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The Parts Party

Because of the many number of requests for more detail on working with parts as a result of the post “The Inside Family” I’m posting this version of the Parts Party format - so you may want to read “The Inside Family” first. :-).

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One of our coaches told me the following story, and I thought it was such a great fit with Labor Day I asked her to write it up for you.  Those of you most familiar with NLP will appreciate the elegant use of this familiar model in a specific context.
Some years ago, a good [...]

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Summer is usually a slow time for our product sales. And we’ve just received a new print run of our best-selling Classic, “The Living Encyclopedia [...]

We all have at least one Tough Customer in our life. No matter what we say or do, this person is never satisfied, argues relentlessly, and sees the glass half-empty.
When they’re just passing through, dealing with them is fairly simple. Let them pass, or walk away, or hang up the phone (thanks to caller ID, [...]

Recently the Allergy Process was mentioned to me as if there was only one version.  No, no, no.  There are two distinct versions, and here are the tried and true exercise formats for both of them!
You can find more instruction and framing in both “Heart of the MInd” and of course a full walk through [...]

In the NYT today is another of the reports I’m finding more and more of these days.  The theories behind NLP that were so outre when first proposed 30 years ago are now being re-proposed and validated with increasing frequency by mainstream science particularly in the field of neuroscience.
Here’s a lovely and simple example one [...]

Language Directs Attention: Negative Commands - How they don’t work (and do!)
Here Connirae Andreas describes this distinction in a context where it’s a easy to recognize the importance of this distinction!
And whatever you do, don’t start wondering now just how soon you’ll find ways to use these in your life.:-)
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Here is one of the classic Anchoring processes.  Often overlooked, still as powerful as ever! While staged for groups of four, you can certainly do it with two, and even, perhaps, practice with yourself!
And just what will this skill allow you to do that will surprise and delight you?

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I had a request to re-post this classic from our archives, so here it is!  By Kevin Creedon, it’s a great little piece of quick change artistry good for all
“Think of a problem.”
Those four words are used repeatedly throughout NLP trainings because most of the time NLP techniques are used in a prescriptive [...]

Our Director of Programs, Charles Faulkner, has been honored with the Keynote presentation at the first NLP Research Conference, hosted by The University of Surrey, School of Business:

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Anchors In Your World

If you played with this weeks’ Tip, you noticed how anchors already are and have been affecting you for your entire life, and affect you to this day.
Here’s another set of examples in this article by Seth Godin, a brilliant marketer and a very good writer.  The context is familiar to all of us:  Meetings! [...]

Today notice the physical anchors that you have in place in your work environment. Does the cartoon on your desk make you smile? Does the chair where you normally sit elicit a positive state for you? How can you enhance (or change) physical anchors so that your work day is as pleasant and as productive [...]