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Words are Just Words - By John La Valle- New Year's Resolutions: Why you shouldn't bother - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2011 from Anna AparicioAh New Year’s Resolutions… gotta love them! Every year we swear we are going to lose weight, quit smoking, cut down drinking, get organised, achieve our business goals… we talk about it with conviction, even stubbornness… this is it, next year will be our year, starting on the first of ...
Views: 1777 - Resolutions Resolved - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Jeffrey SchoenerThis is the time of the year many publications will offer advice as to how to make or maintain lifestyle choices into the New Year. These include losing weight, quitting smoking and a variety of life-altering quests that begin strong and through sheer ‘power of will’ should work. Then, within ...
Views: 1153(1 vote) - Make Your Resolutions a Reality Using Hypnotic NLP - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2011 from Matthew FergusonWe’ve all done it, made a resolution and in a fit of urgent determination we vow to get fit, join the gym, stop smoking or change some other unwanted habit. Then, quicker than we can say “to hell with it” our old behaviour and old self re-surfaces and with a sigh of resignation we return to our ...
Views: 1069(1 vote) - Self Empowerment With NLP Anchoring - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2011 from Mervyn gohEmpower yourself by learning NLP Anchoring Firstly, what is Anchoring? It is simply defined as a procedure where your memory and emotion bank are associated/anchored with some other resources in your sub-conscious mind, just like a ship being anchored to to a certain location. An anchor is ...
Views: 1835 - NLP Course Tips | Anchoring - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2010 from Michael BealeOne of the key skills taught as part of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is the use of anchoring. An example of anchoring was discovered by Pavlov when he found that dogs could be conditioned to salivate in response to stimuli such as a bell, an electric shock or a visual trigger if the ...
Views: 1259 - NLP Course Tips | Outcomes Revisited - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2010 from Michael BealeNLP Trainer Michael Beale explains the main characteristics of setting outcomes, and how they should be big, bold, audacious and motivating. They should set a direction. When they cease to motivate they should be changed. One of the key benefits of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is that ...
Views: 1122(1 vote) - FASTER AND EASIER THAN HYPNOSIS - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Tony DosanjhHypnosis is a great way to reach your subconscious mind to bring about changes in your life. However the problem with hypnosis is that if you have a mind that wanders or you have trouble focusing and relaxing, you will have difficulty getting through to your subconscious mind to achieve your ...
Views: 1831(3 votes) - How to Choose an NLP Course - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2010 from Michael BealeBusiness and professional people have benefited from NLP Practitioner Courses. They’ve increased sales, improved their relationship with clients, stakeholders, staff and suppliers and and unlocked some of their deepest ambitions. NLP Trainer Michael Beale has observed from his 12 years of ...
Views: 1162(2 votes) - NLP Courses | The Benefits of Attending - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2010 from Michael BealeMany business and professional people have been attending NLP courses over the past 35 years, and have used the skills learnt to make a step change to their job performance and careers. NLP Trainer and Business Coach Michael Beale, explains the benefits that you can achieve from attending a ...
Views: 1030(2 votes) - What is Neurolinguistic Programming? - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2010 from Pamela TurnerNeurolinguistic Programming (NLP) was developed by Richard Bandler and John Grinder in 1975. Neuro relates to the brain and the ways in which we process information from our five senses. Linguistic relates to language or communication and how we use symbols to organize and give meaning to our ...
Views: 1092(1 vote) - Using NLP and Hypnosis for Confidence Building - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2010 from Matthew FergusonOne of the most debilitating states of mind is having a lack of confidence. A lack of confidence may have many origins from early childhood to adult setbacks, divorce, redundancy, negative relationships to name but a few of the negative histories that can keep us held in limiting beliefs. ...
Views: 1473(2 votes) - Weight Loss Hypnosis - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2010 from Carolyn GoslingAre you Fed up of being fat? Carrying extra kilos? Feeling uncomfortable and tired of starting diets only to give up after a few days/weeks? Weight Loss Hypnosis at Australian Hypnosis could well be the solution you are looking for. But not if you’re expecting someone else to wave a magic ...
