February 25, 2010
- Interview Anxiety Relief: New Jobs, Layoffs, Promotions, Performances
Yesterday someone asked if we had any processes to deal with job anxieties. For many people these situations can be a bit unnerving. (…)
January 28, 2010
- A Pound Of Framing: The Power Of Language In Politics And Life
Years ago the then so-named anti-abortion movement seemed to be making little progress.
Then they started re-branding themselves the "pro-life" movement. (…)
January 7, 2010
- Confidence & Criticism - New Video; Science Discovers Time
Beginning this new year I find myself with an abundance of riches to share with you. This week we have two great videos and an essay. (…)
October 28, 2009
- Choosing Your Triggers
A good friend of mine once said to me "No matter what, if a business isn't meeting your goals in three years, drop it and move on to something else - no matter what!"
Charlie Sheppard is one of the most consistently happy people I've ever known. He has the lovely family, loyal friends, beautiful home, the income and independence that almost anyone would envy. (…)
September 2, 2009
- 25 Year Phobia Followup
One of the favorite criticisms of NLP is that it's just a "Quick Fix."
I find this pretty amusing because mostly it's the wrong question. (…)
August 14, 2009
- Belief Changes
One of the most popular areas in NLP is the set of processes for changing beliefs. I also get a lot of requests for patterns and processes you can do by yourself. (…)
July 8, 2009
- Practice Building: The Top Six Mistakes And How To Avoid Them.
We're lucky enough to have a website that was one of the very first in NLP. The upside of one of the world's original NLP sites is recognition and credibility. The downside was embedded obsolescence. After months of work we have it cleaned up, and a new design and navigation. (Maybe now the search engines will see the whole site, and not just part of it.)
More important to you we've changed the look and feel and hopefully made it easier to find all the resources you want on www.nlpco.com. So check it out and let me know how you like it! (…)
June 18, 2009
- 11,664 Unique NLP Patterns
There is a very unusual NLP product I'd like to recommend to you. (…)
May 7, 2009
- The hottest new approaches to NLP you may have missed.
This is an invitation for you to go through the door marked "Insider", and to be an eavesdropper at the most exclusive and Advanced Health and NLP Conference in the United States, given only every two years. (…)
April 30, 2009
- Knowing What's Important (finding, having, and getting it, too!)
It might just be a revelation, it may just bring a smile to your face.
Here's another very simple and profound process that just might change your day - or your life. (…)
April 14, 2009
- The Vision Grabbed Us One Day
Our world today is on the cusp of an incredibly exciting and precarious time – one in which people are increasingly questioning and seeking a life of meaning, purpose, and contribution. (…)
March 6, 2009
- Re-Viewing The Economy
Reframing: Simple Ways To Re-View. (…)
February 27, 2009
- Your Brain on Leadership? Assess Yourself!
I just read a great article "Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership" from the September 2008 issue of Harvard Business Review. It details fascinating new research by Daniel Goleman of "emotional intelligence" (EQ) fame. (…)
January 29, 2009
- Applying NLP: More Stories in Coaching, Consulting, Leading
Last week we brought you another great story of the power of applying just one of the most basic NLP techniques for establishing rapport ("Tuning In" Jan 23, 09)
Here is another example - excerpted from one of the most popular articles we posted last year - of the effectiveness and transformative qualities of NLP
The Power Of Presupposing: Positive Intent
"Gerry was working with a senior executive who oversaw a budget of about $1 billion. This man had important insights and expertise on how to architect a major strategic win in the business. (…)
December 3, 2008
- What Takes Your Breath Away?
"The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority." — Ralph W. (…)
October 8, 2008
- Positive Intention and Adolescence
“I can’t wait to figure out what’s wrong with me,
so I can say ‘This is the way that I used to be.’ “
John Mayer, Split Screen Sadness
I want to tell you about a really good day. One of those experiences that lingered and energized me for several days that followed. (…)
September 24, 2008
- Lessons In Hope
Lessons in Hope
By: Lisa Jackson, NLP Master Practitioner & Executive Coach
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September 18, 2008
- Dreams and Rotten Tomatoes
This week's blog is not a typical NLP teaching tool.
You've been fairly warned.
The big election in the U.S. (…)
September 10, 2008
- A Strategy For Responding to Criticism
Along with this week's story about benefiting from feedback I thought it appropriate to include this gem from "The Living Encyclopedia of NLP" Section 4, Strategies. It's generally useful when dealing with feedback to have a really good strategy for discerning feedback from attack and for dealing with it effectively. (…)
September 3, 2008
- The Good Guys
Last week, we shared Coach Lisa's exercise on the "Inside Family."
Today, I want to share her process on building a more supportive “soundtrack” for your life. I call it “The Good Guys.”
Even those of us who are Master NLP'ers still have self-talk that we are largely unaware of, that is not positive and supportive. (…)

