#28 Perceptual Positions

Perceptual positions is a neuro-linguistic programming and psychology term denoting that a complex system may look very different, and different information will be available, depending how one looks at it and one’s point of view. (Wikipedia)

• Defining perceptual positions
  • Different points of view
  • Points of reference, different perspectives, way of shifting your outlook, thus changing your experience and understanding of the event
  • The more perspectives you master, the more objective your view of reality becomes
• Four different perceptual positions – more detailed definitions
• Give 3 different frames:
  • Martial arts
  • Relationships
  • Coaching
• Uses of the perceptual positions in NLP: conflict resolution technique
• Expand the frame of perceptual positions
  • – Finding your element, and your life story. Parallels Colin Wilson’s idea of dual consciousness: worm’s eye view and bird’s eye view
  • Perceptual positions as roles: Walt Disney creativity strategy
  • “Board of directors” for your life
• Fun games to develop your skills in perceptual positions
  • Shadow walk exercise
  • Any contact sport

[techtags: NLP, Perceptual Positions, Conflict Resolution, Walt Disney Creativity Strategy]

#16 States of Consciousness

• What states are, and why we should pay attention to them?
  • Gestalt of neurology of the mind and the body
  • State change work in NLP – one of those all-purpose concepts
  • State control, especially kinesthetic
• States are like a computer program
• Why have conscious control over the states?
  • Different states have different intelligences imbibed in them. Learning is state-dependent, and there is a purpose for each state and intelligence
  • Learning to ride a bike
  • Relationships
  • Being a leader in business or politics
• State Syntax
  • Definitions of a state:
  • Neurology of the body, position
  • Internal neurology – chemicals, foods
  • Kinds of thoughts, words, inner dialogue
  • Emotions
  • Submodalities
• What we pay attention to – calibration
  • Feelings in the body and how they move
  • How your body is positioned and how it moves
  • Breathing
• Exercise: map out a list of emotions
• How to gain conscious control of the states
  • Anchor the states
  • The Swish pattern
    • Visual
    • Auditory
    • Kinesthetic
    • Combining all three
• Designer states
  • Emotional bar – an equalizer deck for emotions
  • Guided exercise with 3 dimensions (three emotions)
  • How many more dimensions would you like to add to your mind?

  [techtags: NLP, States, State control, emotions, ]

#12 Neurological Levels

The Neurological levels were proposed by anthropologist Gregory Bateson (1972, 1979). He defined a hierarchy of abstraction including beliefs, values and identity. He perceived relationships as having a higher abstraction than identity, and therefore influencing lower levels in the hierarchy, such as beliefs and behavior.

In Neuro-linguistic programming, they were developed by Robert Dilts into the Dilts’ Neuro-logical levels (also known as the logical levels of change and the logical levels of thinking) which are useful for assisting with or understanding change from an individual, social or organization point of view. Each level is progressively more psychologically encompassing and impactful. (Wikipedia)

• Why neurological levels?
• Definitions of neurological levels
  • The “pyramid” – traditional NLP definition
  • Levels of identification – our take on it
• Description of each level in more detail
• Applications
  • Self-alignment
  • Relationships
  • Top-down vs. bottom-up approaches
• Calibrating the levels
• Solving a problem with neurological levels in mind
  • Bottom-up
  • Top-down
• Other model of alignment: Clare Graves, the levels of values & life conditions
  • Neurological levels at each level of the Graves model

[techtags: Neurological Levels, NLP, Gregory Bateson, Robert Dilts, Neuro Logical levels, Calibration]

#10 Submodalities

A submodality in neuro-linguistic programming is a distinction of form or structure (rather than content) within a sensory representational system. Submodalities refers to the subjective structural subdivisions within a given representational system. For example, in visual terms, common distinctions include: brightness, degree of colour (saturation), size, distance, sharpness, focus, and so on; in auditory: loudness, pitch, tonal range, distance, clarity, timbre, and so on (Wikipedia)

• Definitions of modalities and submodalities
• Hypnotic induction – finding The Goal of Your Life, and exploring submodalities in the process (Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic)
• Amplifying the submodalities of the life goal
• Explanation of the process and submodalities
  • Control knobs for the submodalities
  • Being the DJ of your life – what resonates the most with you
• What is real, and what is imaginary?
• Why visualization doesn’t work

[techtags: NLP, Submodality, Submodalaties, Representational Systems, Visualization, Change Work]

#6 Anchoring

Anchoring is a neuro-linguistic programming term for the process by which memory recall, state change or other responses become associated with (anchored to) some stimulus, in such a way that perception of the stimulus (the anchor) leads by reflex to the anchored response occurring. The stimulus may be quite neutral or even out of conscious awareness, and the response may be either positive or negative. They are capable of being formed and reinforced by repeated stimuli, and thus are analogous to classical conditioning.

