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Article #461: Framing The Big Picture

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The most powerful concept in persuasion even be slightly overrated. AND yet, they
is framing. When we look at the overall, are fair to their employees even
big picture we can see most everything we providing part time workers with health
do and say as a frame. When I suggest insurance. They buy their product from
examples based on religion and politics, sustainable coffee growers in 'third
I'm not (NOT!!) endorsing one side or world' (another frame) countries. They
another. I'm simply showing where our also have a delicious organic iced decaf
blind spots exist, where we have holes in mocha.
our arguments. if you have a belief that It's possible all of these statements are
you fervently or fanatically believe in, true at once. Maybe it doesn't matter a
you might just be blind to the other side lick to you either way. But they are
of the issue. beliefs and as a result, they are frames.
When we talk about the pro-life You can do this with everything. Try
pro-choice debate, the other side, no health care providers, for example. They
matter which side you're on, is are 'miracle workers', they're caring,
absolutely wrong. No ifs, ands, or buts. nurturing, overpaid, shills for big
The other side is NEVER going to accept pharmaceutical and insurance companies.
your point of view. It's just not an Your beliefs may include none of these
option. There are some that are so descriptions. At the very least, you can
certain that this is not a "choice" but see that each statement is a frame. We've
murder. Others believe it's not a frame all had good and bad experiences with
at all, but an elimination of a woman's health care providers and these
choice to have freedom over her body. experiences necessarily color the way you
There is no in between, no gray area for view the profession. If your first memory
either side. was of being ill and having to be
I have absolutely no interest in changing hospitalized, then that would have an
your deeply held beliefs, but my goal is enormous imprint on a fear of hospitals.
to simply point out that all of these At the same time, the procedure may have
beliefs, ultimately, are different saved your life. This might not help
frames. adjust your frame because the negative
The ability to reframe is to tell our experience of illness and pain, would be
truth, life the way we see it. It overshadowed by the positive experience
requires us to repeat things deeply of being alive. Only through multiple
carving neuro pathways that show us what positive experiences would that change
to think in any given situation, with any the neuro pathways that make you fear
given group or idea, in any setting. health care providers/hospitals.
Without naming names, think of the major It is my hope that in repeating the
coffee chain, the one that's taking over importance of frames, some of you may
the world. They're responsible for begin to view the whole world as a series
putting little mom and pop cafes out of of frames.
business. They charge A LOT. They may






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