Neuro Linguistic Programming

A detailed Summary of Neuro Linguistic Programming

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) can be defined as follows:

"NLP is concerned with how top people in different fields obtain outstanding results, and how their successful thinking and behaviour patterns can be copied. It is concerned with what happens when we think, and the effect of our thinking on our behaviour, and the behaviour of others. It shows us how we can think better, and thus achieve more. NLP teaches us how to communicate, inwardly and outwardly, in a way that can make the difference between mediocrity and excellence."

The heart of NLP is modelling excellent behaviour. By studying the structure of how people perform well, it can be enhanced and taught to others. The beauty of NLP is its limitless nature. It can be applied in a variety of fields from your personal through to your professional life. NLP allows you to apply your skills straight away, but continuous practice is required to enhance your communication skills further.

This essay will discuss how NLP has helped me to enhance my pre-existing communication skills, and how it's taught me to apply them effectively in my personal and professional life. I will display my understanding of NLP and illustrate through examples how I have use

4) Be flexible - changing your behaviour until you get the result you want.

On 15/7/02 I put into practice this process with regard to finding a job. I wrote down my goal, which was to find a job and what I would need to do in order to achieve this. I have read in many books how powerful it is to write down your goals. This was illustrated on the first day of the course through a story about a class of students who were asked about their goals in life. Only a few students wrote down their goals, and several years later it was they who achieved their goals. I have attempted to apply these steps through developing awareness of my actions, and observing how close my actions are drawing me towards my goal. From time to time I suffer from a lack of action due to laziness. I realise this and change my behaviour by motivating myself by reading over my goals.

There are many more areas, techniques and processes that NLP covers, which could not be discussed within the scope of this essay. Naturally I have much to learn and improve upon. The experiences that I have had whilst applying skills taught within NLP show that the only way to master NLP is solely through practice and application in personal and professional life. I am especially looking forward to applying rapport skills in an interview since I am searching for a job. I am still in the process of consciously using rapport skills such as matching a persons physiology, predicates, breathing patterns as well as identifying the representational system used by the individual. Having observed myself, I understand that I need to work upon matching a persons breathing since I still find this very difficult. Naturally my goal is to reach the fourth stage of learning - unconscious competence.

This quote means that if you have a friend you get along with, who understands you, is someone you share a good rapport with, they go some way in creating you by bringing out your potential. This makes you feel good about yourself, hence, that person helps you grow in a positive manner. Naturally if you have such powerful rapport with someone, this will aid communication. They will also have the ability to influence you to a certain extent. Anthony Robbins states, "....if you can build rapport with the right people, you'll be able to fill their needs, and they will be able to fill yours."

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