Here’s a useful tip that can ensure that you continue to improve yourself, regardless of what you’re working on. Whether you’re increasing your stock picking skills or closing skills, this simple, five minute procedure will keep you on track to inevitable mastery. First of all, you’ll need some kind of goal you’re working towards. If […]
Movies, Milton and Storytelling Magic
Ever hear of the old Greek idea of catharsis? It’s the notion that by watching some characters in a story play something out on stage (or in books or movies) we kind of get a sense of “release” by vicariously experiencing at least some of the emotions they’re going through. Girls like sappy romance movies […]
Union Negotiations – Integration of Parts For Massive Congruence
You know how when they have those high level negotiations on TV, be it unions or heads of state? The structure is pretty simple. Both sides throw out what they want, and they sort through everything to find out areas where they overlap. In those cases where there’s no overlap whatsoever, negotiations usually stall out. […]
Frame Control
Why did the followers of Jim Jones willingly drink poison? Why do those crazy cult leaders have sex with all their willing female members? How is it possible that politicians (from all countries and all ages) stand in front of crowds of intelligent people, and tell bold faced lie after bold faced lie, only to […]
Conspirators of History
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 […]
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 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 […]
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