Meta Model in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) 
We create mental maps of the world around us, which we use to navigate our life. The Meta Model recovers information from the deeper map (deep structure) that we have deleted, generalised, and distorted. Meta Model This is a method for updating the mental maps from which we are operating. The concept of the Meta…
What is “Anchoring” in NLP?
Anchoring can help you feel younger! Ellen Langer, in her study of two groups of 75-80-year-old men at Harvard University, discovered anchoring can make you feel and act younger. Both groups were given a series of tasks to encourage them to think about the past. Group A was given tasks that encouraged them to write…
The Key To Over Learning
Random thoughts on over learning: Be on the alert now and forever. Being wide open will support maximum learning. Learning is far too important to take seriously. Keep the child alive in yourself and others. Everyone forgets most of what they learn. On average, after only a month people forget 98% of the totality of…
PRINCIPLES OF DYNAMIC DEEP LEARNING
Tips for turning information into deep learning: Good to keep in mind when taking any training such as the NLP Practitioner. Deep Learning is a dynamic process and the rewards can be wonderful. Magic Number Seven ‑ The immediate memory span of an adult is fixed at seven plus or minus two “chunks” of information….
How to manipulate a group
“Hang on a minute John, what do you mean to manipulate a group? Where are the ethics in this?” How many times have I upset someone by using the word manipulate? Is it bad to manipulate someone? Before we explore the subtle ways you can influence, let’s explore the word ‘manipulate’. When you go to…
Mohammad Ali can teach us about influence
The bell rings and Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.) bounces out of his corner of the ring to face his fearsome opponent. The great Sonny Liston, tipped to win heavyweight champion of the world, steps forth. Cassius’s big strategy was to ‘float like a butterfly and sting like a bee’. With the boxing…
Story Telling in Paris
Storytelling We had finished running the storytelling workshop in Paris and had 4 hours and 45 minutes before we had to catch the plane. What would you do? Yes, we found a little restaurant in the back streets and, luckily for me, my companion Graham spoke reasonable French (whereas mine was patchy) and ordered a…
Planting ideas in people’s minds
Dr Milton Erickson, the great American psychiatrist and psychologist who specialised in medical hypnosis, had a patient who only spoke in word salad. You may know this condition to be a confused or unintelligible mixture of seemingly random words and phrases. Naturally, the patient often became frustrated when trying to communicate with others who just…
How to train your unconscious mind
William Faulkner (*) once said, “I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately, I am inspired at 9 o’clock every morning.” What did this author mean by this statement? Often we wait to be inspired; however, William knew that he could train his unconscious mind. In this case to train himself to write by sitting…
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Indirect change through the magic of walking
Indirect change through the magic of walking With a characteristic glint in his eyes, Milton Erickson (*) leaned forward and said “I’m not going to stop you from smoking, drinking or eating the foods you want to”. The man relaxed, yes he was overweight, smoked and drank far too much. Milton in a much lower…
Should you listen to your ‘gut feeling’ or common sense
Common sense Just a few months ago I was approached by some business colleagues to work on a collaboration project. I was delighted and flattered to have been considered for the opportunity and immediately accepted invitations to meet and flesh out the project. As I look back I realised I attacked the topic with gusto…
NLP Video – Interview with David Shephard
In this lively interview, David shares his journey and insights into NLP. Discover where and as come from and where he thinks it is moving to and his vision for NLP. Discover Davids enthusiasm for NLP and helping other. Be the first to hear about earth breaking news of a new NLP Technique called the…
NLP Tips – Train your neurology to make changes part one
The question I asked my self this week was “Can you make small changes and get big results?” and that is what this weeks video is all about. I would love to hear your insights on transformation and change. Last week we started to explore Coaching, I have not forgotten. Here is the link to…
NLP Tips – What is coaching?
I had some lovely emails about the mindfulness videos over the last couple of weeks. So I thought I would do something similar with coaching. So please find the first in a series of videos on coaching. In other news, we have just released “90 Day Goal Achievement Journal” please see below. As you may…
NLP Tips – Mindfulness – Productivity
Big thank you to everyone who bought a copy of the Mindfulness book and it would be wonderful if you thought it worthy to leave a review. A review really helps on Amazon as any author will tell you. This weeks video is part two of a two-part video series on Mindfulness. Last week we…
NLP Tips – Building Confidence
Over the last couple of weeks, we have been exploring how to get your message out via video. You can have a great message but if you don’t have confidence then you not even going get your message out. In fact, lack of confidence can affect all areas of life. I know, it took me…
NLP Tips – What to with your videos
Once you are comfortable in front of the camera, what do you do with your videos? More than building a platform to sell stuff, you videos have the chance to transform people lives. This comes from finding your voice and your message. We don’t need another Tony Robbins, Richard Bandler or John Grinder in the…
Corporate Pitching Seminar
You may be aware that I have been asked to speak at a seminar on pitching for corporate work. I would love to know what questions or what you would like to know.
