21. The Rational-Emotive-Behavior Model
Concept
Our conscious and semi-conscious VABEs shape our Level One behavior. One person likes blue, another likes red and that shapes their choices. One child was taught that children are to be seen and not heard while another child was taught to speak up freely—and that shapes their Level One behavior. These and a thousand other comparisons make up one person’s deep Level Three elephant, the criteria by which they make visible decisions. If to speak. When to speak. What to say. How to say it. What to do. How to do it.
For those of you who like mathematics, this is an insight into human behavior. In essence, Albert Ellis’s theory (A Guide to Rational Living) and the variations therefrom give us an equation ...
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