This will be a multi-part introduction into ways to "code" your own mind and if they accept, also the mind of others. As a programmer on the one hand and a marketing guy on the other hand, this is the kind of input that keeps me busy and that crosses the bridge between the two main focusses of my life.
NLP is an abbreviation, meaning:
Neuro Linguistic Programming
The brain / hardware (Neuro) will be consistently changed (Programming) using the help of language (Linguistic).
Richard Bandler, one of the founders of NLP once said:
NLP is an attitude and a methodology that leaves a trail of techniques behind.
Some History:
The two founders of NLP, Richard Bandler and John Grinder started their big mission in the early 70's. Their main goal was to find out, why some therapists are extremely effective solving problems of their clients with only few sessions, while other therapists even with a huge number of sessions couldn’t solve their clients at all. Sure every case is different, but with big numbers, there is still an average with a strong correlation. The big question to be asked was: "What makes the difference?"
Bandler and Grinder started to analyze the work of some of the most effective therapists of their time concerning verbal and nonverbal approaches they used to work with their clients. The focus was to boil down the ways, strategies, plots they used in specific situations to their core elements. The three first therapists they analyzed, have been Fritz Perls (Founder of "gestalt therapy"), Virginia Satir (Founder of the "family therapy") and Milton H Erickson, who was probably the most important hypnotherapist of the last century.
After the analysis, they extracted only what they believed to be "working". This essence, they put it into their own system. The point was to find the difference that makes the difference. They started working with this newly found derivative of knowledge and constructed and formed these insights into a system that was teachable and learnable. The first name they gave to this system was "Modelling of Excellence" and the first book that was published about the matter was called "The Structure of Magic" – a quite fitting title to something that was seen as something quite magical at the time.
In the following years NLP developed their own methods based on this stable basis. The new methods always stayed in this initial spirit, pragmatically finding out the essence of the relevant parts. So today NLP is a highly functional and functioning way to change or manipulate subjective experiences based on the knowledge derived from family-, hypno- and gestalt-therapy.
The 8 Axioms of NLP
translated and partly copied from this source
Axioms are basic or key assumptions, building the basis of a doctrine that neither can be proven nor rebutted. Most of the axioms of NLP cannot withstand to rigorous scientific criteria as they can’t really be considered separately. So these “Axioms” should be seen as convictions and guiding principles underlying the use of NLP. Based on these principles most NLP – people work with their coaches as well as with their clients. Of course also while shaping their own lives.
- 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.
First Conclusion:
Neither am I able, nor educated to teach NLP to any of you reading this article, but I will try to give you an impression of what people are able to do for themselves and also for others. Also I want to give a hint of what is behind NLP. As a marketing guy, these principles are key to a lot of my work and I use these techniques since almost 20 years.
If you are interested in more information about that topic, follow this series and if you can’t wait to learn more, I suggest to google the three mentioned therapists: Erickson, Satir and Perls. There are also some videos on youtube available about these three. The videos are old and of a very bad quality, but the content is fresh, amazing and enlightening!
Please comment below if you are interested in learning more about NLP!
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This is the kind of text I love to read, where we can learn and take advantage of it. I'm a teacher and one of the tools I use daily is communication, and twice I've participated in some workshops or activities that asked what the NLP was about. I remember that the first time I participated, I felt a little lost and skeptical about many things, but little by little I understood some things and even found some sense in them. For example, if I am aware of my weaknesses and attributes as a person, it will help me to take advantage of them when relating or communicating with others. In my case, I am a very auditory person, who is guided by the ear, but I am also kinesthetic, guided by approach and touch. Being aware of this can help me in my interpersonal and professional relationships. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I will keep an eye out for your upcoming publications.
Very true. I believe the first thing to change anything is to understand "self". This needs selfawareness as a first step. I am glad you like the approach!
I find very interesting this series that you start with this post, @pollux.one; he already gives us important clues. I'm not very versed in NLP; I know only generalities. But since my field of work is language and communication (by teacher and writer), I give a central value to language in our thinking and behavior. For example, I have always been interested in what is called "metacognition": the processes by which individuals know about how they know, which I see related to the first premise ("The ability to change the process by which we experience reality is often more valuable than changing the content of our experience of reality."). I will be very attentive to your next deliveries. Thank you, and @adsactly for spreading your work.
Very true, words are mighty tools and NLP is one way to make (better) use of them. I really hope that I can deliver at least some bits that may be useful to you.
I found this text very interesting. Despite having heard about the NLP in different activities related to my work, there are two statements that the reading made me really listen with attention:
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Both, I believe, point in the same direction and hold a very important meaning for dealing with our attitude towards life and the world. To understand that we cannot always change the realities that overwhelm us or that we cannot control, but we can choose the way in which we face the difficulties that they imply is very important for building a more satisfying life. This process of change so as not to confuse the "map" with the "territory", that is to say, not to confuse reality with the mental representation we make of it, however similar it may seem to us. To be conscious of the power of our mind over the way in which we face our condition of subjects of representation and of the power that these projections have in our lives and in our happiness is really valuable.
Thank you for sharing such an interesting and enriching text, @pollux.one.
It is very satisfying to find out that there is more to "reality" than what we are tought. NLP is one way to find other perspectives. Thx for your kind comment.
As an NLP Master Practitioner, I am very passionate about this subject and cannot wait to see what you will share with us.
Great we have an professional here, so you can correct me, if I am wrong about certain points in the future. As myself I am neither a practicioner, nor a master, but trained by a master for years without having any certificate there might be some unintended misinformation (also due to the language barrier).
We are here to enrich each other's map and respect the model of the world. The NLP presuppositions you described are often overlooked but in my opinion are one of the most important chapters because they provide with a unique way of thinking , the "attitude" as Richard Bandler said.
Yes, most people like to jump to conclusions and skip basics before dismissing valid and helping concepts. If you haven't heard Erickson, Satir and Perls talk, you'll probably never understand in depth what NLP really is about. It's like building a house with a basement, then forgetting about the basement, never using the basement and then wondering why it becomes mouldy and rotten.
The first time I came across NLP was about 20 years ago. I spent a lot of time reading about it and somehow lost interest in it, perhaps due to little mainstream interest in it.
Are there people still interested in this? Wondering whether it is worthwhile to get my feet wet again!
Like myself, 20 years ago I started with it, but it needs some dedication and practice to move forward. Nothing the mainstream can handle...
Posts that are very enlightening.
With your posts, we know more about NLP. In developing personal behavior this can be a way to change the mindset of each person. With language programming and associated behavior and awareness through the brain, we will be able to develop better. During this time in teaching children I saw children from various aspects. and I think the uniqueness of many children needs the ability to manage. with good classroom management, we will easily direct our children. NLP as a derivative of various therapeutic disciplines has become an alternative behavior and personal formation.
I will wait for the next post.
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I am glad, that you found my article to be useful. Hopefully I will be able to continue this series soon.
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