NLP Tips – how to get comfortable in front of a camera
Have you ever wondered how to build rapport with a large group of people? Videos are the answer; they help you connect on many levels. Being in front of a camera is a skill worth developing. In this video, we explore what I consider the one thing that would make all the difference to your…
NLP Tips – Success Habits
As we explore the topic of goal setting we discover that it is a dynamic topic. Along the way we have, problems we need solve, the huge amount of learning to do, how goals may affect your behaviour for good and bad and how we need to change our habits. Now, we discover that our…
NLP Tips – Habit of success
That depends, have you designed the automation or have you let life default. Your unconscious mind seeks to automate your life which we call habits. You can create habits that move your closer to your goals or dig you deeper into a rut. In this video, we explore how you can unleash the power of…
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NLP Newsletter Goal setting tip that could change the way you set goals forever
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NLP Newsletter – Week before the holidays
Have a wonderful week. Book of the week: Green Eggs & Ham
NLP Newsletter Rapid Listening
Excellent, so last week we were talking about a very simple way to build rapport with somebody is to put your phone away. When you’re talking to somebody, do not look at your phone no matter how much you have the urge to look at it. Don’t, it’s a no no. You’re sending a message…
NLP Newsletter Powerful Rapport
Powerful Rapport This week, we’re going to explore a powerful technique to build rapport with somebody. And if you want to succeed in life, you want to achieve your goals, one of the key skills to master is the ability to connect with other people. And I’m going to show you a very simple technique,…
NLP Newsletter Your future self is disciplined
Your Future Self is disciplined we’ve been looking at certain ways that we sabotage ourselves achieving goals. We looked at the overwhelming goals as goals get too big and too scary and we end up doing nothing. We looked at perfectionism. We looked at starting badly. If something is worth doing, it’s worth doing badly. And…
NLP Newsletter Perfectionism
Self Sabotage, Perfectionism plus Goal Setting Over the last couple of newsletters, we’ve been looking at this theme which is essentially “How do we sabotage ourselves when setting goals?” And even achieving our goals. So, the first week we looked at the excitement of goal setting. Where a goal gets out of hand and grows…
NLP Newsletter Being Perfect
NLP Being Perfect So, building on that theme where last week we looked at goal excitement. And what I meant by that is that we set a goal, we get excited about setting it so, we up the ante. We make it bigger and bigger and bigger until it gets so big, we become…
NLP Newsletter – Excitement of Goal Setting
Can your goals lead to inaction? Hello, my name is John Cassidy-Rice. I am the founder of the Professional NLP Practitioner. How have you been this week? I’ve been letting out my inner geek. I have been to Comic Con in London, well a few days ago now. And it’s been great fun. You should…
NLP Newsletter – How to have extra energy in life
Hello and welcome to this week’s newsletter. My name is John Cassidy-Rice. I am the founder of the Professional NLP Practitioner and we’ve been talking about getting ridiculously early in the morning. Yes, 5 am. So, what we discovered is that it’s about passion, living life to the full, and I mean full tilt boogie,…
Newsletter – What to do with all that extra time
Hello and welcome to this week’s newsletter. My name is John Cassidy-Rice. So, over the last few newsletters, we’ve been talking about getting up at 5 am in the morning naturally, not artificially. And we talked about last week Richard Branson’s passion for getting up early because this is the stuff life is made of…
NLP Newsletter – 5 am wake up
The 5 am wake up call Transcript of Video: Hello and welcome to the NLP Newsletter. Last week’s newsletter I got a lot of questions which seemed to boil down to this, tell me more about getting up at 5 in the morning, and what do you do with that time and why would you do it? And tell me about the diet. So, let’s start to explore some…
NLP Insights – Creativity
What’s new with you? Well what’s new with me is that I discovered a side effect to changing my diet which has now been going on for two or three months I think is here to stay. Now over the last three or four years I’ve been playing with diets, my energy levels were going…
Newsletter New Video Version
NLP Newsletter Week One October Hello and welcome. My name is John Cassidy-Rice. I’m the founder of the professional NLP Practitioner and this is our new format newsletter. Yes, we’re going to film them and there will also be transcriptions below and if there’s enough demand, we’ll also pull out a podcast of it. These…
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Importance of Goal Setting and Children
The negative impact of taking rewards away from children Joshua had given his all to the team and they had achieved the impossible. They moved from the bottom of the junior football league to the 1st division, only to find the team manager then benched him and brought in new players. His self-image hit rock…
Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff
Highly recommeded for presenting your ideas to anyone. Table of Contents Section 1: The Problem; Chapter 1. Why This Book Can Help You; Chapter 2. This is Your Brain, This is Your Brain During a Pitch; Chapter 3. The Strong Method; Section II: The Solution; Chapter 4. Setting and Owning the Frame; Chapter 5. Telling the Story; Chapter 6. Revealing Intrigue and Building Novelty; Chapter 7. Offering the Prize; Chapter 8. Nailing…
NLP Newsletter – What are you interested in?
