Plan
“Children do what feels good. Adults devise a plan and follow it.” ~Dave Ramsey When a person processes their understanding of their world by choosing to limit how they process information and relying too heavily on their feelings, thereby ignoring or disassociating from the other information available – such as what the picture will actually look like, and/or what they can actually hear, both said and n0t said, then it’s not far from a very slippery slope to abandoning one’s beliefs and value system....
read moreSteve Jobs and his elegant use of NLP™ Communication
“Steve Jobs had advanced ideas for which there was no point of reference, so he had to create a reference his listeners could relate to. Metaphorical thinking is how Jobs made sense of the world and how he ultimately created intoxicating brand messages.” ~Carmine Gallo in Forbes Magazine Read how one of the NLP™ powerful communication tools transformed the way Steve Jobs learned to be a more effective communicator. Full article here Metaphor is just 1 of the amazing NLP™ tools you learn at the other-than-conscous level, to use...
read moreTime
“When you are courting a nice girl, an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder, a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.” ~Albert Einstein One of the NLP™ tools teaches the student how to experience time either in fast time or slow time and that can be very useful. In the case of timed exams, for example, you can learn to distort time so that your mind has all the time it needs to complete the exam. One of my clients used this for taking the California Bar Exam successfully. Where might time...
read moreDid I lock my car or not? – How NLP™ helped me have surety everyday
I have a daily cappuccino at my local Starbucks nearly every morning. Most days, they have it ready before I reach the register. They call it my Pamaccino! So, big shout out to Taft Plaza Starbucks. After having second thoughts and doubts about whether I locked my car or not, for about a weeks time, I wondered why I had these doubts because it represented a very different change in my behavior. This was new. So right there in the parking lot, half way between my car and Starbucks I asked my self: What’s different now, from the...
read moreLead
“More is caught than taught” ~Rachel Ramsey Cruze People will do what you DO n0t what you say. If you want to lead people, let them observe you DOing what you Do you’re best. Leading is comprised of many, many NLP™ elements such as tonality, language, rapport, pacing and that’s just how you start. To learn to bring out the leader in you, so that when leadership circumstances arise, you’ll be up to the big reveal, attend an NLP™ Skillbuilder Play...
read moreDirections
“LIfe is happening, and if you spend your time Remembering instead of Thinking, you’re going in the wrong direction” ~Richard Bandler Remembering is about things have already happened and let’s face it, not everything about the past has been pleasant. If you want to learn to get out of past then NLP™ offers the client and/or student tools to help you move out of the past and into the direction of your dreams, hopes and desires. Tools such as Timeline Changes, Motivation Strategies, Propulsion Systems and more....
read moreBeliefs
“The mark of your ignorance, is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls the butterfly” ~Richard Bach Beliefs are built inside your mind. Some of them serve you well, others serve you poorly. Fortunately, limiting beliefs can be changed and replace by more accurate information that serves you in more positive way. Learn to change poor and limiting beliefs like “I can’t do math”, “I’m not good enough”,...
read moreCuriosity
“I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” ~ Albert Einstein Developing an attitude of curiosity, about how your neurology works and then what you can do with it to do get better results is a cornerstone of NLP™.
read moreUsing NLP™ to Eliminate OCD by: Pam Castillo, Clarity Institute – Los Angeles
Using NLP™ to Eliminate OCD I had the father of a 26 year old, write to me to see if I could help his daughter who has been diagnosed with “severe OCD, since she was 8 years old”. 18 YEARS! He told me the OCD was so severe the daughter was on total state disability and had all but given up on her dream to go to medical school. Dad told me the young girl had been the subject of a television documentary 18 years ago on children with OCD. I invited them both over for a cup of tea to chat about what NLP™ is, what is n0t, and to observe...
read moreOn Any Given Facebook Day
On any given day while scanning status updates on Facebook, I can read some of the worlds greatest quotes and bits of advice for a life well lived. These morsel’s are quoted from some of the worlds greatest philosophers, poets, artists and uniquely powerful people to known celebrities and unknown heros. And when combined with some AWEsomely stunning graphics or photos or comedic videos WOW, what a great feeling it can create…..for about 12 seconds… or less. Or not at all for some. And after the feel-good effect wears off, for those...
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