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
About Personal Independence I had a client recently who complained about not feeling like he was “his own person.” “It’s like I live my whole life for others, and I never really feel worthy.” Pretty funny, since he an attorney, partner in a large firm employing a couple hundred lawyers. “So how do you act at work?” I asked. “Oh, then I’m being the Guy in Charge, so that’s a no-brainer,” he answered. “It’s when
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
20 Max? A new and literally historical training opportunity. You have a rare chance: we are going to have the most intimate summer Practitioner training ever in our 30 year history this year. While I might like to announce the biggest ever, for you this is a unique, unrepeatable opportunity. We expect to have a maximum of 20 people in the Practitioner program and this means that in addition to all the other benefits you’ll
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 old middle eastern adage; “You shall not reach Mecca, for you are on the road to Medina” and on this
“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. Within four months, a successful business I had spent five years building went under. My wife of 18 years left
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. First, re-framing their label took a lot of time and effort. The media didn’t change from calling them anti-abortionists to
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 you as the software permits… 😉 Cheers, and may the New Year be your best ever! Tom Dotz PS: You
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