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Five A creative way
of solving a problem
This is called McFall’s Mystical Monitor, &
it’s a pity I can’t remember who McFall was. I also don’t quite know why it
works, but it does. |
| Can you
hear what you’re saying? |
I’ve noticed
that one of the reasons people come to talk to me is so that they can hear themselves
properly. "How do I know what I think till I see what I say?", as my old friend
Gordon Moore used to say. And this rather unusual process may let you see what you say,
and find out what you really think, without having to talk to anyone else. You need an
audio tape recorder, a single C90 tape, and a private place, so that you can talk to
yourself without chaps in white coats coming to take you away. |
| A promise |
Promise yourself
that you’ll wipe the tape at the end of this activity (It helps to know that it
can’t ever "be given in evidence against you") |
| Make a
start |
 | Find your private place & settle down
(perhaps with some medicinal alcohol?) |
| Note the time & start the tape; keep it
running for ten minutes. |
| Say whatever you like about the issue
that’s concerning you. |
| It’ll be hard to get started: you feel
embarrassed, you don’t know what to say, the whole thing seems silly & pointless,
and so on ... Just do it! |
| Keep the tape running for the ten minutes
& say whatever you can. |
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| Get below
the surface |
| Stop the tape, rewind it, play through what
you’ve recorded. You’re the only listener, so it doesn’t matter if some of
it sounds a bit silly. |
| As soon as it stops, press
"Record" and start talking about things you might be able to do so as to move
forward. |
| Record at least another ten minutes of this. |
| Stop & rewind the tape but don’t
listen to it for at least a week. |
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| Make it
happen |
| After at least a week, listen to the tape,
then rewind it to the start and talk for as long as necessary about what you’re now
going to do. |
| Rewind & listen to this last recording. |
| Rewind again & fulfil your promise by
wiping the tape. |
| Get on with what you’ve now
planned to do |
Good luck! |
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