Sleight Of Mouth By Robert Dilts -
This story illustrates the core of Dilts’ work: we don't change the world; we change the we use to navigate it. By shifting the linguistic frame, we unlock new choices that were previously invisible.
Once, a master blacksmith was teaching his apprentice how to craft a legendary sword. The apprentice, frustrated after hours of hammering, threw his tools down and sighed, Sleight of Mouth by Robert Dilts
"If you look only at this afternoon, it feels like a struggle. But if you look at the thirty years a warrior will carry this blade, today is just a brief, necessary conversation between the hammer and the steel." This story illustrates the core of Dilts’ work: