Umami

The Divided Brain

There’s a seriously awesome book by Iain McGilchrist called The Master & His Emissary…

I found a clip from RSA Animate which you might enjoy…

Wayne

October 24th, 2011

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Weekly Troubleshooting (Video) Hand Drop Induction Demo

This weeks troubleshooting video is a demonstration of Joergen conducting the Hand Drop Rapid induction at the April 2011 Provocative Hypnosis Training…

Once you’ve watched the demo at approximately (3 minutes in) the video moves onto Joergen giving hints, tips, and practical advice about the technique demonstrated.

Not only does the video demonstrate hypnosis in action but Joergen also elegantly describes how traditional ‘convincers’ used by hypnotists can hinder the idea of rapid inductions.

If you require any further convincing then please watch the video and notice what other nuances you find in the demo.

 

Wayne

September 17th, 2011

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Weekly Troubleshooting (VIDEO) Who’s your ‘Guru’? Bandler, Robbins Et Al??

Welcome to the weekly troubleshooting tip of the week…

Have I got a brilliant demo lined up for you today… Or have I got a brilliant demo lined up for you today…

This weeks VIDEO delves into Guru worship and Projection…

Can you think of anyone you admire?

Someone you ‘look up to’?

Maybe they’re your ‘guru’ and you’d just love to be like them whilst owning the qualities that seem to ooze effortlessly from them?

If only I could or If only I was like or If only I had the….. I wish I was… Repeat to fade internal dialogue…

In the world of NLP & Hypnosis some people can and do take advantage of their art and utilise their skills to have you believe that.

BUT it’s not the truth and many trainers find it difficult to push their ego aside and make it clear as we all like a good old ego massage from time to time.

The problem is that after many a training if no-one has let you know or you’ve not yet discovered it for yourself… The source of your learning will be outside of YOU…

AND that in my opinion is what numerous schools of NLP do either consciously or unconsciously…

Because you may come back to the Master Track or the Advanced super jedi ninja higher Huna module… And that’s sometimes more important for them than the good old NLP ecology check!

I remember when I first listened to John Grinder talking and being in awe of his presense, his movements, his precision, his mind and thinking to myself he’s so cool…  And today I still think the same… Yet differently, and I’m cool with that…

So how can you claim back ownership of those talents that you’ve been projecting outside yourself and nurture them from within as part of your ongoing personal development through time?

Watch the video and find out…

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And embody the skills you already have even more to new and exciting levels with another simply complex piece of elegant change-work from Joergen Rasmussen.

A quick note for Trainers or would be trainers… Have you ever left a training buzzing about them and their skills as you aspire to be like them?

Then as you’ve got to know your trainer more you realised that some of the things you thought about them the opposite was just as true?

Then maybe felt let down or maybe even deceived???

Sometimes it’s all about the numbers and the intention is to take your money whilst keeping you hyped… Hindsight is always a great teacher…

Bring hindsight a little closer so in future you have the foresight to choose your trainer and the way you look at them differently…

After all they’re only human…

Just like YOU…

Enjoy Wayne

September 10th, 2011

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The Map is not the territory and YOU are not your labels (Part 1)

In 1933 Alfred Korzybski, a Polish Count and mathematician, published ‘Science and Sanity’ a thesis that discussed how we experience the world through our senses and use this external datum to build internal representations of the world within our brain. The thesis used the term ‘The Map Is Not the Territory’ to explain how the real world and the internalised perception are different.

“A map is not the territory it represents, but if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness”. What this means is that our perception of reality is not reality itself but our own version of it, or our “map”.
Alfred Korzybski

By Wayne Marsh ~ If you’ve ever frequented the London underground you may or may not find the tube map to be useful.  Certainly on occasions I’ve found myself going in a variety of different destinations polar to my intentions.  Now as I travel to London quite regular I’ve become accustomed to the map and can navigate on the tube with great effect.  In fact sometimes I don’t have to check the map as the more I’ve learned the more knowledge I have of what to look for…

But the London Underground Map does not contain all the smells, sights and sounds of the London underground because its just a map and a useful way of navigating but as our Korzy says it’s not the territory.

