By which my friend Eleutherios assures me is the Kabbalistic (and poetic) equivalent of Steve Pavlina’s three principles of personal growth; truth (wisdom), love (beauty) and power (strength). This post has been a long time in coming, and in it I’ll explain why in order for me to move towards truth, love and power, I’ve [...]
Who Leads Your Reality?
What’s the difference between someone who’s led around by the nose and someone who does the leading? In Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), we learn about the Law of Prerequisite Variety: the element in any system that has the most flexibility will end up leading the system. Think of little children, they have incredible flexibility. To get [...]
The Real Secret Behind Secrets
I received an email not too long ago from someone I hadn’t seen in a long time, and it disturbed me. Slightly more than 10 years ago, I first read about NLP from Anthony Robbins’ book Unlimited Power. It opened up my eyes to an exciting new world of powerful skills I never thought could [...]
9 Steps to Transform Stress into Strength
If you’ve noticed I didn’t write much the previous week, it’s because work has been crazy and I’ve been under a lot of stress. I’m sure you’ve been there too, haven’t you? So how do we thrive in the midst of stress? How do we transform stress into strength so that when the going gets [...]
NLP 101: 10 Plus 3 Beliefs That Create Wild Success
What is the Structure of Magic? In the 1970s, Richard Bandler and John Grinder set out to answer the questions: ‘how do wildly successful people create their success?’ and ‘can these methods of success be replicated?’. They studied the best therapists of their time, and through observation, testing and trail and error, codified what they [...]
NLP 101: So Dark The Con Of NLP
Throughout history, NLPers have been hunted down by the Evil League of Anti-NLPers, who have waved the Torches of deBunk (+2 agility) at us and angrily shouted big, big words like ‘pesudo-science’, ‘quackery’ and ‘you’re too hot for NLP’ (I get this one all the time). For every claim for NLP, you can find one [...]
NLP 101: Life Is A Series of Systems
It was confusing; here was this bright, strong young woman who clearly had goals she passionately wanted, but somehow something held her back from going after them. As I worked with her through the roots of her beliefs, I thought we were almost on the way to breaking her limiting patterns and on to action, [...]