Mad PCs and the un-obvious obvious
One minute the PC was working fine and the next minute it was as if an alien force had taken it over. Place the cursor over an e-mail in the […]
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NLP and the High Ropes experience
The NLP Master Practitioner Programme finished on Thursday – 18 great days of NLP in three modules from February through May. And, as the weather was great, we had a
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Caffeine-induced Panics
Many years ago, in my pre-NLP days, I was struggling to free myself from nicotine addiction. So I went to see a South London hypnotist who said he could ‘make
The Apprentice: when teamwork isn’t teamwork
‘Teamwork’ in The Apprentice Reading time 2 mins Last night’s episode of the BBC’s The Apprentice didn’t do any of the participants any favours – other than to make them
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Confidence without Competence – 'The Apprentice' is back
The BBC launched a new series of The Apprentice last evening here in the UK and so, over the next three months, 12 precious hours of my life will be
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The NLP 'matching body language' technique
We’re into Day 2 of the current NLP Core Skills programme. It’s a great group, as always, and as part of today’s schedule we have been exploring NLP and Rapport.
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Doom & Gloom Special (Part 2)
Doom & Gloom (Part 2) – our unbiased BBC. Part 1 is here The BBC is internationally recognised as being a reliable, respected and unbiased source of information on what
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Doom and Gloom Special (Part 1)
The end of the world is nigh (again) This month’s Pegasus NLP Newsletter explores, through NLP eyes, how the new media is reporting the current international financial difficulties. Using the
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London's annual NLP Conference
I’ve just been to the annual NLP Conference in London. The conference has been running for about 20 years but this was my first visit after about 14 or more
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Toxic Relationship Game #2: Now, don't get me wrong…
This Toxic Relationship Game is about status. The expert player has a range of tools for putting you in your place (which is in a lower status to them) and
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Toxic Relationship Games #1: Tell me I'm wonderful
Looking for fans People who run the ‘Tell me I’m wonderful’ pattern or programme are looking for fans rather than friends. They regale you with tales of their exploits and
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The world is what you make it
Like a lot of people I’d been taught at home and at school that you treat others as you’d like to be treated. And that, as a result, they’ll treat you well.
What I wasn’t taught is that this is an ideal – and that some people don’t buy into it.
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NLP robbed me of my sulk!
Looking back I don’t why I did it. Over mothered? Dropped on my head at birth? It doesn’t really matter, the point is I was prone to the odd tantrum.
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KISS in NLP: Keep it straightforward and simple
NLP in Plain English? NLP has been around since the early 1970’s. And, among other things, NLP has always sought to improve the quality of interpersonal communication. Except, perhaps, in
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Don’t get rid of negative moods…
Hold on to that negative mood… … at least for a few moments more. Negative moods are useful. They are, quite rightly, a target for most positive living approaches, including NLP. After
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The ‘NLP Lie Detector Technique’
That NLP Lie-Detector myth (1) Reading time 3 mins Does NLP have a lie-detector technique? Can you use NLP to tell if someone is lying? No, you cannot! Yet this
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Mind-Body NLP & the Triangle of Health
This week’s Pegasus NLP Newsletter discusses how we don’t need an holistic or mind-body NLP because real NLP is holistic – hence the name Neuro-Linguistic Programming. The Neuro part of
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Self Esteem and ‘Hot Buttons’
Hot Buttons or Anchors Reading time 4 mins We did an online poll some time ago asking ‘what make you angry – what presses your Hot Buttons?. It ran for
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