Words have incredible power in our lives. For
one, they provide us with a vehicle for expressing and sharing our experiences
with others. Most of us don’t realize, however, that the words you habitually
choose also affect what you experience. Transformational Vocabulary is about how you can
take control of your habitual vocabulary to change the quality of your life. Simply by changing your habitual vocabulary—the
words you consistently use to describe the emotions of your life—you can
instantly change how you think, feel and how you live.
What’s interesting is how two people can experience the exact
same sensations differently in their bodies by virtue of the labels they put on
the experience. For example, one person may feel “frustrated” while the other
just feels “a little confused.” It amounts to a huge difference in the way we
feel, and when we change the way we feel, we change the way we behave.
How Many Words in Our Language? How Many Do You Use?
According to Compton’s Encyclopedia, the total number of
words in the English language is around 750,000. Of that number, guess how many
words we habitually use: 500 to 2,000 at the most, which represents only one
half of one percent of the language. In Roget’s Thesaurus there are more than
3,000 words describing various emotions. Of those, there were 1,051 words for
positive emotions and 2,286 for negative emotions; roughly twice as many
negative words as positive words! Think of the implications.
Consider
this example: In a business meeting with two partners, the same event triggered
a dramatically different response in each person. The CEO went into an absolute
rage, whereas the second partner seemed to have no reaction at all.
The
enraged CEO believed that “rage” made him stronger and enabled him to deal with
the situation. Rage was his way out of pain. Conversely, the partner who felt
only “mildly annoyed” was acting on a belief that getting too upset would make
him lose control of the situation, and that would mean too much pain. He wasn’t
d[i]isassociating; he honestly
was not feeling the intense anger.
This is the essence of Transformational Vocabulary: the words
that we attach to our experience become our experience, regardless of whether it’s objectively
accurate or not.
Therefore,
if we want to change our lives and our destiny, we need to consciously choose
the words we use to describe our emotional states. What would happen if, the
next time you were in a situation that used to make you feel angry, instead you
felt annoyed? Or if you used a word like “peeved” instead of “enraged” to
describe your experience? Maybe instead of feeling “worried,” what if you used
the words, “I’m a little concerned,” or “I need some clarification”?
Conversely,
if someone asks you how you’re doing, think of the difference between responses
like “Oh, I’m okay, I guess” and “I’m feeling on top of the world!” The labels
we put on our experience become our experience. Choose your words wisely.
FOR ADVERTS, AND TO BIOG ABOUT YOUR NEXT EVENT, BRAND, ABOUT YOU..
No comments:
Post a Comment