Module One

Question 1

On a more specific level, what is NLP the study of?

Answer 1

How people organise themselves internally

Question 2

What does Neuro refer to in the aspects of internal organisation?

Answer 2

How the nervous system and it’s complex web of thoughts, feelings and physical sensations or actions influence your behaviour.

Question 3

What does Linguistic refer to in the aspects of internal organisation?

Answer 3

Signals both verbal and non-verbal and how you communicate with yourself and others

Question 4

What does Programming refer to in the aspects of internal organisation?

Answer 4

Both repetitive and predictable ways in which you think, feel and behave.

Question 5

What is the definition of Neuro

Answer 5

The nervous system, the mind and the sensory organs with which we receive and filter information through our five senses.

Question 6

What is the definition of Linguistic?

Answer 6

The way we communicate and interpret experiences through language, including body language, images, sounds, feelings, tastes and smells as well as words.

Question 7

What is the definition of Programming?

Answer 7

The way we construct personal ‘programs’ (similar in some ways to computer programs) of thought, communication and behaviour.

Question 8

What are the five filters of the NLP communication model?

Answer 8

1. Meta Programs
2. Belief Systems
3. Values
4. Decisions
5. Memories

Question 9

What are Meta Programs Filters?

Answer 9

The way someone handles information.

(Knowing someone’s Meta programs can help you clearly and closely predict people’s states and therefore predict their actions and behaviours. Meta programs are neither bad or good - they are just the way someone handles information).

Question 10

What are beliefs filters?

Answer 10

Generalisations about how the world is / Assumptions that we have about the way the world is that either create or deny personal power to us.

(Our beliefs are like our on/off switch. IN the process of working with someone’s beliefs, it’s important to discover what beliefs they have that may cause them to do what they do. We also want to find out if someone has disabling beliefs or beliefs that do not allow them to do what they want to do.

Question 11

What are Values filters?

Answer 11

Essentially act as an evaluation filter.

(Values determine whether our actions are good or bad, right or wrong and how we feel about our actions.Values are arranged in a kind of hierarchy, with the most important one typically being at the top and lesser ones below that).

(Each of us has a different NLP communication model or internal model of the world. Our values are the result of our model of the world. When we communicate with ourselves or others, and our model of the world conflicts with our values or someone else’s values, then there is going to be conflict).

(Values are typically what people move toward or away from. They are basically our attractions or repulsion’s in life. They are our deep, unconscious belief systems about what’s important, and our values can change with context too. E.g you have certain values about what you want in a relationship and what you want in business. What you want in one and the other may be quite different - if they’re not, it’s possible that you may have trouble with both. Since values are context related, and they may also be state related).

Question 12

What are decisions filters?

Answer 12

Decisions we have made in the past

(Decisions may create new beliefs or hey may just affect our perceptions through time. The problem with many decisions is that they were either made unconsciously or at a very early age and are forgotten. However, the effect is still there).

Question 13

What is the Memories filter?

Answer 13

Our memories.

(A number of psychologists say that the present plays a very small part in our behaviour. Some psychologists believe as we get older, our reactions in the present are more and more just reactions to gestalts or collections of memories that are organised in a certain way of past memories).

Question 14

What will the Five Filters of the NLP Model determine?

Answer 14

How we process the information from the outside world.

(The five filters will determine how we represent an event that is occurring now. It is our internal representation that puts us in a certain state and these internal representations create a certain physiology. The state in which we find ourselves will determine our behaviour and the NLP communication model will then determine how we process all of the information from the outside world.

What happens during this process is that we make an internal I/R representation of that event. The I/R of the event then combines with a physiology to create a state. The word ‘sate’ refers to the internal emotional state of the individual - happy, sad, motivated etc).

Internal Representation + Physiology = State > Behaviour > How we Process info from outside world

Question 15

What are the Five Principles to Achieving Success?

Answer 15

1. Know what you want
2. Do something about it
3. Notice what happens (have sensory acuity)
4. Be Flexible
5. Work from a psychology and physiology of excellence

Know what you want: Know what you want, why you want it and make sure your desired outcome is ‘ecological’ - good for you and the people you care about (and for your community and the planet) in the widest possible sense. People are not often sure what they want. The best ways to discover this are to find what is already working well in the area that you want to change and to elicit your values for that context).

Do something about it: Take action to to make your outcome happen. Nothing is going to happen if you don’t do anything. The results you get whatever they are will provide you with useful additional information to learn from.

Notice what happens: Notice the results you get from your actions. Are they taking you closer or further away from your goal? Consider the knock-on and delayed effects as well as the obvious, immediate ones.

Be flexible: If what you have been doing isn’t working, do something else (behavioural flexibility). If you don’t know what else do, do anything else and go on changing your behaviour until you find what works.

Work form a psychology and and physiology of excellence: Mind and body are one system. Your breathing, posture and general physical state affects your thoughts and emotions. Get yourself in the best possible state - physically, emotionally, mentally - and then take action.

Question 16

In setting well-formed outcomes what does the SYDER analogy stand for and mean?

Answer 16

S - Stated Positively
Y - You own It
D - Defined in sensory specific terms
E - Ecology - Effects on every area of your life
R - Resources and Routine

Stated Positively - Start by always setting goals in the positive sense. Focus on what you do want rather than what you don’t.

You own it - Own everything including mistakes and failures. When things happen, stop and ask yourself what you can do to change the outcome going forward. You can also ask yourself what you can do to influence the outcome you want or need to do to achieve this goal.

Defined in sensory specific terms - Start by picking a specific date in which you intend this outcome to be realised. Next, put yourself in the situation of having it. Picture what it feels like to be there in every sense of the word, touch it, see it, feel it, and have it. Make sure that your image of the goal is sensory-rich and compelling.

‘Ecology’ (Effects on every area of your life) - Essentially a risk assessment on how the goal will affect every area of your life. Start by asking what will happen when you have this or what won’t happen when you have it. You can also ask if there are any downsides to achieving your goals. Next, try asking yourself how having this outcome would affect each area of your life. Examine who else would be affected by you having this outcome or how having this outcome would affect the planet. Do a congruence check by asking yourself how you truly feel about this goal. Do you want it 100%? Does your energy increase when you think about it? If not, you may want to adjust the goal until you feel enthusiastic about it.

Resources and Route - Ask yourself what resources you have that will help you reach your goal. What additional resources or you need? It’s much easier to work out how to get your goal once you’ve got there. Put yourself in a position of already achieved the goal. By going through this process your can also see what had to be put in place immediately before allowing this goal to happen. Keep examining what had to be in place before that and continue all the way back to the very first step.