Navy SEAL Mental Toughness Training

This is about using NLP to control stress reactions, and I’m going to use new research from our toughest military training as an example of what’s possible. Our U.S. Navy SEALs have the reputation of being the best commandos ever created. A Navy SEAL is someone who has survived the most challenging military training in the world. SEAL stands for…

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There’ll Never Be Another…

There’ll Never Be Another…2010. So, whatever hopes or expectations you had for this year have now occurred. Now you have another chance – it’s time to plan for 2011. Blah, blah, blah. That’s what everyone else is talking about. All the commentators, bloggers and columnists who have to come up with something “timely” to write about this week. They’re all…

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How To Do NLP On Yourself

1459 words, average reading time 5.8 minutes Greetings! There is a dirty little secret in the NLP world. And it’s this: No matter how much you know, it’s VERY difficult to do real work on yourself. We all know this. There’s even a saying about it: “Doing NLP on yourself is like playing tennis alone. You can do it, but…

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A Fern Named Lazarus

I have an asparagus fern named Lazarus. Why did I name him Lazarus? I’ll tell you why. I named him Lazarus because when I first got him for my batchelor apartment I was sometimes a neglectful caretaker. I got the plant so there would be something alive in my apartment besides me. It came in a small green plastic pot…

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What The Eyes Reveal

How’re You Doin’? Article Word Count 932, average reading time 3.7 minutes “Fine”, is what you’d probably answer, if someone asked you this question. Actually, “fine” is what we say to be polite, no matter HOW we are feeling! We’re all taught that. Think about the last hundred times you said or heard, “How are you”? Wasn’t the answer usually,…

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Escaping Troublesome Gulch: Using Your Internal Voices & Converting Negative Self Talk

Troublesome Gulch is the name of a road in the town one over.  It happens to be where a famous ex-Senator lives who certainly created his share of troubles for himself.   However his internal dialogue framed it, he behaved as if the rules didn’t apply to him.  All it cost him was his Senate seat and his candidacy for…

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Giving Thanks

Attitude is one of the key tenets of NLP.  In this sweet story Steve Andreas tells how attitude and setting your perceptual filters can combine to sort your experience and your opportunities to bring you more of what is best for you. Enjoy! Tom Dotz Giving Thanks by Steve Andreas. 850 words, approximate reading time 3.7 minutes There is a…

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Good Lies and Soft Landings

Here’s another fun story embodying the principles of NLP by one of our favorite writers, Tom Hoobyar. Tom’s in the process of completing a book deal with a major publisher based largely on the articles he’s written for you here – so look forward to a big announcement next year!

Anger: What Is It Good For?

Many people would agree with the old song lyric “War – what is it good for? Absolutely nothing.” Well, ok, except maybe for freeing slaves.  Stopping a genocidal dictator from taking over all of Europe.  Creating a new model of self governance out of the colony of a distant power. In NLP we take the stance that every behavior is…

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Words that Trap

Language patterns are one of the most constantly popular models in NLP. Here in a story from the book “Is There Life Before Death?” Steve Andreas describes in a very easy way the profound traps we create by our (mis)use of language in our everyday lives. And if you would like to search through some really clever patterns in depth…

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