NLP through stories – Story 8
The barber in a shop had the habit of demonstrating an event to his customers.
From the house opposite to his shop the barber would call a school going boy and ask him, “my boy see on my left palm I have two coins (1 rupee coin) & on the right palm one coin (5 rupee coin). You can take those coins which has more value?”
The boy invariably was choosing 2 one rupee coins.
The barber would ask immediately why he chose that way.
The boy would say “two has more value than one”; so saying he would grab the two one rupee coins and run away.
The barber then would ridicule, “these days boys don’t have enough brains”
While this was a regular affair, one day one of the customers later met the boy and wanted to educate him to take 5 rupee coin than just 2 one rupee coin.
The boy in a hushed tone said,”Promise me you will not reveal to the barber what I am going to say now”;
there upon the customer promised and the boy said,
“Even though I know one 5 rupee coin has more value than 2 one rupee coins;
still I choose because so long as I demonstrate I am ignorant I will keep getting 2 rupees;
the day I prove my intelligence I will stop getting money”
One of the NLP principles is
“People make the best choice available to them”
The choice may not be appropriate according to your understanding
and you may criticize the same;
whereas if you sit with them to understand, you will come to know their wisdom
in choosing a particular behavior or coming to a particular decision.
Like Stephen Covey says “Seek first to understand; then be understood”
Always respect people’s choice.
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