Phew, what a week. Monday I was in the Heart fm study recording some bits for them about exams to go out on the breakfast show with my mate Ed James (if you have missed them, you can listen again here. The final part goes out tomorrow morning). Then it was dash back to Cardiff on Tuesday to do a talk at the Welsh Chapter of the JCI (Junior Chamber International) at the Parkhouse Club. And then, yesterday I had to pop into the Red Dragon radio station to an ISDN link up with Tom Ross discussing NLP and Sports Performance and my upcoming Sports Practitioner of NLP course (which will go out tonight on BRMB). So today I am trying to catch up on the all the admin, I am still updating the new site and sorting out my next course, which is the NLP Practitioner training at the end of July.
But, what I actually wanted to discuss with you was what happened last week. By comparison last week was very, very quite, I am working on a new project (not saying anything yet as I don’t want to jinx it…), and spent most of last week researching the subject. It got the point on Friday that I was all researched out and just had to get on with, as I was just confusing myself and creating doubts by learning more and more.
I see this so often when people are just starting out in NLP, they sort of become course junkies and book junkies, they think “I will just read one more book…” or “I will just do one more course, before I sart using this stuff…”, It is a lack of confidence to get stuck in. But, NLP can only really be learned in the real world. Trainings are essential, but by very definition they are slightly false. They have to be, you have to practice your new skills in safe environment with feedback to begin with. But once you have done the Practitioner course, get out there and use it!! You don’t need to start your own Private Practice to do this, you use it every time you communicate with someone, you use it on yourself when you start noticing things you want to or need to change. Course are great and learning and experiencing new things is very important, but don’t get stuck in that trap of think you just need to do “one more thing…” before you start using your new skills.
And on that note, I am off to carry on with my new project and...
DO IT!!!
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Thursday, June 05, 2008
Monday, June 02, 2008
Exam Tips on Heart FM
I will be on Ed James breakfast show on Heart fm each morning for the rest of the week, discussing last minute revision and exam tips. Listen in to learn how to:
1. Deal with stress
2. Keep your motivation up
and
3. Remember those last minute details
If can't listen live, you will be able to get the tips online.
If you are doing exams at the moment, best of luck
Sorry about no post last week, bit of a technical hiccup, normal service will return this Thursday.
Matt
1. Deal with stress
2. Keep your motivation up
and
3. Remember those last minute details
If can't listen live, you will be able to get the tips online.
If you are doing exams at the moment, best of luck
Sorry about no post last week, bit of a technical hiccup, normal service will return this Thursday.
Matt
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Ramble on…
Well, well. It’s Thursday again. And, for once I have no idea what to write about. Which is OK, I will just ramble. I like to ramble, in fact, as a friend of mine point out the other week, I rarely shut up!
But anyway, I think rambling without a clear idea of what on earth it is you want to talk about can sometimes create the most profound insights. I think it is Socrates that thought that there was no one truth and that that truth often presents itself through the ebb and flow of a discourse or conversation. In fact he believed that so much he developed the “Socratic Method” where questions were used to discover insights, ideas and learning. Although part of the point of this was to allow digressions, it was actually quite a structured process otherwise you would just wander off and lose the point. He would rarely lecture to teach, rather ask questions of his pupils and allow them to discover the learning for itself.
It is a bit out of fashion nowadays to teach like that. We are live in “instant times”, where we want everything handed to us on a plate, spoon fed and led by the hand.
Think that is mean? See how uncomfortable it feels to be wandering around by yourself trying to figure it out, and how relieving it is when someone shows you want you need.
NLP suites the Socratic Method of teaching incredibly well. In fact I would be as bold as to suggest that is really the best way to teach it. NLP nowadays is often taught as a series of tips or techniques to be used in certain situations. Sadly I think this missing the point and is, to be blunt, the most basic and trivial of uses of NLP. It odes not teach the student to THINK, it merely teaches the student the trainers own limitations. NLP is about innovation and critical thinking, NLP works best when applied to oneself and then used as a filter or an operating system to interact with the world around you. It is so often used as something you do TO people and that is such a waste of such an in incredible art (yes, I call NLP an art, it is craft, like learning to carve, or debate or play a musical instrument…).
