WHAT IS NLP? BY NLP TRAINER AND MASTER PRACTITIONER, RICK MACZKA. So what exactly is NLP? This is a question I've had to answer many times, whilst recommending NLP training time and time again to friends, clients and potential students. Firstly NLP stands for neuro linguistic programming. It has been around since the 1970s, and has grown steadily in popularity over the decades, now being taught and practised in every country in the world. In order to understand what is NLP, we need to break down the three words that make it up its name - Neuro, Linguistic and Programming. What do these words actually mean? "Neuro" refers to the mind and nervous system, through which we take in or process external information. "Linguistic" refers to our language, verbal and non-verbal, making up our ability to communicate. "Programming" refers to our strategies or habits that we use to achieve outcomes for ourselves. WHAT IS NLP AND WHERE DID IT COME FROM? NLP was invented by two Americans, Richard Bandler and John Grinder, who noticed that there were patterns of language used by highly successful therapists that produced seemingly amazing results on a consistent basis. By modelling or replicating these language patterns for themselves, Richard and John discovered they could achieve extraordinary results of their own whilst working with people's problems. This led them on to investigate and examine other people at the forefront of their field, such as sports, education and psychology. The examined how people became highly successful in their own field of expertise and how they achieved results that surpassed others. Richard and John found that a quick route to success was to study those who already did something well, model those patterns and then apply them for themselves and teach them to others. This allowed them to bypass and accelerate years of study to achieve excellence, and what is now known as NLP was born. WHAT IS IT ABOUT NLP THAT IS SO DIFFERENT? Until Richard Bandler and John Grinder developed what is now known as NLP, psychology in particular had focused on problems, the structural problems, and where they came from. Richard and John very much focused on solutions and the structure and patterns of solutions. This method was modelled on those who had successfully overcome a problem, without the need to do much, if any, searching around in a person's past or looking for a particular cause of someone's problems. One of the most important things I've ever done in my life was to take up the study and practice of NLP. The impact it has had across so many areas of my life was totally unexpected when I began the journey of learning and exploration of its techniques. WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES NLP SO SUCCESSFUL? There is no power within NLP itself the power of what is NLP lies within the individual. NLP firmly places the responsibility for change in the lap of those who practice it. It could be said that NLP is about removing excuses from one's life. This is incredibly empowering and exciting, and has led to some of the hype that often surrounds the very mention of the letters NLP. To some the quick and easy resolution of an almost lifelong problem may sound too good to be true and maybe in some cases that is the truth. Yet through my therapy and NLP training, I present a real world perspective on change, after testing time and again to find what really works and in my experience NLP has the potential to effect great change within any individual. If you'd like to find out more about what is NLP and how it could benefit you, then you can book a free 15 minute consultation with me. Or perhaps you'd like to consider NLP training. I have a new 10 month programme starting on September 22nd, and one lucky person could receive a free place on my course. For further information, see my video clip below, or to book your place on the course (just a few places left), please call The UK Centre of Excellence for NLP and Hypnotherapy Training based at The Orange Grove Clinic in Norwich on 01603 631900. Or you can contact us here.
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