metaphor

 
In the garden of choices

by Sonya Yeh Spencer, Certified ITA NLP Trainer I was working in our little veggie patch this morning, enjoying the gentle sunshine and watching a butterfly getting intoxicated on the sweet nectar of our nasturtium, orange, yellow and red, adorned with glistening pearls of dew. Satisfied, I sat and admired how the golden garden lizards were fattening up by eating away most of the garden pests this year, because we have created a more balanced [Read more...]

 
Facing Something New in Life and want it to be successful?

Here is your first step By Sonya Yeh Spencer, ITA NLP Trainer, Advanced NLP Coach Are you in the process of change?  Maybe a new job, contract, project or relationship and maybe you would like this new development to be a success.  Starting on the right foot might just give you a head start. As you continue to pay attention to the words you are reading, consider the following questions:

 

Other metaphors to ponder Metaphors abound in political and current affairs Elections in Australia It is great to see political writers keep to a theme of metaphors, where this one is about clothing, dressing, material, stitching, fashion, changing and a reference to magazines where these are discussed: The special glow of power – July 2, 2010 – Julia Gillard’s transformation is a metaphor for how she’s trying to change the government….. Think of it this [Read more...]

 
Metaphors we live by (Part 3)

Can metaphors also create limited views? Absolutely, they can and this is why they need to be well tested and thought out for use in a communication, training, emails, presentations and the like, where the thought may remain for some time. An example is the early Brain as a Computer Metaphor: The brain (and, by implication, the mind) have been compared to the latest technological innovation in every generation. The computer metaphor is now in [Read more...]

 
Metaphors we live by (Part 2)

“Every picture is worth a thousand words, but the right metaphor is worth a thousand pictures”, Daniel Pink, 2008

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