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Did I get what I wanted with NLP?

Peter July 21, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

Normally my interaction on sundry forums involves short posts, but occasionally I am more expansive. Recently, on NLP Connections, there was a thread which questioned “Did you get the results you were after when you first connected with NLP? Were you overjoyed – disappointed – ...

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The Meaning, the Words and Music

Peter July 4, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

An online friend posted this quote today which got me musing and contemplating:- The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you’ve gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you’ve gotten the rabbit, you ...

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Working Life Balance & Harry Chapin

Peter June 28, 2010 3 comments Uncategorised

In the course of one of my consultancies I see many people – usually somewhere on the corporate ladder – whose weight and food related issues pretty much all stem from lifestyle/work/stress areas. It doesn’t take much knowledge of statistics and extrapolation to realise that ...

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People will change only IF THEY want to!

Peter June 24, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

One of the enduring features from my previous blog post is that People will only change if they want to and are ready to. I hear alarm bells and see flags waving whenever I hear “My xxxxx says I should see you because of my ...

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The rapport-busting greeting! No Failure only Feedback…

Peter June 20, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

Over 99% of my clients want to make changes and are looking for guidance. There’s always the exception – and I’m happy to share this with you all! “This client has depression” – I was informed by the person who made the referral, and also ...

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Totally covert NLP?

Peter May 31, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

Normally for some of my consultative client sessions, I am asked what is NLP? Never following a script for this, I tend to go with what I intuitively feel might be the best explanation for each particular client. Remembering of course that the % of ...

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Following Your Dream – not someone else’s

Peter May 28, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

Sir Ken Robinson is a wonderful speaker – and when he illuminates for all of us what we REALLY should be doing in education then I applaud till my hands are sore. I spend all my teaching time encouraging the children to discover what it ...

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Serious Play and the ability to focus better…

Peter May 23, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

This is probably not quite what you are expecting from a discussion topic suitably titled…but is prompted partially by this particular TED talk in a link posted by Nina Lancaster on NLP Connections forum:- http://www.ted.com/talks/stuart_brown_says_play_is_more_than_fun_it_s_vital.html Now apropos of this and not entirely unconnected comes from ...

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Work in Progress…

Peter May 12, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

It a simple enough phrase…”Work in Progress”… And yet I’ve discovered that when using it with young sportspeople, that it actually liberates them from any performance shortcomings where (more often than not) they would hang their heads, beat themselves up, and all the other attributes ...

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The Sea omnipotent – Clean Case File #5

Peter May 3, 2010 Post Comment Uncategorised

I met a very intelligent, intense and vibrant lady who is MD of her own successful company. She wanted to raise her energy levels through a better understanding of exercise and fitness and have more positive feelings about her appearance and lose some weight. She ...

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