Starting NLP Training

Neuro-Linguistic Programming

Starting NLP training can be a lot of fun, either by yourself or in a group environment. Like any type of training it is important that you do it in a way where you feel comfortable. Some people learn best by themselves, and others learn best in groups.

NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming. It was created in the 1970's by John Grinder and Richard Bandler. NLP is essentially a type of therapy. The basic premise is that by modeling anyone who is excellent at what they do you can become excellent yourself.

For example, if you want to become a better golfer, instead of learning through trial and error, you could find someone who is great at golf and study their techniques, swings, but more importantly how they think.

For example by learning how Tiger Woods mentally approaches each shot, each hole, you can model what he does and improve your golf game. My NLP training started through reading books. There are hundreds of great NLP books available. If you are just learning about this area, start with some introductory books on the subject.

Be careful when picking out books to read, some NLP books can be very advanced and can be quite dry for the beginner. Many of these books were written for certified NLP practitioners and not for beginners.

Another way to get training is through group workshops. These are held all over the nation and are a great way to get cutting edge techniques. Try and find a workshop for beginners. A lot of these workshops focus on more advanced techniques or their purpose is for more advanced practitioners to gain certification.

If you don't have time to travel there are also lots of great audio courses you could buy as well. Some people learn better through audio courses, which can be a very convenient way to learn. You can easily spend a small fortune doing NLP training if you wanted to. I find it best to not spend all your money on one large conference, but to go to smaller one-day workshops, or buy study at home courses, which are much cheaper.

If money is really an issue, eBay always seems to have a good amount of NLP material available. However you choose to learn about NLP, pick a way that you feel comfortable with. You might find that you like NLP so much you want to become a certified practitioner.

Time For Stock Take in Your Life

Every year shops and businesses do a stock take of all their products and services and are able to define where there business is going and what profits they have made since their last stock take etc Now we could all say yep OK what has that got to do with me and stress, but have you ever thought about doing that in your own life. Interesting isn't, what if we were to take time two to three times a year and do our stock take on our own life.

But I think if we are going to sit and stock take in our lives then we are going to have to go at it with an open mind being honest with ourselves about own life. And with out allowing assumptions on what other people think of us. It has to be done in way that you are free to do as you wish. We can get so wrapped up in conforming to what is expected of us and from society that we forget about ourselves. We just keep going with the flow of life.

Well just maybe its time we should take time and do a stock on our life and think about all the things we want to do. How many times do you read a story about someone that is dying or they are old and they are contemplating their lives and thinking about all the things they wished they had done in their life. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but only when you don't wait till you're dying and old and its all too late. If we were to do a stock take often then we would be living our lives to the fullest and when we are old we can look back and say hey I did everything I wanted, I achieved a lot and I had ago.

So how does this relate to stress in our life? Well if we were living our lives how we wanted and doing what we wanted to do in our lives then we wouldn't have stress in our life. We would be living in a state of joy and happiness.

So take some time out of your life, away from your everyday life and the people. Take yourself away for a couple of days and sit under a tree and think about what it is you would like to do in your life. Don't think about oh but what if this, but what if that, it's not important and really just an excuse of why you're not going to do it. Ask yourself if I did this or I did that how would I feel, and if you get that excited rush through the body then there is your answer it means go and do it.

So if you want to make some changes in your life and feel hesitant to do it then let me tell you something from experience. Often when we want to make a huge change in our life we hesitate because we are not sure what's on the other side or how everything will work out. But as soon as you make the decision and you take the leap you don't look back and everything just changes for the better and you have a whole new world right there before you and you think to yourself why didn't I do this sooner. So don't worry about it just do it and it all works out like you never expected.

On a side note here writing this article it reminds of the story in the Movie Pretty Woman. Yes I know it was like a love story but if you look at the guys side this is what he did, he made changes in a whole new direction in his life. This movie is a great example of what I am talking about.

So start doing a stock take on your life now, and start taking action and doing what you want to do in your life, don't wait till your dying or you're old. Just Do It Now.