Site News
Well, the new site is all definitely up and running now and all the old out dated sites should now have gone. There is still a few teething problems with the new site, so please bear (or is that bare, I am never sure) with me whilst they are all ironed out. This blog should be updated soon to match the new site, but don't worry, you will still be able to access all archived posts.
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30 May-2 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 1 (Birmingham)
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25- 28 July: NLP Practitioner Core Skills (Birmingham)
1-2 Aug: NLP Practitioner ChangeWork Module (Birmingham)
6-7 Aug: NLP Practitioner Business Applications (Birmingham)
But anyway, I think rambling without a clear idea of what on earth it is you want to talk about can sometimes create the most profound insights. I think it is Socrates that thought that there was no one truth and that that truth often presents itself through the ebb and flow of a discourse or conversation. In fact he believed that so much he developed the “Socratic Method” where questions were used to discover insights, ideas and learning. Although part of the point of this was to allow digressions, it was actually quite a structured process otherwise you would just wander off and lose the point. He would rarely lecture to teach, rather ask questions of his pupils and allow them to discover the learning for itself.
It is a bit out of fashion nowadays to teach like that. We are live in “instant times”, where we want everything handed to us on a plate, spoon fed and led by the hand.
Think that is mean? See how uncomfortable it feels to be wandering around by yourself trying to figure it out, and how relieving it is when someone shows you want you need.
NLP suites the Socratic Method of teaching incredibly well. In fact I would be as bold as to suggest that is really the best way to teach it. NLP nowadays is often taught as a series of tips or techniques to be used in certain situations. Sadly I think this missing the point and is, to be blunt, the most basic and trivial of uses of NLP. It odes not teach the student to THINK, it merely teaches the student the trainers own limitations. NLP is about innovation and critical thinking, NLP works best when applied to oneself and then used as a filter or an operating system to interact with the world around you. It is so often used as something you do TO people and that is such a waste of such an in incredible art (yes, I call NLP an art, it is craft, like learning to carve, or debate or play a musical instrument…).
Site News
Well, the new site is all definitely up and running now and all the old out dated sites should now have gone. There is still a few teething problems with the new site, so please bear (or is that bare, I am never sure) with me whilst they are all ironed out. This blog should be updated soon to match the new site, but don't worry, you will still be able to access all archived posts.
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30 May-2 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 1 (Birmingham)
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13-16 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 2 (Birmingham)
25- 28 July: NLP Practitioner Core Skills (Birmingham)
1-2 Aug: NLP Practitioner ChangeWork Module (Birmingham)
6-7 Aug: NLP Practitioner Business Applications (Birmingham)
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
New Venue for Private Practice
Well, those of you that have been reading this blog for awhile will know I have been in the process of relocating to South Wales for what seems like a very, very long time.
And the process is still on going.
But I managed to finally get a venue to continue my private practice. It is Ener-Chi in Radyr, just outside of Cardiff.
The venue has been beautifully designed to be a haven of peace and tranquillity where the cares and stresses of modern life just melt away. From the minute you arrive you’ll find Judy’s professional, caring and friendly staff are trained to deliver the best in treatments to leave you feeling revitalized in both mind and body.
The full address is:
Ener-chi, Radyr
57 Heol Isaf, Radyr, near Cardiff
029 2021 4012
www.enerchi4health.com
If you want to book a private session please call me on 0845 3626277.
PLEASE NOTE: Booking is essential, I do not run a drop in service.
Different locations can be arranged on request, maybe your place of work (High Performance Coaching), place of practice (Sports Performance) or home visits. Sometimes it can be fun and appropriate to meet in other, more casual places like a coffee shop for example.
If you cannot attend face-to-face sessions they can be arranged by phone or over the internet (via Skype).
I can also arrange sessions in Birmingham, West Midlands.
I will arrange sessions in other places but, unfortunately, I will have to charge more for travel and time etc.
Email coaching is also available, please contact me for details
For more details on my coaching style please go here
Normal service will resume on Thursday…
Site News
Well, the new site is all definitely up and running now and all the old out dated sites should now have gone. There is still a few teething problems with the new site, so please bear (or is that bare, I am never sure) with me whilst they are all ironed out. This blog should be updated soon to match the new site, but don't worry, you will still be able to access all archived posts.