Now I’m going to ask you to shift perspectives a little here and some of you who are familiar with the Map/territory distinctions may already be saying, “so what! same old distinctions repeated zillions of times please come up with something new for crying out loud”.

Others may be unfamiliar with the concept and want to delve a little more so let me have a go at offering up some other distinctions where I may cater for both parties…

You are not who you think you are…

Now that again may be old news to some but I’m carrying on regardless.  If I said I’m a father then that would hold some weight in certain contexts of which I have fatherly duties and as you can imagine the same applies to teachers, trainers, Accountants etc.  However, they are just random labels imposed on the constant flow of experience. In the constant flow of experience these labels have no value whatsoever, other that to carve experience up whilst we categorise information in our neurology…

It’s a game of probability very much like poker because you work out what you think you have against what your opponents may have whilst making a best ‘guess’ as to how accurate you may be…

So based on how we build our maps/models of the world through-time with a sprinkling of our inbuilt beleifs and values plays a HUGE part in what labels we find to make our judgements and either raise, call or fold… Maybe even push ALL IN..

Pretty cool stuff when you think about it and I’d like you to think briefly about how we create problems, issues or challenges because there’s a structure to how we do that.

As our Aussie Friend Rolf Harris would say… “Do You know what it is yet?” as he carried on painting his picture ready for the viewers to build up their interpretations of what his splashes of paint actually meant… Here we go again back to old Korzys Map/territory and here we splash a bit of meaning on the canvas or add a bit more paint so the picture emerges.  BUT It only actually means something if we already have a reference point for it based on our experience.  Then it still doesn’t mean anything really like what it actually is because we’d never be able to describe it fully as it’s only our interpretation.  All our internal maps/models of the world are only partial and can never be full and that’s why the menu can never be the meal…

Why? Well for one our senses wouldn’t allow it and for two our language restricts our senses even more… Our nervous system is a complex thingymajig and it does a great job of filtering things down.

So without delving further down the rabbit hole just yet, here’s hoping I’ve peaked your interest enough to be curiously confused enough to gauge some kind of understanding you can build upon?  If you read on and I’ll try to expand a little here.

Mental Poker for the mind. (Some experimentation)

Let’s say for example you’re walking down the road and you see a man with a green bomber jacket, Bleached Jeans, Doc Martin boots and a bald head covered in tattoos running up the street.  As he’s caught your attention and curiosity you notice he’s running towards a man probably late 50′s who’s suited and booted with a briefcase, brolly and bowler hat… As our running man gets closer the other man turns around to see and an expression emerges across his face that looks to you like panic and instantaniously he pulls his briefcase tightly towards his torso and starts moving away…

What possibilities can you think of that could be happening at this particular moment in time?

Did you come up with a few different scenarios or did you conclude in your mind just the one?

Or do you hold multiple ideas of what could possibly be happening but as you think about it now one of them seems to pack the most punch?

Think back to how you took the words I wrote and formed them in your mind to create a scenario or scenarios.

What went off in your head?

Think about how you did it and then go back to your imagination and…

If you were to focus now on the tattoos what kind of tattoos can you see on the guys head… Pretty amazing huh?

Problems, issues, challenges or whatever you like to label them are very similarly created like what you just did… They are constructs of your imagination and the one that holds the most weight normally becomes the one we choose as the real illusion… Until we can challenge that illusion (of which there are many methods) we can hold certain illusions and carry them in our daily lives ‘as if’ they were the truth.

Einstien once said that the same thinking that created a problem cannot be used to get rid of it… In my mind he’s stating that the structure of the problem created is using the same structure to eliminate it and there’s where the looping or vicious circle begins…

And more often than not it’s not the problem that’s a problem but thinking in those loops make them so.  I like to think of a problem as a gift that doesn’t come wrapped very well but once you’ve unpacked it you realise it wasn’t what you thought…

So… There are no such things as problems, issues or challenges in raw experience… Not even negation exists

Our MAPS/MODELS of the world are created by a whole host of things as we navigate our way through life and its twists and turns. What’s a problem to one may be a learning opportunity for another and that’s all dependant on how we utilise our minds and our bodies to BE who we are… Now that’s a big problem for many… (Insert a mad scientists MUWAAAAHHHHHHHH here)…

And that’s YOU… Because whatever you think you are… You are… Are you not?

