NLP – How Does Neuro-Linguistic Programming Work?
The skill and techniques utilised by practitioners of NLP enable them to break learned behaviours or habits and create new ones. If you force yourself to get up early and go for a run, before work or the kids then this requires effort. If you persevere for 30 days then it will become a habit which requires very little effort. Through NLP you can learn how to shortcut this habit forming process. Your mind and the minds of others are there for the training. NLP allows you to see other peoples learned responses to stimuli such as how they behave in different social situations. Whilst, also giving you control to manipulate their behaviour and influence their thoughts.
If you want to use NLP for motivation it teaches a technique called, ‘anchoring’ which essentially allows you to trigger whatever emotional response you desire e.g. determination or euphoria. Say for example you want to make regular exercise a part of your normal routine without it being a huge effort. You can use the anchoring technique to induce enthusiasm whenever you think about exercising. So, you can make the transition from can’t be bothered to have to! To want to try and get up for that early morning run is simply not enough you have to want it so much that you need to get up and NLP helps with that.
Another excellent use for NLP techniques is to cure people of their phobias. These situations require the use of the ‘swish’ technique, which allows you to replace the feelings of fear and repulsion that you have learnt to associate with spiders, snakes or the dark and relearn new emotions such as delight or just being comfortable. The ‘swish’ technique allows you to switch a happier thought for the learned fright response. So, that when you next encounter a spider you respond with your new learned emotion.
Many of the people who are successful have learned how to ‘read’ peoples use of language to be empathetic and increase rapport. Typically people use descriptions with their dominant sense incorporated into their language patterns, e.g. someone whose primary sense is visual will say,” I see” or “It looks good”. Whilst another person whose dominant sense may be auditory could say, “Sounds good” or “That rings a bell”. Then a third person (kinaesthetic) will likely say, “That doesn’t feel right” or “I can’t put my finger on it”. To establish rapport in a conversation with these individuals an NLP practitioner will then mirror their use of language depending on the observed primary sense. One of the keys to success in life is to establish good rapport with the people that you interact with in your life, whether they are family, friends, colleagues or strangers.
The key thing to remember is that NLP works and anyone can learn how!
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