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yeah, i dunno why people bother reading blogs... most of them are so damn uninteresting - though I did see a good one, of Sir Ian McCallin (spelling?)... the guy who played Gandalf in Lord of the Rings.He kept a journal, online, of every single day of filming the three films.Pdrive

Well, I don't really have addictions...I hang with my friends, drink... I like to swim occasionally. I play my computer lots, especially Battlefield Vietnam (oh theres my addiction)...hmm... I love listening to music, my favourite band is probably TOOL. I love them so so much (am listening to them now).I do NLP as a hobbie, but its slowly turning into a job - which is the best kind of hobbie, I guess.Pdrive

What's the pay rate like for these things?I can't help but imagine that anyone would make more money stacking shelves at a local supermarket - or even, making a semi-successful website and advertising with google ad-sense.Sounds to me like a complete con.Pdrive

Keep the ball spinning all through your presentation... as your standing up there, you'll find it the easiest thing in the world to keep spinning the ball, it'll actually eventually spin itself.The reason for this? That spinning ball effect is exactly how fantastic presenters feel in their gut when they present dynamically and successfully.The reverse? Thats clenching sick rolling sensation of nervousness... thats how nervous people feelNow reverse it!Pdrive

Saint Michael, You'd probably present better if you did think about the audience when you present... that way you can observe their response to you. Thats why this technique is so good... it enables you to stop focusing on yourself and start operating in the state of "uptime" where you can really present the best... concentrating on the important stuff. Pdrive

well... not everybody works the same (in fact, no one does) so be flexible and do what works best.... experiment etcTry changing the colour of the ball - that worked for a friend of mine one time.Pdrive

Hey all, As some of you have noticed, Ive been posting my articles and advice about Neuro-Linguistic Programming and its various applications (see my Power Persuasion thread). I recently refined this technique, so here it is: The Spinning Ball of Confidence This is a fantastic little visualisation technique that I use all the time. It works amazingly for overcoming little tingles of fear you might get when you have to present in front of a group, give a speech or whatever. It?s really simple... I use it to supercharge myself before going into a situation where I need to really excel in communication, create a great image in other?s minds, generally present myself and my cause successfully and feel great doing it. Here?s how it works: Take any negative feelings you have about what your about to do (I usually have a bit of nervousness before making a presentation) and visualise them as a coloured ball rolling around inside you (wherever you "feel" that feeling). If you have trouble doing this, try to think of where in your body the feeling might start or enter? then think of where it might leave you? now create a cyclic motion between these two points. Can you see it?.... That?s great. Now, which way is that ball spinning? It could be going any way... find out... Can you see that? Now slow the spinning down, make the ball get slowly slower and slower. Do you notice those feelings diminishing? Bring the ball to a complete halt. Hold it still. Now you?re feeling neutral, right? But neutrality is not the way you want to enter your conversations (or any situation). So let?s try something else... start spinning the ball the opposite way to which it was spinning before.... feeling good, huh? Now, feel better... spin the ball faster! Now faster! Now 5 times as fast again! Feeling GOOD?! Spin it faster! FEEL BETTER! 10 times... spin it so fast that it makes a noise like a circular saw! Now with a big whoosh noise, make that ball twice its size! Now twice as big again! Make that ball so big your body is inside it! Pheew! You can stop now... I?m exhausted. That feels good huh? You can do this technique as fast as you want, whenever you want. You can spin the ball whatever way works best, make it whatever colour you want. Visualise the technique associated or disassociated. Play around with it, get good at it. Be flexible. Try practicing, just imagining the times when you might use it for real. When you can generate strong positive states in yourself, you can generate strong positive states in other people. This will help you become a confident, expert communicator. You want to learn more? Check out the webiste I originally wrote this article for (it hasn't appeared there yet)... nlpweekly.com The website is full of great articles, and they have a forum - a fantastic supporting community of fellow NLPer's. Have a look, or if you have a question, post it here - I'll answer it gladly. Pdrive

I found Xisto through searching for free hosting reviews.... it was the first hit on the list (i think)... glad I signed up - its a good deal here.The sites look so professional too... good service.Pdrive

thats why we can shorten "Neuro Linguistic Programming" to NLP Pdrive

thats a very archaic and in-accurate view of what hypnosis is... the tv shows are more about entertainment than hypnosis... don't believe everything you see on tvThough I can and have done a formal hypnotic induction with a swinging watch Pdrive