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What’s Hot? Upcoming events:
30 May-2 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 1 (Birmingham)
7-8 June: Fast Track Sports Practitioner of NLP
13-16 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 2 (Birmingham)
25- 28 July: NLP Practitioner Core Skills (Birmingham)
1-2 Aug: NLP Practitioner ChangeWork Module (Birmingham)
6-7 Aug: NLP Practitioner Business Applications (Birmingham)
And the process is still on going.
But I managed to finally get a venue to continue my private practice. It is Ener-Chi in Radyr, just outside of Cardiff.
The venue has been beautifully designed to be a haven of peace and tranquillity where the cares and stresses of modern life just melt away. From the minute you arrive you’ll find Judy’s professional, caring and friendly staff are trained to deliver the best in treatments to leave you feeling revitalized in both mind and body.
The full address is:
Ener-chi, Radyr
57 Heol Isaf, Radyr, near Cardiff
029 2021 4012
www.enerchi4health.com
If you want to book a private session please call me on 0845 3626277.
PLEASE NOTE: Booking is essential, I do not run a drop in service.
Different locations can be arranged on request, maybe your place of work (High Performance Coaching), place of practice (Sports Performance) or home visits. Sometimes it can be fun and appropriate to meet in other, more casual places like a coffee shop for example.
If you cannot attend face-to-face sessions they can be arranged by phone or over the internet (via Skype).
I can also arrange sessions in Birmingham, West Midlands.
I will arrange sessions in other places but, unfortunately, I will have to charge more for travel and time etc.
Email coaching is also available, please contact me for details
For more details on my coaching style please go here
Normal service will resume on Thursday…
Site News
Well, the new site is all definitely up and running now and all the old out dated sites should now have gone. There is still a few teething problems with the new site, so please bear (or is that bare, I am never sure) with me whilst they are all ironed out. This blog should be updated soon to match the new site, but don't worry, you will still be able to access all archived posts.
Join Me On FaceBook!
(You may already be reading this on facebook, as this journal is duplicated there but if not…)
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I look forward to seeing you on there!
What’s Hot? Upcoming events:
30 May-2 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 1 (Birmingham)
7-8 June: Fast Track Sports Practitioner of NLP
13-16 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 2 (Birmingham)
25- 28 July: NLP Practitioner Core Skills (Birmingham)
1-2 Aug: NLP Practitioner ChangeWork Module (Birmingham)
6-7 Aug: NLP Practitioner Business Applications (Birmingham)
Thursday, May 15, 2008
The Independent - Top Exam Tips
For those of you that saw me in the Educational Diary of the Independent today about how you can improve your success in exams (and for those of you that didn't), here is the full list of tips:
Top Ten Tips For Exam Success.
The exam season is upon us again, here is list of 10 tips to make sure your (last minute?) revision is productive and you are successful in your exams.
1. Do It With Someone.
Revision that is! Not only will this help you bounce ideas off each other and get a different perspective on subjects, it will give you additional motivation and a spot of friendly competition can help (just make certain you revise and not chat!)
2. Check Your Environment.
Make sure where and when you are revising is the best for you, be tidy and organised, make certain you are away from distraction.
3. Relax!
Stressing out and getting worked up means you go into a stress response, this actually reduces our ability to recall information. Do this very quick and simple relaxation exercise: Breath out. Now take a deep, quick full breath in, as you do, tense all your muscles. Hold for a second. Breath out slowly as you do focus on relaxing all you muscles completely. Repeat 3 times (be careful not to go all light headed).
If you MUST stress out, worry or panic. Put time aside for this and plan for it (see tip 6 and 7). Give yourself 5 minutes a day to stress out and then get on with your revision.
4. Think of the Outcome.
Don’t waste time focusing on things you don’t need. Keep a clear outcome in mind of why you are doing the revision and exam and what you need to do to get the grade you want.
5. Imagine When It Is All Over.
If you start to lose motivation and focus, take yourself into the future and imagine the time when you get the results and they are exactly what you wanted. See how that makes you feel and acknowledge the effort you put into it to get that result. Keep the good feeling and come back to the present and carry on.
6. Don’t Spend All Your Time Planning!
Planning is important, but don’t take all your time doing detailed plans preparing what you will do and when. Keep it simple. Work out how much time you have and break it down into hour chunks, and decide what subjects you will do in that hour. Assume you will do about 6 hours a day, swap subjects every hour to keep yourself fresh (see the next step).
