What is NLP?

NLP


Neuro Linguistic Programming, or NLP as it is commonly called, is a school of self-development which focuses on the way you communicate with both yourself and other people. Basically, it is way of tuning in to what your "inner voice" is saying, and your beliefs.

The founders of NLP, Richard Bandler, whose background was in mathematics and gestalt therapy, and John Grinder, whose background was in linguistics, formulated the method after noticing that successful people shared a pattern of communicating with themselves, which reflected core positive beliefs about themselves, as opposed to unsuccessful people whose way of communicating with themselves reflected their negative self-beliefs.

NLP works by helping you to sharpen your awareness of any negative thoughts or behavior that may be preventing you from reaching your goals, and then to replace these with more positive thoughts and behaviours.

The most direct method of practising NLP is by using positive affirmations. When we use a positive affirmation, we basically declare that something is true.

You can start by writing a list and then by repeating the items on the list to yourself each day several times. The more you put this into practice, the more you will start to believe that these things are true.

For example, if you are lacking in motivation you might repeat the following affirmations:


I am motivated.

I grow more and more motivated every day.

I can feel my motivation level growing.


It is important that the affirmations are spoken using the personal pronoun ‘I’ and are said in the present tense. You should aim to put some emotion behind them as you say them because the energy of your emotions is stronger than the energy of your voice alone.

Practicing these affirmations with the aid of subliminal messages can be a bonus, provided that the statements on the subliminal MP3 or CD are along the same lines as the ones you are writing on your list. Plus you can use the subliminal CD or Mp3 while you have breakfast, do the housework, ride the bus to work or simply relax, thus helping you to reach your goals faster. Check out some samples of subliminal MP3’s here. Or if you want more information about NLP, go to www.nlp.com.