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Anchoring

Emotional Intelligence Isn’t a Trait—It’s a Trainable NLP Skill

Emotional intelligence isn’t something you’re born with—it’s something you can train.

Using NLP tools like anchoring, perceptual positions, and precision language, you can build EQ from the ground up.

Learn how to shift from reacting to responding—and develop emotional skills that transform your relationships, leadership, and self-awareness.

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Rapport: What It Is and Why You Care

815 Words, 3.26 time to read, read online <link> After the last couple of emails about some very specific ways to establish rapport, it occurred to me that I hadn’t defined it, or described its importance. Let’s dive into that now and be clear on how, where, and why you care (a lot) about the ability to have rapport, and even to be able to turn it off at will. John Grinder, the co-founder of

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Life Skills: Rapport #3, Influence : You’ve Paced, Now Lead

361 Words, time 1.44 In the last couple posts (here and here) you were shown the rapport move called pacing. Pacing effectively creates a connection so that you can lead a conversation in the direction you want to go. This could be as simple as where to have dinner or as complex as agreeing on a project development contract. Pacing allows you to establish a connection regardless of the content of the interaction. It gives

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Life Skills: Rapport #2, The Power Move: Pacing And Leading In Conversational Rapport-Building

Life Skills: Pacing and Leading, The Power Move In Conversational Rapport-Building. Many behaviors can be paced, or mirrored. These NLP Rapport skills are pretty easy to learn, and you can practice them anytime and anywhere that you can observe someone. They are tools you can use to create better connections and have greater influence. These NLP skills will benefit you in all types of communications. And in today’s world, COVID-19 has eliminated physical face-to-face meetings.

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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

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Are You Tuning In?

A client told me today “I’m becoming increasingly, keenly aware of the concept of rapport … and how my responses control and influence every situation.” “Really?” I ask. She says “Since the NLP workshop, I’ve been sitting in meetings, practicing looking around, changing my body posture, watching my facial expression, aligning with the ideas being spoken.  Align, align, align.  And now I’m noticing that lately when people talk — they’re looking to ME for my

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