It seems to be normal in our society for most people to beat themselves up emotionally on a regular basis. This is mainly in the form of negative self-talk (internal dialogue) and people say things to themselves that they wouldn’t dream of saying to anyone else. It is one of the most common issues faced …
Decision Making…
My first thought when presented with the subject matter for this month’s newsletter was: “Oooh, I have made some monumentally bad decisions in my time.” We’re talking Taj Mahal, Great Wall of China, that kind of monument. We all make decisions all the time (shall I make a cup of tea now or in a …
Would you like to increase your influencing skills by 30%?
Is influencing others a part of your professional work? Probably yes. It may be in talking with colleagues, customers, or others. It may be through presentations, meetings, interviews, negotiations, sales, or as a part of managing. Would you like to improve your influencing skills? NLP skills can help all of these. How do I know? …
Reflective Journaling on New Year’s Resolutions
Reflective journaling is a great way of moving forward on some of those New Year resolutions that never quite happened. It is a deceptively simple practice taking only ten minutes a day and it really does produce results. Willpower is the most common way of trying to make changes in life. Usually it doesn’t work, …
Is NLP an art or a science? The debate continues…
Is NLP an art or a science? To quote the late great Douglas Adams, “Does it matter, and if it does matter, does it matter that it matters?” If NLP were unambiguously regarded as a science, what difference would it make? For most practitioners probably none as the fundamental skills remain the same; but for …
NLP and Science
This month we have invited a guest, Dr Patricia Riddell, Reader in Developmental Neuroscience at Reading University, to share her thoughts regarding the NLP and Science debate. We trust that you will enjoy reading and as usual feel free to share your thoughts. In a recent blog, John Seymour posed the question “Is NLP a …
Is NLP a science or a craft?
In the early years the co-founders thought of NLP as a new discipline that was part a science and part an art. My Practitioner certificate from Grinder, DeLozier and Associates in 1984 includes the words “the art and science of Neuro-Linguistic Programming”. I was talking with Judy DeLozier about the question ‘What is NLP?’ and we both think of it primarily as a skill, or set of learned skills. This would fit well with the idea of NLP as an art, or as a craft. I prefer art to craft, because a craft implies a practical, as opposed to a psychological skill. NLP is primarily a set of psychological skills focussing on intra and inter-personal communication.