In part II i’ll be going a little deeper into PERSONAL FREEDOM and sharing some NEW things i’ve learned and hopefully via your feedback adding to the map/model of the world I’ve been creating for the last 35 years + VAT…

Now if you really want to see what the ‘skinhead’ did… here you go…

Wayne

July 23rd, 2011

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‘Timmy’ The Nitemare Blaster

A while ago my 6yr old son ‘Sonny” came to me with one of those things that, (in my mind) every parent sometimes dreads…

A look of absolute fear in his eyes as he said to me “Daddy can you help me to get rid of a bad dream”?

“Sure I can son tell me about it…”? I said, knowing this was a bad dream…

Then I realised after a couple of days that this wasn’t going away… Not one of those things that you can sometimes pass off as a flash in the pan… The kid was distraught, frightened, haunted by something that had happened in his sleep… It was overwhelming his thoughts…

No more sleeping alone, happy to close his eyes, but in our bed every night whilst trying his best to stay awake…

Now I have created an audio of a conversation I had with him just tonight. To pre-frame prior to this I had offered him some ideas… The main one being…

Maybe you can discover how to ‘change your dream and possibly offer help to other children in how they can do the same’…

Can you step into the minds of the people in the dreams?

The interview is 16 minutes long and I love it… But I would wouldn’t I because he’s my son?

Oh and before I start he said “i’ll give the magic away dad as long as you keep me anoniminous”…

However, the thing is I think there’s possibly a lot of scope in this from a variety of different angles. Moreover it’s probably one of the best ways of journalling as I work with my son to give him the best possible opportunity I could give…

Now I am going to meta comment on this audio (this is raw) and would be really gratefull of your thoughts on my thoughts and what I’m about to embark on… What do you think?

I’ll leave the feedback to you, and where you think feedback is most appropriate, but I would like you to adopt the filters of numerous people… Possibly parents, NLPers, Children etc… etc…

16 Minutes and he not only got rid of his dream but offered advice to others in ways to help themselves…

Childrens imaginations should be nurtured not taken away and sometimes I think parents (including myself) impose limits on their children… Don’t get me onto teachers…

You can listen in here…

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January 5th, 2011

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The Metaphor of Power

Quite a while ago I was reading some of Gregory Bateson’s work and I came across a really interesting piece he wrote about the concept of ‘Power’.  Gregory Bateson I’m led to believe heavily influenced the field of NLP and although his writing can be hard going at times some of his work in my mind is pure brilliance.

Now I read the piece that I am sharing below in Christina Halls Language Manual and transcribed it so I could consider it from time to time (with my dictionary at my side).  As I’ve reflected on it I’ve also thought back to some of the different people I have known that seemed to adopt that kind of ‘necessity’ to exert control over others.  Probably caused a certain rebellion to authority in me from time to time even though I’ve also recognised my own vulnerabilities as I’ve considered the idea.

Here’s what our Gregory has to say…

The use of “power” represents an epistemological error that is self-evaluating and potentially pathological.  The myth of power always corrupts because it proposes always a false (though conventional) epistemology.

To say that people “attempt control over one another” is not a way of describing two individuals relating; rather, is a way putting a “need” into them as individuals – a category mistake.  Power is a metaphor when used as “personal power.”  The use of the words “personal power” is appropriate only for a physical, rather than mental, description of nature.  This is not a game of intellectual semantics.  What is true is that the “idea of power’” corrupts and power corrupts most rapidly those who believe in it and it is they who want it most.

This is epistemological lunacy and leads inevitably to various sorts of disasters.  This criticism of power addresses and explores the unexplored and questionable assumption that more power will always be more powerful.  This idea in its strictest sense is not applicable to ecology.  Such an assumption is potentially toxic and may lead an individual (e.g., in the role of a trainer, coach, therapist) in becoming less and less flexible… less and less creative and less and less effective.  The belief in the myth of power is self-verifying since it is a habit of punctuation.  Power is a dangerous metaphor to be mistrusted.

