Seriously Funny - Part II

Contd from Part I...

NLP Presupposition 9: We process all information through our senses

Developing your senses so they become more acute gives you better information and helps you think more clearly. In fact all learning is really just gaining sensory acuity, which allows you to make better decisions.

In relation to that, presenting George Carlin's Quote 9 : 
Swimming is not a sport. Swimming is a way to keep from drowning. That’s just common sense!

NLP Presupposition 10: Modeling successful performance leads to excellence

If one person can do something it is possible to model it and teach it to others. If it is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach. When you model people who are successful at something that you’d like to be successful at, you are literally taking the short cut. One of the best things you can do for someone who is struggling in an area, is get them hooked up with people who AREN’T struggling in that area.

In relation to that, presenting George Carlin's Quote 10 : 
"If your kid needs a role model and you ain't it, you're both f*%$ed"

NLP Presupposition 11: If you want to understand – Act

The learning is in the doing. Through action is the only way true learning occurs. Watching as a 3rd party, you will never learn or understand the depths.

In relation to that, presenting George Carlin's Quote 11 :

“I am” is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that “I do” is the longest sentence?"

NLP Presupposition 12: There is no failure, only feedback

This is my personal favorite. Every action, every thought is a cause set in motion. There will be an effect that will result from that cause. Cause and effect. When the effects you experience in life aren’t what you desire, it is only feedback to change the causes that created those effects. If you learn, you win.

In relation to that, presenting George Carlin's Quote 12 : 
"One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor."

NLP Presupposition 13: A person is not his or her behavior

This is a presupposing of compassion. So often we judge and label people based on behaviors we observe. The reality is we all do stupid things. Most of those judgments and labels we make toward people lack the proper context anyhow. Remember, actions don’t always self-represent. This is true for you and everyone else as well.

A belief I have is there is eternal goodness within all people. There is spirit/consciousness. People’s spirit/consciousness, sadly, isn’t always running the show. A lot of times people are acting through ego. This includes me. However, when you realize this, you can start to see people through a lens of compassion. Does “forgive them for they know not what they do” ring a bell?

In relation to that, presenting George Carlin's Quote 13 : 

“Some people see things that are and ask, Why?

Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not?

Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.”

NLP Presupposition 14: You can’t not communicate

Even if you’re attempting to not speak, you’re communicating. Everything we do, every way we act, everything we say or don’t say, is communicating. You can’t not communicate.

In relation to that, presenting George Carlin's Quote 14 :
 “The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.”

NLP Presupposition 15: You can’t not think about what you don’t want to think about without thinking about it

Don’t think of the color purple. In order to understand that command, you must think of the color purple. How does this apply to our lives? Simple, negative habits, negative thoughts, negative actions, must be replaced and upgraded not ‘overcome.’ When a person is attempting to not thinking about something, the battle has already been lost. If you’re trying to not overeat and you keep trying to not think about the company candy that sits at the end your work kitchen table, it’s only a matter of time until your willpower will run dry. So how do we overcome situations like this? Setting standards and creating habits where the thought to eat junk food never enters your mind (well at least not at work).

In relation to that, presenting George Carlin's Quote 15:
"When you think about it, attention-deficit order makes a lot of sense. In this country there isn’t a lot worth paying attention to"

That brings us to the end of 15 gems of NLP presuppositions peppered with George Carlin's humorous quotes. In life as well, its good to strike a balance between the serious and the funny because at the end of it all we should not take ourselves too seriously because the crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow as H G Wells rightly quoted.

And finally as George Carlin himself puts it....

“We're so self-important. So arrogant. Everybody's going to save something now. Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save the snails. And the supreme arrogance? Save the planet! Are these people kidding? Save the planet? We don't even know how to take care of ourselves; we haven't learned how to care for one another. We're gonna save the fuckin' planet? . . . And, by the way, there's nothing wrong with the planet in the first place. The planet is fine. The people are fucked! Compared with the people, the planet is doin' great. It's been here over four billion years . . . The planet isn't goin' anywhere, folks. We are! We're goin' away. Pack your shit, we're goin' away. And we won't leave much of a trace. Thank God for that. Nothing left. Maybe a little Styrofoam. The planet will be here, and we'll be gone. Another failed mutation; another closed-end biological mistake.”

― George Carlin