Views: 1366(2 votes) - Neuro Hypnotic Repatterning: what is it and what can it do for you? - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2010 from Anna AparicioAccording to Richard Bandler, creator of NHR, most of the problems and things that people do and bad feelings that they have work automatically but they weren’t there when you were a baby. These are all learned behaviours, and when you hypnotically repattern someone what you are basically ...
Views: 7421(1 vote) - Charisma: can it be learnt? - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2010 from Anna AparicioHave you ever failed to come across the way you wanted to when you needed to the most? Did you ever find yourself struggling to make a good impression or persuade the person you’re talking to whether in social situations, at interviews, or at presentations? Does speaking to an audience or ...
Views: 2106 - Fear and Self-doubt: Get rid of them and go achieve some things - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2010 from Anna AparicioWhy is it that some people achieve seemingly impossible things while others shy away at the smallest challenge? Why is it that only a tiny percentage of the world population go on to accomplish some extraordinary things in their lifetime, while the rest simply tick along from birth to ...
Views: 4620(1 vote) - Are You Dreaming Bigger than you are now? Mark J Holland NLP Business Mind Coach - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2010 from Mark HollandGadday Mark Holland here, I was having lunch with some friends the other day and it occurred to me how focused we can get on what's not working in our lives and loose sight of the dreams we once dreamed. One of my friends is turning 40 and he treats it like the plague, he's really not looking ...
Views: 1549 - NLP, What Is It and How Can It Help You? - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2010 from julian wolfendaleA question we are often asked is 'What is NLP and how can it help me?' Well, have you ever felt, or thought, that your life sometimes feels like being in a tunnel, that you're somehow being held back, with no clear way out? Or have you ever wished that you could get over a childhood fear, ...
Views: 1036 - How to Deal with Criticism. - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2010 from Steven BurnsCriticism is a fact of life. No matter what you do people will, at some stage, have there opinions about it and feel the need to voice it in a way that doesn't always seem positive. Some people tell you to ignore criticism, others say it's an opportunity to grow and learn...just what is the best ...
Views: 2205(1 vote) - You've Already Succeeded - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2010 from Janis EricsonBecause I have just returned from teaching Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) to a group of coaches in Singapore, I’m reminded of one of my favorite NLP processes- the As If Frame. Milton Erickson, my favorite healer of all time, created easily the most clever way around obstacles that arise ...
Views: 1469 - The Map Is Not The Territory - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2010 from Charles BenderTo arrive at a point of understanding with another it helps to understand they are not using the same map you are. Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) tells us that even though we may believe other people are like us, the truth is each of us has a unique personal perception (or Map as we ...
Views: 2796(1 vote) - Fears and Phobias: How to get over them so you can get on with it - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2010 from Anna AparicioToday I find myself collecting spiders to use with a client with a phobia. I’d usually spend most of the time either ignoring them, killing them or sweeping them off my walls… but today I am actually actively looking for them. Who would have thought! I used to fear them myself once, but now, I ...
Views: 3043(4 votes) - NLP Mirroring - The Best Technique to Build Rapport - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2010 from Ben TienRapport is the basis and foundation for every meaningful interaction between two or more people. Rapport is about establishing an environment of trust and understanding, to respect and honor the other person's world. This allows the person the freedom to fully express their ideas and feelings ...
Views: 5077(2 votes) - NLP State Management - What Is It and Why Even the World Class Sportsmen Like It? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2010 from Jacky LimCouple of years before spelled the disappointments of hundreds and hundreds of badminton followers at the Beijing Olympics 08. The long looked forward to badminton finals concerning world number 1, Lin Dan, along with the number two, Lee Chong Wei. Just when every badminton followers thought ...
Views: 3171(1 vote) - TELL ME WHAT YOU ATE AND I WILL TELL YOU HOW YOU ARE FEELING - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2010 from Anna AparicioIf you think that the foods you eat and how you feel have nothing to do with each other, it’s time to open your mind, and close your mouth, to certain foods, that is. I remember my recent visit to Spain, where, for the umpteenth time I heard my own mother complain about how crappy she is ...
