This method is a very powerful tool for your toolbox.
But, before you say, “presuppo-what?” and put this page away, let me help you to discover what this is all about.
Presupposition means: To suppose or assume beforehand; to take for granted in advance.
At the beginning, the explanation may seem intimidating to you. But, at the end, not only will you find it to be very simple, but very, very powerful as you discover how to apply this tool by taking advantage of the way your mind works.
Let’s discuss this great method.
Conversational therapists and psychologists are using the concept of “Presupposition Factor” as one important "Stealth Tactic" to deal with the mind.
So, what exactly is a presupposition?
A presupposition is a linguistic assumption - something taken for granted.
Presuppositions are commonly used every day by everyone you know.
These are ideas your mind assumes according to the questions you ask or the statements you say. They are believed and taken to be true just because of the way you state them.
Almost every statement or sentence you make as you speak or write has a presupposition built right into it.
The best way to explain a presupposition is to show you examples.
If you were to state, “Today, the tourists are riding in the back of the bus.”
This statement is a relatively common sentence, and there are some presuppositions built in there.
*First, is that there is a bus.
*Second, there is a back and front to the bus.
*Third, there is more than one tourist on the bus.
*Fourth, this is occurring not yesterday, not tomorrow but today.
You get all these concepts and assumptions from this simple phrase.
The neat thing about presuppositions is that once the information is implied, your mind no longer consciously tries to disagree with these facts.
Once the statement is made, your conscious mind won’t get involved in questioning whether or not there are tourists or a bus. Your mind gets busy thinking about “when” and “where” the tourists are on the bus.
The powerful thing about presuppositions is that they work to distract resistance since your brain gets caught up in organizing the events, where, or when they took place, while the suggestions and ideas quietly slip into your mind.
The human brain is always asking and searching for answers to questions. The brain works automatically with more intensity searching for answers as we propose questions.
If somebody asks you a question, like: “Why is the sky blue?” your mind immediately starts searching for an answer, because it’s programmed that way. By the way, you don’t have to answer that question.
Your mind works like a computer when you try to search for answers on search engine software on the Internet. The engine doesn't care about the quality of the question you are asking.
Your mind works searching for an answer with or without your volition or wish; you can't prevent it!
This sole idea is what makes this tool so powerful.
From Biblical times, we have been reminded: “You have not because you ask not.” “Ask and you shall receive.”
With that in mind, let’s look at something important to consider.
You have heard people saying:
“Why me?”
“Why is this happening to me?”
“Why can’t I find what I am looking for?”
These are disempowering and sabotaging questions, because they are focusing on the negative side.
You may have used questions like this for many years inadvertently. They are destructive forms. They create the quality of life you don’t want.
On the other side, we call empowering questions the types of questions that cause the brain to concentrate on what you have instead of what you lack, leading you to increase your self-esteem and create a positive self-image.
Your brain automatically focuses on what is right “about you,” not on “what is counter-serving to you.”
There are two human behavior drivers or motivators:
● Motive (the "why")
● Method (the "how")
Motive drives more action than method. Let’s see why.
Suppose you are in a theater where some actors are performing. You could jump on the stage and kiss an actor or actress. You have the knowledge to do it; you know the “how.” You can conceive a method in your mind to do it. However, you don’t do that because there are a lot of “whys” as to why you ‘better not do that’. You could be expelled from the site, it’s kind of embarrassing, it’s not socially acceptable, etc.
We can think of thousands of things we can do, because we know “how” to do them, but we dare not do them because there are lots of “whys” for not doing them.
That’s why “motive” trumps “method”. We use the “why” driver to build our empowering questions. Let’s start using this driver.
How do you do that?
Simply by reversing the negative questions we are so familiar using in our daily life with positive ones. So,
“Why am I so broke?” becomes “Why am I so rich?”
“Why am I so fearful?” becomes “Why am I so confident?”
“Why am I so fat?” becomes “Why am I so healthy?”
The good thing about empowering questions is that you don’t have to find the answer for any question you create. You could, but you don’t have to do that.
Let's come back to what we discussed before about the Presupposition Factor. When you ask,
“Why am I so rich?”
“Why am I so confident?”
“Why am I so healthy?”
The mind is caught up with the reason “why” and assumes that you are rich, confident, or healthy.
While you are learning the power of presupposition questionings, you can also practice stacking presuppositions to reinforce an idea.
“Why am I so happy?”
“Why am I so cheerful?”
“Why am I so confident?”
When you stack presuppositions, one on top of the other, and repeat them, you are transmitting an overwhelming amount of information for the conscious mind to break through the subconscious mind in a very efficient way.
Stacking is a great way to distract the conscious mind from noticing or considering the suggestion you are slipping in, making resistance nonexistent.
The final presupposition important element you need to practice is that of adverbs and adjectives. We can use them to create more quality and action.
They are descriptive words like: Fortunately, lucky, curiously and greatly - to cite a few examples.
With this presupposition method, you are making your mind more aware of the quality of a thing than the thing itself. Consider…
“Why am I so lucky catching the bus?”
Here, there is no question about the bus’s existence; the attention is drawn to the "lucky" part.
If you ask this question alone, your mind will not resist the fact there was a bus but wish to find out why you almost missed it.
The possible resistance is now placed on "the how" and “the why”; how did the event happen, why were you so lucky, why did you almost miss the bus?
You will have many opportunities to use and practice presupposition questioning in the next modules with other powerful techniques.
