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Exploring Your Internal Map Of Reality Part 7: Metaprograms, Part 1
So far in our series on the Internal Map of Reality, we have been examining the filters by which we construct the internal map of reality, of which we can add a new one – metaprograms. As a reminder,
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(Continued from Part 1) How to be aware of which systems that others use. When you are in conversation with others, you can often determine their preferred rep. system by the way they speak. For instance,
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(Continued from Part 2) Modalities and Submodalities help you keep track of your beliefs, values and decisions. The importance of modalities and submodalities is that they are instrumental in accounting
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In this article, we explore an aspect of the Internal Map of Reality called ‘Modalities‘. These are often called ‘Representational Systems’ (‘Rep. Systems’). If you
Continue ReadingExploring Your Internal Map Of Reality Part 5b: Values (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from Part 1 Motivation is triggered by a number of factors Now here’s a short exercise that you can run in your mind to make the connection between values and motivation. Think of a time
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An important part of the Internal Map Of Reality is Values. These work in conjunction with the other filters to create what you experience in life. What are Values? A ‘value’ is simply an idea
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Exploring Your Internal Map of Reality. Part 4: Chunking
In today’s article we discuss ‘chunking’ and its role in the Internal Map Of Reality. In previous parts of this series, we defined the internal map of reality as a set of ‘internal
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Exploring Your Internal Map Of Reality Part 3b: Internal States (2 of 3)
(Continued from Part 1) We often describe our internal states as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ – for instance anger is usually called ‘bad’ and ‘happiness’ is usually
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Exploring Your Internal Map Of Reality Part 3c: Internal States (3 of 3)
Many people have difficulty in knowing what they do want, but they certainly know what they don’t want! This is usually an indicator of previous negative experiences that have deterred them from
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Exploring Your Internal Map Of Reality Part 3a: Internal States (1 of 3)
This article is about Internal Map of Reality and the Internal States of the mind. Internal States A key part of what is called the ‘Internal Map Of Reality’ is understanding how we reach so-called
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