NLP intro and presuppositions

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10 NLP Presuppositions

1. The map is not the territory. Our mental maps of the world are not the world. We respond to our maps, rather than directly to the world. Mental maps, especially feelings and interpretations, can be updated more easily than the world can be changed.

2. Experience has a structure. Our thoughts and memories have a pattern to them. When we challenge that pattern or structure, our experience will automatically change. We can nuetralize unpleasant memories and enrich memories that will serve us.

3. If one person can do something, anyone can learn to do it. We can learn the acheiver's mental map and make it our own. Too many people think certain things are impossible without ever going out and trying them. Pretend that everything is possible. When there is a physical or environmental limit, the world of experience will let you know about it.

4. The mind and body are parts of the same system. Our thoughts instantly affect our muscle tension, breathing, feelings and more, and these in turn affect our thoughts. When we learn to change either one, we have learned to change the other.

5. People already have all the rescources they need. Mental images, inner voices, sensations, and feelings are the basic building blocks of all our mental and physical rescources. We can use them to build up any thought, feeling, or skill we want, and them place them in our lives where we want them or need them most.

6. You cannot NOT communicate.
We are always communicating, at least non-verbally, and words are often the least important part. A sigh, a smile, and a look are all communications. Even our thoughts are communications with ourselves, and they are revealed to others through our eyes, voice tones, postures, and body movements.

7. The meaning of your communication is the response you get.
Others receive what we say and do through their mental map of the world. When someone hears something different from what you meant, it's a chance for us to notice that communication means what is received. Noticing HOW our communication is received allows us to adjust it, so that next time it can be clearer.

8. Underlying every behavior is a positive intention.
Every hurtful, harmful, and even thoughtless behavior had a positive purpose in its original situation. Yelling in order to be acknowledged. Hitting to fend off danger. Hiding to feel safe. Rather than condoning or condemning these actions, we can separate them from the person's positive intent, so that new, updated, and more positive choices can be added that meet the same intent.

9. People are always making the best choice(s) available to them.
Every one of us has his or her own unique personal history. Within it, we learned what to do and how to do it, what to want and how to want it, what to value and how to value it, what to learn and how to learn it. This is our experience. From it, we must make all our choices; that is, until new and better ones are added.

10. If what you are doing isn't working, do something else. Do anything else.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten. If you want something new, do something new, especially when there are so many alternatives.

Ed Andriessen
Ed Andriessen
Ed currently holds two certifications as a Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, one from the NLP Center of New York and one from NLP University at the University of California at Santa Cruz.He is also Co-director of the Princeton Center for NLP and is a Dilts/NLP University Distance Learning Affiliate. Ed has dedicated himself to understanding human communication in its many forms, and works as a trainer, coach, consultant and professional speaker.For twelve years, Ed has designed and led trainings and seminars in NLP, Management Development, Professional Development and Selling skills.Ed has studied with some of the best trainers in the world including Steven Leeds, Rachel Hott, Joseph Yeager, Susan Sommers, Richard Bandler, Robert Dilts, Judith DeLozier, Suzi Smith, Sid Jacobson, Michael Colgrass, Shelle Rose Charvet and Steve Andreas.

12 Comments

  1. brucecab says:

    Great intro! Having practiced NLP for a peaceful, joyful existence I am excited to have the opportunity to share this tool with my family as we help my father recover from a stroke. Seemingly, his mental map (and ours) was hit by a hurricane…

    With just some gentle reframing, the results are already blessing us. What a beautiful world we could create if more people practiced this wonderful technique. Thanks again for the informative and entertaining video!

  2. sanchezdot says:

    excellent ;D
    freedom

  3. ArphenMaethor says:

    Very well done with this vid.

  4. yawehking says:

    Those that choose hate and ignorance or those that choose freedom and love, do so with the same good intentions. All people act through good intentions, in their own mind. Evil and ignorance is a path that can be followed just as easily by love as the path of love and freedom. Human tendencies ar just that. Human tendencies.

  5. yawehking says:

    We all have weaknesses, and we all have evil in us, all of us, no exceptions. NLP is made for taking those feelings and images that you don’t like, or don’t want anymore, and transforming them into what you do want.

  6. Ethicalmind says:

    Ultimate ignorance in that those people brought up on hatred have molded their minds into ingorance…and this doesnt just happen in a 3rd world country…this happens to everyday people who dont realize that they are supporting hate…KKK people for example…i guess what im tryin to say is there is a very fine line of love and hate…and it saddens me to see people that are very intelligent…be so blinded by their own ignorance/greed…very interesting video…i like a thinker vid

  7. Ethicalmind says:

    interesting, though that is true our thoughts and minds create the perception of how we understand/communicate with each other/ourselves there is still a power that moves certain people towards evil and injustice that is what i dont understand. we have the avenues of happiness yet there is still misconception and friction with the most simple of ideas and its sad to think that people were brought up on hatred thats what saddens me the most i guess u could call it the ultimate ignorance..

  8. tricia3007 says:

    Great video…..

    Thanks yewehking.

    Peace :~)

  9. 58ROADMASTER says:

    NAILED IT, OUTSTANDING.

  10. metedude2 says:

    sweet video!

    thx 🙂

  11. yawehking says:

    second time is more fun anyways.

  12. ThePaulonator says:

    Thank you my friend. I appreciate you showing us what NLP is. Since i wasnt paying attention ill have to watch it again.
    Paul

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