Views: 2079(2 votes) - Secrets of personal transformation: What’s missing from the mind-as-onion metaphor? - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Richard LiottaThe onion metaphor has often been used to describe the process of delving into a person’s psyche. Layers are removed to reveal what is beneath, toward the core. The metaphor reflects the many layers that we have inside us. Most who use this metaphor suggest that peeling away the layers of the ...
Views: 2403(4 votes) - Basics of Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2010 from John James Santangelo PhDNLP, also known as Neuro-linguistic programming, is the study of human excellence. This programming was established by mathematics student, Richard Bandler and a professor of linguistics named John Grinder in 1970. Richard and john created their model of nuero-linguistic programming after ...
Views: 2320(2 votes) - CRIPPLING BEHAVIOURS THAT ARE KEEPING YOU FROM GETTING WHAT YOU WANT - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2010 from Anna AparicioA few years ago, I thought that mindset was about 10% of the reason for why one person would succeed, while someone else wouldn't. Then, the more I worked on myself, and the more I worked with clients, the more I thought it was like fifty fifty. Now, I believe that your success is 90% ...
Views: 2404(4 votes) - Change Your Mind and Keep the Change! - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2010 from Pamela TurnerHow would you like to find out how your brain is wired so you can change it to suit you and help you accomplish your goals? That’s what submodalities can do for you. They are an amazing and powerful part of how you organize your experience of life. We don’t often notice it, but when we think ...
Views: 2069(2 votes) - Using NLP to Build Effective Teams - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Mark BuchanRule 1: Say what you want (not what you don’t want) This is probably the most important rule of NLP. It is very important to remember that EVERYTHING that we say, think or do has an impact on our unconscious mind. It is our goal as NLP practitioners to continually programme our minds with what ...
Views: 3552(5 votes) - BEAT SELF SABOTAGE - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2010 from Anna Aparicio“Speak well to yourself because your deep mind is always listening” I remember one evening at a boot camp session, when a fellow boot camper working out right beside me managed to slightly vex me, to put it nicely... her self-talk, which she let out for everyone to “enjoy” went on something ...
Views: 4159(3 votes) - WHY YOU NEED LOTS OF GOOD QUALITY BRAIN JUICE, AND HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2010 from Anna AparicioEver wondered how your brain works? While we don’t know everything about it, what we do know is this: The human brain weighs about 7 lbs and is about the size of a small head of cauliflower. It is a knot of 100 billion neurons and support cells. We can store a lifetime of memories there. We ...
Views: 3153(3 votes) - How to change a bad habit - by Submitted on May 30, 2010 from Mohammed MagsiWe all have habits of some sort and some of them are actually very good. When we are among people, we notice consciously and subconsciously other’s habits and adopt them sometimes and if don’t like’em, we either mention it to our friends/family/ourselves or try to avoid them. So how do we ...
Views: 2001(1 vote) - Could NLP be the key to unlocking your potential? - by Submitted on May 06, 2010 from Tom MacKayThe other day after watching an incredible gymnastic display I heard someone say ‘I wish I could do that – it must be great to be born so talented!’. I remember myself that when I was younger, I used to marvel at incredible performance and presumed it was due to ‘talent’ that people were born ...
Views: 1767(1 vote) - NLP Rapport Building Techniques - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Jacky ChanRapport is the capability to create the trust by understanding & respecting someone’s world of reality, and this can make you to have a strong common bond in order to take a lead in any conversation or persuasion to the direction that you want. A successful communication is largely depend ...
Views: 6972(1 vote) - Introducing NLP - Submodalities - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2010 from Jacky ChanWe represent our thoughts through the five senses, or modalities: visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory and gustatory. Every experience has a structure, and the structure is formed through submodalities. NLP submodalities simply are the manner in which we internally re-present the data ...
Views: 2383 - The Hystory of NLP and How to Apply it - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Ben TienNLP was discovered and developed by Richard Bandler, a psychologist, and John Grinder, a linguist. What the NLP is saying is that successful and effective people are actually 'programmed' to be successful and effective. The goal of applying the NLP is to apply the structure, to simulate, and to ...
