SCORE Model: What to Collect Information About

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Like any model, SCORE has its own area of application - it is good for collecting information in the context of change. For example, you don't like your job and want to do something about it. Or the company has found itself in a difficult situation and somehow wants to get out of it (a difficult situation). I want to buy a new car, but I’m not going to do it. I have a relationship with this person, well, not that a relationship, well ... I would have to sort it out. I want to make my life more interesting.

Actually, the SCORE model describes points about which everything needs to be clarified - this is an abbreviation from the name of these points. And if in English it sounds quite sonorous and understandable ("score" is translated as "mark", "score", etc.), in Russian everything is not so optimistic. Therefore, they left the English name.

Symptoms: symptoms, present condition.

Causes: reasons.

Outcomes: result, desired state.

Resources: resources.

Effects: effects, consequences.

And now in more detail.

Symptoms / Present Condition

The current situation. What exactly do you want to change. But since we go from sensory signs - NLP all the same - the greatest focus is just them. Nicely, this is precisely what is called "symptoms", excuse the medical associations.

"Reluctance to go in for sports." Symptoms: at the thought that "it is worth going to the gym", there is heaviness in the body, tension in the abdomen, muscles relax, I want to think about something else. And pulls something to eat delicious.

Causes

The reasons for this life. Past experience that "taught" this behavior.

In many cases, it is not necessary to find out the "reasons" - in NLP they like to work with the future rather than with the past. So if the history of the appearance of the current state is not very relevant or it is not possible to remember and clarify everything clearly, you can successfully skip this step.

As a teenager, my father constantly dragged me to run with him, regardless of whether I wanted to, whether I had time. And there was a feeling that any sport is a compulsion.

“One man, when he was little, did not like semolina porridge, but he was fed with it, pushed in. Now the man is afraid of flying airplanes all his life. It would seem, what is the connection? It turns out that when he was eating porridge, a Soviet Aeroflot poster with a stewardess hung in the kitchen. And the sensations of this disgusting porridge were superimposed on this picture. They dug out under hypnosis. "

Result / Desired State

What do you want to come to, goal. Or what you want "instead."

I want to go in for sports: go to the gym at least three times a week.

Resources

What can help you achieve your goal.

Resources can be either in the past or in the present or future. It may be something you need to learn as well.

Calmness, confidence, conviction that "you need to do sports", the desire to be "in shape", willpower, perseverance.

Effects

Consequences of achieving the result. Both for yourself and for your significant environment.

Let me remind you that the consequences can be both positive and negative. And it is useful to evaluate them and understand whether it is worth achieving such a goal. Or it should be edited, or even abandoned. The Cartesian Coordinates technique can be of great help.

If I go in for sports three times a week, then I will lose weight, feel better, build up. I hope the shortness of breath will go away. But I will spend a lot of time on this, I will not be able to keep up with some things. Muscles will ache after exercise. Plus, it's going to make a big difference in my life. Well, there is a risk of injury.

Usage

SCORE only describes the points of collection of information - but it is not always possible to find out everything in the suggested order. It happens that after examining the consequences, a person begins to change the result, suddenly remembers something important from the past, after that he better understands the present state and decides to add something to the resources ... Gathering information is a rather dynamic process ...

Yes, this model is useful both for consultants or coaches when working with a client, and when working with yourself when you set goals or deal with problems. At the same time, problems are often simply solved in the process of collecting information - a person himself finds a way to change. Well, if no way has been found yet, collecting information on SCORE will help you choose the most appropriate intervention plan.