There are serious consequences of an epistemological habit of punctuating the world in terms of power:  Such a punctuation reinforces greed and corruption in all those who believe in the reality of “power,” and whether they think they have it or not.  Preventing such pathology requires avoiding the use of the power metaphors to punctuate the biological world.  In cybernetics, power belongs to locomotives and nuclear generators, not to mental processes.

An alternative to the metaphor of power is the ecological metaphor of “part in an ecosystem.”  An individual is always part of that system and is therefore subject to all the constraints and necessities of the particular part-whole relationships in which he/she exists.  This perspective describes a person’s presence in the ecosystem he/she treats as “part” or “part of” the system rather than an outside spectator, manipulator or power broker or power enabler.  “Control” refers to the whole self-corrective system.  The most a person can do is vary his/her behavior, recognize the subsequent behavior of those in the surrounding social field and modify his/her reactions to their reactions.

‘Excerpt From Gregory Bateson 1972’

It could be the authoritarian boss at work that tries to keep the people down and stamp out their creativity because it’s how they’ve learned to get things.  Not just the CIA and large government agencies utilise the concept as even the local builder that comes to mend your damaged wall or the plumber to fix your leak knows of it.  Maybe there’s someone you know of that acts as if it’s their way or the highway as a way of travelling through the world.  As I think about it now it’s a bit like the common cold as in everybody’s most likely had it… Maybe it’s a thought virus… Have you ever caught it?

Personally I think it boils down to intentions and if the intention is to control by exerting what Bateson calls ‘the illusion of power’ onto others it can and does work… I mean you only have to look at the government to see that it works don’t you?… Or maybe here is where Bateson’s idea gains in strength because although the government keep stamping their authority there seems to be more leaks than the collective plumbers of the universe can handle…

I think that our general idea of power can be useful in some contexts.  What I believe Bateson is alluding to is a bit like someone having the odd pint of beer opposed to 30 pints a day.   In that sense (A pint a day not 30) it can be a useful illusion dependant upon the purpose, or on how it could possibly serve others in a particular context.

So for what purpose ‘Power’?

Even though I say I think it boils down to intentions, what I mean here is that the intentions may not be negative (they’re mostly under the persons radar).  They may have never even looked at themselves and how they are relating to the world and to the people that share it with us…  Some people have their way of doing things and criteria for how they should be done and that’s that.  Meaning if you fit the persons criteria or rules for how they view the world then you’re the star pupil… If you don’t you’re the dunce…

I have a young son and he’s pretty much a sponge and at school what the teacher says goes… We as parents within the educational system entrust our children into the system.  What about the teacher at school that believes they are there ‘only’ to teach our children? Therefore imposing deep rooted and invisible limits to themselves and to the opportunity of being taught.  This particular type of teacher when questioned would tend to defend their worldview instead of opening up to the possibilities of discovering more.  You see as Bateson says attempting control over others is not a way of relating but more like a way of putting ‘needs’ into others based on their own inherent ‘needs’.

Imagine being an authoritarian teacher that’s overly identified with what they think a teacher ‘should’ be… Looking through those lenses at the person who questions them for eample as a ‘rebel’ who’s distracting the class because they ‘just don’t get it’.  However, in reality the child is the one that really is getting it and questioning his teacher’s assumptions.  That’s why he challenges because he wants to relate and share uncommon ground.  However, the teacher in defending their sense of self and what they think they understand starts dismissing the childs challenges as rudeness, cheek and distracting to what’s being taught.  The child must conform and shut up or else… Moreover running the risk of being labelled distracting, naughty, rebellious, rude, disrespectful, repeat to fade…

Off they go blindly into the staff room and if they can exert their ‘power’ in-between the tea and biscuits the other teachers listen to stories about how rude and dis-respectful the child is and others start to believe the lies too.  The boy turns up with his English books sits quietly at the back because words fascinate him so much and only to be chastised by the teacher.  The teacher thinks I’ll get him before he gets me and the process goes on… And on… And on…

Hopefully the child maintains the ability to have his/her own mind and go beyond the teachers teaching whilst accepting the teacher’s limitations.  Shudder the thought of them starting to believe that what was once a simple question developing into a negative sense of self… Must try harder… Has difficulty concentrating… Falls asleep in class…

So if you teach… And you do, because we all do… Are you also not the student?… Because you are… We all are…

How can we take a look at what we do and how we do it and notice where we might be drinking 30 pints a day instead of the odd tipple?

