The Nibble Theory: Is She Serious?

THE NIBBLE THEORY:
It’s an unusual little book, only 74 pages soaking wet, with funny little line drawings resembling cartoons. But its message is big. When I lend it to people, I can see the look on their face. “Is she serious??!” you can almost hear them think. “This is the book that’s going to explain everything and change my life??!!”
I am, I assure them, and it will.
The premise is simple. All people have the potential to grow into the very best people they can be. This growth can spread like light from a candle. When you give away some of your candle’s light to light someone else’s candle, you don’t have less light; everyone has more light. A circle symbolizes this growth.
People enter life as small circles with the potential to
It leaves you vulnerable and sensitive. Growing means others may want to nibble away at you. We are afraid of being left behind or fearful that if our counter-part grows, there will be no place left for us. The truth is that there are no boundaries, except for those in our imaginations. Growing bigger doesn’t imply that someone else will be smaller! It is only our mindset that creates conflict and the self-limiting behavior that prevents us from being more. Growing Others
As we grow, it’s our responsibility to help others do the same. The path may seem simple enough but is very hard to do. It requires a deep look into who you really are. But that’s ok, the temporary discomfort is ok because it is by moving through those things, rather than running away, that we learn about ourselves.
As a facilitator, it’s important to be respectful and sensitive to others to avoid hitting an exposed nerve and causing an early decline.
Remember to listen to others experiences and problems, instead of forcing your solution. Your gift is your knowledge, experience and a sympathetic ear. The Kernel of Growth
As humans, we are alike in so many ways and yet our experiences and past make us
As they go through life, small circles encounter other circles, large and small, and several possible interactions are possible. A large circle can encourage that little circle to grow. Or the small circle, intimidated by the size of the big circle, can try to take bites out of it and nibble it down to size. Or the big circle, intimidated by the potential growth of the small circle, can do the same. Small circles can nibble another growing small circle, because his getting bigger is frightening. He’s getting bigger, so they must be getting small right?

Here are some sentences you will hear if you are being nibbles down to a less threatening size: you’re too emotional. You’re too sensitive. Your too serious. You’re too friendly. You’re work too hard. You’re too outspoken. You always give your ideas first. We’ve always don’t it this way. This isn’t really your field, is it? The list goes on.

The book, in these simple, quiet terms, goes on to tell what happens to nibblers and nibbles. It addresses the fear some people have that if one person gets bigger, someone else has to get smaller, and they’re afraid it will be them. It tells how sometimes a circle will try desperately to stay small so others will be more comfortable and like him/her, and avoid the nibbles. It tells the joy of circles that encourage other circle to get as big as they can. Ultimately the