In NLP Practitioner courses, and countless books, we are taught that our goals need to meet certain ‘well-formedness’ conditions if […]
Category: Decision-making
Perceptual Positions And How To Use Them
This is the first in a series of articles about dealing with ‘difficult’ people. First, we’re going to get some […]
The importance of state in changing minds – and four ways to work with it
I keep coming back to Seth Godin’s article ‘I changed my mind yesterday‘, about how hard it is to change […]
Perceptual Positions – Looking at Things from Different Viewpoints
If you look at something from a number of different viewpoints, you can gain extra information which gives you a […]
Three Downsides Of The Question “Why?”
By the end of this short article you’ll be a lot warier of using “Why?” as a problem-solving question, especially […]
How To Access Your Heart And Gut Intelligence
People may have advised you to ‘follow your heart’ or ‘go with your gut feeling’ in those situations where thinking […]
Making better decisions with NLP (9) – Do you look at the upside, or the downside first?
Here’s an additional distinction I came across while listening to the ‘Seven Secrets of Wealth Attraction’ audio by Joseph Riggio. […]
Making better decisions with NLP (8) – Notice how you make decisions
Compare your ‘strategies’ for reaching a good decision with how you arrived at a bad one. There will probably be […]
Making better decisions with NLP (7) – Turn off mental chatter
Meditate or use peripheral vision to still your mind before making important decisions. When you clear some space, what is really important to you has a chance to emerge. For guidance on how to use peripheral vision, visit www.practicaleq.com/peripheral.html.
Making better decisions with NLP (6) – Learn from mistakes
If one of your decisions turns out bad, review how you went through deciding. Notice any obvious flaws. If things […]
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