freedom to differ

For some time I have been using NLP to model, or identify the key elements in, highly successful ‘life relationships’ – whether these be marriages, co-habitations, or wonderful friendships.

This quest has been driven by the belief that, if NLP truly provides us with the means to study excellence in human behaviour, then it might more usefully be used to have great relationships and to manage one’s own emotions rather than to do some of the things for which it has become famous for such as

  1. seducing people (usually men-seducing-women, it seems)
  2. persuading people to do things that you want them to do (irrespective of what is appropriate for them)
  3. having power over others – which is a rather sad goal
  4. getting people to think you were wonderful – which, if you need to do that, suggests that you maybe you are not…
  5. and so on

Anyway, I decided to float a few of my results at a session I presented on the November 2008  NLP Annual Conference in London. Continue reading

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