And ask for what purpose?

How does this serve me?

How does it serve others?

Can I fix the leaks or do I need to call a team of plumbers?

You have the power to do that, don’t you…

In fact I said to someone today what you resist persists so why not try letting go for a while and notice the difference…

DISCLAIMER:

I love my teachers from old and new in fact I see everyone as a teacher that may be able to teach me something new.  I appreciate feedback no matter how cutting it may seem at the time… I also appreciate that nothing I say is the truth but it holds weight for me in this moment…

Mr Murphy you were the most inspiring person and form teacher I ever encountered at school and I’m eternally grateful for you teaching me about compassion, kindness and empathy… I’ll skip the maths…

Mrs Dinsdale I never ended up being in and out of prison for the rest of my life… I hope your not still locked in yours!

This thread was inspired by post I read earlier today by Judy Rees and you can read it here… Frame Control ~ The power of context

December 31st, 2010

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Metaphor Of Mind (part 1)

I’m curious as to the way people construct and relate to their own theory of mind and would be interested in hearing the most common way you’d describe it if asked the question: What’s the mind like?

December 7th, 2010

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Naturally Speeeking Hypnotically (Part 2)

Introduction & backtrack

Last month I wrote about the Dragon Dictate software in the article Naturally Speaking Hypnotically.  I touched on some of the available commands that you can utilise to train your voice by using tonality and intonation amongst other things.

One of my interests in writing is to experiment in a variety of different ways in how to utilise NLP-based language and make an impact at multiple levels.   The overall theme for last month’s article was the NLP presupposition ‘The meaning of the communication is the response you elicit’.

I had quite a lot of fun writing the article and also reading some of the feedback.  Many of the people who were familiar with the DragonDictate software commented on the intricacies and the power of the software and read the document and took it literally.   Others commented on the metaphoric nature of the writing and after speaking to numerous people I was amazed at how many interpretations that came to light. By the way there are no right or wrong answers in fact some of the interpretations to my delight, were much better than mine…

The fascinating thing for me is that even though I wrote it, what it meant to me changed as I listened to other people’s comments. Sometimes, when you backtrack through certain writings you can notice subtle nuances that you never noticed before.  I don’t know if you can backtrack through the last article and if you didn’t spot the theme before realise how it is now, or even more than that what do you get from re-reading things…

Now, normally when I write a piece of work I read it three or four times always making adjustments and always thinking this will be really cool.   However, cool ‘according to whom’ is the question because I’m sat here on my own… Therefore until the work goes out & the responses come back how on earth will I know if it’s worth reading or not?  Well, I think this is where many a writer sometimes encounter a block and the only way for me is to put it out there and come what may there’s always another opportunity.

Wake up and sleep:

Anyway back to the software and there are two commands that I would like to speak about briefly today. The first command (and I love this one) is the “sleep” command. This command is so so powerful because you can be talking away  on your dictation software  and from time to time no matter how much you speak and try to get your message across the  software doesn’t seem to understand. The  “sleep” command sends the software into the background so that any  thing that you say from thereon gets ignored by the Dragon dictation software and you can make any adjustments and tweaks in the process.

The alternative command is “wake-up” software can wake up at any time and you can continue with your dictation. It’s a bit like the software is listening but it’s not listening at the same time. So you have the best of both worlds really because you can chat away and if you’re flowing and the software is interpreting your words correctly there won’t be many adjustments to make. However, if you really want to tweak,  adjust, and modify certain aspects  then you send the software to La-La land whilst you do so.

