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[Video] Available Resources

One of my favourite presuppositions of NLP says that people are doing the best they can with the resources they have available, and the reason I like that is because...

[Article] 7 keys to successful planning and goal-setting

7 keys to successful planning and goal-setting

1. Think BIG! If your goal isn’t a challenge and doesn’t represent an important achievement for you it’s unlikely that you’ll be motivated enough to sustain the effort required to...

[Video] Mind and Body

Today I’m going to have another look at one of the presuppositions of NLP, the one that says the mind and the body affect each other. This is one of...

[Article] Why am I doing this?

If I’m really honest, I don’t like children very much. Shocking, I know. Not having any children of my own, I’m often irritated by the antics of small children in...

[Video] Perceptual Positions

Perceptual Positions is the idea of being able to see something from somebody else's point of view or, indeed, from a completely different point of view. If you work in a service industry, you probably will have had it drummed into you that it's important to be able to see things from your customer's point of view. In lots of other environments as well, we are encouraged to take somebody else's perspective.

[Article] Perception is Projection

Carl Jung introduced the notion of ‘projection’ to explain how people can feel certain they know  what another person is like and what they think, then interact with the other person on the basis of those assumptions.

[Video] Positive Intentions

There’s a presupposition of NLP which says that every behaviour has a positive intention. Now on first hearing that, lots of people have said to me over the years “I...

[Article] Being a Brilliant Coach

Being a Brilliant Coach

Have you noticed that there are moments in life when something becomes absolutely clear? It might be something you had never thought about before, or something you thought you knew,...

[Video] In Praise of Routine

When you hear the word routine do you feel your heart sink a bit? Lots of people hate routine. They think it’s boring, dull and do whatever they can to...

[Article] What is a Phobia and how can you deal with it?

What is a Phobia?

When a person reacts with extreme and debilitating fear to a harmless experience or entity, we say they have a phobia. Common phobias include fear of spiders, heights, lifts, snakes,...

[Video] Influencing Upwards

When we did a survey of subscribers to our mailng list and asked people about some of the challenges they face at work, one of the things that lots of...

[Video] What do we mean by Linguistic Skills?

When we talk about NLP – Neuro Linguistic Programming – most people are quite happy that they understand that the “Neuro” bit means it’s to do with the brain and...