Thursday, October 13, 2005

Mind Tweak

It is absolutely impossible for you to change someone else's mind.

The process of thought is the ultimate solo flight. You are in your mind alone (hopefully).

You can alter someone's actions but the impetus to change those actions comes from within the person performing them.

You can argue, cajole, threaten, confuse, instruct, plead. But the only actual change comes when that person takes all of the input of their lives and convinces themself to think another way.

Thought change is result of processing. All you can do is provide people with all the tools they need (plus argue, cajole, threaten, confuse, instruct, plead) and let it happen.

You can't hold someone accountable to their thoughts.

Actions, however, are a different story....