Anthony Robbins AWAKEN THE GIANT... - Lemma Coaching

This illustrates a fundamental truth: the words we use as a corporate culture and as individuals have a
profound effect on our experience of reality. One of the reasons I created the word CANI! rather than
borrow the Japanese term kaizen ("improvement"), was to build into one word the philosophy and
thought patterns of constant, never-ending improvement. Once you begin to consistently use a word,
it affects what you consider and how you think. The words that we use carry meaning and emotion.
People invent words all the time; that's one of the marvels 67 of the English language, which is so quick
to embrace new words and concepts. If you look through a current dictionary you'll discover the
contributions of many foreign languages, and especially from all kinds of special-interest groups.
For example, people in the surfing culture have created words like tubular" and "rad" to translate their
"totally awesome" experience of the waves to their day-to-day lives. Their private lingo gained such
widespread acceptance that it became pan of our common argot and thus the way in which we think.
This also brings up the point again that we need to be conscious of the words we adopt from those
around us or those we select ourselves. If you use phrases like "I'm suicidal" you have instantly raised
your emotional pain to a level that could actually threaten the quality of your life. Or, if you're in a
romantic relationship and tell your partner, "I'm leaving," you create the very real possibility that the
relationship's about to end. If, however you were to say, "I'm incredibly frustrated" or "I'm angry," you
have a much better chance at resolution.
Most professions have a certain set of words they use to describe their work and the things particular
to their type of work. Many entertainers for example right before they go onstage, get a feeling of
tension in their stomachs. Their breathing changes, their pulse races, and they begin to perspire.
Some consider this to be a natural pan of the preparation to perform, while others see it as evidence
that they will fail These sensations which Carly Simon called "stage fright," kept her from performing
live for years. Bruce Springsteen, on the other hand, gets the same kind of tension in his stomach,
only he labels these feelings "excitement"' He knows that he's about to have the incredibly powerful
experience of entertaining thousands of people, and having them love it. He can't wait to get onstage.
For Bruce Springsteen, tension in his stomach is an ally for Carly Simon, it's an enemy.
TAKE THESE YARD APES AND GET RID OF THE GREY POUPON!
Following are some fun examples from Newsweek's "Buzzwords" of Transformational Vocabulary used
in the workplace...
Daycare
Yard ape: A fully mobile preschooler. Usage: "At least yours is in school. I've got a yard ape to contend
with."
Klingons: Hysterical yard apes who latch on ferociously to parents.
Chemobyl Hussies: A particularly nasty diaper, as in, "Honey, you better warn Scandinavia."
Green Elevens: The green, dripping nostrils of a yard ape.
Grey Poupon: The mess in the diapers.
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