This method is a very powerful tool for your toolbox.
But, before you say, “presuppo-what?” and put this page away, let me help you to discover what this is all about.
Presupposition means: To suppose or assume beforehand; to take for granted in advance.
At the beginning, the explanation may seem intimidating to you. But, at the end, not only will you find it to be very simple, but very, very powerful as you discover how to apply this tool by taking advantage of the way your mind works.
Let’s discuss this great method.
Conversational therapists and psychologists are using the concept of “Presupposition Factor” as one important "Stealth Tactic" to deal with the mind.
So, what exactly is a presupposition?
A presupposition is a linguistic assumption - something taken for granted.
Presuppositions are commonly used every day by everyone you know.
These are ideas your mind assumes according to the questions you ask or the statements you say. They are believed and taken to be true just because of the way you state them.
Almost every statement or sentence you make as you speak or write has a presupposition built right into it.
The best way to explain a presupposition is to show you examples.
If you were to state, “Today, the tourists are riding in the back of the bus.”
This statement is a relatively common sentence, and there are some presuppositions built in there.
*First, is that there is a bus.
*Second, there is a back and front to the bus.
*Third, there is more than one tourist on the bus.
*Fourth, this is occurring not yesterday, not tomorrow but today.
You get all these concepts and assumptions from this simple phrase.
The neat thing about presuppositions is that once the information is implied, your mind no longer consciously tries to disagree with these facts.
Once the statement is made, your conscious mind won’t get involved in questioning whether or not there are tourists or a bus. Your mind gets busy thinking about “when” and “where” the tourists are on the bus.
The powerful thing about presuppositions is that they work to distract resistance since your brain gets caught up in organizing the events, where, or when they took place, while the suggestions and ideas quietly slip into your mind.
The human brain is always asking and searching for answers to questions. The brain works automatically with more intensity searching for answers as we propose questions.
If somebody asks you a question, like: “Why is the sky blue?” your mind immediately starts searching for an answer, because it’s programmed that way. By the way, you don’t have to answer that question.
Your mind works like a computer when you try to search for answers on search engine software on the Internet. The engine doesn't care about the quality of the question you are asking.
Your mind works searching for an answer with or without your volition or wish; you can't prevent it!
This sole idea is what makes this tool so powerful.
From Biblical times, we have been reminded: “You have not because you ask not.” “Ask and you shall receive.”
With that in mind, let’s look at something important to consider.
You have heard people saying:
“Why me?”
“Why is this happening to me?”
“Why can’t I find what I am looking for?”
These are disempowering and sabotaging questions, because they are focusing on the negative side.
You may have used questions like this for many years inadvertently. They are destructive forms. They create the quality of life you don’t want.
On the other side, we call empowering questions the types of questions that cause the brain to concentrate on what you have instead of what you lack, leading you to increase your self-esteem and create a positive self-image.
Your brain automatically focuses on what is right “about you,” not on “what is counter-serving to you.”
There are two human behavior drivers or motivators:
● Motive (the "why")
● Method (the "how")
Motive drives more action than method. Let’s see why.
Suppose you are in a theater where some actors are performing. You could jump on the stage and kiss an actor or actress. You have the knowledge to do it; you know the “how.” You can conceive a method in your mind to do it. However, you don’t do that because there are a lot of “whys” as to why you ‘better not do that’. You could be expelled from the site, it’s kind of embarrassing, it’s not socially acceptable, etc.
We can think of thousands of things we can do, because we know “how” to do them, but we dare not do them because there are lots of “whys” for not doing them.
That’s why “motive” trumps “method”. We use the “why” driver to build our empowering questions. Let’s start using this driver.
How do you do that?
Simply by reversing the negative questions we are so familiar using in our daily life with positive ones. So,
“Why am I so broke?” becomes “Why am I so rich?”
“Why am I so fearful?” becomes “Why am I so confident?”
“Why am I so fat?” becomes “Why am I so healthy?”
The good thing about empowering questions is that you don’t have to find the answer for any question you create. You could, but you don’t have to do that.
Let's come back to what we discussed before about the Presupposition Factor. When you ask,
“Why am I so rich?”
“Why am I so confident?”
“Why am I so healthy?”
The mind is caught up with the reason “why” and assumes that you are rich, confident, or healthy.
While you are learning the power of presupposition questionings, you can also practice stacking presuppositions to reinforce an idea.
“Why am I so happy?”
“Why am I so cheerful?”
“Why am I so confident?”
When you stack presuppositions, one on top of the other, and repeat them, you are transmitting an overwhelming amount of information for the conscious mind to break through the subconscious mind in a very efficient way.
Stacking is a great way to distract the conscious mind from noticing or considering the suggestion you are slipping in, making resistance nonexistent.
The final presupposition important element you need to practice is that of adverbs and adjectives. We can use them to create more quality and action.
They are descriptive words like: Fortunately, lucky, curiously and greatly - to cite a few examples.
With this presupposition method, you are making your mind more aware of the quality of a thing than the thing itself. Consider…
“Why am I so lucky catching the bus?”
Here, there is no question about the bus’s existence; the attention is drawn to the "lucky" part.
If you ask this question alone, your mind will not resist the fact there was a bus but wish to find out why you almost missed it.
The possible resistance is now placed on "the how" and “the why”; how did the event happen, why were you so lucky, why did you almost miss the bus?
You will have many opportunities to use and practice presupposition questioning in the next modules with other powerful techniques.
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