Here’s another fun story embodying the principles of NLP by one of our favorite writers, Tom Hoobyar. Tom’s in the process of completing a book deal with a major publisher based largely on the articles he’s written for you here – so look forward to a big announcement next year!
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Many people would agree with the old song lyric “War – what is it good for? Absolutely nothing.” Well, ok, except maybe for freeing slaves. Stopping a genocidal dictator from taking over all of Europe. Creating a new model of self governance out of the colony of a distant power. In NLP we take the
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Language patterns are one of the most constantly popular models in NLP. Here in a story from the book “Is There Life Before Death?” Steve Andreas describes in a very easy way the profound traps we create by our (mis)use of language in our everyday lives. And if you would like to search through some
This is one of many stories I fondly remember from my first Practitioner Training. Along with numerous others it’s to be found in the Trainer’s Version of the “NLP Comprehensive Practitioner Training Manual” as well as in “Is There Life Before Death?” Among other reasons that the training was remarkable was that while a lot
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Steve recaptures a nice example of how we shape our reality not just with words, but with our behaviors. We create maps with words, and “kinesthetically” – in this example, by how we walk. And then, our creations shape our behaviors! Enjoy, Tom Dotz Building Sidewalks, by Steve Andreas 445 Words, 2.5 minutes reading
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Self-Description: Neuro-LINGUISTIC Programming is a lot about words: how they shape our perceptions, our relationships, our abilities, our beliefs and every aspect of our subjective experience. Here are two very concise and examples from Steve Andreas revealing how they can take part in shaping our self image. 602 Words, 3.5 minutes reading time Self-Description By
“To do NLP you need three things: An Outcome, Rapport, and a Ritual.” – John Grinder The fundamentals underlie everything. In our NLP trainings we spend a good deal of time on the essentials of rapport like matching, mirroring, and pacing in various modalities. Here’s an example of how a mismatch in just one submodality
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Found another short bit from Steve Andreas that gets to one of the important distinctions about words and language. The point he makes is global and often overlooked. Words – Steve Andreas It was at a party in California in the mind-1970’s. Our friend Mike had arrived quite hungry, and there was a big plate
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I’ve been at the warehouse on one of my periodic “it’s time to clean out this place” passions.. It’s a bit of a challenge sometimes. If cleaning out your closet or garage seems like a bit much, imagine a whole warehouse. Oops. I mean stop imagining anything that big or possibly overwhelming. 😉 Instead, enjoy
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Oh it’s summertime, the living is easy, and I’m off to Winter Park for the trainings, wishing you were joining us. Since you aren’t, I have a couple of entertaining and thoughtful stories and metaphors for you. The next few are from the mind of Steve Andreas, and more specifically from his collection of stories
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