I have a habit of talking to people. Shocking, I know. You meet wonderful people by doing this. As much as I think it brightens up their day, I really do it to brighten my own day. Yes, sometimes I find rude people. Not as often as you may expect, even in London. A key…
NLP Newsletter – Missed You
You have missed it. Opportunities come and go. Sometimes, it seems so easy to say “I will do it next time” and that becomes a habit. I will have an apple next time, as you find you’re on your second bar of chocolate I will exercise tomorrow, as you watch yet another re-run of Friends…
NLP Newsletter – Beliefs affirm your truth
“I can’t believe that!” said Alice. “Can’t you?” said the Queen in a pitying tone. “Try again, draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.” Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said, “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always…
NLP Newsletter – Mess of Habits
“All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits” – William James 1892. So what is a habit? One definition: The choices that all of us deliberately make at some point, and then stop thinking about, but continue doing, often every day. The structure of a habit You…
NLP Newsletter – Beacon
Already halfway though October. O is for orderly, a lifelong passion C is for confident, no doubts here T is for tried, tried and true O is for outlook, pleasing to all B is for beacon, you extend your friendly hand E is for elate, you make others happy R is for relish, you seek…
NLP Newsletter – NLP Conference
I have just been invited to be part of a professional panel to present at the next NLP conference. The conference looks like it is going to be a lot of fun and full of the good stuff. From the conference website: Areas to be covered: Health and therapy Personal empowerment Advanced NLP NLP extensions…
NLP Newsletter – Light Bulbs
You know sometimes life gets in the way of achieving goals. More and more I am finding it can be technical i.e. computer related. You may not have any problems with software, it may just be me. I had intended to let you know about the new transformational membership. This is where we can share…
NLP Newsletter – Failure and Success
It is impossible to succeed without failures J.K Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, spoke to the graduating class of Harvard in June 2008, said: “You might never fail on the scale I did,” Rowling told that privileged audience. “But it is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might…
NLP Newsletter – Attitude
After all that success in the last newsletter, how to start this Newsletter? With attitude of course. Attitude is important, let me show you. If we were to take each of the letters within the word attitude and count what number it is within the alphabet and add the numbers together: A = 1st letter…
NLP Newsletter – Success
The word success is from the mid 16th century. It comes from the words succedere–>successus, which are Latin, and the old English word succeed. Then, pow, in the 16th century we have success. Succedere = Come close after 16th century success = The good or bad outcome of an undertaking Modern meaning of success =…
NLP Newsletter – The Ninth month comes from the word seven?
Have you ever wondered way the ninth month comes from the word seven? September comes from the Latin root septem, meaning seven. Been brainstorming ideas for the book club. The goal is to create a vibrant club to: Share book ideas/recommendations Share ideas Share stories Inspire Put into action what you have learnt from the…
NLP Newsletter – No failure only feedback
No failure only feedback Just knowing this can be helpful; putting it into practice is different. Last year I was thinking about how to serve you and decided running a webinar would be a great idea. We have reached a stage in NLP where I believe you could make a living using NLP to help…
NLP Newsletter – Full Tilt Boogie
“What does it take to become an excellent trainer?” she asked me. It was not your normal question. It was not “How do I become a trainer?” It was “What does it take” and not just to be a trainer, but an excellent trainer. This question deserved an answer. I could have answered in many…
NLP Newsletter – Ideas
How do you spend your time? I have been thinking. Yes, I know it’s dangerous. I would love your feedback. Two ideas: First idea. I was thinking of running an online NLP Practitioner. Which would be a combination of audio, videos and PDFs. To make sure you can ask questions and create a community we…
NLP Newsletter Difference that makes the difference
What is the difference that makes the difference? Have you noticed that you can have two people with similar backgrounds and education. One can be good at what they do and the other can be excellent? What is the difference that makes the difference? It could be that one person worked harder. Have you ever…
NLP Newsletter – So I was at an event doing the networking thing.