7. Take a Break…
Your brain can’t cope with too much concentration. It runs out of fuel and needs a rest to recharge. Aim to take a 5-10 minute break every half an hour and a 10-15 minute break every hour, after 3 hours take at least a 30 minute break (you will find your natural timing if you experiment), where you go off and do something totally different. Take this into account whilst planning.
Take breaks during the exam too (see tip 10), do the relaxations exercise (tip 3) for a minute or two to energise and refocus.
8. Make it Memorable.
Make sure you make notes and not just read, that extra action helps get it in our heads. But, we don’t respond to well to just lists in one colour. Get the crayons out and make it colourful. Think of funny or strange ways to remember the information, make up silly stories or phrases, the more fun, the more likely you are to remember it.
9. Reward yourself!
Studies have shown that you are more likely to learn something if you associate to something pleasurable, so at end of the day, congratulate yourself on a days revision well done, give yourself a pat on the back and reward yourself with something (ice cream, DVD, an hour on the PS3 etc…)
And finally…
10. During the Exam – Don’t Panic!
My old maths teacher once gave me an excellent piece of advice. He said; in a 3 hour exam, a couple of minutes is not going to make any difference at all. So, when the invigilators tell you to start, sit back for a minute or 2, look around and watch everyone else panic! Take a few moments to gather your self and focus and calmly open the paper.
If you want any more info please do not hesitate to contact me
Site News
Well, the new site is all definitely up and running now and all the old out dated sites should now have gone. There is still a few teething problems with the new site, so please bear (or is that bare, I am never sure) with me whilst they are all ironed out. This blog should be updated soon to match the new site, but don't worry, you will still be able to access all archived posts.
Join Me On FaceBook!
(You may already be reading this on facebook, as this journal is duplicated there but if not…)
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I look forward to seeing you on there!
What’s Hot? Upcoming events:
30 May-2 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 1 (Birmingham)
7-8 June: Fast Track Sports Practitioner of NLP
13-16 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 2 (Birmingham)
25- 28 July: NLP Practitioner Core Skills (Birmingham)
1-2 Aug: NLP Practitioner ChangeWork Module (Birmingham)
6-7 Aug: NLP Practitioner Business Applications (Birmingham)
Top Ten Tips For Exam Success.
The exam season is upon us again, here is list of 10 tips to make sure your (last minute?) revision is productive and you are successful in your exams.
1. Do It With Someone.
Revision that is! Not only will this help you bounce ideas off each other and get a different perspective on subjects, it will give you additional motivation and a spot of friendly competition can help (just make certain you revise and not chat!)
2. Check Your Environment.
Make sure where and when you are revising is the best for you, be tidy and organised, make certain you are away from distraction.
3. Relax!
Stressing out and getting worked up means you go into a stress response, this actually reduces our ability to recall information. Do this very quick and simple relaxation exercise: Breath out. Now take a deep, quick full breath in, as you do, tense all your muscles. Hold for a second. Breath out slowly as you do focus on relaxing all you muscles completely. Repeat 3 times (be careful not to go all light headed).
If you MUST stress out, worry or panic. Put time aside for this and plan for it (see tip 6 and 7). Give yourself 5 minutes a day to stress out and then get on with your revision.
4. Think of the Outcome.
Don’t waste time focusing on things you don’t need. Keep a clear outcome in mind of why you are doing the revision and exam and what you need to do to get the grade you want.
5. Imagine When It Is All Over.
If you start to lose motivation and focus, take yourself into the future and imagine the time when you get the results and they are exactly what you wanted. See how that makes you feel and acknowledge the effort you put into it to get that result. Keep the good feeling and come back to the present and carry on.
6. Don’t Spend All Your Time Planning!
Planning is important, but don’t take all your time doing detailed plans preparing what you will do and when. Keep it simple. Work out how much time you have and break it down into hour chunks, and decide what subjects you will do in that hour. Assume you will do about 6 hours a day, swap subjects every hour to keep yourself fresh (see the next step).
7. Take a Break…
Your brain can’t cope with too much concentration. It runs out of fuel and needs a rest to recharge. Aim to take a 5-10 minute break every half an hour and a 10-15 minute break every hour, after 3 hours take at least a 30 minute break (you will find your natural timing if you experiment), where you go off and do something totally different. Take this into account whilst planning.
Take breaks during the exam too (see tip 10), do the relaxations exercise (tip 3) for a minute or two to energise and refocus.
