Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Verbal Vomit

The problem came to my attention plenty of times from my wife saying that I speak to in a way that makes her go crazy. In my head I just thought I had  made a point, but as time goes on and I started to watch and hear myself and it started to get clearer. I sounded kind of conceited, but that's not what I had intended. See I have a gift for seeing situations from a different angle and perspective. Usually these unique angles come true so I began stopping second guessing myself going with my first instinct. Now, as great as a gift this may be it goes really has the potential to go wrong when verbal vomit arises.What happens is I spit out everything in my head at once, and truth be told everyone is not ready to hear all of it at once! Here is where my experiment comes to fruition.

Experiment: Begining with one week to a month, posting to you everyday
1 Only speak when spoken to.
2. When I must speak has to be in a form of a question, no statements.


Both of these rules force me listen and elaborate only on topics that the client is ready to here. The goal here is to acclimate them to my thought process and not scare them off with loads of information.

Day One: As a massage therapist I have spent a great deal of time in my head planning for for the future. Problem with this is that all my thoughts hit me like a ton of bricks. I had three sessions  today which went great therapy wise, but when it came to keeping my mind in check it was so damn hard to quiet my brain and speak with my hands. The toughest part of me bettering my self is allowing my self the time to slow down and present my information with a clear present direction.

     So when is the right time to tell someone the answer their questions? Do I tell them as I move through my protocol, or do I wait till the end of it treatment and illuminate the changes in their body from the beginning to the end? Can I do it in a question form so that person understands what is going on better because he figured it out. That is what this is about folks I feel I am a power robber instead of helping people figure things out I just vomit it out at them. People learn ten times better when the experience it, if it is handed to them they are more likely to let it fall or forget it.

Any suggestions for day Two?

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