Each of us arrives in adulthood having written a script based on one of the four life positions. But we don’t stay in that position every hour of the day. Minute by minute, we shift between positions.

1. Life position in adulthood
The OK Corral

2. Prepared By
Manu Melwin Joy
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School of Management Studies
CUSAT, Kerala, India.
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3. Life position in adulthood – the OK Corral
• Each of us arrives in
adulthood having written
a script based on one of
the four life positions.
• But we don’t stay in that
position every hour of
the day.
• Minute by minute, we
shift between positions.

4. Life position in adulthood – the OK Corral
• Franklin Ernst had developed a
way of analyzing these shifts.
• He calls it the OK Corral. Ernst
uses the phrase ‘OK with me’
instead of just ‘OK’.
• This helps emphasize that
Okness is a matter of my
conviction about me and my
conviction about you.

5. Life position in adulthood – the OK Corral
• The vertical axis of the
Corral indicates “You are
OK” in the upward
direction, “You are not OK”
going downwards.
• On the horizontal axis, we
get ‘I am OK” on the right ,
‘I am not OK’ on the left.
• Each of the four quadrants
then corresponds to a life
position.

6. Life position in adulthood – the OK Corral
• Franklin Ernst points out that
each of the childhood
positions is reflected in
grown up life by a particular
kind of social interaction. He
calls this as operation.
• If we get into one of these
operations without
awareness, from our child
ego state, we are likely to
create a scripty ‘justification’
for the corresponding life
position.

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