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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…