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If the client does not seem to agree, than change track:
“But that’s more to do with your potential, rather than with your
actual current situation. You may have channeled your energy into
working with your hands. Does this make sense to you?”
Statistics are useful in other domains as well:
Examples:
Health:
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Allergies are more common now than a generation ago.
Most tall, slim people, at one point or another suffer from
low back ache
Many people transit through periods of low energy,
fatigue, even depression.
Heart and lung problems are frequent in elder people.
Names:
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Each period has its own choice of popular names.
Hobbies:
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Elder people often play cards
Many women love reading detective stories
The Trivial Statistical Fact
This is a statement about trivial domestic and personal
details.
Example of formulation:
“I sense a hint of a materialistic nature here, suggesting that you
are the kind of person who makes clear distinctions between
things that are important, and things that aren’t.
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