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Did Barack Obama hypnotize the nation during his Denver acceptance speech?

Found this one in the local weekly, “Westword.” 🙂 “Did Barack Obama hypnotize the nation during his Denver acceptance speech? In this recently posted video, for instance, Obama is accused of using “the techniques of neurolinguistic programming (NLP), a covert form of hypnosis,” to … As you may have heard, Barack Obama recently became the president of the United States. However, his enemies continue to portray him as a smooth but dangerous character whose rhetorical

Tom Dotz February 6, 2009

Applying NLP: More Stories in Coaching, Consulting, Leading

Last week we brought you another great story of the power of applying just one of the most basic NLP techniques for establishing rapport (“Tuning In” Jan 23, 09) Here is another example – excerpted from one of the most popular articles we posted last year – of the effectiveness and transformative qualities of NLP The Power Of Presupposing: Positive Intent “Gerry was working with a senior executive who oversaw a budget of about $1

Tom Dotz January 29, 2009

NLP And The Deep Structure of Marketing

NLP And The Deep Structure of Magical Marketing – Tom Hoobyar This is an outline for a new kind of NLP training I’m designing, and I wanted to run it by you. Consider this a “peek under Tom Hoobyar’s tent”. I’ve noticed for fifteen years that some very accomplished NLP Practitioners have had trouble when it comes to building their private practices, or using their NLP knowledge to make other types of businesses more successful.

Tom Dotz December 18, 2008

Tom’s Twelve Laws of Life

Want to know how NLP can help you Live Your Limitless Life? Click here to schedule your FREE, one-on-one NLP Discovery Session with Tracy! 12 Laws of Life Tom Hoobyar These are non-negotiable and there are no escape clauses. No excuses are accepted. Ignore them at your own risk. I got this information over decades of living, but many people never learn these rules at all. And so they live in “quiet desperation.” You don’t

Tom Hoobyar December 11, 2008

What Takes Your Breath Away?

“The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.” — Ralph W. Sockman Have you asked yourself lately: “What is the positive intention of our current economic situation?” I was on the phone with a friend today who spoke beautifully about the gift of the current situation — how it is collectively putting us in a place we can truly “wake up!” to

lisaj December 3, 2008

Five Great Stories

by Lisa Jackson, NLP Master Practitioner One of my favorite tools in the NLP toolkit is the use of metaphor — especially “teaching stories.” Stories are universally powerful teaching elements because they create a sense of possibility. They are also vastly under-utilized in the world of business. Too often, leaders over-focus on the dry stuff – financials and statistics – and not enough on what inspires people’s hearts and emotions. In the leaders I work

lisaj November 20, 2008

Does NLP Influence or Manipulate?

If you have had exposure to NLP beyond a book or introductory CD, have been involved in a discussion about the utilization of NLP for the purposes of “manipulating” people. (And if you are brand new to NLP, having seen some of the claims made by NLP training institutes, perhaps the question has been raised in your mind). I recall vividly my version of this conversation, in the opening days of my own Practitioner Training,

lisaj November 6, 2008

Riffing on the Wisdom of Anne Frank – An NLP Perspective

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. -Anne Frank Last week we talked about your “happy spot,” and whether you are spending enough time in it. For several weeks, we have written this blog toward to the person who can most use it: You. This week, I want to invite you to apply this wisdom to others in your life whom you influence. If you

lisaj October 31, 2008

Are You Happy? Really?

Lately, I have spent some time reflecting on the question “Am I happy?” I am not the type of person to spend a lot of time contemplating questions of this nature (I find they are an antidote to being happy). Yet, I think a lot of people these days are stressed and worried. I think a lot of us are wondering about the staying power of happiness in tough times. My answer? I have many

lisaj October 23, 2008

Lessons In Hope

Lessons in Hope By: Lisa Jackson, NLP Master Practitioner & Executive Coach dis·ap·point-verb (used with object) 1. to fail to fulfill the expectations or wishes of: His gross ingratitude disappointed us. 2. to defeat the fulfillment of (hopes, plans, etc.); thwart; frustrate: to be disappointed in love. When was the last time you lost something you really cared about? How did you feel? In 2006, in the space of one year, I lost my home,

lisaj September 24, 2008