NLP

 

"I can't believe I'm 35 and only learning this now. NLP should be taught in schools!"

- Glenda Russell (NLP Practitioner 2010)

 

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Why do you want to learn NLP?

 

What is NLP?

 

How can you learn NLP?

 

What if you learn NLP?

What is NLP?

 

NLP was created by Richard Bandler & John Grinder at the University of Palo Alto in California in the early 70s. It gained recognition through the publication of their first book, The Structure of Magic, Volume I in 1975.

 

One helpful way to explore a term is to separate out its core elements:

 

Neuro	This refers to our neurology and more specifically to our five senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell, taste) through which we take in information from the environment around us
Linguistic	Our language, verbal and non-verbal, and how we code, organize and give meaning to our experiences
Programming	The strategies and approaches we use to achieve consistent results or outcomes

 

In other words, NLP is how to use the minds own language to consistently achieve our specific and desired outcomes.

NLP has often been described as the study of subjective experience. Richard Bandler defines it as being an attitude and methodology that leaves behind a trail of techniques.

 

Attitude	Through extreme curiosity, wanton experimentation and acting 'As If' something can be done
Mehtodology	Modeling what someone with exceptional talent does and teaching it to others for accelerated learning
Techniques	A host of tried and tested tools that enable practitioners and clients alike to achieve their outcomes, resolve problems and create generative change for individuals and organizations

The Strategies of Success

Although extracting a model of excellence is mostly done with specific skills in specific contexts, it is relatively easy to translate that model across contexts. Since Bandler & Grinder's early modeling some powerful patterns have emerged such as the five strategies of successful people.

1. Know your outcome
2. Take MASSIVE action
3. Have exceptional sensory acuity
4. Have behavioral flexibility
5. Operate from a physiology and psychology of excellence

 

NLP provides a synthesis of knowledge and aspects of it are to be found in popular self-help programs such as the Law of Attraction and most, if not all, motivational speakers have been trained in NLP.