8. Make it Memorable.
Make sure you make notes and not just read, that extra action helps get it in our heads. But, we don’t respond to well to just lists in one colour. Get the crayons out and make it colourful. Think of funny or strange ways to remember the information, make up silly stories or phrases, the more fun, the more likely you are to remember it.
9. Reward yourself!
Studies have shown that you are more likely to learn something if you associate to something pleasurable, so at end of the day, congratulate yourself on a days revision well done, give yourself a pat on the back and reward yourself with something (ice cream, DVD, an hour on the PS3 etc…)
And finally…
10. During the Exam – Don’t Panic!
My old maths teacher once gave me an excellent piece of advice. He said; in a 3 hour exam, a couple of minutes is not going to make any difference at all. So, when the invigilators tell you to start, sit back for a minute or 2, look around and watch everyone else panic! Take a few moments to gather your self and focus and calmly open the paper.
If you want any more info please do not hesitate to contact me
Site News
Well, the new site is all definitely up and running now and all the old out dated sites should now have gone. There is still a few teething problems with the new site, so please bear (or is that bare, I am never sure) with me whilst they are all ironed out. This blog should be updated soon to match the new site, but don't worry, you will still be able to access all archived posts.
Join Me On FaceBook!
(You may already be reading this on facebook, as this journal is duplicated there but if not…)
Matt Caulfield Training and Consultancy has set up a business page on Facebook. To join and get access to events, journal entries, exclusive photos and discussion boards please click here (you will need a facebook account, but that is free and take 5 minutes to set up).
I look forward to seeing you on there!
What’s Hot? Upcoming events:
30 May-2 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 1 (Birmingham)
7-8 June: Fast Track Sports Practitioner of NLP
13-16 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 2 (Birmingham)
25- 28 July: NLP Practitioner Core Skills (Birmingham)
1-2 Aug: NLP Practitioner ChangeWork Module (Birmingham)
6-7 Aug: NLP Practitioner Business Applications (Birmingham)
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Luck of the Dice
Subway Sandwiches stress me out. Much the same as trendy coffee places do.
I was at the Subway in the Guild at Aston university, after delivering my guest lecture spot for the MBA course at Aston Business School on “Creative Decision Making”. Aston’s MBA is unique as it is the first MBA to recognise the need for creativity and innovation in business and teach that as part of it’s MBA and as far as I know the first to teach NLP as part of this.
Anyway, all I wanted was cheese salad sandwich, but got bombarded with 100 questions, very quickly, so I didn’t really hear and then got treated like an idiot when I looked at them blankly.
Sometimes we can have too much choice and go into “choice paralysis”
You know, when you have 10 things to do that are all equally important and all need to be done (or you want to do them), you can’t decide which on to do first and end up flitting between them all and never really getting any of them finished.
Sound familiar.
If it does, here is little technique that I developed from Luke Rhineharts book “The Dice Man”. It removes pressure and the need to make that decision, so you can just get on with doing something.
First, make a deal with yourself that you are going to put the decision in the hands of random chance and you will follow through with whatever outcome there is. Secondly write the list of things you need to do and number them 1-whatever.
The go off and get a dice. This can be a normal six sided dice (and, if you have more than six items, just re-role on a 6 to add more numbers), or, if you are feeling adventurous, pop down your local Role-play gaming shop (I think the stigma has dissipated somewhat since Lord of the Rings and World of Warcraft, so you no longer need to disguise yourself like you were going to your local “Adult Book Store”…) and get one of those fancy multisided die (I think you can get them up to 100 sided if you need it!)
Then role the dice, see which item is that number and throw your self wholeheartedly into it until it is complete. Then repeat the process with the rest of the things on the list. You will be surprised how quickly you will get through all the tasks, much faster than jumping from to the other or procrastinating on them and getting nothing done.
Sometimes things are just best left to fate.
Join Me On FaceBook!
(You may already be reading this on facebook, as this journal is duplicated there but if not…)
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I look forward to seeing you on there!
