NLP Techniques To Power Up Your Life

NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Neuro refers to your  neurology; Linguistic refers to language; programming refers to how that  neural language functions. In other words, learning NLP is like  learning the language of your own mind!

Let’s make this simpler with an example.

Have you ever tried to communicate with someone who didn’t speak your  language, and they couldn’t understand you? The classic example of this  is when someone goes out to a restaurant in a Foreign country and they  think they ordered steak, but when the food shows up, it turns out they  actually asked for liver stew.

This is the kind of relationship that most of us have with our own  unconscious mind. We might think we are “ordering up” more money, a  happy, healthy relationship, peace with our family members, and being  able to stick to a healthy diet…but unless that’s what showing up, then  something is probably getting lost in translation.

In NLP, we have a saying: the conscious mind is the goal setter, and  the unconscious mind is the goal getter. Your unconscious mind is not  out to get you–rather, it’s out TO GET FOR YOU whatever you want in  life. However, if you don’t know how to communicate what you want  properly, it will keep bringing steaming bowls of liver stew out of the  kitchen.

In fact, go ahead right now and think of, if there was one thing you could change, one habit you could break, what would it be?

• Would you remain calm during work presentations?

• Quit procrastinating and spending so much time Facebook?

• Not devour a whole bag of potato chips or tub of ice cream in one sitting?

Whatever it is, realize that your unconscious mind only does that  because it thinks that’s what you want. (“Sir, here is your  procrastination along with a side of anxiety. I’ve also told the valet  to bring up your emotional baggage as per your request. Will you be  needing anything else?”)

Neuro-Linguistic Programming is like a user’s manual for the brain,  and taking an NLP training is like learning how to become fluent in the  language of your mind so that the ever-so-helpful “server” that is your  unconscious will finally understand what you actually want out of life.

NLP is the study of excellent communication–both with yourself, and  with others. It was developed by modeling excellent communicators and  therapists who got results with their clients. NLP is a set of tools and  techniques, but it is so much more than that. It is an attitude and a  methodology of knowing how to achieve your goals and get results.