So I was at an event doing the networking thing. Had two very different reactions to how certain people were building rapport. The first I thought was great. Instead of saying “What do you do?” which seems to be the standard opening question. Nothing wrong with it. I had someone say “How do you spend…
NLP Newsletter Feedback: the breakfast of champions, and not Wheaties
What if you don’t have anyone who can give you feedback? Could you give yourself feedback? Yes. The key is honesty. One exercise you can do is to hold a mirror up to different areas of your life. I’m not saying this is easy and yet it is worth doing. Here is how you do…
NLP Newsletter – Structure
I discovered I have over 300 books, which I hid in the loft. Not sure what that says about me. Hiding books in the loft so that I can buy more books. I realized that I have another 200 books on the bookshelves. The Kindle has saved me so much room. Right, back to the…
Overwhelm – Underwhelm
You have set your goal…. You have written out your goal…. You have seen yourself achieving the goal…. You can hear people congratulating you on achieving your goal…. But sadly, nothing actually happens. Nothing happens for a very long time and you start to ask yourself….”What’s gone wrong?” At this point, you are likely to…
NLP Newsletter – Structure, Curiosity and Fun are the keys to NLP
The first week of July, wow so much is happening at the moment. This year seems to be about making things happen and is a good time to start something new. What are you doing? No, I mean it let me know by email, phone, Google Hangouts, Skype, send me a telepathic message, even do…
One simple word that can paralyse or transform
Alex asked, “Why can’t you understand the simple maths problem?” Aaron replied, “Because I’m too slow, everybody else gets it but me, and I find it hard.” “Ok, let’s take it step by step,” Alex said in a soft voice. “Why do you find it hard?” “I just do because numbers confuse me,” Aaron mumbled…
NLP Newsletter – Success
NLP Newsletter success 7 Steps to Success See your destination in your mind. “When you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” – White Rabbit Start walking. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu (604 BC – 531 BC) Think ahead as you walk. “It’s…
NLP Courses Newsletter – NLP Allergy Cure
The NLP Allergy Cure What is an allergy? It is when the immune systems reacts to a nontoxic substance, such as certain pollens or cats hair. The immune system made a mistake in its encoding and treats a non-dangerous substance as a threat. Can NLP help? Yes, we can re-educate the immune system. Calibrate to…
NLP Newsletter – It’s starting to come together
It’s starting to come together Thank you for your responses to the book club. It was suggested that we call the book club: NLP Courses book club Now it was suggested by just one person but it fits with the NLP Courses podcast. This fits into our brand; you are very kind to be thinking…
NLP Newsletter – Love to read
Let’s plan the book club It seems you do love books. Let’s do it, I am happy to facilitate the book club. Right, let’s get down to the details: What should we call the book club? NLP book club Personal development book club Transformational book club Or something else? What platform would you like to…
If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing badly
Do you know how to upset a group? All you need to do is say the phrase “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing badly.” Even if someone agrees, very rarely will they want to do it badly. A friend of mine, who wanted to be a writer, decided he needed some advice. He then…
NLP Newsletter – To Read or Not to Read
Do you love books? I used to struggle with reading until I left school. Now I read at least one book every week. I remember a quote which goes “You can tell where someone will be five years from now from the books they are reading and the people they hang out with”. Do you…
NLP Newsletter – To be or not to be
To be or not to be A big thank you for all the responses to last week’s Newsletter. I had a couple questions about a phase I used: “When you are in the bottle, it is hard to read the label.” What did I mean? Have you ever wondered why a company would hire a…
NLP Newsletter – Are we thinking too small?
Are we thinking too small? I have a question for you; let me ask it in a moment. What’s on my mind recently is mindsets. Another way to think about mindsets would be how we frame the world around us. What I mean is, how you think about time is a frame you put on…
How to get the most from NLP training
NLP Training “There are four ways to become wise. The nicest is conversing with good friends. In fact, one of the top benefits of live training is meeting new friends and learning from them. You put into action the theory, and get feedback. Live training beats online training, audio, video, or self-study which all seem…
NLP Newsletter – Congratulations Today is your day
Congratulations! Today is your day. Welcome to the second week in May. This is the time of year where you can steer yourself any direction you choose. What do you decide to do? Last week I said I would share some ideas from my favorite book on tracking the journey you go though when working…
Help, I need to write my blog!
