#32 Language Series 04: Meta-Model - Deletions

This is the third and last podcast on the Meta-Model in this language series, to be followed by Sleight of Mouth patterns, and the Milton Model patterns, each a small series in itself.

In this last Meta-Model talk, we cover the following deletions:

• Ambiguous nouns
• Ambiguous verbs
• Ambiguous adjectives and adverbs
• Unspecified referential index
• Implicit comparisons
• Judgements

As usual, we chose our examples from 3 different areas:

• Politics
• Relationship
• Business operations

And we run each pattern through three examples from each of those areas.

[techtags: NLP, Language, Meta-Model, Deletions]

Stumbling On Happiness

Dan Gilberts’ talk at TED on Happiness.

[techtags: dan gilbert, happiness, stumbling on happiness, Radical NLP, brain]

Feynman - The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

Richard Feynman is one of this groups’ favorite poeple, a true genius of our times. Here is an opportunity to watch this man in action and decide for yourself

The Corporation Is Available as a Free Download -

The award winning
Canadian documentary ‘The Corporation’ has been released on
BitTorrent for free. Filmmaker Mark Achbar just released an updated
“official” torrent of it. Everyone is free to download,
watch, discuss, and share it.

The Corporation
received more than 20 awards, including an audience award at the the
prestigious Sundance Film Festival. The Film gives insight into the
inner workings of large and powerful corporations, and how these affect
our society.

The new torrent download includes a high-quality
rip of the master DVD and a 40 minute interview with Joel Bakan, the
author of the book and writer of the film. Mark Achbar actually
dedicated a computer in his garage to do nothing but seed.

Although
the torrent download is free, the filmmakers encourage people to donate
a small fee if they like what they see. We asked Mark Achbar how the
first round of donations went. He said, “since my initial torrent launch
of The Corporation at the end of August, there have been $635.00 in
contributions. They ranged from $2 to three very generous gifts of $100
each. All are very much appreciated.”

[techtags: the corporation, radical change group, leadership, sun dance]

Can the Brain Be Rebooted to Stop Drug Addiction?

If you are a regular on our podcasts/blog, then this is an article that would perhaps be of interest to you
Can the Brain Be Rebooted to Stop Drug Addiction?: Scientific American

Scientists for the first time have identified long-term changes in mice brains that may shed light on why addicts get hooked on drugs—in this case methamphetamines—and have such a tough time kicking the habit. The findings, reported in the journal Neuron, could set the stage for new ways to block cravings—and help addicts dry out.

Researchers, using fluorescent tracer dye, discovered that mice given methamphetamines for 10 days (roughly equivalent to a human using it for two years) had suppressed activity in a certain area of their brains. Much to their surprise, normal function did not return even when the drug was stopped, but did when they administered a single dose of it again after the mice had been in withdrawal.

Study co-author Nigel Bamford, a pediatric neurologist at the University of Washington School of Medicine, says that if similar changes occur in humans, it will indicate that an effective way to fight addiction may be to design therapies that target the affected area—the striatum, a forebrain region that controls movement but also has been linked to habit-forming behavior.

Technorati Tags: radical change group, scientific american, brain, neuroscience,

Happiness Is An Inside Job

ABSTRACT
If happiness is an inner state, influenced by external conditions but
not dependent on them, how can we achieve it? Ricard will examine the
inner and outer factors that increase or diminish our sense of
well-being, dissect the underlying mechanisms of happiness, and lead us
to a way of looking at the mind itself based on his book, Happiness: A
Guide to Life’s Most Important Skill and from the research in
neuroscience on the effect of mind-training on the brain.
Speaker Bio: Matthieu Ricard, a gifted scientist turned Buddhist monk,
is a best selling author, translator, and photographer. He has lived
and studied in the Himalayas for the last 35 years where he currently
works on humanitarian projects. He is an active participant in the
current scientific research on meditation and the brain.

[techtags: happiness, neuroscience, meditation, NLP, radical change group]

#31 Language Series 03: Meta-Model - Distortions

This is the second in the series of talks on the Meta-Model, where we cover five patterns of distortions:

• Nominalizations
• Modal operators of possibility
• Modal operators of necessity
• Presuppositions
• Mind Reading

As before, we chose our examples from 3 different areas:

• Politics
• Relationship
• Business operations

And we run each pattern through three examples from each of those areas.

[techtags: NLP, Language, Meta-Model, Distortions]