- Resistance" is only a lack of rapport with another person's map.
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- All communication is redundant.
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- Any changes can only be evaluated in terms of the "ecology" of the whole system.
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- Anything can be accomplished if you break the task down into small enough chunks.
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- Anything occurring in one part of the system impacts the rest.
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- Anything worth doing well is worth doing poorly at first.
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- Behind every behavior there is a positive intent.
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- Choice is better than NO choice.
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- Every behavior is useful in some context.
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- Experience has structure.
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- It is useful to separate self from behavior.
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- Just about anyone can learn to do anything.
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- Knowledge, thought, memory and imagination are a result of a combination of representational systems.
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- My own and other's self worth is constant; the value and appropriateness of a behavior may be questioned.
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- No map is more "real" than any other.
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- People already have ALL the resources they need.
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- People always make the best choices available to them at the time.
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- People are like map-makers. They make maps of their experiences.
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- People are whole and complete and work perfectly. No one is wrong or broken and they don't need to be fixed.
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- People respond to their worldview, not to reality.
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- Respecting every person's model of the world, including my own, is immensely useful.
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- SYMPTOMS-- pains, anxiety, depression, tumors, colds, etc. are communications about needed action.
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- The element with the most flexibility will be the controlling element.
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- The map or the worldview is not the territory.
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- The meaning of your communication is the response that you get.
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- The mind and body are not separate. They are however distinct.
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- The quality of our lives is determined by the quality of our communication.
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- There is no such thing as failure --only feedback.
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- We are all responsible for creating our experiences.
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