I know several motivational speakers who take audiences through
something generally called "The Dickens Process" in which audiences /
delegates are taken in thir mind to their point of death, having not
achieved what they wanted to in thir lives. The facilitator emphasises
the failure and regret and then brings people back to the present day
- the whole exercise designed as a very powerrful process to give
people leverage to take action.

My question is this - is this process in the public domain, and how
can I access sample srcipts for this, and perhaps other guided
visualisation processes, that as a Coach I can use to help others?

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Request for Question Clarification by czh-ga on 19 Dec 2004 13:30 PST

Hello dtnl42-ga,

I've done some preliminary research and I believe that finding the
specific script used by various workshop vendors for the "Dickens
Process" will be extremely difficult. Is this the only script that
will meet your needs?  The last part of your question seems to imply
that you're really interested in finding a variety of guided
visualization scripts to help enhance your Coaching practice. I'm
confident that I could locate a variety of resources to help you with
this aspect of your question. Will this be sufficient?

If yes, please tell me more about your Coaching practice. Who are your
clients? What kinds of issues are they bringing to you? Do you have
specialty areas? Do you want to use guided imagery one-on-one or in
workshops? The more you can tell me about your situation, the more
likely I will be able to get you what you need.

I look forward to your clarification.

~ czh ~

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Clarification of Question by dtnl42-ga on 19 Dec 2004 23:53 PST

Hi czh-ga 

I am a coach and have been doing Guided Visualisations for years -
with business leaders with huge success. I am trained in NLP (Master),
and a hypnotherapist and Timeline therapist.

I want to introduce Dickens and now feel I am ready (I have been
coaching at CEO level for five years across the world) however this is
such dynamite I want to get the script absolutely perfect.

In fact, ideally I would find a script-writer who would write a
"Dickens" from scratch - perhaps we need to discuss this? I don't know
how we contact each other through Google - exchange e-mails addresses
etc. - what do you think?

Thx

dtnl42

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Request for Question Clarification by czh-ga on 20 Dec 2004 10:31 PST

Hello again dtnl42-ga,

Thank you for the clarification. It definitely helps me and other
Researchers get a better understanding of what you're looking for. My
schedule does not permit me working on this right now so I'm leaving
your question unlocked so that other Researchers have the opportunity
to see if they can answer it.

Please note: All communication on Google Answers between you, the
Customer, and the Researchers providing answers is done in public on
this site. Researcher names are "clickable" (like mine) while fellow
customers can also comment (as gfmaster-ga has done). You will not be
charged beyond the 50 cent listing price until a formal answer is
posted in the Answer box.

Since your question is fairly high priced I'm sure other Researchers
will take a look at it.

Best wishes for your coaching practice.

~ czh ~

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Clarification of Question by dtnl42-ga on 21 Dec 2004 00:39 PST

If there are any researcher's out there who would be happy to develop
a tailored "Dickens" (for payment) please let me know

dtnl42

dtnl42,
I believe ?The Dickens Process? may have originated from a
motivational speaker by the name of Keith Ellis. In his book ?The
Magic Lamp? (1), published in 1998 he likens a personal experience to
Charles Dickens character ?Scrooge? (from the story ?A Christmas
Carol?). From his website (2) he says:

?When I was a senior in college, I decided that I was going to become
a writer. But for the next dozen years I barely wrote a thing. One
afternoon while I was sitting at my desk daydreaming, I had one of
those life-changing revelations that comes out of nowhere and takes a
baseball bat to the side of your head:

?If you had decided to write a couple of sentences a day twelve years
ago, by now you would have completed half-a-dozen books.?

I was stunned. In a single pathetic moment I realized just how much
time I had wasted, and how easily I could have prevented it. It was as
if twelve years of my life had just floated by without me, while I
stood on the shore and watched. All because I didn't have the brains
to write a couple of sentences a day. What kind of an idiot was I?

Before I could answer that, a new thought presented itself, shining
like a sunbeam punching it's way through a thundercloud:

?You're missing the point. This is a wake-up call, not Judgment Day.?
 
