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Overcoming Shyness By Tom Hoobyar Article Word Count 1861, average reading time 7 minutes. I want to tell you a story about a teenage boy who went to his first dance at a new school. It was a Thursday evening “practice prom”, an early evening dance in the gym so the students could practice various dance steps before the prom. The music was provided by tape deck; one of the physical education teachers played the
In this email you will hear about an interesting experience Dad had when he attended a graduation ceremony at NLP Comprehensive years ago. It was one of those times that wasn’t expected to stand out. He had anticipated attending the graduation ceremony, meeting great people, then going back to his life. This one experience impacted him at a much more profound level than expected, as is often the case. You’ll find much more about the
Here is another look at managing the over-abundance of stimulus we sometimes experience. Our estimable founder Steve Andreas describes two main sources, and several ways of dealing with them. In addition to being more relaxed and confident in your ability to handle what life is giving you, Steve also describes how to have a better ability to focus on your task at hand. So enjoy! Tom Dotz PS: On the topic of submodalities which Steve
Most of us feel that experience we call ‘overwhelm’ at one time or another, and more so as life seems to keep moving at a faster pace. Here’s a look at how to manage those experiences and have a little more energy for your self. It’s a little play with submodalities, the “molcules of meaning” in our imagination. Nice. Oh, naturally we go into this is some detail in both our Portable Practitioner Program, and
“People respond to their own model of the world/map of reality, not to reality itself. (The map is not the territory.)” This is perhaps the fundamental statement on which all of the rest of NLP is based. It’s our internal reality, self-created, that determines our world. Yes, we all walk on the same planet. But what we are aware of (and what we ignore) as we walk our path, is what determines our experience. This
This is a passionate and moving story of courage and the influence of language. It’s a clear example of the power of stepping into someone else’s world to communicate effectively. You’ll also note the power of the NLP model of pacing and leading as she used it. Her response was the opposite of the classic instructions in such situations. You are usually told to respond to conflict with placating words like “let’s all calm down
What stops you in life? If not a lack of actual physical resources, it’s usually negative emotions, usually fear. Learning to rapidly recognize when that is the case can save a lot of wasted time and effort solving non-existent problems. Here’s a story that will help you with this special kind of sensory awareness.
Word Count 655 Reading Time 2.6 minutes Here’s another Tom Hoobyar story. This one both strikes a chord and makes me chuckle every time I read it. I can just picture those befuddled scientists realizing, with utter disbelief, what the rats were up to. Like Henry Ford said, “If you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.” Enjoy, Tom Dotz
“Tom Hoobyar has left the building” A few years ago Tom Hoobyar was the regular writer of this newsletter. His stories and examples of using NLP in real life, not just in therapy sessions, were warmly received. Then his business took him in a different direction. His last official newsletter had that title. Now he has truly “left the building.” On September 25 after a very brief encounter with pancreatic cancer, Tom died. Tom was