked the man. "I have everything I need – enough to live and I am content."

"But if you worked, you could earn a lot of money, save the money, and invest it profitably," said the tourist.

"Why," asked the man, "should I earn and save money?"

"If you earn well, you can live off the interest and then you won't need to work anymore!"

The man looked at the tourist and slowly shook his head. Then his gaze returned to the sea.

retold after Heinrich Böll

Book Recommendation

The Victory over the Dragon
Author: Michael Hall

Short Description:
This book describes how you can move away from your 'dragon states' like anger, fear, and dread towards permanent states of happiness. It works!

What do you need when you enter a dragon state like anger, fear, dread, negativism, fatigue, sadness, or discouragement? You need a model to understand the experience of the dragon state. Why do I feel this way? When do I feel this way, what causes me to think, feel, and behave the way I do?

Your state determines your level of effectiveness, your sense of happiness, and your access to your own abilities. The purpose of this book is to develop the knowledge, skill, and strengths to powerfully manage your states to create lasting states of happiness.

Here the book can be ordered: Now at Amazon

General information

Archive
We have created an archive with past lessons and links. There you will also find this lesson again as a webpage in HTML. There are always some email programs that display strange characters and do not receive clean emails in either our text or HTML format. Use the online archive to read the lessons in this case. Use the archive also if you are quickly looking for a link, have lost one of the previous lessons, or have not received a lesson. HERE is the archive of past lessons.

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