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Why you should abandon Hope

docphi1 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:48:05 +0000

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 …

Dare to take that step now

docphi1 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:33:48 +0000

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 …

When Less Can Be Better Than More

docphi1 — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:04:10 +0000

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 …

Different Thinking – Part 1

docphi1 — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:41:51 +0000

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 …

Why Discarding Solutions Can Lead to Better Problem-Solving

docphi1 — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:19:40 +0000

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 …

NLP – Influencing Decision-Making

docphi1 — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:36:18 +0000

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 …

The Truth About Motivation

docphi1 — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:40:13 +0000

When reading about NLP and personal development, we see a lot of different statements about motivation. For a start, what is motivation exactly and where does it come from? More importantly, what is motivating and what is not? In NLP, …

Video: Learning to see with your sense of touch

docphi1 — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:15:07 +0000

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 …

Too much thinking – an antidote?

docphi1 — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:07:09 +0000

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 …

Training Which Integrates Principles, Skills and Tactics

docphi1 — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 09:48:23 +0000

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, …