Source: Robert Dilts

This is a process that can help you clarify and strengthen your belief in your learning capabilities and development of internal resources that are needed for you to pursuit and achieve worthwhile desired outcomes. An internal resource can be any trait or skill, such as: patience, creativity, memorization, negotiation, extrorevtism, public speaking, analyzing data, etc.

Step 1: State the desired internal resource in one sentence. #

Below we refer to this description of the internal resource as X (therefor, replace X with your statement).

Step 2: Say “X, because…” - answer: Why is this internal resource important to you? #

Step 3: Say “X, and as a result…” - answer: What is the effect of successfully acquiring the internal resource? #

Step 4: Say “X, after…” - answer: What must happen before this internal resource is fully integrated? #

Step 5: Say “X, while. #

.” - answer: What is happening in sync with the development of the internal resource?

Step 6: Say “X, whenever…” - answer: In what contexts is this internal resource essential? #

Step 7: Say “X, so that…” - answer: What is the intention behind desiring this specific internal resource? #

Step 8: Say “X, if / in case…” - answer: What constraints does this internal resource present? #

In which conditions and situations?

Step 9: Say “X, or else…” - answer: What are the alternative options, both positive and negative, to this internal resource? #

Step 10: Say “X, just as with…” - answer: What prior evidence, small or big, do I have to further enhance my belief in being able to learn, acquire and integrate the internal resource? #