NLP Made Easy

At school we are taught what to think, but we are never taught how to think, until now, that is. The world where we live is changing so fast that, while in the past IQ and knowledge were where all the power sat, now we are never more than a few simple clicks away from the factual answer. That being the case, how we use our brains must change too. No longer do you have to use your brain as a hard drive; now, it is how you use your brain, not what you store in it, that really matters. Think of your mind more as a browser than a hard drive. So many more variables and so many more wonderful ways to use it, it’s time to put you in control, again. You are never more than a few seconds away from any factual answer – no one is – so your advantage in life is not going to be found there. How you use your brain is what matters today and tomorrow and for the rest of your life. That’s what I am going to show you: how to use your brain effectively for the change and life you want and to do that with the same ‘twinkle in the eye’ way that for me epitomizes NLP, its ethos and methodology. If you try something and it doesn’t work, try something else; simple. There is no such thing as failure here. If I want to get a client into a good state so I can help them to change then I’ll make them laugh for real and anchor that real emotion, not get them to recall some dim and distant memory in such a clinical, dull way as to render it meaningless. Sure there is a lot about NLP that cannot be ‘proven’ or measured in doubleblind clinical trials, but stand-up comedy doesn’t work under laboratory conditions either, yet we all enjoy a good laugh. No matter what the men in white coats might say, this stuff works in the real world. So open your mind and it will be my pleasure to be your guide as I hand you the instruction manual to your own mind before taking you through it: to make you not just smarter, but also different; your experience of life richer with more distinctions and in higher definition; and the journey here not just a fun learning one, but one by which you change from the inside out with NLP. Plain and simple, these techniques and truths will change your life so, if you’re ready, let’s get started and see where heading towards your full potential now takes you. I don’t make any claim that the principles and techniques you will learn here are mine; they are the collective works of a great many experts and visionaries over the years. Nor is this a definitive work as, in truth, I only have the scope here to scratch the surface. This book could be many times thicker and more involved, but I hope it will whet your interest and ignite your curiosity to then go on and explore the Resources section at the end of the book. Like any body of work, NLP has also evolved over time, but here’s my version of some great old songs, which – while they stay true to the original – are original enough in themselves and with a new inside-out perspective to add some extra value to the piece. Or so I hope… as you join me on a plain and simple tour of what I think are some of the most important and potent patterns and principles in Neuro-Linguistic Programming and beyond.