January 2014
Happy New Year and welcome to the second Personal Effects bi-monthly newsletter. This time with contributions from myself, my friend and associate Jill Harrison (with some encouraging words on new year resolutions !) and what we can learn from Marvin Hagler by Damian Hughes. There is also an opportunity start your week’s thinking by signing up for a regular blog with David Fraser
2014 is proving to be a very special year already with my first NLP Business Practitioner running in The Lakes during January and February ….and new dates about to be published for September/October…………so keep an eye on the website !!!
The Lunar Effect
/by Admin2By Florence Madden
One of the pre-suppositions of NLP which I have found has the greatest ‘stickability’ with delegates on courses is that:
Everyone has a different map of the world
This is easy to say, easy to see the logic in……….not always so easy when our thinking in stuck firmly in our map !
Just before Christmas I watched a re-run of the film ‘Apollo 13’ and it reminded me of an article I read by Steve Taylor:
The Lunar Effect: The Psychology of Space Travel
Why does space travel bring about psychological transformation?
When is a Goal not a Goal? (new year resolutions and how to get an A grade)
/by guestBy Jill Harrison – NLP Trainer and Associate
When is a goal not a goal?
When there is no ball…?
When there are no nets…?
When there are no players…or players that didn’t bother to turn up for the match?
Any of the above, really!
How To Change Absolutely Anything
/by guestBy Damian Hughes – bestselling author on the Psychology of Change
I have recently written a biography of the great boxing champion Marvin Hagler. Understanding the habits and routines of great performers in any industry provides fascinating insights which can be applied to pretty much anybody.I love one simple idea, about when to think (and when not to), which goes as follows.
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/by guestDo we make the same mistakes?
By Dr David Fraser – Author, speaker, coach on change, leadership, and professional relationships; engineer, programme director
It starts like this…
I’m not that happy with the way the meeting is going. Certain things about the way the other person talks or acts, I don’t really like. At least, I don’t feel that I want to work with them or do business with them, or certainly not yet.
So, I ask myself, what exactly is it they’re doing that’s putting me off?
Useful to understand clearly what that is. Sometimes it’s quite subtle.
That’s Part A….