Start Scratching:

The last command that I’d like to talk about today and this is the command when I developed my own technique is the “scratch that” command. Now  I have to be careful when I say the words “scratch that” because if I do not leave a long enough pause the last string of words that I speak are deleted automatically by the software. So when the software doesn’t listen properly or moreover I do not communicate properly to the software I can just say “ scratch that” and then repeat what it is I really wanted to say.

So whilst I was exploring the different commands and noticing how many ways the dictation software was isomorphic to this fascinating field I decided to test an idea and in the process created myself a technique which I’d like to share with you.

Called… Wait for it… (The scratch that pattern)…

Now I’m very selfish when it comes to NLP and I’m very much into the self  application of the tools and techniques derived from NLP modeling.  It’s all well and good being able to track the communication of other people and derive meaning from what they are saying.  However, what about yourself? Originally when I first learned the meta-model I became a meta-monster. Every opportunity I got I would be asking “when specifically”, “how specifically”, “what would happen if you could” much to the annoyance of plenty of people, more specifically my girlfriend…

What about tracking your own language and meta modelling you?

This is where the journey for me became so exciting because by tracking my own language I could make adjustments on-the-fly in order to create better experiences for myself… So where does the scratch that pattern come into play?

Well, whilst becoming more aware of your own language and how you communicate your own internal experiences to the outside world you can start to notice some more of the things that you say… With a little bit of tweaking here and there you can adjust your world on-the-fly, in the moment and notice the difference it makes.

Here’s an example, let’s say you came in from work or play and you put down an item somewhere and later on you need it. How many times have you said to yourself ‘ I can’t find x’ or ‘ I don’t know where x is’ or even heard other people say that and offered the friendly “If you could where is it” or “if you did know” etc… ?

The Scratch that pattern:

As I tracked my communication I initially started with the ‘can’t’ and the ‘don’t knows’ and if I caught myself communicating in those ways I’d say “SCRATCH THAT” and then choose some words that serve me better.  If I sit down and think (I don’t know what to write) I now have a  simple way of deleting what I just said in my mind by saying “SCRATCH THAT” and then following up with for e.g ( if I did know what to write what would it be) or words to that effect…

(I can’t find my car keys) SCRATCH THAT (Where are my car keys) ~ Open up a whole new world of opportunity for yourself and save plenty of your valuable time!!!

Now you can scratch it for as long as you want and you can scratch it in a variety of different ways but the learning is in the doing…

I know it sounds simple and believe me I was one of those people that searched for the mother of all complex NLP patterns because the swishes were just too easy.  Then after many a moon I chunked back down and realised how profoundly complex some of the simple patterns could be.  I promise if you practice this simple pattern you’ll be startled by the results just be willing to test the idea and notice the responses…

If you listen to your self with precision you will develop super sensory acuity in the process… A win win…

We learn by doing:

Not many years ago I began to play the cello. Most people would say that what I am doing is “learning to play” the cello. But these words carry into our minds the strange idea that there exists two very different processes:

1   learning to play the cello;
2   Playing the cello

They imply that I will do the first until I completed it, at which point I will stop the first process and begin the second. In short, I will go on “learning to play” until I have “ learned to play” and then I will begin to play. Of course, this is nonsense. There are not two processes, but one. We learn to do something by doing it. There is no other way.
‘John holt’

Looking forwards to your feedback or any other ways in which you can use patterns like i’ve described…

If you find this useful and you go on to teach it to others I’d appreciate a mention as I had to scratch it for a good while before I gave it away !

And If you didn’t like what I wrote then…

DELETE ALL

Wayne

October 30th, 2010

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Naturally Speeeeeaking Hypnotically…

This particular section has been written utilising my Dragon Dictate software.  It’s an extremely powerful voice recognition program where you can just speak  into a microphone and the words automatically get transcribed to your word processor or appropriate program.

Now there are numerous commands that you have to familiarise yourself with to get the best from the software.  The more familiar you become with how to use your voice the more effective your communication is enhancing whilst the software increases in precision. Initially I was amazed at how good the software was at transcribing but sometimes the accuracy rate led me to having to edit the document and sometimes spending more time than it would have taken me to actually type.

