When Goals are Dead-Ends by Charles Faulkner Living in the Age of Goals We live in the Age of Goals. We’re in the 25th year of Management by Objective (MBO) and at least the 55th year of goal setting thanks in large part to Napoleon Hill, Earl Nightingale and Norman Vincent Peale. According to an […]
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Yesterday someone asked if we had any processes to deal with job anxieties. For many people these situations can be a bit unnerving. Maybe even stressful. While you could create a specific process for each such anxiety, we already have one for you that is easily adapted, and so powerful it’s almost overkill. It only
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“I liked the shaver so much, I bought the company” -Victor Kiam, Remington Electric Over the years many people have asked me what’s important about NLP training. What did I get out of it, how did I get involved in the first place? So let me tell you my story. It was a tough year.
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Years ago the then so-named anti-abortion movement seemed to be making little progress. Then they started re-branding themselves the “pro-life” movement. Well, if they were the pro-life movement, and you opposed them, what did that make you? Anti-life? Pro-Death? Take your pick; poor choices all. You’ll notice two important elements of framing in that example.
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Stopping by the office last Friday the phones were ringing and things were hopping. Unusual for a Friday afternoon, that’s for sure, but then interest has been up a lot lately. So I picked up a call and had a great (and to me classic) conversation with someone who, like you, is interested in how
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Beginning this new year I find myself with an abundance of riches to share with you. This week we have two great videos and an essay. Along with the complete “Responding to Criticism” process from our Practitioner Program I’m posting a link to a great video from the TED conference on the subjective aspects of
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One of the great misunderstandings of NLP is the misuse of eye accessing cues to asses truthiness. In this essay Susan Stageman, one of our contributors and a long time NLP Trainer, explains it for you. If you missed it, last week’s video is fixed. You can catch it here: http://www.nlpco.com/library/nlp-video/anchoring-tb I’ll have more for
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Sometimes people ask, “What is your Spirituality?” The one answer I am always sure about is gratitude. The miracle is that you and I are here. The odds against us were millions to one. The miracle is that we exist at all. Everything else is a bonus. This is our traditional season of giving and
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“Happy Hollandaise” Word count 924, average reading time 3.7 minutes There’s a lot to learn from what people say. And much of the time, it’s not what you might think. Here’s an interesting example that took place in our house last Christmas. Our two grown sons (my stepsons) and their families were visiting for the
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A good friend of mine once said to me “No matter what, if a business isn’t meeting your goals in three years, drop it and move on to something else – no matter what!” Charlie Sheppard is one of the most consistently happy people I’ve ever known. He has the lovely family, loyal friends, beautiful
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