Neuro- Linguistic Programming

We experience the world through our five senses, seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling and tasting things. This information is coded, ordered and given meaning in our mind by pictures, sounds, feelings, tastes, smells and words. This constitutes the language of the mind. NLP is how to use this language to enable you to achieve the goals that you want in life.
Many of the NLP techniques were developed from studying masters in their fields and analyzing how they achieved their results. Within NLP there is a multitude of different techniques and models, which include the expert use of language, story telling (Metaphors), techniques for re-experiencing feelings at will (anchoring), methods for eliminating unwanted emotions and techniques that enable the person to remove emotion from a memory (Quick Phobia Cure), etc. NLP techniques can bring about change very quickly, sometimes within minutes because the mind can learn very quickly when you communicate in the right way.

History of NLP :
NLP was initially created in 1975 by Richard Bandler and John Grinder, who began modeling and duplicating the superb results of a few top communicators and therapists. Some of the first people to be studied included Hypnotherapist Milton Erickson, gestalt therapist Fritz Perls and family therapist Virginia Satir. Since then, many others have contributed to the growth and development of the field. Together they began to model human excellence by breaking behavior and language into its basic components and analyzing what made it work. . Finally, the trail of techniques created through this type of modeling formed the foundations of what is commonly known now as NLP.

NLP is a set of guiding principles, attitudes, and techniques that allows you to change, adopt or eliminate behavior as desired and gives you the ability to chose the mental, emotional and physical state you require. It also makes it easier for you to make the necessary changes in your life to fulfill your goals.

NLP also helps us to better understand ourselves and others and have more effective ways to:
• Attract the right person.
• Communicate with others.
• Increase motivation.
• Advance our career.

The Presuppositions of NLP:
• The ability to change the process by which we experience reality is more often valuable than changing the content of our experience of reality.
• The meaning of the communication is the response you get.
• All distinctions human beings are able to make concerning our environment and our behavior can be usefully represented through the visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and gustatory senses.
• The resources an individual needs in order to effect a change are already within them.
• The map is not the territory.
• The positive worth of the individual is held constant, while the value and appropriateness of internal and/or external behavior is questioned.
• There is a positive intention motivating every behavior, and a context in which every behavior has value.
• Feedback vs. Failure - All results and behaviors are achievements, whether they are desired outcomes for a given task/context, or not.

Uses of NLP :
NLP can be and is used in every sector of society, since NLP is about effective communication. Communication is a fundamental part of life.
Many politicians, are prime examples of accomplished NLP'ers. Subtly managing to communicate the message that they want to communicate no matter what the question posed.

NLP in Business :
• Effective Communication
• Rapport Skills.
• Identifying decision making strategies (Often used in sales trainings).
• Motivational Skills
• Goal Setting
• Etc

NLP in Teaching :
• Spelling strategies
• Effective communication
• Utilizing optimal mental state for learning
• Beliefs that improve performance
• Motivation
• Etc

NLP in Therapy :
• Eliminating negative emotions
• Accessing positive emotions at will
• Goal setting
• Changing negative beliefs

NLP in Sports Performance :
• Modeling excellence in Others
• Optimizing mental states
• Developing the beliefs that lead to
• Eliminating performance anxiety