Saturday, 26 January 2008
Infinite Underpants
| I was doing some research for a client this morning when I found this brilliant article by Beth Banning and Neill Gibson on how to change your thoughts away from negative emotion laden words (like money) and towards more positive, fun strategies. Their theory goes whenever you hear the word money (and feel yourself closing up inside) - replace the word with the most ridiculous word you can think of. In their article they used the word underpants. Here's a few examples they gave to get you started ...
This is one I think the kids can happily join in on (and of course your team members). You can of course change the concept to apply to pretty much anything that is causing stress in your workplace.In Queensland many local council employees are finding the council amalgamations quite challenging at present. They could easily change the words "council amalgamations" to something silly in their team like "baggy blue trousers" or "bottom burps". This could lead to conversations such as "I wonder if any of our work colleagues will lose their jobs because of bottom burps". It certainly takes the sting out the topic - reduces stress and gives a chance to deal with the issue without emotional baggage. Until next timeIngrid Cliff Labels: infinite underpants, law of attraction, positive thinking, thoughts creating things |
Love it! Can you imagine... I cannot buy that because I do not have enough bottom burps in my bank account. LOL! Definitely takes the sting out of it.