You have decided to write a blog. Your goal is to write one article each week for a year. It’s a good goal. The benefits are many, such as: Content for your website (Google loves this) Your thoughts become clear You will have enough information for your first book You build credibility in your field…
NLP Newsletter – You know I have been accused of being positive
How is life? You know I have been accused of being positive. I admit it. I am positive. I love life. Recently someone said “It’s easy for you to be positive, but I have so many problems.” We all have problems. I’m positive because I choose to be. Not because I live a charmed life….
Go ahead and slap the next person who says, “I’m waiting…”
Looking around you, have you noticed that people are waiting? Waiting for their big break Waiting for the right time Waiting for a partner to come into their life Waiting for more money Waiting to get fit I guarantee you will fail Yes, you heard me. I can guarantee that nothing will happen. You can…
NLP Newsletter – What if you…
“You can pretend anything and master it” Milton Erickson The As-If pattern Who would you like to model? The first step to modeling human excellence is to place yourself into the other person’s shoes. Imagine what it is like to be that person, become that person. This strategy contributes to your intuitive understanding of their…
Everyday transformation of life
At what point do you think someone goes into a trance when going to see a Hypnosis show? No it’s not when they arrive at the show. It’s not when they buy the ticket. It’s not when they decide to go to the show. It is when they first see the poster advertising the show….
NLP Newsletter – What happens at 5am?
Goal Strategy Woke up at 5am this morning. Do you have any idea how quiet the world is at 5am? I got a lot of work done before the first of my many children started waking around 6am. I recommend you try this to see what you can achieve in an extra hour. Which leads…
Danger of NLP Training
Understanding the power of NLP Plus the danger of NLP Training David was really enjoying his NLP training, but little did he know the negative impact this was to have on his life. He had flown to America, to train with one of the big names in NLP. In one particular exercise he was asked…
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Coaching Infographic The COACH model
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NLP Newsletter Amazing Network
Have you ever-wondered just how great life is? This question came to me after I heard someone say “Life is hard” and I thought, “compared to what?” What you focus on tends to be your experience in life. I choose to focus on just how great life is. What have you been focusing on? Last…
But what if you are successful?
Successful You have been talking about your goal to set up a business. You have passion. Then some clever guy throws a number of questions at you with “But what if…… …you run out of money?” …nobody wants what you offer?” …nobody has any money?” …you’re wrong?” …the planet is invaded by little green men,…
NLP Infographic – Dance of Communication
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NLP Newsletter – Trains of the Conscious & Unconscious minds
Have you noticed that we talk a lot about the Unconscious mind? It’s not a new idea the Greeks made distinctions between conscious and the unconscious. (What didn’t the Greeks come up with?) Nothing much consciously developed in the discussion of the unconscious until the 18th century. The German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, had a theory….
Built in safety in traumatic situation
Jim Windsor is an incredible guy and works with the UK army. One of his jobs is to help get people’s head straight on return from a war zone. The army recognises there are some danger points and will take measures to ensure an individual gets all the help they need to properly readjust. When…
NLP Newsletter – Good Golly Miss Molly
Outrageous Rock n Roller Good golly Miss Molly! Little Richard the outrageous Rock-n-Roller from the 1950’s lived life on his terms. He had a lot against him and yet he decided to be a success away. What have you decided? Have you noticed this pattern? Someone quotes a well-known person. Little Richard is well known….
NLP Video – Learn how to set an anchor
Transcript of video below: John: So welcome to this demonstration on anchoring. We have Maxene King here who has very kindly agreed to take part in this demonstration. Hello, Maxene. Maxene: Hello, John. John: What resource would you like anchored? Maxene: I would like to anchor courage. John: What type of courage would you like…
NLP Infographic – Virtuous Circle
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NLP Newsletter – What beliefs would you choose?
How would your life be different if you chose your beliefs? What beliefs would you choose? It’s an interesting thought experiment, isn’t it? In NLP we have done just that. We call those choices the Presuppositions of NLP. I think the most popular Presupposition of NLP would be: “There is no failure, only feedback.” For…
Ray goes blind
Born into extreme poverty and with failing eyesight at the tender age of five, one of the last things Ray could see was his brother George drowning in a washtub. Thereafter his sight began to deteriorate even more from glaucoma leaving him completely blind by the young age of seven. His mother would not let…
NLP infographic – what is NLP
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NLP Video – NLP courses Awareness language Patterns
Transcript of video below: Hello! Welcome to NLPCourses.com. My name is John Cassidy-Rice. I have the pleasure to be the host for this video where you realize just how powerful NLP is and how transformational it can be, ’cause we’re going to usher you past the velvet curtain and deep into the inner workings of an NLP…
Pain Control with NLP
One bout of polio would be sad enough, but Milton Erickson (*) had two in his life. This left him in a lot of pain. He would control his pain using his mind just as he helped other people. Milton focused on what he could control, by shifting his mindset. Let’s discover what Milton knew…
4 pillars of nlp
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What is this thing called ‘submodalities’?
