THE POWER THAT DRIVES “MODAL OPERATORS” —> META-STATES
During my early NLP training, I realized the awesome power of the language pattern that we call Modal Operators and how they affect our perception and behavior. Indeed, in the development of our beliefs, these Modal Operators formulate the very maps we use to navigate the territory. They do that by determining the “boundaries” of our belief systems. They do that by creating the linguistic structures which prescribe our mode of operation (i.e., our modus operandi).
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During my early NLP training, I realized the awesome power of the language pattern that we call Modal Operators and how they affect our perception and behavior. Indeed, in the development of our beliefs, these Modal Operators formulate the very maps we use to navigate the territory. They do that by determining the “boundaries” of our belief systems. They do that by creating the linguistic structures which prescribe our mode of operation (i.e., our modus operandi).
In the Meta-Model, we classify such words under the category of Modal Operators. These refer to our modus operandi or style of moving through the world. In so conceptualizing the world, we also imply our ideas about the nature of the world that we live in.
In classic NLP, we have the Modal Operators of necessity which consist of those terms of necessity such as, “have to, must, should, ought, got to” etc. When we talk this way, we map out a world of force, pressure, law, obligation, etc. We then develop Modal Operators that involve a feeling of necessity. "I have to go to work." "I must clean this house." "I ought to write her a note."
