STUDY BOOK The power of language and actions, the basis for

COACHING: El poder del lenguaje y las acciones

The way we relate them to each other and according to the type of language games with which we operate in it.

FABLE OF THE POWER OF THE WORD

A group of frogs were travelling through the forest and suddenly two of them fell into a deep hole. The frogs gathered around the hole.

When they saw how deep it was, they told the two frogs at the bottom that for all practical purposes, they were as good as dead. The two frogs paid no heed to their friends' comments and kept trying with all their might to jump out of the hole. The other frogs kept insisting that their efforts would be futile. Finally, one of the frogs paid attention to what the others were saying and gave up, collapsed and died. The other frog continued to jump as hard as he could. Once again, the crowd of frogs shouted at it to stop suffering and just get ready to die. But the frog jumped harder and harder until he finally climbed out of the hole. When he came out, the other frogs asked him, "Didn't you hear what we were saying?"

The frog explained that she was deaf. She thought the others were encouraging her to make an effort to get out of the hole.

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