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: self-development
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 …
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 …
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 …
Mar
17
Video: Learning to see with your sense of touch
Doctors used to believe that certain parts of the brain couldn’t develop or change after childhood. This meant it was widely accepted that certain functions, if lost in adulthood, could not be restored. However, a whole field of research has …
Mar
14
Too much thinking – an antidote?
I’ve often said that the biggest stumbling block most people face is ‘too much thinking’. Not just the ‘wrong sort’ of thinking – a definite imbalance between thought and activity. Now, it’s fairly obvious when a person has not put …
Mar
05
Training Which Integrates Principles, Skills and Tactics
As one of many people who teach NLP, it’s good to highlight what makes my approach to training stand out from my peers. The key in my methods is the structured interplay of several levels of learning – most specifically, …
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