When the UK went into lockdown and we all migrated our meetings onto Zoom and Teams and various other platforms, one of the things I said was that there was perhaps one good thing that might come out of this. If we were all forced to use these virtual media, then we might get a better sense of what they're good for, and what they're not so good for.
Blog Category: Blog
[Article] What else can you do?
I was reading a post on Bob Howard-Spink’s blog in which he compares to-do lists with Leonardo Da Vinci and suggests that as well as a ‘to-do’ list, we can all benefit from having a ‘things I’ve done’ list.
[Video] Neurological levels
Neurological levels is a concept pioneered by Robert Dilts back in the early days of NLP, but somehow it seems to have been overlooked in a lot of modern NLP training. Some schools of NLP still include it, but others have disregarded it. So if you haven't come across this model before, I really encourage you to explore it in more detail...
[Article] Dealing with criticism
Five months on from the start of lockdown, with several sets of exam results being announced recently and a general background of grumpiness for many people, I'm noticing a lot of criticism flying around. Have you been on the receiving end of some of it?
[Video] The Map Is Not The Territory
In this video I talk about what's often regarded as the first presupposition of NLP - 'The Map is not the Territory'. This has been talked and written about a great deal and, if you haven't come across it before, it's simply a way of expressing the fact that our perception of the world is more like a map than it is the real territory.
[Article] Choice and control – a window on my world
The time had come. I had to make a plan, make some decisions, get the ball rolling. I had already put it off several times and I knew I was only going to create a bigger headache if I left it any longer. The question – how to deliver NLP Practitioner training in 2020?
[Video] The 5-Minute NLP Seminar
People often ask me “What is NLP?” and there are lots of definitions, but when it comes to what you actually do in the practice of NLP, there is a...
[Article] When the first flush of enthusiasm wears off
We’ve all done it. Started the year, month, week or even the day full of big plans and enthusiasm only to find that the goal was more challenging than expected and that the initial enthusiasm wasn’t enough to carry us through to successful completion. What to do then?
[Video] Making sense of lockdown with the SCARF model
Hear me talk about how the SCARF Model can help you make sense of lockdown. If you haven't come across it before, the SCARF Model is a piece of neuroscience that focusses on the social concerns that drive people's behaviour.
[Article] What’s wrong with being a perfectionist?
My friend called in for a cup of coffee and a chat and found me doing the ironing. I made coffee and she pulled up a kitchen chair as I resumed my work. Although she was telling me her latest news I noticed her watching closely as I transformed a crumpled heap of fabric into an immaculate, crisp white shirt.
[Video] How to assess your own development needs
Sometimes people come to me and say: "I don't really know what I need, but I know I need something." Which is interesting - because how would you know that you need something if you have no idea what it is? And yet somehow we do.
[Video] The truth about NLP Practitioner training
At the end of the 10th day on our most recent course, we asked 5 people if they would tell us how they were feeling about the training, what they were getting out of it, and how it compared with what they thought they were going to get out of the course. This is what they said...
