NLP - Neuro Linguistic Programming

What is NLP?

Neuro - meaning the nervous system and how we use our five senses to translate experiences into thought processes both consciously and unconsciously.

Linguistic - meaning the use of language to interpret experiences in a series of steps in the nervous system to achieve a specific outcome.

Programming - meaning how we 'code’ and utilise our experiences in a series of steps in the nervous system to achieve a specific outcome.

Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is not only an incredibly powerful

set of techniques for achieving human excellence in both personal development and a professional capacity, it is also an essential philosophy for anyone whose goal is one of excellence.

So now in English!

You could think of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) as an owner's manual for the brain. It is the science of how the brain codes learning and experience. This coding affects all communication and behaviour. It affects how you learn and how you perceive the world around you. It is a key to reaching goals and achieving excellence.

The 'Neuro' part of NLP acknowledges the fundamental idea that all behaviour stems from our neurological processes of sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste and feeling. We experience the world through our five senses, making sense of the information and then acting on it. The 'Linguistic' part of the title indicates that we use language and other non-verbal communication to order our thoughts and behaviour and to communicate with others. The 'Programming' refers to ways we can choose to organise our ideas, our sequences of repetitive behaviour and actions, to produce results. So NLP explores the relationship between how we think (Neuro), how we communicate (Linguistic) and our patterns of behaviour (Programming).

Although well grounded in psychological theory and research, NLP is first and foremost about action rather than theory. It deals with the structure of subjective experience, how we organise what we see, hear and feel and how we edit and filter the outside world through our senses. NLP is a model of communication that focuses on identifying and using patterns of thought that influence a person's behaviour as a means of improving the quality and effectiveness of their lives.

NLP is an effective proven vehicle for accelerated human change, radically altering the 'old way' of lengthy psychotherapy.

Origins of NLP

NLP was created in the 70's by John Grinder (a linguist) and Richard Bandler (a computer programmer and mathematician) when they asked themselves a simple and profound question:

“What makes the difference between someone who is competent at a skill and someone who is excellent?"

In order to answer this question Grinder and Bandler modeled the physiology, language structures, and mental processes of outstanding therapist such a Fritz Perls (Gestalt therapy), Virginia Satir (Family therapy) and Dr. Milton Erickson (world-renowned psychotherapist and hypnotherapist) together with other famous high achievers who consistently produced outstanding results and excellence in their field. Grinder and Bandler discovered that they were able to identify the basis of these patterns and processes of excellence and past them on to others.

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