Richard Bandler tells a story of his friend who was nervous about asking someone out for a date. Richard said “what is going on inside your head to make you so nervous?” The friend responded, “The room goes silent and there’s a little voice that says ‘it’ll be alright’.” “No wonder you’re nervous” Richard replied….
Essential NLP Books Infographic
Please find the links to the NLP books recommend in the infographic: NLP Books Strategies of Genius Vol 1 Robert Dilts Time Line Therapy and the Bases of Personality, Tad James & Wyatt Woodsmall Core Transformation, Conner Andreas Structure of Magic, John Grinder & Richard Bandler Frogs into Princes, Richard Bandler Using Your Brain for…
NLP Newsletter – Awareness Language Patterns
How has your week been? As you may know I have five children. My wife claims the only reason NLP practitioners have children is so they have someone to practice on each time they complete a course. I do. I practice on my kids all the time. I remember one Sunday afternoon many years ago…
NLP Courses – Values & Beliefs Video
Transcript of Values & Beliefs video: John Cassidy-Rice. Hello and welcome to ‘NLP Courses.com’. My name is John Cassidy-Rice. I have the pleasure to be your host for this video where we usher you past the velvet curtains to the deeper inner workings of an NLP mind. Today we’re going to be exploring the difference between…
An unprecedented chance to learn something new -Law of Requisite Variety
How do children control their parents? In my case frequently by the threat of embarrassment; and boy did I feel it on this occasion! The hot glare of disapproving eyes from the people around me felt like daggers as my four-year-old son threw a tantrum and dropped to the ground kicking, screaming as he demanded…
NLP Newsletter – What do you want?
Hey how’s life? Had some wonderful comments about a balanced life. (Last week’s newsletter, in case you missed it.) (Hey, what do you mean you missed it?) (Did you know, when you use too many brackets like I am doing now, it’s like you are talking to yourself?)(Note to self, don’t use so many brackets!)…
How to get a year’s work done in 90 days
Achieve more in 90 days then most people do in a Year[/caption] What is it about the end of the year that brings such intense focus? In all walks of life projects get finished; sales teams hit targets after months of coasting; training budgets are fully invested; school children complete work ……and the list goes…
NLP Newsletter – Have you heard the rumour about having a balanced life?
Have you heard the rumour about having a balanced life? Me too. I find this an interesting idea. What does having a balanced life mean? It is not about equal time in all areas of your life. That wouldn’t work. Imagine trying to spend the same amount of time on your hobbies as you do…
Help! I’ve been ask to give a talk – Working with Parts
Public Speaking – Parts Work Hands begin to shake. Legs wobble. Dry mouth and the small of the back starts to perspire. Susan had been asked to give a talk. This reaction made no sense as Susan was normally a confident and professional person who found it easy to talk and interact with others. You…
NLP Courses – Cause & Effect
Transcripte of Video Cause & Effect Hello and welcome nlpcourses.com. My name is John Cassidy-Rice and I have the pleasure to be your host for this video where we usher you past the velvet curtains and deep into the inner workings of an NLP mind. Today we’re gonna start to explore cause and effect. If…
NLP Newsletter – How the brain reprograms itself
Seems many of you expressed an interest in my history as an Elvis impersonator. The most common question: “Will you show us a picture?” Ha! Well, OK. But no laughing, please. Maybe just a little. I am “All shook up.” How the brain reprograms itself So, we’ve been discussing how to reprogram the brain, but…
NLP Video – What is NLP
What is NLP Transcript of Video Hello and welcome to NLPcourses.com. My name is John Cassidy Rice. I have the pleasure to host this video for you while we usher your past the velvet curtains into the deeper inner workings of the NLP mind. Today we’ll explore what is NLP. Because if you’re interested in…
What hanging out with a rocket scientist did for my business
How often do you get to hang out with a true life rocket scientist that worked at NASA? Mark Fox was telling me about the time he worked on the Space Shuttle Columbia and how he was asked for his input on how to make space flight safer. Thinking deeply, he said, “Well, one of…
NLP Newsletter – Unconscious Mind Responds to Specific Changes
What is happening in your world? Have you ever imagined yourself on stage? I’ve been in an Elvis mood. There was nobody in the office today but me. I turned the volume up and did my best Elvis impersonation, with every vocal affectation and shaking hip. And it was fun. Between you and me, I…
There Are No Small Decisions
There are no small decisions You meet some interesting people at airports. I was talking with Susan who told me about her Bone Marrow Trust team in America. The perennial problem they faced was a lack of donors and this is largely because they are often signed off work and on sick leave for some…
NLP Video – Visualisation a how to guide
Visualisation Transcript of Video: Well, welcome to the NLPcourses.com where we’re exploring NLP where we can apply it to live a life worth living where we asked you passed of velvet curtains and into the inner workings of an NLP mind. In the last video we were exploring some modalities and in that, somebody had a question…
