Create Change in your life

So what is NLP? NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic programming, it is a model of human excellence, how the language of the mind is used to achieve results, it is the structure of how we do what we do.

Neuro - Nerves, pathways, neurology.
Linguistic - Language, the way we communicate, verbal / non verbal, conscious, unconscious.
programming - Strategies, repeated patterns of speech and behavior.

I have read books on NLP and listened to various NLP audio. I find the area of NLP fascinating. I think it is great tool for overcoming problems and creating a better life for yourself. In particular I would like to use it for overcoming negative beliefs, improving confidence and communication skills, setting goals and creating a better future for myself. I have just recently finished a NLP life skills course. The course was 10 weeks covering the following topics:

• Communication
• Rapport
• Representational systems
• Work / Life balance
• Outcomes / setting goals
• NLP presuppositions

Here are some useful communication beliefs used in NLP:

• Everyone lives in their own model of the world.
• Mind and body are part of the same system. What affects one affects the other.
• A person cannot not communicate.
• If what you’re doing isn’t working, do something else.
• There is no failure only feedback.
• The meaning of the communication is the response you get.
• If one person can do it, anybody can.
• Everyone has all the resources they need.
• Every behavior has a positive intention.
• People make the best choices available to them at the time.
• The map is not the territory.
• More choice is better than no choice.
• Respect for everyone’s model of the world.

Some of these can be very useful when applied to your own life, I particularly like; ‘There is no failure only feedback’, ‘If one person can do it, anybody can’ and ‘Everyone has all the resources they need.’

Imagine going through life, with the belief that failure didn’t exist, and instead of failing at things you just got feedback as to what worked and what didn’t. What about ‘everyone has all the resources they need’. What does this mean to you? To me this implies that we all have within us the ability to create any reality we want for ourselves. We shouldn’t have to rely on anyone else to change us, ultimately it is down to each of us individually.

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