Neuro-Linguistic Programming:
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| NLP is the art and science of personal excellence. Art because
everyone brings their unique personality and style to what they do, and this can never be
captured in words or techniques. Science because there is a method and process for
discovering the patterns used by outstanding individuals in any field to achieve
outstanding results. This process is called modelling and the patterns, skills and
techniques so discovered are being used increasingly in counselling, education and
business for more effective communication, personal development and accelerated learning.NLP is a practical skill that creates the
results we truly want in the world while creating value for others in the process. It is
the study of what makes the difference between the excellence and the average. It also
leaves behind a trail of extremely effective techniques for education, counselling,
business and therapy.
NLP stands for
Neuro-Linguistic Programming. The "Neuro"
part acknowledges the fundamental idea that all behaviour stems from our neurological
processes of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch and feeling. We experience our world
through our five senses; we make "sense" of the information and then act on it.
Our neurology covers not only our invisible thought processes, but also our visible
physiological reactions to ideas and events. One simply reflects the other at the physical
level. Body and mind form an inseparable unity, a human being.
The "Linguistic" part of the title indicates that we use language to order
our thoughts and behaviour and to communicate with others.
The "Programming" refers to ways we can choose to organise our ideas and
actions to produce results
NLP deals with the structure
of human subjective experience; how we organise what we see hear and feel, and how we edit
and filter the outside world through our senses. It also explores how we describe it in
language and how we act, both intentionally and unintentionally, to produce results
Taken from "Introducing NLP" by Joseph O'Connor & John Seymour |
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