Spot the conversation hijack! It’s become a morning sporting event; spot the hijack! One of our local radio stations has a presenter who is a master of the conversation hijack. He can turn any topic around to himself in seconds: conversation with the weather or traffic or business support team, interview with a guest, or […]
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In developing your NLP skill the old saying ‘I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand’ applies. Actually, when it comes to skill, as opposed to mere knowledge about NLP, this piece of wisdom from Confucius is incomplete. We need to add “… I practice and I become skilled”. Because it’s not enough to just do it once and decide you understand – you have to keep doing it until it becomes an automatic (or unconscious) part of your behaviour.
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Worry: Mental Rehearsal for failure Worrying is normal. We all to do it, at times. We worry about how we’ll handle an important event, such as a job interview, presentation or appraisal. Or exam. Sports or arts performance. And the more important this event, the more worried we become… We imagine we’ll forget things, or
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Reading time 6 mins The Professional Guild of NLP was founded in 2004 by a number of NLP training organisations. It was an independent membership-owned body which supported professional standards of training in NLP. Member organisations agreed to a code of ethics, a core syllabus, and to a minimum length of training. The Professional Guild
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Giving presents is a ‘funny’ process. And a slightly complicated one, too, if you think about it… if you delve a little deeper – under the bonnet – which is what we do in NLP… On the surface we give a present because… Underneath and beneath that surface we do it, hopefully, because we want
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You have to be careful if you want to be good at hating people. For example, you must take care not to get to know them. This could spoil everything. If you get to know someone you could easily be side-tracked into seeing them as humans like yourself and even as likeable.
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Falling out of love – and then back in again Reading time 6 mins The first flush of love is great. It’s that heady and almost insane time when we think of each other all the time. When the world and everyone in it looks wonderful. When we’re nice to everyone – and, so, they’re
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The new team forms Reading time 6 mins On the Low Ropes course you are part of a small group of 5-8 people who have to resolve a number of non-strenuous team challenges and problem-solving activities and, ideally, become a team in the process. You don’t know one another – you’ve met for the first
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The NLP Meta Programme of ‘Sameness’ Some of us prefer ‘sameness’ patterns – we like to do the same thing over and over again. For example, do you tend to If you answered yes to more than a couple of these you probably have a preference for Sameness. You like things to remain the same.
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How do you respond to challenges? I can do this! or I can’t do this! Some people approach challenges or unfamiliar situations with Possibility Thinking – others with Impossibility Thinking. Each attitude directly affects your thinking and your actions… as well as the results you get. Henry Ford is supposed to have said something
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What’s behind the painful Bone Cruncher handshake? Does the person really want to inflict pain? And what do you do when you’re on the receiving end?
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That cold call: how not to sell The cold call, or unsolicited sales call, was a fascinating example of how not to sell. Normally I politely refuse to continue with such calls but I wasn’t particularly busy when he phoned so I let him talk on, curious to discover how the carefully rehearsed sales pitch
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18 Fundamental Principles of NLP Reading time 3 mins In NLP we consider these to be the more important Principles, or Presuppositions, because they shape the attitude with which we use NLP – and they encourage us to use NLP as it was originally designed to be used. Nowadays NLP is commonly viewed, and enthusiastically
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Why learn with Pegasus NLP? 10 reasons to choose Pegasus NLP Plus we guarantee our courses 1. Very practical training in a refreshing and uplifting setting You learn through doing and exploring. So you get the essentials on applying NLP in the areas of most interest to you – and you recognise the potential to further
