How to have Sensory Acuity & Not Give a Shit

Sensory acuity – that is the NLP term for “notice what is happening around you”; well, in simple terms at least. From an NLP perspective, when you are sensory acute, you are aware of macro and micro movements and changes that can clue you in on many things.

Unfortunately there are so many people (NLPers included) that lack sensory acuity. These are the people who keep following you well after you have finished a conversation, who keep talking although you look nearly dead due to boredom or who bring the complete opposite emotion into a situation and don’t notice. (more…)

Solving the Mystery of Confidence

Confidence. It is one of those elusive emotions that some people exude, we all want, some people fake, others bask in it and some folks will spend their lifetimes looking for.  Is there a recipe for confidence? I actually think that there is… (more…)

Prove It!

How steadfast are you on your opinions and beliefs? Do you hold strong or are you able to be flexible?

As NLPers, we know that our opinions and beliefs come from our model of the world – our own distortions, deletions and generalisations about the world around us. Our filters play a big part too – our history, family, memories, economic status, religion, etc.  Once something happens a few times, our unconscious mind starts to look for and find “self fulfilling prophecies” – that is, we start to look for what we know.

In fact, lets go one step further: Your opinions are the result of years of paying attention to information which confirmed what you believed while ignoring information which challenged your preconceived notions. (more…)

The Key to Happiness

I wonder, is being happy something that has to take a lot of effort? Does it require time, energy, will power and decisiveness? Or, can it just be a choice?

I think the answer to that is a combination of all of these. Yes, it can be a choice and yes, it might take a bit of effort – effort that is, if your Present State is not already “happy”. (more…)

Courage

Have you seen the movie We Bought a Zoo? I only saw it a few weeks ago, and I loved it. There was a line in the movie that the dad said to his son; and it struck home for me in many ways. He said… you only need “20 seconds of insane courage” to get anything done. Too true! Its so easy to hesitate at something – saying something, asking something, doing something – but if you had just 20 seconds of insane courage to just start – to just say the first few words – to just jump… what would be different in your world? (more…)