NLP Video – Sub Modalities Powerful Encoding Part 2
Sub-Modalities association and disassociation Transcript of Video: Hello, John Cassidy-Rice here from nlpcourses.com where exploring NLP sometimes outrageous, controversial and hopefully transformational. We’re going to ask you past the velvet curtain and into the inner works of NLP mind. So in the last video, we started to explore the thing called association and disassociation and what I want to…
NLP Videos – Sub Modalities Powerful Encoding
Sub Modalities Powerful Encoding Transcript of Video: Welcome to nlpcourses.com where we’re exploring NLP the difference that makes the difference. Where we’re going to usher you past a velvet curtain and straight into the workings of an NLP mind. I had a question that builds on what we’ve been explaining in the last couple…
NLP Video – Sub Modalities
Sub Modalities Transcript of video: Welcome to nlpcourses.com where we are exploring NLP which is transformational, sometimes a little bit controversial and always a little bit outrageous where we as you pass the velvet curtains to the inner workings of the NLP mind. So, Tony asked me to explain what we mean by sub modalities….
NLP Newsletter -New Patterns of Thinking
Do you feel the love in the air? Valentine’s is just around the corner. February could very well be the most romantic month of the year. But you don’t read this newsletter for mushy feelings, do you? Let’s get right to business. In the last email we discussed how our brains create complex patterns from…
NLP Newsletter – Someone starts a rumour
As we dance into the last week of January, what have you been up to? I have been presenting “How do You Program Your Mind” at a Jaguar Land Rover NLP conference. Yes, JLR runs NLP conferences for their team. Mostly engineers in the room. So you might imagine the questions were of a practical…
NLP Newsletter – Dance when nobody’s looking
Here we are in the third week of the New Year. Many people are focusing on the new. The things they’ve been wanting to do differently. We all want 2016 to be somehow better. Would you like to know what I’ve realized? Somehow, without intending to, I’ve reached “a certain age.” I find myself listening…
NLP Newsletter – Electricity in the air
Happy New Year A fresh year. Can you feel the electricity in the air? This is the time of the year when I take time to reflect on the on the past year. I have concluded that 2015 was a tough and playful year. This is also the time of year to plan and set…
Change how you think and change your life
Richard Bandler tells a story About his friend who was nervous about asking someone out for a date. Richard said, “what is going on in your head when you are about to ask someone out?” His friend said, “the room goes silent and a little voice goes it will be alright.” “No wonder you’re nervous…
A Great Question to Open Possibilities
My wife was angry. The foot strap on our new baby buggy had broken and the shop refused to replace or fix it for her as it was out of warranty ….by just one day. I then suggested that I would go to the shop to return it for an exchange. With some surprise, she…
The secret of getting your partner to pick up the milk after work
Tracy told me about her method of getting her husband to remember to pick up milk and bread. Now this might seem like a small thing, but when something as small as this can lead to an argument and create a heated reaction like “You don’t listen to me” or “I’m going without breakfast and…
You can’t handle the feedback
You have just spent hours working really hard on a project. No, let’s get this into perspective – you poured your heart and soul into it, the extra mile is so far in your rear view mirror that it’s a dot on the horizon. Then someone says those heartbreaking words “Can I give you some…
Presuppositions of NLP
The development of NLP has resulted in a number of presuppositions that seem to be useful in our attitude to the world and to the development of ourselves. It is important to remember that there is no claim that these presuppositions are true – what is important is to try them out and act as…
Change your thoughts, Change your behaviour, Change your habits
Before you know it, it’s happened again You’re driving the kids home, you’re tired and so you say “How about a McDonald’s tonight?” Yeah, you don’t have to cook, kids get a bunch of fats and sugars with a toy. It was meant to be a one-off treat, yet the next week you find yourself…
Procrastination, anger and action
“My own behaviour baffles me. For I find myself doing what I really hate, and not doing what I really want to do!” Saint Paul (Romans 7:15) “Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow.” Mark Twain It can be reassuring to find out that some of the greatest minds…
Part of me wants to, part of me doesn’t – Working With Parts
Help! I’ve been ask to give a talk Hands begin to shake. Legs wobble. Dry mouth and the small of the back starts to perspire. Susan had been asked to give a talk. This reaction made no sense as Susan was normally a confident and professional person who found it easy to talk and interact…
Travelling 10,000 miles for this insight
After 12 hours on a plane, stepping out into the Texas heat was like being slapped in the face with a hot dry towel. At Customs the guard asked me how old I was. This threw me as I was expecting to be asked my date of birth. I replied “42 – 43” and this…
Can measuring sleep improve your life?
