Tag Archives: possibility

The language of possibility

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Joanna

I’ve just been doing this with a client and thought it would be worth sharing here.  It’s an exercise that helps to shift the way you feel about things you want – or think you want – just by playing … Continue reading →

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It’s always time for new beginnings

Posted on June 1, 2007 by Joanna

I love the start of a new month.  It’s like the start of a new week or a new day, full of promise and possibility, only magnified.  It’s a reminder to seize the moment.  A signal that there’s nothing to … Continue reading →

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Nothing here but potential

Posted on May 26, 2007 by Joanna

These were the words on a huge billboard on Edinburgh’s South Bridge: ‘Nothing Here but Potential’.  The billboard sits above a massive gap site that runs down below the bridge, a wasteland created by a devastating fire that ravaged the … Continue reading →

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Modal Operators

Posted on May 22, 2007 by Joanna

Modal operators are language patterns that set rules.  They are classed as generalisations in the Meta Model – because we generalise out from one experience to generate a rule ("I must" or "I can’t) Modal operators of possibility set rules … Continue reading →

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What’s in a word?

Posted on March 5, 2007 by Joanna

Words, said Kipling, are the most powerful drug used by mankind. Words can make us feel small, and weak, and lost.  Words can lift us up, make us feel hopeful, optimistic, inspired. Words can be used to disguise what is … Continue reading →

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