Basic anchoring involves in essence, the elicitation of a strong congruent experience of a desired state, whilst using some notable stimulus (touch, word, sight) at the time this is most fully realized. In many cases, repetition of the stimulus will reassociate and restore the experience of the state. (Wikipedia)

In this podcast, we introduce the pervasive NLP construct called anchors, and play with several ideas around anchoring. In particular, we categorize anchors by responses:

• Emotional (the typical NLP anchors)
• Behavioral
• Ritual, Cultural

and by triggers:

• Static
• Dynamic
• Environmental anchors
• Rituals (now as a trigger)

Finally, we discuss applications of anchors of different varieties.

[techtags: NLP, Anchoring, Ritual ]

#4 Learning to Listen - Literal, Structural & Mythical Listening

Main Entry: ¹lis·ten From the Webster Dictionary
Pronunciation: 'li-s^&n
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): lis·tened; lis·ten·ing /'lis-ni[ng], 'li-s^&n-i[ng]/
Etymology: Middle English listnen, from Old English hlysnan; akin to Sanskrit srosati he hears, Old English hlud loud
transitive verb, archaic : to give ear to : HEAR
intransitive verb
1 : to pay attention to sound <listen to music>
2 : to hear something with thoughtful attention : give consideration <listen to a plea>
3 : to be alert to catch an expected sound <listen for his step>

The topics we cover in this podcast are:

• Three ways of listening – literal, structural, mythical
• Bohmian Dialogue
• Our stories about listening
• Organ Language
• Metaphors
• Modality Words
• Backtracking
• Somatic Listening
• Facial Expressions
• Autism
• Listening Strategies
• Beliefs about Listening
• Cultural Listening

[techtags: NLP, Calibration, Listening, Bohmian Dialogue, Modality words, Somatic, Tracking ]

#3 Waking Up to Your Senses - Systemic Calibration

Sense noun 2 a : the faculty of perceiving by means of sense organs b : a specialized function or mechanism (as sight, hearing, smell, taste, or touch) by which an animal receives and responds to external or internal stimuli c : the sensory mechanisms constituting a unit distinct from other functions (as movement or thought)
3 : conscious awareness or rationality (from Merriam-Webster dictionary)

See also Sense(s) , Representational systems, and Philosophy of perception (Wikipedia)

In this podcast, we take several different perspectives in approaching the following questions:

• What does it mean to wake up to your senses?
• How is it useful?
• How to start learning it?
  • Changing habits
  • Paying attention to what people do or say
  • Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone (martial art approach)
  • Linguistic exercises (backtracking)
  • NLP exercises (eye accessing cues and spacial marking)
• What are the limits of our perceptions?

[techtags: NLP, Calibration, Tracking, backtracking, eye accessing cues, spacial marking, change work]

#2 Rapport series 01 - the Art of Getting in Sync

Rapport is one of the most important features or characteristics of unconscious human interaction. It is commonality of perspective, being in “sync”, being on the same wavelength as the person you are talking to. (Wikipedia)

Today’s topics include:

• What is Rapport?
• Why is Rapport Important?
• Mechanisms of Rapport
• Levels of Rapport (body, language, values & beliefs, symbolic)
• Neuro-biology of Rapport – mirror neurons
• Rapport with Groups
• Breaking Rapport
• Rapport Exercises

[techtags:  NLP, Rapport, Influence, Communication, Language, Beliefs, Values, Symbolic, Iconic]

#1 Introduction to NLP

Hello, World!

The Radical Change Group presents a series of weekly conversations andinterviews on Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Business, Leadership,
Mythology, and Spirituality.

This is the first podcast in the series, introducing you to Neuro-Linguistic Programming, or NLP for short.

Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) is an approach to psychotherapy and a “model of interpersonal communications”^[1] based on the subjective study of language, communication and change. It was co-founded by Richard Bandler and linguist John Grinder in the 1970s as a method of personal development. They developed a set of practices and techniques based on modeling successful psychotherapists of the time. (Wikipedia)

In this podcast the discussions focuses on:

• Introducing your hosts
• What is NLP? And our approaches to it.
• Genetic limitations – or are they?
• Brief history of NLP
• On using canned NLP techniques
• NLP and Science
• NLP Presuppositions
• Benefits of NLP
• Learning NLP
• Concluding remarks

Enjoy!

[techtags: NLP, Presuppositions, Communication]

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