"Be yourself….." ??
The Self Consciousness ‘Habit’(*) Last week’s newsletter and blog article on Self Consciousness produced quite a few e-mails, including one from Bob (not his real name) who is in his […]
NLP and Self Consciousness
Understanding self consciousness Self consciousness can also be labelled as shyness, introversion, OES (overwhelming embarrassment syndrome), or plain (very) old fashioned ‘inferiority complex’. Whatever the label it’s severely uncomfortable and
Fooling customers damages goodwill – and the brand
The great offers that are snatched back We come across these truth-but-not-the-whole-truth sales and marketing tricks every day special offers that aren’t very special when you read the small print massive
Brands – robust or damaged
Reading time – 5 mins Yesterday’s announcement that the News of the World was to close down got me thinking of branding – and how easily a brand can become
The unjust pair: Just & Only
Open Loops Like many of the things he said back in the 80’s, Richard Bandler’s observation that people often use ‘just’ as a way of being unjust initially puzzled me.
NLP – that scary P-word…
NLP is great, wonderful, amazing etc etc It goes like this; you’ve been interested in and using NLP for a while and have found that it has made a difference
Gotta, gotta, gotta… life's Rules
I should have remembered I was intently watching the car park meter slowly printing my ticket when a woman’s voice behind me said “Would you have a 5P piece?” I
NLP & Eating – what’s your strategy?
NLP and the T.A.T.E Model The T.A.T.E. Model is great for identifying what accounts for success or failure in how we do things. We use it in our NLP Practitioner
How we do the Anger Habit
I was asked for advice on what to do about anger – so I explained as simply as possible how we do the Anger Habit: (There is a series of
Let's get away from it all
Living vicariously – or living This month’s Pegasus NLP Newsletter is about the difference between living a fulfilling life and living your life second hand – i.e. really Living or living
Time to smell the roses
NLP Hype The five of us were sitting in the sunshine outside a café in the lovely little Victorian town of Swanage this morning – Julie, Peter, their two boys,
Communicating with customers
What’s it like for would-be customers’? The car ahead of me had stickers advertising their service. I could tell that much because of the big lettering on the car boot (i.e.
Learning as you go: the Reviewing Model
The Reviewing Model The Reviewing Model is one of those deceptively simple yet powerful methods for learning through doing and reviewing. That’s why we use in our Pegasus NLP courses.
7 More NLP Tips on Twitter
NLP Tips – Week 2 The NLP Tips’ series on Twitter has now completed its second experimental week of daily tips. This Blog article enlarges on the Twitter tips since
Advice giving: Why won’t they take the advice – and change!
Why do people sometimes seem to be their own worst enemies? They eat too much, drink too much, work too hard etc. despite advice and evidence that it is not
Advice giving: Why won’t they take the advice – and change! More
NLP Twitter Tips
Daily NLP Tips The new daily NLP Tips series on Twitter is for people who have had some experience of NLP. This is because anything other than a reminder of
It's time for a group hug!
NLP, Bodywork and group hugs In the early 80’s as I was exploring NLP I also became interested in bodywork as another route to personal development. As the name suggests
Replace (some) mental chatter with The Daily Plan
Self Talk has its uses … A lot of us who do our thinking primarily through self talk or, as we term it in NLP, through Auditory Digital thinking, try
Driving your own bus
Driving your own bus? Or back-seat passenger? Bad times or learning opportunities? What’s your favourite screw-up, setback, mistake, weak spot, etc. What’s pretty well guaranteed to have you in an
First you need rapport!
Rapport: the first essential in communicating One of the first “challenges” in becoming an effective communicator is knowing how to create the right atmosphere for effective communicating to occur. Take
Attaching Meaning: NLP Meta Model
How we programme our own moods How we interpret events and then have feelings as a result of our own interpretation is the main topic in today’s Pegasus NLP Newsletter.
A quart into a pint pot
It’s bank holiday weekend! The Dorset Coast, when I live, is a popular visitor destination and I’ve long ago learned from the locals that it’s best to avoid travelling locally
Beating yourself up about things
Do you give yourself a hard time…? What you do when you slip up? When you make a mistake, forget something, screw up, open your mouth and (metaphorically) put your
Advice giving: Why don’t they follow my advice?
For many people there is a certain satisfaction in giving others good advice on how to solve their problems or live their lives. And these people find it quite frustrating
Boring old "relaxation"… and our health
NLP and traditional health enhancement Before I began to specialise in NLP training I ran stress management workshops for a number of years beginning back in 1983. Often I would
The Get it Right Attitude (2 of 2)
The Get it Right attitude (2) In Part 1 we looked at the way the Get it Right attitude works and I suggested having a think about how it works
The Get It Right Attitude (Part 1 of 2)
The Get it Right Attitude You’ve probably encountered the ‘get it right attitude’. It’s the one that is backed up by clichés such as ‘if a job’s worth doing it’s
Is NLP only for ‘good visualisers’?
NLP techniques don’t work for me! Not long ago I got an email: ‘I have been reading … (naming a well-known NLP-based self improvement book) and listening to the accompanying
Should we teach NLP skills to everyone?
We’d like you to train our team The regional manager for the multinational had taken part, as a private individual, in our NLP Core Skills course a few months earlier