{"id":33906,"date":"2022-08-30T00:02:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/?p=33906&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-08-30T00:35:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:35:09","slug":"the-story-of-the-hammer-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/the-story-of-the-hammer-1969\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The story of the hammer (PAUL WATZLAWICK)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man wants to hang a painting. He has the nail, but not the hammer. Therefore it occurs to him to go over to the neighbor and ask him to lend him his hammer. But at this point, doubt sets in.<\/p>\n<p>What if he doesn\u2019t want to lend me the hammer? Yesterday he barely spoke to me. Maybe he was in a hurry. or, perhaps, he holds something against me. But why? I didn\u2019t do anything to him. If he would ask me to lend him something, I would, at once. How can he refuse to lend me his hammer? People like him make other people\u2019s life miserable. Worst, he thinks that I need him because he has a hammer. This has got to stop! And suddenly the guy runs to the neighbor\u2019s door, rings, and before letting him say anything, he screams: \u201cYou can keep your hammer, you bastard!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><b>The situation is hopeless, but not serious (the pursuit of unhappiness)<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Paul Watzlawick<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man wants to hang a painting. He has the nail, but not the hammer. Therefore it occurs to him to go over to the neighbor and ask him to lend him his hammer. But at this point, doubt sets in. 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