Comments on: Markets Tumble, People Stumble, and How NLP Helps You Get Up Again http://www.nlpco.com/2010/01/markets-tumble/ NLP Comprehensive Training-CDs-DVDs-Online Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:49:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Marius http://www.nlpco.com/2010/01/markets-tumble/#comment-751 Marius Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:45:38 +0000 http://www.nlpco.com/?p=2810#comment-751 Thanks Tom! very good NLP utilisation description, the knowledge to have in head, is not taken by anyone... Thanks Tom! very good NLP utilisation description, the knowledge to have in head, is not taken by anyone…

]]> By: Shelle Rose Charvet http://www.nlpco.com/2010/01/markets-tumble/#comment-749 Shelle Rose Charvet Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:31:16 +0000 http://www.nlpco.com/?p=2810#comment-749 Very excellent writing Tom. You deserve a medal for this one!!! You hit the nail on the head. Bravo my friend, Shelle Very excellent writing Tom. You deserve a medal for this one!!! You hit the nail on the head.

Bravo my friend,

Shelle

]]> By: Tom Dotz http://www.nlpco.com/2010/01/markets-tumble/#comment-748 Tom Dotz Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:59:36 +0000 http://www.nlpco.com/?p=2810#comment-748 Hi Marjorie, Thanks for pointing out the need for some clarification. My description was meant to describe a spectrum. "...we describe human motivation as moving between..." Perhaps "moving along" or "positioned somewhere along" may have been a better locution. :-) Yes, not every person is primarily "away from". In my experience, fewer numbers of people are towards the "towards" end of the spectrum. Usually the extreme example of "towards" motivation is challenged by so many desires that conflicts arise and a different kind of dysfunction ensues. My experience is what I described: that most people are primarily motivated by moving away from pain. Lighting a match under someone will usually get them moving faster than offering an ice cream cone. Yes, that is a generalization. Generalizations are so named because they are generally accurate, but not always. Further, motivation may also be context specific, e.g. what primarily motivates me to choose a career may differ from what motivates me in my choice of a dwelling. We could also distinguish between motivation as a strategy and motivation as a meta-program. Maybe a topic for a future article. ;-) Best regards, Tom Hi Marjorie,

Thanks for pointing out the need for some clarification. My description was meant to describe a spectrum. "…we describe human motivation as moving between…"
Perhaps "moving along" or "positioned somewhere along" may have been a better locution. :-)

Yes, not every person is primarily "away from". In my experience, fewer numbers of people are towards the "towards" end of the spectrum. Usually the extreme example of "towards" motivation is challenged by so many desires that conflicts arise and a different kind of dysfunction ensues.

My experience is what I described: that most people are primarily motivated by moving away from pain. Lighting a match under someone will usually get them moving faster than offering an ice cream cone.

Yes, that is a generalization. Generalizations are so named because they are generally accurate, but not always. Further, motivation may also be context specific, e.g. what primarily motivates me to choose a career may differ from what motivates me in my choice of a dwelling.

We could also distinguish between motivation as a strategy and motivation as a meta-program. Maybe a topic for a future article. ;-)

Best regards,
Tom

]]> By: Marjorie http://www.nlpco.com/2010/01/markets-tumble/#comment-747 Marjorie Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:53:45 +0000 http://www.nlpco.com/?p=2810#comment-747 Tom - nice but you are writing like "all apples are red". Different people sort differently. Some sort towards and have to be moved to away from. If towards is not a great place to be then we change their strategies. NLP101. First and foremost is to find out what that strategy is and why it isn't working for that particular person. We do not lump every human being on planet Earth into the away from strategy. I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS!! Tom – nice but you are writing like "all apples are red". Different people sort differently. Some sort towards and have to be moved to away from. If towards is not a great place to be then we change their strategies. NLP101. First and foremost is to find out what that strategy is and why it isn't working for that particular person. We do not lump every human being on planet Earth into the away from strategy. I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS!!

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