Power Notes: What Successful People Believe
1. The map is not the territory.
2. Experience has a structure.
3. If one person can do something, anyone can learn to do it.
4. The mind and body are parts of the same system.
5. People already have all the resources they need.
6. You cannot not communicate.
7. The meaning of your communication is the response you get.
8. Underlying every behavior is a positive intention.
9. People are always making the best choices available to them.
10. If what you are doing isn’t working, do something else. Do anything else.
From NLP Comprehensive’s NLP: The New Technology of Achievement
I talk more about these beliefs in my NLP 101 series.
Power Notes is a collection of notes on personal development I made over the years that I recently dug up and thought would be cool to share. All steps have been taken to credit the correct sources as much as possible.
I agree that a key to self management is self esteem. I would offer that true life inspiration happens when you find something you love to do and make it a part of your everyday experience. Here’s an exercise:
1. Write down 10 things you love to do or that bring you the most joy. I call this the “You List”
2. Then record how many times a day you do one of the things on your list
3. Give each day of the week a rating from 1-10
4. Your best day usually comes out to be the day you do the most things on your “You List”
I can easily relate to the first part of the story, in the past I was one of those people pretending you have done something and then be very uncomfortable when someone asks more detailed questions.
It is not a good feeling and being upfront from the beginning really saves you the embarassment later.