However, before throwing the software in the bin and discarding it as an ineffective program I was motivated to delve deeper and explore more. I think the motivation also had a lot to do with the fact that the software cost about £100 but that’s another story.

So being interested in the art of communication and fascinated by the written word I have enjoyed playing about with the software and testing the results.  One of the really cool things about training your voice that you can notice that the software actually recognizes intonation patterns.  It really can give you an insight and a brilliantly practical way to engage in the process of training your voice. As an example, to insert a (full stop) the command is (full stop). As I am dictating to my software now I have just said the words (Full stop) on three separate occasions. However, not until you change your intonation does the program recognize when to insert a ……. Full stop…

You see above I’ve just commanded the software using vocal intonation and in between as I raised my intonation the software altered itself accordingly. The more practice that you put in the more you seem to be able to connect and flow. Another interesting thing is that you don’t have to speak like a robot in order to be understood.   In fact the more you can float with your words (or flow) the more natural you are whilst achieving a greater response.

In the last sentence the software made a mistake (or was it me). When I said the word (flow) the software came up with the word (float).  Now if we track your own communication and calibrate to the responses we receive then we get an opportunity to change the way we speak the words. Therefore the software understands and in the future the mistake is a thing of the past.  That’s pretty cool don’t you think?

Mind you, I thought (float) was a word that could be deemed appropriate in that particular sentence and you probably could have left it there just floating around most likely going under, around, or through your conscious filters.   I suppose that all depends on the intention of your communication and the message you intend to get across as to what interpretation the software gives to what you say.

Moreover, whilst knowing that you can backtrack and correct any mistakes not only teaches the software how to listen as well as giving you valuable insights into the subtle intricacies that can sometimes be the ‘difference that makes a difference’.

Where there’s a will there’s a way and I don’t know how many examples you can notice of hypnotic language as you read this work and transcribe it into your own thoughts?

What particular contexts can you start to think of now where you can practice, practice, practice (italics) in a variety of different ways?

Next month I will be sharing a very simple NLP pattern that I developed after engaging with the software and learning just how easy it is to create your own models from a variety of weird and wonderful places.

Wayne

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September 30th, 2010

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Fears, Frustrations & Failures

FEARS – FRUSTRATIONS – FAILURES?

I’ve been thinking quite a bit of late about my NLP training, and since the ‘how much have you spent thread’ and even the latest one about using the ‘Meta Model for changework’ and ‘reflections’ on NLPConnections the direction of my thoughts have changed somewhat.

Now before we start I love and cherish the continuing journey and the constant process of learning and discovering new things.  However, there were times that I doubted what I was doing and if it was at all of any real benefit.  These doubts could be described as my Fears, Frustrations & Failiures (taken from ross Jeffries). I am more than willing to share and express my own (3-F’s) as the thread takes form but initially thought I’d pose the questions that have been bobbing around in my mind.

Please consider the following in the context of working with clients and hopefully feedback:

Looking back at your NLP training what are some of the Fears, Frustrations & Failiures that you encountered?

What did you perceive as some of your biggest shortcomings as you think about it now?

Maybe even now In the context of where you apply NLP with clients what are some of your Fears, Frustrations and failiures?

Where do you feel you come up short the most?

There are areas that I’ve learned and built on my skills (although through having to) for e.g ‘Meta Model’ where in my Prac/Masters training it wasn’t given much attention at all.  Afterwards I put this down to the huge amounts of emphasis placed in other areas that sometimes may be of more importance to the trainer, or just down to the length of the trainings etc. etc…

I mean it could have been that the training was structured around one huge ‘Meta Model’ installation and it took me five years to realise how powerfull its application actually was when I actually chunked back down?

If so then why didn’t someone point it out and guide me to explore it more thouroughly? Instead of allowing me to chase the holy grail and forget about the foundations in my quest for the biggest baddest pattern of all patterns?

Ok I can feel the frustration kicking in

What says you?

Wayne

September 28th, 2010

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