From Modal Operators to Modal Conclusions
During Michael Hall's recent training on "Your Secret Meta-State Thinking," one idea kept pulling at my attention. Michael showed how modal operators - can, can't, must, should, have to, get to, could, might, will - operate at a meta-level. "I have to learn" and "I get to learn" may refer to the sam
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FROM MODAL OPERATORS
TO MODAL CONCLUSIONS
When "I Can't" Becomes the Frame That Stops the Search
During Michael Hall's recent training on "Your Secret Meta-State Thinking," one idea kept pulling at my attention. Michael showed how modal operators - can, can't, must, should, have to, get to, could, might, will - operate at a meta-level. "I have to learn" and "I get to learn" may refer to the same behavior, yet create very different experiences. Each sets a frame and changes the mental movie through which we anticipate the action. Michael suggested that, if he renamed the subject, he might call it modulation thinking. That raised a question I could not put down:
· What happens before the modal operator becomes the frame?
