Here’s a pretty neat trick you can use to build in some powerful resources. It requires a healthy dose of hallucination, and some daily practice. I’ve found (as have many others) that this can be pretty powerful in developing some “core” skills that can help you out in a variety of situations. Now, keep in […]
Failure or Feedback?
One of the presuppositions, or basic beliefs, of NLP is that there is no failure, only feedback. Now, anytime somebody starts off a sentence with “there is…” or “there isn’t…” watch your back. After all, you could take any sentence that anybody says starting out with those two words and question them with “according to […]
Ad Power For Self Growth
Advertisers are among the smartest Jedi persuaders out there. When you think about it, if you are good at persuasion, becoming an advertiser is a great way to make a living. However, today I’d like to talk about personal change. One of the great things about NLP is that you can use to it model […]
Maximize Fractionation
Today’s topic is fractionation. Going in and out of hypnotic trance, and going deeper and deeper each and every time. Have you ever read a novel by an author that you’ve read before? It’s kind of like you know what to expect, so you get right into it. Especially if it’s the kind of book […]
The Metaphor Metaphor
Most people are surprised when they find out how much of our everyday language is filled with metaphors. To get a bit technical, words themselves are metaphors, for the ideas the words represent. Just like the story of the Tortoise and the Hare, one of the widely learned metaphors in human history, the word “dog” […]
The Most Powerful Model
If you ask ten different people about what’s in NLP, they’ll give you ten different answers. To be sure, there’s lots of stuff to learn in NLP. But what do the experts regard as the most important part of it? What do they recommend to learn if you’ve only got a limited time and a […]
The Map Is Not The Territory
That’s probably one of the most common “truisms” of NLP. (they call this a presupposition of NLP). Now, this wasn’t invented by anybody in NLP, and for that matter, NLP wasn’t “invented” either. It’s just a collection of extremely useful communication strategies that have been used effectively by some of the most natural persuaders of […]
Storytelling Secrets
Once upon a time, there was this guy. He had a very important message. It was one that, while important, wasn’t easy to accept by a lot of people. See, he knew that most people won’t listen to something unless it already meshes with what they think they know already. He knew that most people […]
Conquer ALL Enemies With NLP
My first NLP training I went to years ago, the trainer would close every day with an “incantation,” which was a tightly packed, multi-looped hypnotic story that was supposed to “install” what we’d learned that day. Then the next day, he asked us if we had any strange dreams. I recalled a dream I had […]
How To Destroy Fear
Have you got a fear or phobia you want to get rid of? I’ve got just the ticket. Even if you don’t it’s handy to learn this, as it can come in fantastically handy at parties. Most people think that getting rid of some deep fear from childhood takes thousands of dollars and years of […]