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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Another enjoyable story from the “other Tom.” The NLP uses are much more subtle here, and I think you’re ready for them. 😉 Enjoy! Tom Dotz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Impossible.” What a funny word. It’s a word that creates its own reality. “I can’t do that — it’s impossible!” Yeah, right. Let me tell you about some
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We have a follow up to last week’s story “How to Lubricate A Mind” by Tom Hoobyar. This story is another great example of how surprisingly simple using NLP can be. In this story Tom blends two NLP models, language and submodalities, seamlessly and easily. This is also a very graceful and accessible explanation of
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You know what’s even more high impact than a motivated person working with focus and intensity? No, not a lot of them; they’d just get in each other’s way. Don’t you watch news? Or sports? Here’s what’s even more high impact – the same motivated person from the first sentence – WITH the added support
Turning Your NLP Skills Into Gold While Helping Others Read More »
Hi I want to reintroduce you to the “other Tom” that writes occasionally for NLP Comprehensive. Tom’s an NLP Master Practitioner (from the days when I owned NLP California) and we’ve been friends for ages. He’s also the founder of the international NLP alumni study group, the NLP Cafe. He serves as our Planning Director
A Tip From An Old Friend Read More »
One of the favorite criticisms of NLP is that it’s just a “Quick Fix.” This is pretty amusing since it’s simply posing a false criterion: that to be valuable change must take some minimum period of time (Really? According to whom? How long would be long enough?So if it took one second less then it
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I was standing in the lobby outside of one of the trainings here in the Colorado mountains last week chatting with an executive from Hilton Hotels. Like many people her acquaintance with NLP was based on an exposure to Tony Robbins. She commented several times that the main point Tony “taught” was to come back
Motivation With NLP: Do It Yourself or Outsource? Read More »
One of the most popular areas in NLP is the set of processes for changing beliefs. I also get a lot of requests for patterns and processes you can do by yourself. So this week I’m including one of the simplest and most suitable for a “DIY” approach. Created by Robert Dilts, the “Walking Belief