I feel very priveldged to live the life that I have. I live in the beautiful city of Sydney, Australia – transported here from the mountains of Colorado. I have created a life in a place I love, in a profession that I am passionate about, working with people who are wonderful, with a life style that incorporates everything that I know, train and inspire others with, and having a community of like-minded people around me.
This blog is about all of that. NLP is my professional modality – it’s what I get paid to do. Yet, its so much more than that. NLP, to me, is about living life with authentic purpose. Which, is what I’ll be sharing with you on this blog. Authentic purpose with NLP.
I was chatting to a friend the other day who proclaims that she is the ‘everything to everyone’ person at work – and frankly, she’s tired of it. Who can blame her? Well, actually… after years and years of being this ‘go-to’ person, years of being everything to everyone, years of knowing everything, doing a great job, being counted on, being counted for, being accountable for well, most likely everything she decided she was accountable for – we can actually blame her.
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In July while I was in the USA I was privileged enough to attend two days of SuperCamp at Colorado College. In 2012 (Australian summer) we will be bringing SuperCamp to Sydney for 14-18 year olds to attend. It is an amazing 10 day journey of personal and academic growth. A wonderful gift for the next generation!
The reason I bring up SuperCamp is to share one of their Keys. During the 10 days they visit 8 Keys (we would call them Presuppositions in NLP land). One of their keys is
THIS IS IT. Along with the ‘key’ of the day is a 20 minute key-note presentation and then group discussions about what it means. I was in awe and amazed at the meanings these kids got from the message. I think that from time to time adults forget about this. I know that in past posts I’ve written about the importance of knowing where you are going – perhaps not enough emphasis has been given to the Now.
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As Ghandi said – be the change you want to see in the world. For change to happen however, we must change. I have met so many people through my profession as a coach and trainer who want something different in their lives, but they aren’t willing at a deeper level to make the changes necessary for it to happen.
Change is a two-fold process in the world of NLP:
- internal changes
- external changes
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