NLP Training

I can't believe I have done this blog for so long and never even touched on NLP or Neuro-linguistic programming.
I guess maybe the last two entries with Tony Robbins got me to thinking about it again.
Tony actually did NLP training at one point, having been taught by one of the co-founders of NLP, John Grinder.

I looked up NLP in the Oxford English Dictionary, and got this...

neurolinguistic programming
n. a model of interpersonal communication chiefly concerned with the relationship between successful patterns of behaviour and the subjective experiences (esp. patterns of thought) underlying them; a system of alternative therapy based on this which seeks to educate people in self-awareness and effective communication, and to change their patterns of mental and emotional behaviour.

Quite a mouthful huh?

I looked it up in the Skeptic's Dictionary and got way more than a mouthful.
But then again, they hate everything...LOL

But basically what NLP is supposed to do is explore the links between how we think, how we communicate with each other and our emotional and behavior patterns.

So to achieve success, you have to create a rich image of the goal (sound familiar?), and you must imitate (or model) and internalize the appropriate behavioral patterns.

Probably the most important point of NLP is the Modeling technique.
It's a 5 step process:

1. First you have to identify an expert in something that you want to model. C
You have to create life lines and a well-formed outcome for this project.

2. You observe and mimic the expert in the field of his (or her) expertise.
Direct access is the best way, but video and audio can work as well.

3. Now, without the expert there, you have to practice until you react the same way the expert does to circumstances.
You distill his (or her) essence down and literally discover what makes them tick.

4. Then you codify the model in some way by video, or some other medium.

5. Now the hard part (LOL), you have to teach the model to someone else.
IF the person you taught it to can get the same results as the person you modeled, then you have succeeded.

If my explanation of the 5 steps confused you, you can go to the Neuro-linguistic Programming and Research website, take a look around and see if this looks like something you may be interested in.

Tony Robbins Advises Caution

Tony Robbins seems to be everywhere suddenly.

Maybe the "Think good thoughts and everything will be swell" ideas of Rhonda Byrne and her kind are fading away.
Though to be honest, her new book "The Power" is number one on the New York Times Best seller list in the Advice section.
It even sold well enough to bring The Secret back up to number 5.

Tony (to me at least) always seemed to advocate the "think good thoughts" idea, but also added "do something about it!"
One quote I read by him a long time ago I still remember...
"Never leave the scene of a decision without taking massive action.".

Well like I said, Tony is popping up a lot lately.

This really caught my eye on YouTube.
It's entitled "Tony Robbins Economic Warning" and it is part one of two....



But Tony isn't just telling everyone to man the lifeboats, he also has an interview with Sir John Templeton over at the Huffington Post about the important principles behind wealth and success.
Sir Templeton (November 29, 1912 – July 8, 2008) was an American-born British stock investor, businessman and philanthropist.
He also had an interest in metaphysical spirituality, so he wasn't just a capitalist.

So take a listen to Tony, see what he has to say about things and take it into consideration.
It can't hurt can it?

Breakthrough With Tony Robbins

If you read this blog much, you'll know that one of the first "self help" people I studied when I started researching manifesting abundance was Tony Robbins.
Well the six foot seven author of books, CDs and DVDs like Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement, Unleash The Power Within, Giant Steps, Get The Edge and Lessons in Mastery is reaching out to even more people....

"Don’t ever call renowned self-help author Tony Robbins a “motivator” – he absolutely hates that term.
The famous advisor is helping average folks make crucial life changes in his new NBC reality series, Breakthrough With Tony Robbins, premiering July 27, but doesn’t want people to think he’s just some other cheesy motivational speaker who believes in the magical “power of positive thinking.”
http://www.flashnews.com/news/wfn04100708fn2211.html

"Breakthrough With Tony Robbins" will premiere on Tuesday, July 27th at 8PM.
It's gonna be a six-episode, limited run series produced by the same people that produce "The Biggest Loser".

If you want to find out more, the Hollwood Reporter has a Q&A with Tony at their website here:
http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/06/tony-robbins-interview-reality-show-.html



Breakthrough With Tony Robbins, posted to http://manifesting-reality.blogspot.com/ on July 11th, 2010.

Make It or Break It...Aftermath

Here I am about 400 miles North of where I was.
We have a chance to breathe, stop and get back on our feet.
Yes it wasn't what I was asking for, but in many ways, this is better.

So with all the imagining I was doing...why wasn't the exact thing I was focused on brought into being?

Well maybe you aren't supposed to focus on something, maybe you are supposed to trust in the Higher Power to give you what you need.

Maybe "Thy will be done" is what we should focus on.

After this, I have pretty much shifted away from Neville Goddard and Joseph Murphy, and moved on to other things.

Because the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

The results were not what I wanted, so it's time to move on to something else.

And I already have something I am using now, and I seem to be getting better results.
More on that when I get more definite results.