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Uptime / Downtime

More on Meta-Programs In processing information, some people tend to major on the internal realm of their own subjectivity (Downtime), while others focus mainly on the external world (Uptime). When you watch a movie are you primarily aware of the events as they occur (Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic), or do you reflect internally (Downtime) and find […]

Agree / Disagree

More on Meta-Programs With regard to the matching / mismatching Meta-Program (#2), people relate to one another is different ways. There are those who seek out the common ground and look for areas of compatibility when dealing with people, things that they can agree about.  Other people seem driven to be argumentative, and are constantly […]

Representational System Sort

More on Meta-Programs Our brains think or create thoughts by receiving information through our senses and then relaying that information back to the world around us. We “see” pictures, “hear” sounds, and “feel” sensations. In NLP, these sensory systems are known as the representational systems that form the building blocks of thought. If you were […]

Match / Mismatch

More on Meta-Programs There are generally two ways of operating when it comes to working with and comparing data when we are first presented with new information. We can either look for what matches our existing knowledge, or we can look for what is new to our frame of reference, what differs from it.  This […]

Chunk Up / Chunk Down

More on Meta-Programs People prefer to think, communicate and learn (as examples) in varying size “chunks” of information. There are primarily two types of strategies here, with a third taking a minor role. Some people like to start with the big picture and gradually narrow down their focus. If they were planning a vacation for […]

Meta-Programs: Questions & Answers

What are Meta-Programs? In many NLP training programs, you”ll probably hear the following statements: “Meta-Programs can be thought of as the primary programs that govern people”s mental processes.” “It is useful not to think of Meta-Programs as nouns, as the name might imply.”  “Rather than describing what people are, Meta-Programs help us understand how people […]

Introduction to the Meta-Programs

Human beings are complex creatures. Our capacities for dreaming, reason, logic, decision-making and problem-solving are quite extraordinary. It so happens that the source of our great strength is also often the source of our great weakness. As is the case with many powerful instruments, they can be used to bring about incredible good or to […]

Criteria for Choosing High Quality NLP Training Programs

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”- Aristotle As I”ve pointed out, if you can afford a […]

Modeling and the Future

“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”- Abraham Lincoln The problem with NLP today is that most people go into it only for the money, not for improving the field. The fact is that, as a potentially recognized profession, it does not have a solid future. Maybe […]

Physiology and Models

“Ah, mastery, what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills, and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.”- Gail Sheehy  State: There is a fuzzy boundary between a model and the physiology that drives us […]