0 How Do You Define Nlp

In watching the (endless) food-fights about what NLP is (and isn't), and the bizarre ramblings on some NLP message boards, "I bet Grinder could take Bandler in an arm wrestle. Oh yeah - well Bandler could EAT Grinderand burp Diltsnyaaa." I thought it would be useful to make a distinction between how the original founders define NLP and how it's come to be defined within the discipline.

We won't even talk about the silly distortions of the definition OUTSIDE the definition

Let me frame it this way: NLP has a real definition and a well-known definition (that the founders rightly say doesn't represent the technology they invented).

A 'REAL' DEFINITION OF NLP:

NLP is a set of modeling tools to extract the step-by-step process of genius wherever it occurs, and create a model to allow others to reproduce that genius.

"The geniuses that NLP modeled originally came from the world of therapy: Fritz Perls (Gestalt) Virginia Satir (Family Therapy) and Milton Erickson (Hypnotherapy). The founders John Grinder and Richard Bandler observed these three people noticing at a very deep specific level what they did to create change in their own clients and patients, often unconsciously. In other words, Bandler and Grinder sometimes highlighted things that Perls, Satir and Erickson didn't even know they were doing to help their clients. When they knew what worked, and had eliminated unnecessary or irrelevant parts, Bandler and Grinder built a 'model' or step-by-step process, and tested it."

WELL-KNOWN DEFINITION OF NLP:

NLP IS A SET OF DISTILLED TECHNIQUES (MODELS) EXTRACTED FROM THERAPEUTIC GENIUSES THAT HELP PEOPLE QUICKLY AND PAINLESSLY OVERCOME SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLES IN THEIR LIVES.

"These techniques create and support immediate and lasting behavioural changes in clients. For example, NLP has been successfully used to eliminate simple phobias (flying, animals, heights, small spaces, needles, dentists, doctors, etc) in about 10 minutes. NLP processes have also been successfully applied to countless situations helping people to repair relationships, overcome old trauma, help people move on after trauma (death, divorce, loss), and with the advent of the Coaching industry, NLP processes have been extremely effective in helping people move beyond inner and outer obstacles to achieve success in their lives."

So next time someone asks you what the *bleep* NLP is, you now have a couple of answers.at least!

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