Hiya Damann, Those are some great questions... keep 'em coming >Wouldent NLP be dangerous?Okay, well, NLP is a methodology, Philosophy and set of tools. These tools are based on the unconscious skills of people who are excellent in any field (mostly therapy, communication etc). Because NLP is modelling, you could model anyone, and use the skills you learn dangerously. NLP is not brain-surgery... it comes closer to hypnosis (alot of NLP IS hypnosis) - this is because alot of the NLP language patterns come from the famous hypnotherapist Milton Erickson.NLP is like a car... you can use it to do many things. Its basically a tool. It'll get you many, many places. Is a car dangerous? Only if you crash it into people.For example, I'm a competent hypnotist... I can hypnotise people to hallucinate things... once, I hypnotised a friend of mine to negatively hallucinate (as in, NOT see it) an entire person. This was all for a joke. When my friend started seeing random objects moving in the air, and saw his other friends talking to "nothing" - well, he almost had a psychotic episode. So maybe NLP can be dangerous... but most things in life are.>Well how do they actually do NLP?NLP is a bunch of psychological techniques modelled from experts. They consist of language patterns and non-verbal body language stuff. Alot of hypnosis is involved.>Is it brain surgery or hypnotysm?NLP is definently not brain-surgery.... it is sometimes hypnosis, as many of the NLP patterns were modelled from a hypnotist.>Could NLP make people stop smoking?Definently... there are a number of techniques in the field of NLP that can help people to quit smoking. NLP and hypnosis are probably the best methods out there, because they deal with the unconscious desire to smoke... which is really the addiction part. The part that makes you start smoking, and you don't even realise before your halfway through youre first cigarette.>How expensive is it?This can vary greatly... some therapists practice NLP in conjunction with their other techniques and some do nothing but NLP. And remember, not all NLP practitioners are good at what they do. Prices will vary greatly depending upon your location and the changework you want done. To quit smoking? Well, you could be looking at $300 to $1000. But don't worry, most competent practitioners offer a lifetime guarantee.I hope these answers help you out. Feel free to post more questions - Im here to help Pdrive

You can learn quite a bit about NLP from the web...The website http://www.nlpcoaching.com/ is a free online magazine that offers lots of educational articles. They're updated, as the name suggests, weekly. They are also offering a free NLP Practitioner course, that will cover pretty much everything. I have heard from the guy who runs the site that the course will feature feedback from qualified experts via a chatroom, and will probably contain streamed internet radio, and video clips for demonstrations.Sounds like a good thing to me.Theres some other good websites out, just do a google search.Or, alternatively, you could buy a book from Amazon.I'd recommend the Bandler & Grinder original "Frogs into Princes" - the guys who wrote it are the godfathers of NLP... It's all there invention.The book is fantastic. It got me really interested."Introducing NLP" By MacDermott and Seymour is a really good basic intro to the whole field... you could check that out to see it you'd be interested in pursuing NLP further, and then move onto "Frogs into Princes"Once your more advanced, get back to me, I can recommend some good books.Hope that helps.PDrive

"Frogs into Princes" is the a book of edited transcript from Richard Bandler and John Grinder's seminars, in which they outlined alot of the key concepts of NLP...... Its a fantastic text, and is responsible for converting hundreds to NLP. I have a paperback copy right here.Unfortuanatly reproducing the book and transmitting it through the web would be a breech of copyright.I can recommend some good sites, where you can find articles about NLP.One of the best is http://www.nlpcoaching.com/ Check it outPdrive

Unicornrose,What you say about it not being "hypnosis" depends entirely on your definition of hypnosis... now, Im a very competent hypnotist... I hypnotise most people I speak with - but I never tell them I do it... I hardly ever use the word "hypnosis"....... to me (and most others in my field) hypnosis is simply an altered-state of consciousness... where the critical faculty of conscious mind is bypassed. The practical upshot of this is that the subject loses the ability to judge the "truth" of the suggestions made by the hypnotist. In other words, the suggestions made become a reality for the subject.So in some ways, my article is about hypnosis - in some ways it isnt. Theres certainly no watch-swingin' involved These conscious/un-conscious definitions that you know about - they're not all that accurate. I can think of many possible instances when those rules don't apply.Here's something simmilar... a NLP principal about learning.The four steps of Learning:1. Unconsciously uncompetent - When you don't even know you can't do it... 2. Conscious uncompetencey - When you know that you can't do it... like how I know I can't hang-glide3. Consciously competency - when you can do it, but you have to consciously think about every step... like when I first leant to drive.. Clutch goes in, gear into first, a bit of gas, as clutch comes out...4. Unconscious competency - When you drive all the way from work to home, without even thinking about cars at all.... you can't even remember stopping at the intersection.You'll find that this concept of learning can be applied to anything, including communications skills.What you noticed about body language is what we, in NLP, call non-verbal rapport...when people are in a state of rapport they tend to pace each others experience, providing each other a feedback about each others experience... that's a true "understanding" - the best kind of communication.People match and mirror body language, when they are in rapport with one and another.Pdrive

Joer,About the course...As I said, the course they offer is not just some free email subscription thing... it's a full on interactive training. As the online "class" works through the material, there will be constant feedback and assistance, live, from NLP experts. This course is a huge undertaking, and of course, its all absolutely free... so Shlomo, the editor of the site, is waiting for a certain number of people to sign up for the course, before he actually begins it.It's not the kinda thing you can join halfway thorugh, because of the nature of the content... so we're all waiting til 2000 people sign up. Its not that far off, as a goal.It's simply to so Shlomo, and the others involved in creating the course, are not wasting their time... they wanna teach lots of people.So yeah, be patient.In the meantime, theres thousands of articles for you to read and catch up on... and you can check the forum attached to the site, if you want anymore info on the course... or even just to discuss some of the things you learn and enjoy.About the control... NLP gives specific stratagies to "gain" that control... it essentially teaches you to "drive your own bus" - to quote one of NLP's founders.Pdrive