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The Power of Language

 

Hello beautiful people, Lou Corleto here with a few inspired thoughts that occurred from some experiences over the past couple of days. 

Specifically, the 'power of language' for influence; influencing ourselves right? For or against, and influencing others, again for or against. The power of language.

So yesterday, I was at a local university, an institution of higher learning. And the young gentleman who's matriculated at the university was helping me and I asked him for a pen. And he turned around and started looking for the pen as he apparently forgot where you put it.

But listen to his dialogue. "Oh, stupid me, where did they put the pen? Stupid me".

And then later in the conversation, I asked him a question. And he said, "Well, I don't know anything about that. I'm a biology major. That's all I really know. And I don't know anything about chemistry. And I don't know anything about this and this, etc".

Listen to his use of the 'power of language' against himself; dummy,...

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