Suddenly, I got it. I finally understood what the world was trying to
beat into my head. The purpose of being alive is not to grieve over a
wasted past, but to make certain you don't waste the future. I had
been shown failure so that I could learn from it and turn it into
success. All I had to do was to write a couple of sentences a day from
that point on, and my dreams of being a writer would come true.

Hallelujah! I had been handed one of the great secrets of the
universe. I was delighted, elated, and overjoyed. I was also
terrified. What if I couldn't change? What if I couldn't muster even
the minimal effort necessary to write a sentence or two a day? I'd
never been able to do it before; what made me I think I could do it
now?
As if on cue, my thoughts leaped twelve years into the future. There I
could see myself wringing my hands in frustration because I still
hadn't written a thing. I was miserable, a wretched failure, accused
and tormented by regret. I knew I would remain a failure until my
dying day. I knew I would live without joy, without reward, without
happiness, without...

That did it. I'd had enough. I was a changed man. As surely as I knew
my own name, I knew I would never let that kind of future take place.
Like Scrooge on Christmas morning, I had seen the Ghost of Things Yet
To Come, and he had scared the daylights out of me. I had been given a
second chance, and I would make the most of it. I knew that the next
twelve years would see a very different me from the twelve years just
passed.

And they did. I became a writer, just as I had hoped. More
importantly, I learned one of the most important lessons of my life:
We are all wise in hindsight; the secret to making our dreams come
true is to turn hindsight into foresight.

So use your past to empower your future. Begin today what you regret
not having done yesterday, and you will avoid that regret tomorrow.
Just ask Mr. Scrooge.?

Putting my conjecture aside, it is irrelevant whether the process is
in ?the public domain? or not. An idea in and of itself is not subject
to copyright however its expression is. You are free to purchase the
book, read it and then author (i.e. create in a literary sense, with
due effort shown to meet copyright guidelines (3)) a script
encompassing the talked about ideas (attributing the source is
appropriate, but not legally necessary).

As my time is limited at the moment, the other parts of your question
I leave open (RESEARCHERS & COMMENTORS WELCOME), but I intend to
return and address the outstanding items (excluding ?other guided
visualisation processes? which is to broad a subject, unless
references arise from my specified research outline).

P.S. Mr Ellis may (through his website) be able to provide you with
necessary themed scripts from his seminars, when you explain how much
you loved his book and how poorly they pay a coach such as you, in
such a small school. Compliments and asking nicely is both polite and
free, so I would suggest an email (can get address from website
below).
 
References:
(1) http://isbn.nu/060980166X
Note that if hyperlink fails (because of X) please manually enter site
(http://isbn.nu) select ISBN and manually type 060980166X (for a
listing of publishing details and linked retailers of the book).
(2) http://www.keithellis.com/bootstraps1.4.html
(3) Included for other commenter who wish to ensure copyright
guidelines are followed.

Kind regards,
gfmaster

Hello dtnl42-ga,

Since the "Dickens Process" is used in proprietary seminars and
workshops I doubt that it would be available in the public domain from
these workshop vendors. It is fairly easy to write a script for a
guided visualization to help review your life. It might be easier for
you to write your own. The most challenging issue is what you do with
the material that comes up for the participants. You say you're a
Coach and want to use guided visualizations in your practice. It might
be easier for a Researcher to find a class or workshop that will teach
you how to develop and use your own guided visualizations.

Good luck.

~ czh ~

http://www.anthonyrobbins.com/community/showthread.php?s=5b484efa1669507e5a8b9dce0d3e348f&postid=95380
The Dickens process is actually done during UPW on Sunday afternoon
not at DWD. It is a very powerful process and people have changed
there lives because of this. I have participated in two Dickens and
was on crew for 10 others.

dtnl42,
With my previous comment made (email Keith Ellis and ask) you will
find a wealth of material at http://www.keithellis.com/bootarchv.html
that is basically already in script form, or easily convertible to
such.

I remain confident that ?The Dickens Process? is sourced from this man
(i.e. the name, not necessarily the concepts) but feel the process
(described as ?delegates are taken in their mind to their point of
death?) has been enlarged upon by others.

As your question emphasises ?visualisations? (with which Mr Ellis
agrees with, but from my reading, only as part of a larger process) it
is necessary for me to complete further research, centred on
visualisation techniques and (reluctantly) others using such.

