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Parts Integration (or ‘Visual Squash’)

You can usually tell when someone is incongruent about something. The incongruence will show up in their voice tone, their […]

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7%, 38%, 55% – the Facts

NLP Trainers – please stop spreading this misinformation! Ever heard that statistic that only 7% of information in communication is […]

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How Good Are You at Identifying Presuppositions in Language? (2) – Try These 2 New Exercises

In last week’s post we gave you some sample statements and asked you to have a go at identifying the […]

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How Good Are You at Identifying Presuppositions in Language?

Try This Quick ‘Presuppositions or Assumptions’ Exercise Imagine someone said the following sentence to you: “I’m not sure whether or […]

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Time to Rethink “There Is No Failure, Only Feedback”?

Anyone who’s trained in NLP, or even read a book about it, will be familiar with the NLP presupposition that […]

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Presuppositions in Language (9): Ordinal

The final type of presupposition to consider are those known as ‘Ordinal’. These imply a position in a list or […]

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Presuppositions in Language (8): Exclusive/Inclusive Or

The tip-off for this presupposition, you won’t be surprised to learn, is the word ‘or’. So what’s the difference between […]

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Presuppositions in Language (7): Adverb/Adjective

Interestingly, the important thing about both adjectives and adverbs is that you already use both of them expertly, even if […]

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Presuppositions in Language (6): Time

Presuppositions of Time place an event or an action before, after or during some other events or time periods, and […]

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Presuppositions in Language (5): Awareness

(Not sure what presuppositions are? Read this article first.) The way that presuppositions of awareness work is this: if you are aware […]

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