So, I got mugged last night. Six or so drunken guys took exception to my hat and removed it, which I can accept as horseplay, but then one of them decided to take things further. He punched me in the face and tried to steal the contents of an open jacket pocket, which included my mobile phone. He didn't get that, but did get a raffle ticket that could win him a free session of cranio-sacral therapy.
Thing was, even as it happened I was pretty much calm. I spoke to the police as soon as I turned the corner on the asshats, and they got some cops out to find the culprits, but no joy. And then went home, and slept just fine.
Speaking to my girlfriend on the phone this morning, I mentioned what had happened in a low key way, and she took it in a similarly non-alarmist fashion. And in the ensuing conversation heard myself saying that yesterday was a good day.
And it was. I had lunch with a good friend I'd not seen in too long, and had my runes read as recounted on another thread (no points for saying that the runes didn't predict the attack). And if someone was going to be attacked, better it was me with resources to deal with it than some frightened pensioner.
All of which is to say, I'm convinced this little episode demonstrates the effectiveness of the training I've had in state management and framing. What incidents have you come across that have revealed to you how embedded NLP has become within you? What has surprised you about your reactions to the unexpected? And has that made you assess yourself differently in the light of experience?
[Read more...]Thing was, even as it happened I was pretty much calm. I spoke to the police as soon as I turned the corner on the asshats, and they got some cops out to find the culprits, but no joy. And then went home, and slept just fine.
Speaking to my girlfriend on the phone this morning, I mentioned what had happened in a low key way, and she took it in a similarly non-alarmist fashion. And in the ensuing conversation heard myself saying that yesterday was a good day.
And it was. I had lunch with a good friend I'd not seen in too long, and had my runes read as recounted on another thread (no points for saying that the runes didn't predict the attack). And if someone was going to be attacked, better it was me with resources to deal with it than some frightened pensioner.
All of which is to say, I'm convinced this little episode demonstrates the effectiveness of the training I've had in state management and framing. What incidents have you come across that have revealed to you how embedded NLP has become within you? What has surprised you about your reactions to the unexpected? And has that made you assess yourself differently in the light of experience?
Source: http://www.nlpconnections.com/forum/14702-coping-unexpected.html
