How, specifically, are you going to change the world?
Posted on Mar 11th, 2006
by 
Duff
Duff
Our resident philosopher Brian issues the challenge again and again to have us change the world. It's about damn time somebody is bold enough and optimistic enough to use this language and not just once, but almost every time he speaks!
Currently I'm studying a TON of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) as part of my quest to change the world. NLP is a kickass set of tools that assists people in making individual change rapidly by expanding their available choices in any given context.
One of the tools of NLP is called the meta-model. The meta-model is a set of linguistic distinctions that help a person to reconnect a person from their language to their experience. For example, if a coaching client were to tell me "I just can't change the world," one choice the meta-model would give me is to ask "what stops you?" In this way I could elicit more specifics about the client's impoverished model of the world and assist them in creating a richer, more dynamic model in which they can more skillfully navigate the world. And even better, I can do this without assuming I know what stops them from changing the world.
If you think that you can't change the world, you might want to ask yourself "what's stopping me from changing the world?"
However, we aren't done yet. What does it mean to "change the world" exactly? And how are you going to do it? Nihilistic hipsters are fond of making fun of such optimistic statements, and in part their intuition is correct, in that if you don't have a more specific goal and a realistic plan for it's accomplishment, then your head is in the clouds.
But it's not a problem for your head to be in the clouds. Just make sure your feet are also on the ground. And to do this, you must GROW!
So once you've identified what's stopping you from changing the world and you've kicked its ass, it's time to get busy asking "How, specifically, are you going to change the world?" This and "what could you be the best in the world at?" are two questions I'm asking continuously now. For me they involve becoming an amazing facilitator of individual change in the role of Life Coach, and probably later cultural and systematic change in some as of yet undefined role.
The more specific you get, the more likely you actually will change the world. And nothing stops you--nothing that can't be overcome that is!
Currently I'm studying a TON of NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) as part of my quest to change the world. NLP is a kickass set of tools that assists people in making individual change rapidly by expanding their available choices in any given context.
One of the tools of NLP is called the meta-model. The meta-model is a set of linguistic distinctions that help a person to reconnect a person from their language to their experience. For example, if a coaching client were to tell me "I just can't change the world," one choice the meta-model would give me is to ask "what stops you?" In this way I could elicit more specifics about the client's impoverished model of the world and assist them in creating a richer, more dynamic model in which they can more skillfully navigate the world. And even better, I can do this without assuming I know what stops them from changing the world.
If you think that you can't change the world, you might want to ask yourself "what's stopping me from changing the world?"
However, we aren't done yet. What does it mean to "change the world" exactly? And how are you going to do it? Nihilistic hipsters are fond of making fun of such optimistic statements, and in part their intuition is correct, in that if you don't have a more specific goal and a realistic plan for it's accomplishment, then your head is in the clouds.
But it's not a problem for your head to be in the clouds. Just make sure your feet are also on the ground. And to do this, you must GROW!
So once you've identified what's stopping you from changing the world and you've kicked its ass, it's time to get busy asking "How, specifically, are you going to change the world?" This and "what could you be the best in the world at?" are two questions I'm asking continuously now. For me they involve becoming an amazing facilitator of individual change in the role of Life Coach, and probably later cultural and systematic change in some as of yet undefined role.
The more specific you get, the more likely you actually will change the world. And nothing stops you--nothing that can't be overcome that is!
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April 2008
um, so how can we change our world through blogging if you haven't even introduced yourself? hmmm?
Only if everyone at Zaadz learns the way of the Podi will our world be changed. And also by collectively engaging and creating commerce ecology for the Zaadz landscape.
Tru said: “Only if everyone at Zaadz learns the way of the Podi will our world be changed.”
i disagree. just read the comments on The Dilbert Blog and you'll lose hope for humanity.