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A Principled Way to Share Expertise

A Principled Way to Share Expertise

by Pascal Gambardella, Ph.D. | Feb 7, 2021 | Modeling, Neuro-Semantics, Writing

I am searching for “principles” to use when explaining how to model. I want to distill them from my experience modeling with many disciplines. Some principles, I suspect, are out of my conscious awareness. My actions reflect my principles. How do I uncover these...
Only the Young Can Be Creative

Only the Young Can Be Creative

by Pascal Gambardella, Ph.D. | Nov 23, 2020 | Creativity, Innovation, Modeling, Neuro-Semantics

You overhear Sam, a man in his mid-forties, say to a much younger man: “Only the young can be creative.” Einstein said something similar: Anything truly novel is invented only during one’s youth. Later one becomes more experienced, more famous – and more...
Side-Stepping Violence

Side-Stepping Violence

by Pascal Gambardella, Ph.D. | Aug 31, 2020 | Managing States, Martial Arts, Neuro-Semantics, NLP

I was never very tall, even as a kid. When I was in 8th grade, I had to go to a middle school for three months before beginning high school. One day I was in a music class. Being shy, I sat near the back of the room, which was like a miniature auditorium with stadium...
Thinking about Deception

Thinking about Deception

by Pascal Gambardella, Ph.D. | Jun 9, 2020 | Managing States, Modeling, Neuro-Semantics, NLP

“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” ― Noel Langley, the Wizard of Oz Someone called my 90-year-old mother-in-law claiming to be her grandson.  He wanted her to wire him some money. The need for senior citizens to protect themselves against scammers is a...
The Dark Side of Expertise

The Dark Side of Expertise

by Pascal Gambardella, Ph.D. | Sep 9, 2019 | Martial Arts, Neuro-Semantics

“… science in general can be considered a technique with which fallible men try to outwit their own human propensities to fear the truth, to avoid it, to distort it.” Abraham Maslow, 1966 Expertise has two dark sides. The first is what others think of experts. Many...
When You See a Fork in the Road, Take It!

When You See a Fork in the Road, Take It!

by Pascal Gambardella, Ph.D. | Mar 4, 2019 | Modeling, Neuro-Semantics

People use quotes in books to illustrate a point. I use them in my trainings. People perk up when you show them a quote. Especially, when I ask: “Would anyone like to learn how to figure out the person behind the quote?” One way is to uncover the person’s...
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Recent Posts

  • A Principled Way to Share Expertise February 7, 2021
  • Only the Young Can Be Creative November 23, 2020
  • Side-Stepping Violence August 31, 2020
  • Thinking about Deception June 9, 2020
  • A Storyteller’s Tale February 21, 2020

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