Hope is an interesting concept – on the face of it, it seems like a really good thing. But what is hope exactly and what does it do? The first thing I’ve noticed is that hope is often a substitute …
Category Archive: NLP
Jan
10
Hypnosis in Business?
When I talk about hypnosis to business people, I often get some strange looks. It’s also fairly obvious what they’re thinking at that point: “What place could hypnosis possibly have in business?” This is a perfectly natural response because most …
Aug
25
Dare to take that step now
Right now, I see a lot of people who are so nearly ‘there’ – they really could be where they want to be if they just dared to keep going and take that last – seemingly risky – step. This …
Aug
02
When Less Can Be Better Than More
I’ve just been re-reading Tim Gallwey’s “The Inner Game of Work” and it has been interesting to note how well my ideas about learning dovetail with Gallwey’s principles. For those of you unfamiliar with his work, Gallwey spawned a revolution …
Jul
30
Book Recommendation – “Flipnosis” by Kevin Dutton
Buy this book! Seriously. You’ve probably noticed that I don’t make recommendations very often. This book is an exception because I think it has something for everyone. It’s a book about influence and we all influence each other every day …
Jun
13
Different Thinking – Part 1
It’s interesting how much you can gain from just a slight change in perspective. The innovators are those who have better insights than their peers, ranging from slight improvements to game-changing realisations. As an NLPer and therefore a modeler, I’m …
Jun
01
Why Discarding Solutions Can Lead to Better Problem-Solving
Imagine this: You’ve solved a difficult problem in an important area of your daily life. Is it time to celebrate? Of course. However: Is it time to stop looking for a solution? I’d like you to consider that the answer …
May
18
Achieving your Goals 1 – The Desire Matrix
Welcome to session 1 of my Achieving your Goals course – ‘The desire matrix’. Just click on the video below to begin. Right-click on the links below and select ‘Save Target As’ to download the audio or text versions of …
Apr
29
NLP – Influencing Decision-Making
One of the most interesting things about the way our minds work is the way that we make decisions. We do this every day – we have to decide between one thing and another thing and there is some internal …
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