Views: 1259 - NLP Presuppositions, Part 2 - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Jacky ChanThe NLP presuppositions have formed the foundation of belief about ourselves and the world we live in. This is the guides to help us in facing every situation in life in order to maximize our capability to achieve the success. For an introduction to NLP Presuppositions, please see the article ...
Views: 1675 - Using NLP Hypnosis for Belief Change - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2010 from Matthew FergusonOur beliefs are created through our lifetime of absorbed information. This information is sorted through brain filtering; in NLP descriptions, deleting, generalising and distorting the raw data that comes through our senses. Some of our beliefs are sound and obvious, generated through survival ...
Views: 2212(1 vote) - Changing Your Life With NLP - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Kristi ShmyrHave you been trying to make big (or small) changes in your life for a while now, and they're either just not sticking or you’re becoming overwhelmed and quitting? If you need support in blowing past old beliefs, challenges, patterns, habits or if you’re in a big transition in your life right ...
Views: 1612(2 votes) - NLP Model of Communication--4 Pillars to Getting Desired Results - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2017 from Linda CattelanNLP is the acronym for Neuro Linguistic Programming. The study of excellence in communication (with yourself and others) in order to create the results you want! NLP started in California in the early 1970's at the University of Santa Cruz. The founders were Richard Bandler, a master's level ...
Views: 4246 - NLP--The Study of Excellence in Communication - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2017 from Linda CattelanNLP is the acronym for Neuro Linguistic Programming. The study of excellence in communication (with yourself and others) in order to create the results you want! Why is NLP important to know about? • If you are looking to make positive changes and improvements in your life or in the lives ...
Views: 1940 - How does change happen? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from Mohammed MagsiI have had the privilege of learning to look outside the box. I would like to share this amazing tool that I have learnt which can and will change your life forever. Over the last 5 years my life changed dramatically. If you think about your current lives, most of you will notice a routine of ...
Views: 2237(4 votes) - "The Unconscious Hello," or a Secret Technique for Gaining Instant Rapport! - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2010 from Connie BrannanToday's topic is unconscious communication. We all know about language. Words. TALKING. It's part of how we "get our message across" when we're communicating with someone. But it's a very, very small part. There is so much more going on, information being sent, received, exchanged between ...
Views: 7834(10 votes) - Circle of Excellence - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2010 from Connie BrannanCircle of Excellence "Anchoring" is the bread and butter of NLP. It's a technique for capturing and triggering feelings within ourselves. In business, would it be useful to feel flowing confidence on demand? Motivation? To feel persuasive and articulate? Learn an easy process, right here, ...
Views: 4786(3 votes) - NLP - No Longer Practical ...or is it a case of the emperors new clothes? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2010 from Ian BroadmoreNLP or Neuro Linguistic Programming that magic word what does it conjure up? For many NLP practitioners its technology for the 21st Century, called "The study of human excellence", but is it really all its cracked up to be?. We have buzz words; modeling, anchoring, sub modalities, maps but ...
Views: 2732(4 votes) - 12 Easy Steps to Create Positive Self-Talk Leading to Your Success - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2010 from Sonia GallagherHave you ever noticed a trend in the thinking patterns of successful people? Have you ever wondered why it seems like success comes so easily to some people and so difficult for others? It all has to do with your beliefs and self-talk. People that achieve success in a consistent basis ...
Views: 3631(2 votes) - What do your reality shows reveal about you? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2010 from Monique MacKinnonAnytime of the year is a good time to assess where you have been, acknowledge where you are right now, and dream your most beautiful life into existence. Here is a unique perspective for accelerating this process: Imagine that you are sitting in a comfortable, plush chair in front of a large, ...
Views: 1428(4 votes) - The Basic of Hypnotize Someone Fast - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2010 from Ben TienThere are a number of variables to consider when discussing the topic of hypnotize someone, such as: how well a person responds to suggestions, what they expect, what they believe, worries, and his or her ability to trust the hypnotizer. When a person agrees to an induction, it is important not ...
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