You may have read about my son Luke in previous articles. He has a number of disabilities of varying severity and suffers from epilepsy, a condition that affects the brain and causes repeated seizures. His life is at risk every time he has an epileptic fit and this can be quite a frightening experience, both…
exercise for success via email
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Gorilla, Drums and Phil Collins
Who knew that someone dressed up in a gorilla outfit, playing the drums to Phil Collins’ song ‘In the Air Tonight’ would be connected to………. ……Cadbury’s Chocolate. At face value this statement may only make sense in the UK (click the link here to watch the original advertisement). It appeared on TV back in 2007…
Emotional Intelligence mini course
Thank you for signing up for the Emotional Intelligence mini course You will start to receive an email each day for four days. We will cover different topics each day. If you have any questions please let me know. A little back ground on EI: Gary Hart a presidential candidate was driven , intelligent and…
There Is No Resistant Client
“There is no such thing as a resistant client. There is only a lack of rapport,” I said. As I stood in front of the Drug Action team, one man appeared unconvinced. He said, “I work with young offenders. One young man comes to his meeting each week. He pulls his baseball cap over his…
90 articles in 90 days – Goals
It was the Christmas period when I set myself 3 major goals for the New Year ahead. One goal was particularly important to me as it directly challenged my writing skills. When you are dyslexic, which I am lucky to be, writing does not come easily. Nonetheless, I set myself the ambitious goal of writing…
I can’t believe that – then try harder
“I can’t believe that!” said Alice. Can’t you?” said the Queen in a pitying tone. “Try again, draw a long breath, and shut your eyes.” Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said, “one can’t believe impossible things.” I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always…
Da Vinci’s Kitchen Chaos
Asked to design the kitchen for a great banquet Leonardo Da Vinci (1452 – 1519) set about a master plan. What was meant to be a kitchen that ran like clockwork actually turned out to be a complete mess. The great ox, whose job it was to walk around in circles and drive the pumps…
Milton Determined to live
The doctor said “He won’t see the night out”. This was within earshot of the young Milton Erickson (American psychiatrist and psychologist, 1901 – 1980) who was lying paralysed in bed riddled with polio fever. Hearing his mother weep the teenager vowed there and then in anger that he would survive the night and prove…
Decisions, Decisions and Decisions
When I was in my teens I made the decision to buy and wear a pair of white trousers – as decisions go that wasn’t too bad. However, I also made the decision to wear red underpants with those same white trousers, don’t ask me why! To this day I can still hear the laughter…
Live longer & become motivated with goals
My mum had recurring cancer. It came and went but returned again. Sadly we reached the point when the hospital gave her the inevitable news and said “where would you like to die, here or at home?” and Mum replied “Home”. The hospital staff was amazing; they got her home and settled before taking me…
Don’t read this if you like to gossip
The sad truth about gossiping You have seen this happen time and time again when you have worked in any large organisation. A new recruit starts work and they appear to be fresh, unique and full of enthusiasm, yet some 30 to 40 days later they begin to sound just like everybody else on the…
What the top 2% of any profession would tell you
Lost in the mountains of southern Spain is no fun. Taken the wrong turning. Found myself attempting to turn around in a hired car on the steepest slope ever. Lost for hours with a sat nav that was just playing with my emotions was worth the: £2,500 fee I was about to pay Flights Hotels…
Success. Where do you start?
A teacher and a doctor got chatting in Paris to discover that they both loved painting. The doctor said “you should come to stay at my home in Africa because the landscapes are magical”. The teacher quickly replied “What a lovely idea, I have a week of conferences and need a break; I’ll take you…
Words, Words and Maps
“To think or not to think, that is the question” I found myself casually thinking recently about becoming 30 years old and then suddenly realised that actually I will be 48 this year. Life seems to speed up the older you get. Which got me thinking, what is it that causes this effect? Now let’s…
Three words change disappointment into success
Success always seemed just out of reach Disappointed, Steve walked out of the interview feedback meeting. Once again he had been turned down for promotion. Anger built up inside and his head was screaming “what went wrong?” He was a conscientious hard worker who willingly put in extra hours. The real kicker was that he…