Subtle Skills for Building Rapport with NLP

Subtle Skills for Building Rapport Using Neuro-Linguistic Programming in the Interview Room By VINCENT A. SANDOVAL, M.A., and SUSAN H. ADAMS, M.A. FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin Mark Hamilton, a seasoned detective, slowly opens the door to the interview room. The witness to the drive-by shooting sits leaning forward in a chair with her head in her hands. Normally, Mark bellows…

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How Our Metaphors Reveal Creative Solutions

Here’s another in our series on metaphors we live by, the ways in which how we describe our lives and situations influences us. The specific metaphors we use, the way we use them and the stories we create with them may limit us, inspire us, or expand our options. Recognizing the ones you use is the first step to understanding…

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Hearing what other people are really saying

Much is made of metaphor in literature and life. What the early developers of NLP did differently was to take the metaphors people used to describe situations literally. Simple as it seems, this was a revolutionary step.  In a conversation with a friend the other day she said “it was a block (stopping her).” Taking her statement literally, I asked…

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So What? How You Can Use This Information

By now you certainly have heard about NLP: The Essential Guide to Neuro-linguistic Programming.  The reviews are coming in and they all agree…it’s a fantastic guide to running your own mind and being in control of your own experiences! I hope you’ve had a chance to pick up your copy and get started on it.  If not, the links are…

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Discover Your Inner World

Here is another great excerpt from our new book, NLP: The Essential Guide.  The feedback has been awesome, and people are really enjoying getting to try out some processes and learn more about their mind works. I’m so excited for you to get your copy, I couldn’t wait to send out this fun exercise.  It’s a fantastic introduction to how…

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NLP: The Essential Guide – An Introduction

It’s finally here.  After much hype, countless hours, so many months work, the new book, NLP: The Essential Guide is in stores and on shelves.  It’s hard to believe.  It’s really here, and it’s more than just paper. Published by William Morrow/Harper Collins, it’s available now.  You get the book and the matching Companion Site . The site is linked to from…

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Emotions As Passengers, Not Drivers: Choosing & Changing Your State

A long time ago I promised to make a book using Tom Hoobyar’s NLP stories. He and I got a good start on it, and then life interrupted, and Tom passed on. So Susan Sanders, a good friend and stellar NLP’er, and I took the beginnings of a manuscript Tom H had created and turned it into a completed work….

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Confidence You Can Take With You…Everywhere? Yes.

Here is another great piece from our new book, “NLP: The Essential Guide”. It’s a unique story and process you haven’t seen before. Help us make this a top NLP book and reserve a pre-order copy. It really counts a lot more if you do – and that way you’ll be able to write one of the first reviews of…

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NLP Personality Profile

One of the special models in NLP is the Meta-Program Model. Basically metaprograms are sets of perceptual filters. In each one of these sets we establish or acquire biases. Knowing our bias in motivation, for instance, can be really helpful in understanding and motivating ourselves. Unlike most of NLP, there are no Meta-Program processes or interventions. It is simply an…

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Motivation: Looking Back to Look Forward

I don’t know about you, for me this is the time of year when my motivation starts to suffer.  The holidays are approaching, I become reflective about the year that is coming to an end and anticipatory about the upcoming year.  My family is excited and begins discussing their plans for the season.  Not to mention the chill outside makes…

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