| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:NLP Changework vs. Therapy and Coaching |
| Posted by: | Robin Manuell |
| Date/Time: | 08/05/2003 17:59:07 |
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John S, As you point out and as Thomas developes it is of course possible to use this commercial metaphor in this context. I prefer not to as it adds nothing that I value to my interaction with my chisel. It is not pointing to useful distinctions that other metaphors make plain. My chisel is my friend. I use it with love and it responds gracefully. Selling has become a dirty word in my hallucination simply because I believe (and I suspect that you would agree) that much of the products of western civilisation are designed to appeal to desires which will never be satisfied by possession. I do not believe this is an ethically neutral situation, indeed it is a symptom of a catastrophy whose scope is beyond the relevance frame for this site!! As for my own work and services I am still uncomfortable with sales and marketing attempts that limit my interaction with people to that of offering "products" or "services". My best work evolves out of a dialogue with my client in which neither of us has a clear idea of what is needed or how we will work together. I'm not denying that I do not offer a service, just that I prefer not to objectify it. My website is horribly compromised :-) The extent to which this is successful for me is directly proportional to the happiness of my accountant!!!! Robin Manuell www.ideasinmotion.co.uk |