MENTAL MODEL · M12447

Dilts' Logical Levels

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INTRODUCTION

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CORE DEFINITION

Robert Dilts proposed a six-level pyramid, read from the bottom: environment, where and when; behavior, what you do; capability, how you do it; beliefs and values, why; identity, who you are; and mission or vision, for whom. Its core claim is that each level organizes and drives the ones beneath it, so the layer where a problem is visible is often not the layer where the problem was born.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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- Locate the layer: place the symptom on the level where it actually appears. - Climb to the cause: move upward until you find the level that is driving it. - Intervene up high: change beliefs or identity rather than nagging at behavior.

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The levels are ordered so that each one organizes what happens below it. A belief shapes which capabilities a person develops, which in turn shape behavior, which is why correcting behavior alone leaves the upper-level driver untouched.

MINIMUM ACTION

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Practice this model in one real situation:

Describe the problem and place it on the lowest level it clearly belongs to. 2. Move up the pyramid one level at a time, asking what that level contributes. 3. Stop at the level where the real driver sits. 4. Design an intervention at that higher level.

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