NLP – The World of Neuro-Linguistic Programming

NLP – The World of Neuro-Linguistic Programming

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  • Yann MORSLI
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    NLP in everyday life
    Hi! This is my first post on OpenBC. I had my first contact with NLP three years ago, when I bought a book about conflict management and how a Manager can use NLP techniques to improve his communication and increase motivation among his team. Since then I bought 2 Anthony Robbins books and I try to use some simple techniques on a daily basis. Some are not that easy to apply for beginners as the anchoring technique, but others are really simple to use and can have quick results. I like for instance the chapter in "Awaken the giant within" where it's explained the power of questioning and how you can nearly instantly put yourself in a dynamising state of mind, by asking yourself a set of right questions instead of always focusing on what's going wrong.
    This is an example of what I do now every day to make me feel powerful from the morning on.
    • 21 Apr 2006, 01:05 am
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  • Barbara Huber
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    Re: NLP in everyday life
    hi yann,

    welcome in our group.
    thank you for posting in our group first :-)

    take care,
    barbara

    Yann MORSLI wrote:
    Hi! This is my first post on OpenBC.
    • 21 Apr 2006, 12:15 pm
  • Yann MORSLI
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    Re^2: NLP in everyday life
    Thanks for welcoming me.
    Please forgive me if my english is sometimes approximative, but I'm french. Nobody's perfect :-).
    I agree with you Michael that some techniques can't be learned in a book... if you don't try to apply them. As far as anchoring is concerned, now I use it frequently, for example when I need to specially concentrate on a topic. I used to apply it with my wife when she had to pass an exam, to make her more self-confident.
    Of course participating on a seminar with a specialist makes you learn faster :-).
    If someone has experiences to share about how NLP changed his way to face some issues, and how he uses it, in his professional life for example, I would be interested.

    Thanks and kind regards :-)
    • 22 Apr 2006, 12:04 am
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  • Hagar Shafrir
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    Re^4: NLP in everyday life
    Hi Yann and All,

    I have been exposed to NLP approximately 5 years ago, totally by mistake (a mistake for which I do not regret :-)). For me, the most fundamental issue with regard to gaining more knowledge about NLP, was reading about the basic principles (or "presuppositions", as they are called) of NLP that set the basis for this area of knowledge, and let them slowly sink in. Then I followed a two year evening course that allowed me to practice the various techniques.

    The basic principles that had the most impact on me, and which I try to follow on my everyday life are:

    1) The map is not the territory - always keeping in mind that everyone perceives the world (the reality) in his/her own subjective way. Therefore, in a given situation, at a given time, everyone would think/feel/act not necessarily the same way as I would.

    2) Behind every behavior lies a positive intention - the behavior can be destructive, like for example, using drugs. However, the intention behind it is still positive, for example: avoid depression.

    3) There is no failure, only feedback - everything we experience can teach us how to go on and continue developing. Therefore, instead of thinking about failure, I would rather focus on thinking about feedback. What have I gleaned from this experience? How would I choose to continue?

    4) People already have all the resources they need to succeed - although sometimes I may not realize it, I know I am strong and can find all the resources I need to tackle difficult situations.

    5) At any given moment, people make choices that seem to be the best possible for him/her - so do I. Looking back at a situation, I might realize I could have chosen a different path. However, accepting this helps too in choosing my next step and most importantly, living in peace with myself :-).

    6) There is always another possibility (even when it seems there isn't). In the course I followed, we were also taught that three possibilities are always better than two...

    7) The meaning of the communication is in the response - so if someone did not respond the way I expected, maybe I am the one who was not clear enough…

    Of course, there are so many more presuppositions. These are the ones that help me. I am curious to know what you would take from here as "food for thought"…
    • 01 Jan 2008, 1:46 pm