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Re: Why Do You Suppose

From: Scott Palasik
Date: 18 Oct 2012
Time: 07:53:16 -0500
Remote Name: 130.101.20.195

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Pam! Nice to talk with you. It has been too long! How is Albany? I should be getting out there for the holidays. As for your question. I have to say, the first thing that came to mind was sports examples. Now, I'm not a Yankee fan, however I can use one of them as an example. Right now Alex Rodriquez is having a terrible slump in the playoffs. He, historically, has had challenges in the playoffs throughout his career. Here is a guy who has had one on of the best bats in baseball and yet something happens at the end of the season. What has changed? More pressure? Perhaps. More cognitive behaviors? Perhaps. Think about what you just told us (which was a great description by the by). You said you were having a few repetitions, starting thinking about it more, had some blocks, got frustrated, verbally said something "geez", and become frustrated. Now if we went back to those moments, how many thoughts could you write down that all occurred during this conversation? How many of those thoughts were in line with you being a "confident" person? How many thoughts were in line with you being a "well-adjusted person"? My guess, is not many were in-line with those values of being “confident” and “well-adjusted”. Thus creating a conflict which could (could) have created a disturbance in external behaviors of speech. It’s funny, I was just thinking about this on Saturday. I gave two presentations in LA and during one of them I probably produced some of the most relaxed and flowing speech I have ever had IN MY LIFE. This was in front of a 100 or more people I didn’t know. Yet during one-on-one conversations, just minutes later, my speech was full of stuttering behaviors (and thoughts). I compared the two and realized when I was thinking more about my speech and thoughts related to my speech, it broke down more. When I was thinking about my presentation I didn’t have as many overall conscious thoughts and produced a more flowing and relaxed production. It amazes me the power of the language we develop in our minds. Of course, these are just thoughts and ideas. Pam, what a great question you asked! Wonderful, wonderful! There are many potential answers. I loved what Lynne wrote! Good stuff! With compassion and kindness, Scott


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