The remainder of this post may be viewed at you discretion (excepting
reference 4, as it acknowledges the materials he bases his work upon
and may be of use, in reaching your goal) concentrating on the
bibliographical aspects of the motivator?s life, with additional
references.

From http://www.keithellis.com/author.html

?Keith Ellis is a nationally known speaker, author, columnist, and
management consultant whose unique insights about leadership, goal
setting, communication, and time management have made him a guest on
talk shows across the country.

For twenty-five years, he has studied the art and science of human
achievement. After graduating magna cum laude (1) from Georgetown
University, he became a record-breaking salesperson in the computer
industry (2), then worked his way into senior management. In the
process, he devoured every book, magazine, and audio tape he could
find about success and human potential, and attended the leading
seminars and lectures.

At the age of 28 (3), Mr. Ellis became the Chief Marketing Officer for
a multimillion-dollar computer company. At 34, he became President of
his own training company, where he created the nationally acclaimed
management training seminar, ?The Science of Persuasion: How to
Maximize Your Influence Without Minimizing Your Integrity?. Today, he
is President of Keith Ellis Seminars, a firm that specializes in
training and consulting on state-of-the-art strategies for peak
performance.

Mr. Ellis is the author of an exciting new book called ?The Magic
Lamp: Goal Setting for People Who Hate Setting Goals?(4). He is also
the author of BOOTSTRAPS the first monthly column on the World Wide
Web devoted to self-help and self-improvement. His unique Web site is
visited 35,000 times a month from around the world.
 
For his pioneering writing, teaching, consulting, and leadership in
the field of peak performance for people and organizations, Mr. Ellis
has been listed in both ?Who's Who In American Business? and ?Who's
Who In Media and Communications.?

Notes
(1) ?Top Ten %?3.64(on the 4.00scale)?
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/registrar/honors.html
(2) ?Blueridge Technologies?Vice President? as at 1996 (now trading as
Mindwrap Inc (http://www.mindwrap.com/news/annotations.html)).
Cross-reference with ?comments about Keith Ellis?,
http://www.keithellis.com/speaking.comments.html
? ?In 1990, I drove all the way from the Blue Ridge Mountains of
Virginia to Boston, Massachusetts, to see Keith Ellis speak. He is the
best person in front of a group I have ever seen?bar none. If you have
an opportunity to book Keith Ellis as a speaker, I strongly recommend
that you do so.?
?Craig Landrum, Co-founder and Chief Technologist, Blueridge Technologies?
This statement strongly implies that Blueridge Technologies was the
company that Mr Ellis had worked for.
(Commenter Note: Mr Landrum?s comments are stated in a manner that
implies that no relationship had existed between Mr Ellis and himself.
If this is correct what value can be applied to the other
recommendations?)
(3) Born in 1953
Library of Congress Search
http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=ellis+keith&Search_Code=NAME_&PID=7542&CNT=25&BROWSE=3&HC=2&SID=3
(4)?In writing The Magic Lamp, I've borrowed freely from dozens of
books and tapes I've come across during the past two decades?
http://www.keithellis.com/resource.html
(Commentors Note: Acknowledgment made to a large list of sources. What
came first the chicken or the egg?)

Other References:
*http://isbn.nu/0964545306
The Magic Lamp: How to Make Certain Your Wishes Come True, published 1995 
(Commenter Note: Interesting that this book was published prior to the
one in the previous post, but is not mentioned in Mr Ellis?s website?
I assume it is an earlier title of the latter work ?The Magic Lamp:
Goal Setting for People who Hate Setting Goals?).
*Scripting attributed to Keith Ellis but not confirmed
http://groups.google.com.au/groups?q=%22keith+ellis%22&hl=en&lr=&scoring=r&selm=3969BBBA.57D7%40bellsouth.net&rnum=3

Kind regards,
gfmaster

dtnl42,
As my last post was prepared prior to researcher ?czh? unlocking your
question I sent it anyway.

The term ?dynamite? can certainly be applied to your intentions and I
choose to withdraw my offer of further assistance, in light of your
clarifying answer posted 19 Dec 2004 at 23:53 PST.

Kind regards,
gfmaster