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  The Miniscript
  by Taibi Kahler, Ph. D. with Hedges Kepler, LHD. *)

Vol. 4, 2001

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THE MINISCRIPT CHART

  Compliance (Inner Feelings) Important Behavior
  Physical Psychological:Internal Discount* Words Tones Gestures Posture Facial Expressions
Drivers:              
1. Be perfect tense "you should do better "of course"

"obviously"

"efficacious"

"clearly"

"I think"

clipped

righteous

counting on fingers

cocked wrist

scratching head

erect rigid stern
2. Try hard tight stomach

tense shoulders

"You've got to try harder" It's hard"

"I can't"

"I'll try"

I don't know"

impatient clenched, moving fists sitting forward

elbows on legs

slight frown

perplexed look

3. Please me tight stomach "You're not good enough "you know"

"could you"

"can you"

"kinda"

high whine hands head raised eyebrows

looks away

4. Hurry up antsy "you'll never get it done" "we've got to hustle"

"let's go"

up & down squirms

taps fingers

move quickly frowning

eyes shifty

5. Be strong numb

rigid

"you can't let them know you're week" "no comment"

"I don't care"

hard monotone hands rigid

arms folded

rigid one leg over plastic

hard

cold

Stoppers:              
Vengeful Child:              
Final Miniscript Payoff:              

*Suggested by John Kesterson

Copyright © Taibi Kahler, all rights reserved.

This chart was originally published in The Miniscript, Transactional Analysis Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, January 1974, pp. 27-42.

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