What about these quotes or sayings  ”If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won’t, you most assuredly won’t”. or “Whether you think you can or think you can’t – you are right”. Having the belief in oneself is very powerful, without it, many things and tasks are not accomplished. In terms of self belief there is an interesting story that I heard the other day from a business colleague that [...]

What are values? Values is what is important to you about a particular area of your life or are generalisations about deep beliefs. A value will determine your motivation for doing something. For example you will have values about your career, relationships, sporting pursuits, family etc. A value of integrity in your job will have your pursue and obtain a position where the organisation hopefully has values of integrity. Your values are generally sourced from [...]

Last week I conducted a workshop Manager’s Planning Day for a group of managers at a Government Department in Perth. The workshop involved using Extended DISC to understand behavioural styles and the later half the elicitation of values for the team. Since conducting the workshop I have been thinking more and more about values. We all have values, we have values in our personal life, we have values for our business or company that we [...]

We all did various types of equations at high school. I am sure you are like me and unable to remember their names, unless of course you are currently working as a mathematician. A common equation in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and coaching is C > E. This means that C must greater than the E. What does this mean? C represents cause and E is the effect. Therefore, in coaching and NLP to get [...]

As you are setting your goals or outcomes for 2011, you must ensure that they are well formed. For a goal or outcome to be well formed it must meet the following criteria: 1. The goal or outcome must be stated in positive terms. State specifically what you want to achieve rather than what you don’t want. 2. The goal must be initiated and maintained by you. Remember, if your goal depends on others then [...]

In achieving any goal you must know the outcome. In knowing the outcome there are a number of steps that should be followed. These are known as the keys to an achievable outcome. 1. The outcome (goal) must be stated in the positive and you must state what you actually want rather than what you do not want. E.g. What you do not want – I do not want to be overweight versus what you [...]

Lately, I have been asked by family, friends and contacts what is this “thing” called NLP and how can it help me in my life? What I will do now is explain it as simply as possible what is meant by NLP. NLP stands for the words of “Neuro Linguistic Programming”. Common definitions floating around talk about Neuro being the brain or mind, linguistic being language and programming as in programming with computer science. Yet [...]

What is NLP Coaching? NLP Coaching involves conversation and interaction between two people; an NLP Coach, and a client. Coaching aims to assist you, as the client, in developing desired personal ability, goal setting, and finally goal achievement. Coaching is relevant to various settings including your personal life, your business or your work. What does a Coach do? A Coach will create and enable change for yourself. They will ask key questions, stimulate, motivate, explain, [...]