What is NLP?
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Neuro
The nervous system and how we use our five senses to translate experiences into thought processes both consciously and unconsciously.
Linguistic
The use of language to interpret experiences and how we communicate those experiences to others and ourselves.
Programming
How we ‘code’ and utilise our experiences as a series of steps to achieve a specific outcome.
You can use NLP skills to be clear about what you or your organisation needs, build better relationships and develop powerful and productive approaches to influence yourself and others in ways that are more useful.
Application of NLP
In essence, NLP is the study of our thinking, behaviour and language patterns that generally impact on us at an unconscious level, creating sets of strategies that work for us or, in some cases against us. By understanding these strategies we can be more effective in making decisions, building relationships, starting up a business, coaching a team of people, inspiring and motivating others, creating balance in our lives, negotiating our way through the day and above all learning how we learn.
As stated previously, often the critical pieces of our strategies are outside our conscious awareness. Typically we do not consciously know what we do, or more importantly how we do it.
NLP allows us to explore both the conscious and unconscious elements of the strategies we have, so that we can learn how we do what we do.
NLP then assists us to refine the strategies that we have, learn new ones or discard those that no longer serve us in a productive way.
NLP focuses on the unconscious strategies that we use to achieve our results. These results may be ‘positive’ or ‘negative’, by understanding the strategies that we run, we can choose to change them. NLP provides not only a way of discovering and understanding strategies; it also provides ‘tools’ for change.