What’s Hot? Upcoming events:
30 May-2 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 1 (Birmingham)
7-8 June: Fast Track Sports Practitioner of NLP
13-16 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 2 (Birmingham)
25- 28 July: NLP Practitioner Core Skills (Birmingham)
1-2 Aug: NLP Practitioner ChangeWork Module (Birmingham)
6-7 Aug: NLP Practitioner Business Applications (Birmingham)
I was at the Subway in the Guild at Aston university, after delivering my guest lecture spot for the MBA course at Aston Business School on “Creative Decision Making”. Aston’s MBA is unique as it is the first MBA to recognise the need for creativity and innovation in business and teach that as part of it’s MBA and as far as I know the first to teach NLP as part of this.
Anyway, all I wanted was cheese salad sandwich, but got bombarded with 100 questions, very quickly, so I didn’t really hear and then got treated like an idiot when I looked at them blankly.
Sometimes we can have too much choice and go into “choice paralysis”
You know, when you have 10 things to do that are all equally important and all need to be done (or you want to do them), you can’t decide which on to do first and end up flitting between them all and never really getting any of them finished.
Sound familiar.
If it does, here is little technique that I developed from Luke Rhineharts book “The Dice Man”. It removes pressure and the need to make that decision, so you can just get on with doing something.
First, make a deal with yourself that you are going to put the decision in the hands of random chance and you will follow through with whatever outcome there is. Secondly write the list of things you need to do and number them 1-whatever.
The go off and get a dice. This can be a normal six sided dice (and, if you have more than six items, just re-role on a 6 to add more numbers), or, if you are feeling adventurous, pop down your local Role-play gaming shop (I think the stigma has dissipated somewhat since Lord of the Rings and World of Warcraft, so you no longer need to disguise yourself like you were going to your local “Adult Book Store”…) and get one of those fancy multisided die (I think you can get them up to 100 sided if you need it!)
Then role the dice, see which item is that number and throw your self wholeheartedly into it until it is complete. Then repeat the process with the rest of the things on the list. You will be surprised how quickly you will get through all the tasks, much faster than jumping from to the other or procrastinating on them and getting nothing done.
Sometimes things are just best left to fate.
Join Me On FaceBook!
(You may already be reading this on facebook, as this journal is duplicated there but if not…)
Matt Caulfield Training and Consultancy has set up a business page on Facebook. To join and get access to events, journal entries, exclusive photos and discussion boards please click here (you will need a facebook account, but that is free and take 5 minutes to set up).
I look forward to seeing you on there!
What’s Hot? Upcoming events:
30 May-2 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 1 (Birmingham)
7-8 June: Fast Track Sports Practitioner of NLP
13-16 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 2 (Birmingham)
25- 28 July: NLP Practitioner Core Skills (Birmingham)
1-2 Aug: NLP Practitioner ChangeWork Module (Birmingham)
6-7 Aug: NLP Practitioner Business Applications (Birmingham)
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Just one more question…
Is it Thursday already? Although the keen-eyed of you would have noticed that on my Interlude blog earlier this week I thought it was Wednesday and not Tuesday. So it being Thursday already should not come as a surprise really.
Well, what has been going on? My new website it finally ready and I have mainly spent the week tinkering with it to get all the info on there correct and up to date, still some way to go, but getting there (only been about 18 months…). I am in fact in the process of putting an ebook together for budding NLPers who want to make money out of the field, which will hopefully help you avoid the pitfalls I have got stuck in and save you time and money getting set up. But that is coming. Other than that I am settling in to Cardiff and getting to know the area and the people, had a really good meeting with the lovely people at the Parkhouse Club on Friday regarding some stuff (could I chunk any higher?), but more on that when it gets organised…
So, continuing the theme of “Maybe Logic” I have been on in the last few posts, how are you getting on? Did you do the experiments? Feeling a bit more flexible in your thinking?
