NLP Weekly Magazine

Where Are Your Time Stamps?!

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:19:59 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht Since this is going to be a bit more complex, I ask you to first read it very slowly and carefully and second – read it more than once. We do share quite a lot of ideas and concepts in this lesson, that the understanding and comprehension of them will enable us to [...]

Meta-Program #1: Chunk Up / Chunk Down

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:33:07 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht This is an excerpt from the book “NLP Mastery: The Meta Programs (Practical & Illustrated Guide) – Click Here for Details. People prefer to think, communicate and learn (as examples) in varying size “chunks” of information. There are primarily two types of strategies here, with a third taking a minor role. Some people like [...]

What Can Determine Your Behavior?!

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 07:32:49 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht This is an excerpt from the book “NLP Mastery: The Meta Programs (Practical & Illustrated Guide) – Click Here for Details. What are Meta-Programs? In many NLP training programs, you’ll probably hear the following statements: • “Meta-Programs can be thought of as the primary programs that govern people’s mental processes.” • “It is useful not to think [...]

Whole System Ecology

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:02:16 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht “Even the mighty and ferocious cannot conquer the small but secure; Thus a man-eating tiger cannot swallow a single porcupine.” – Liu Ji (14th century general) You have already started thinking about your personal ecology. There are other individuals and systems as well. By systems, we mean families, schools, regulatory government agencies, businesses [...]

Secondary Gain and Personal Ecology

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:01:17 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht “Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.”- Samuel Johnson Personal ecology means that you consider your personal needs, aspirations, and values in the outcome. Personal ecology gives an important edge to your plans because it brings about [...]

Special Discount on NLP For Beginners

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:00:51 +0000

Got a message from Amazon, that for a limited time they would give the new edition a special discount – 40 percent! It seems like they did what they promised… If you wanted the book, take advantage of Amazon’s generosity and grab a copy.

The Anchoring Guide

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 21 May 2010 14:18:21 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht “Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.”- Mark Twain Credits for the creation of this NLP pattern belong to John Grinder and Richard Bandler. Anchoring is how we get into the right state for what we want to do. You connect a symbol with the desired state, or resource state. [...]

What Happens When Perceptual Positions are Not Aligned?

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:48:19 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht Here’s a great example. Let’s say someone is a bit self-centered or narcissistic. They have trouble tolerating it when someone else has more expensive clothes than they do, or is more important than they are in some way. When they work with perceptual positions, they may find that when they try position number [...]

Pain Away!

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:30:00 +0000

Here’s the introduction chapter to my new book, Pain Away “The world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it.” — Helen Keller Have you ever reached a point in your life when things had gone so far that it seemed like the next step would just have to be even worse? I don’t [...]

Pain Away: Advanced Mental Techniques for Immediate & Long Lasting Relief

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:00:58 +0000

My 3rd book is out! I’m excited, as it was a very long process. It’s what I learned while I was recovering from an injury. I’ll post a few chapters from it soon, but in the mean-time: what do you think of the cover? My new “Pain Away” book on Amazon A new book on [...]

2nd Edition: NLP For Beginners

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:02:30 +0000

The 2nd edition of NLP For Beginners is out. More books coming soon.

Reframing Beliefs and Opinions: Examples

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:50:37 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht “Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.”- John Dryden Here are a few examples of reframing. When you read the conversation below, notice how one simple shifting of perception can change a person’s belief or opinion. This script is a transcript of a recorded conversation between two of my friends in one of [...]

Linking Words

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:40:53 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht Erickson used words called conjunctions, words such as “and” in pacing and leading. He linked the pacing with the leading in a way that made it all seem to belong together, and this gave his leading commands a lot of impact. Consider this example. (The >> symbols set off the imbedded commands.) [...]

Making a change is as easy as 1,2,3… 10…

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:00:56 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht Making a change is as easy as 1,2,3… 10… The first and most important lesson I learned in the Hypnotherapy College is this: “Accept and use whatever happens and make it work for your outcome.” Here’s an example of what this means. Let’s say that you’re with a client, and someone interrupts your session. [...]

Free Yourself of Negative States

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:26:12 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht The Circle of Excellence pattern is an enjoyable way to free yourself of negative states. You will do this by extinguishing their anchors. We’re talking about negative anchors now. After all, most of our behaviors have some anchors connected with them, including negative states. At the same time, you will be creating [...]

No Underwear?! On the Subway?! IN NYC???

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:25:48 +0000

Yes, I guess so! Talk about changing people’s state of mind! Notice how the random spectators range from the ‘ignoring’ to the ‘disturbed’ to the ‘look at that!’ types. Amazing what you can do to make people talk about something for the rest of the day… www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSv0jVfPhTw

The End-Of-Day Pattern

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:44:55 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht “If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny”. – Andre Maurois From the book: The Big Book of NLP Techniques: 200+ Patterns & Strategies of Neuro Linguistic Programming Credits for the creation of this NLP [...]

Earning Trust

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:37:06 +0000

By: Stephan Thieme Stephan is the author of Persuasion Mastery: 500 Lessons in the Psychology of Sales (Click here for details) Let’s move into an expanded dimension of rapport. You know that people buy from friends, and that part of rapport is trust. But, besides trust developing from pacing, we need to expand trust by how [...]

Definition of Courage (Illustrated)

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:06:13 +0000

I’m still looking around, trying to figure out if this picture is for real… and if yes, if this woman is still alive and well – again, if she is – she’s one courageous woman.

Beyond Accelerated Learning – Bending The Learning Curve

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:03:53 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht The following story is another classic from Milton H. Erickson. I heard that one during a very intense practice group in the Hypnotherapy College. The teacher who told that story didn’t tell us in advance what it is all about. He said, “I have a little story to tell you, that might [...]

Face Yourself

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:02:17 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht “My face is my livelihood!”, Cosmo Kramer (Seinfeld) The amount of non-verbal clues you can absorb in a person is almost unlimited. In my personal files, there are over 1,500 recorded clues for learning, reading and “conceiving” another human being. Today we’ll do a quick exercise, that will surely give you some insights about [...]

Google’s Free SMS Service

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:43:52 +0000

Not related to NLP, but I thought it’s important enough to let you know: Google’s free email service – Gmail – has a new feature, as of today: Free SMS to quite a lot of cellphone companies worldwide. So enjoy and save

The Positive Personal Significance Experience

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:01:31 +0000

By: Rasa Galatiltyte, NLP Trainer Author of “Beyond Rapid Therapy: Modern NLP Concepts & Methods” Nearly everyone wants to be a hero, but people who are marginalized want it more. Why else would comic books have a hero that can’t reveal his or her identity but is intensely tempted to do so in order to impress someone? You can use [...]

Your Eyes Are Stuck!

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:49:55 +0000

By: Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht I never liked those weekend hypnosis seminars. They promise to teach you all about hypnosis in two or three days, and all of those who promise such a grandiose delusion are big fat liars. My professional training took almost 2 years to complete. I went to school at least 3 times a week, [...]

Jazz Trance

Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:16:58 +0000

Here’s an interesting online British comedy, and the first episode on Jazz Trance: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKwQ_zeRwEs