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!
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 stance that every behavior is useful in some context. Anger, too, is useful in some contexts. The secret is, as
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 really clever patterns in depth we have a couple of the two most popular sources. For language pattern learning the
“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 can be very costly. Steve Andreas relates how even a linguist can miss the significance of tonality and its affect
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 of chocolate brownies on the dining room table, so he helped himself, repeatedly. After he had eaten about nine squares,
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 this article I found by Steve about some really pleasant and useful ways to deal with reducing clutter in your
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 “Is There Life Before Death?” Asking and Deserving “You don’t ask, you don’t get.” – Yiddish saying. This used to
Another of our popular stories from Tom Hoobyar embodying some NLP processes and everyday wisdom. This week’s story draws from Section 1 — about anchoring (and much more)- in the NLP Portable Practitioner Training . If you have it, you’ll get even more out of the story! Enjoy, Tom Dotz The Power Of Touch By Tom Hoobyar Article Word Count 1227, average reading time 4.9 minutes. Some years back I met this nice woman in
Deciding to learn? Can’t quite get motivated? Strategies: The Commanding NLP Model A Story, a Video, a Process, and Announcements Three: This week in NLP! From the questions and comments I see around the web it’s evident that NLP is becoming known more and more as a bundle of “patterns” or “techniques,” mostly concerned with some aspect of self-improvement. That is a sadly limited view. These are simply applications of NLP, or as Grinder once
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 sharing. Yet economically it’s been a tough year for many people. So especially in times like these, I like to