That flexibility is key to applying NLP. Some people think NLP is a bunch of techniques that you somehow do “to” people (you NLP all over them as Michael Breen puts it…). That is totally missing the point and, to me, one of the most trivial applications of the field. NLP is really an attitude. I often get asked in trainings if NLP is something you can do to yourself, and I always respond that if you are not doing NLP to yourself you have NO RIGHT doing it to someone else. In fact I will go one step further and say that NLP is best used (in my opinion) when treated as an operating system, you use it on yourself to filter the information you have. Think of it as an upgrade (although I usually dislike the computer analogy as I think it is far too reductionist). So how do you use NLP as an OS upgrade. Firstly you have to upgrade your attitude. And that is where Maybe Logic comes in. You have to challenge and question things. To ask just one more question… Of yourself and the people around you. The NLP attitude is about asking the right question and keeping asking them until you get a useful answer, it is about curiosity (and Maybe Logic will create lots of that, once you know you don’t really know anything for certain, you will become much more curious…) and tenacity: Asking that awkward question no one else is prepared to ask. To be prepared to say, “no, I don’t get it, can you explain it again…” and not minding if you may look stupid. If you can do this, rather than thinking you now it all and doing NLP “on” people you will GET NLP much more than anyone who has read all the books and seen all the DVD’s and gone to all the seminars and think they know it all…
Go, question everything!! Next time we will discuss a very brief exercise to get you OK with asking that awkward question…
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(You may already be reading this on facebook, as this journal is duplicated there but if not…)
Matt Caulfield Training and Consultancy has set up a business page on Facebook. To join and get access to events, journal entries, exclusive photos and discussion boards please click here (you will need a facebook account, but that is free and take 5 minutes to set up).
I look forward to seeing you on there!
What’s Hot? Upcoming events:
30 May-2 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 1 (Birmingham)
7-8 June: Fast Track Sports Practitioner of NLP
13-16 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 2 (Birmingham)
25- 28 July: NLP Practitioner Core Skills (Birmingham)
1-2 Aug: NLP Practitioner ChangeWork Module (Birmingham)
6-7 Aug: NLP Practitioner Business Applications (Birmingham)
Well, what has been going on? My new website it finally ready and I have mainly spent the week tinkering with it to get all the info on there correct and up to date, still some way to go, but getting there (only been about 18 months…). I am in fact in the process of putting an ebook together for budding NLPers who want to make money out of the field, which will hopefully help you avoid the pitfalls I have got stuck in and save you time and money getting set up. But that is coming. Other than that I am settling in to Cardiff and getting to know the area and the people, had a really good meeting with the lovely people at the Parkhouse Club on Friday regarding some stuff (could I chunk any higher?), but more on that when it gets organised…
So, continuing the theme of “Maybe Logic” I have been on in the last few posts, how are you getting on? Did you do the experiments? Feeling a bit more flexible in your thinking?
That flexibility is key to applying NLP. Some people think NLP is a bunch of techniques that you somehow do “to” people (you NLP all over them as Michael Breen puts it…). That is totally missing the point and, to me, one of the most trivial applications of the field. NLP is really an attitude. I often get asked in trainings if NLP is something you can do to yourself, and I always respond that if you are not doing NLP to yourself you have NO RIGHT doing it to someone else. In fact I will go one step further and say that NLP is best used (in my opinion) when treated as an operating system, you use it on yourself to filter the information you have. Think of it as an upgrade (although I usually dislike the computer analogy as I think it is far too reductionist). So how do you use NLP as an OS upgrade. Firstly you have to upgrade your attitude. And that is where Maybe Logic comes in. You have to challenge and question things. To ask just one more question… Of yourself and the people around you. The NLP attitude is about asking the right question and keeping asking them until you get a useful answer, it is about curiosity (and Maybe Logic will create lots of that, once you know you don’t really know anything for certain, you will become much more curious…) and tenacity: Asking that awkward question no one else is prepared to ask. To be prepared to say, “no, I don’t get it, can you explain it again…” and not minding if you may look stupid. If you can do this, rather than thinking you now it all and doing NLP “on” people you will GET NLP much more than anyone who has read all the books and seen all the DVD’s and gone to all the seminars and think they know it all…
Go, question everything!! Next time we will discuss a very brief exercise to get you OK with asking that awkward question…
Join Me On FaceBook!
(You may already be reading this on facebook, as this journal is duplicated there but if not…)
Matt Caulfield Training and Consultancy has set up a business page on Facebook. To join and get access to events, journal entries, exclusive photos and discussion boards please click here (you will need a facebook account, but that is free and take 5 minutes to set up).
I look forward to seeing you on there!
What’s Hot? Upcoming events:
30 May-2 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 1 (Birmingham)
7-8 June: Fast Track Sports Practitioner of NLP
13-16 June: NLP Master Practitioner Module 2 (Birmingham)
25- 28 July: NLP Practitioner Core Skills (Birmingham)
1-2 Aug: NLP Practitioner ChangeWork Module (Birmingham)
6-7 Aug: NLP Practitioner Business Applications (Birmingham)
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