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Something to think about from Dr. Wil Horton

Intro to NLP Today E-Zine

NLP Today E-Zine is a monthly series of articles that will bring you the best information in the world of NLP and Hypnosis. We will bring you articles that have been proven in the real world. Heavy with techniques and information you can use in your daily life, whether it's as a therapist with clients, business or sales, or just for self-development. We will get you the information you want and can't get. We focus on proven applications, not theory. Our trainers all "do the work." This is the difference that makes the difference. We cut the fluff and bring the main course. Mental Food you can use. NFNLP is the leader in this type of technology.

This is a service of the National Federation of NeuroLinguistic Psychology and Dr. Wil Horton. We want people to achieve their highest potential, and NLP is the #1 tool for this. You can achieve your dreams.

Captain’s Log:

First off, let me remind you of the exciting upcoming Super Success Weekend with Tom Nicole (Feb. 10 & 11). You have less than two weeks left to register, so call now (781) 938-7779. Read the details later in the e-zine.

I must apologize that this, the January e-zine, is coming to you in February. (At least it's the first of February!). It took me a couple of weeks to get back into the flow after my Asia trip, and Christina, who had been holding down the NFNLP fort, has been truly swamped with work! I have been continually blessed to travel the world and teach the NLP skills to eager students. I would like to thank all of you who have made this possible. You are the true stars. I have learned more since I started training than I can ever teach. It has been an honor. Thank you.

As I am writing this, my wife Christina, the big Kahuna of NFNLP, is taking a class in hypnosis in North Carolina. She has been doing NLP and hypnosis for awhile but has never sat through a formal course. I am also thrilled that she is studying something she enjoys from an independent instructor. I am reminded of one of my Karate mentors who sent his son to train with other Sensei to get different perspectives.

New Courses

I am proud to announce a new course: Sensory Processing Disorders: Volume 1-Using NLP and Hypnosis for Auditory Processing Disorders.

Many people have sensory processing problems that may appear as learning disorders or ADHD. This will show you what auditory processing disorders are and how to help with our skills. This is the first of a series. Pre-order and save! Regularly - $39.77...Now $29.77.

We recently re-filmed the Timeline course and added some new information. Timeline is a great tool for us to use to help people affect change. We have added some new twists that can help you use this wonderful tool. It has a great section on timeline and addiction! This will be released February 15. Pre-order and save! Regularly -$39.77...Now $29.77.

I hope to see you on the road to a happy destiny!

William Horton, Psy.D. CAC CMI

Since I have had the honor of becoming a CMI, or Certified Master Instructor or "Trainer of Trainers" for the NGH, people have asked me recently what is it that I consider important for people to become top flight trainers. I have given it a lot of thought (and yes, it hurt) and would have to say that there are a few things that are important:

• Mastering the basic skills;
• Keeping an open mind;
• Being confident without being arrogant;
• Having the courage to tell the truth;
• Being humble, (not believing your own press);
• Being an ongoing student yourself (Know that you need to learn to grow.);
• Having a useful way of viewing the world.

In NLP, we have a set of presuppositions that we can use as our foundation, for your review, here they are:

A List of Useful Assumptions

Each of us has a "map," or model of the world, or set of assumptions from which we communicate. These personal presuppositions are communicated through our behavior in the world as well in our treatment rooms. Every tone of voice, gesture, choice of phrase, moment of eye contact is a communication of those underlying assumptions that add up to the "gestalt" of how we are perceived by the world in general and our clients in particular. These elements create a "meta-frame" around our behavior and our relationship with our clients. For most of us and for most of those in the real world, this essential element of our communication experience is largely processed by the unconscious mind. Most people can turbo-charge their development by fine-tuning the assumptions we carry underneath our relationship with the world.

The Primary Presuppositions of NLP:

1. The meaning of your communication is the response that you get. It's what the world perceives you said that matters, not what you intended. If you get a response you do not like, or want, change your communication!
2. Communication is redundant. You are always communicating, and your non-verbal communication carries about 90% of your message. Any of us in long term relationships can attest to the fact that sometimes silence carries a very strong message. When your non-verbal and verbal communication is aligned, then you are a powerful communicator.
3. People respond to their map of reality, not to reality itself. Entering the other person's model of the world is the key to influence. How the other person experiences the world is the most important thing you can uncover.
4. People work perfectly. No one is wrong or broken. It is important to look at others as basically fine, they may need some help and that is what we offer.
5. People make the best choice available to them at the time. This may not make sense as you look from without at their behaviors and actions, but to them, it is the best choice. An alcoholic drinks because, to them, that is the best choice.
6. Every behavior is useful in some context. Where/when/how might this person learned to respond in this way? If you look at others with a sense of curiosity, it will help in your drive to communicate.
7. Choice is better than no choice. Ethical NLP is expanding the other person's range of choice, not choosing for them. Do not play God.
8. People already have most of the resources they need. The question is how to assist them in accessing their resources when appropriate.
9. Anyone can do anything. If it's possible for one person, others can learn how to do it.
10. The most flexible element within any system will control that system. The one who communicates with the most choices, wins. (And so do others.)
11. There is no such thing as failure, only feedback. The space shuttle is off course 98% of the time. By adjusting to get back on course, it reaches its destination. This also allows for freedom to help others. If what you are doing is not working, or getting the results you want, try something else. Do not just do it harder.

Now that we have a general basic foundation of looking at the world, we can add a few assumptions for trainers and teachers that I have found very useful. If you teach, try these on. In our NLP and NGH Trainers Training I use these as a base. I have found if you incorporate these it will make training much easier.

Some Useful Assumptions for a Trainer

1. What you model is what you get. Your behavior is the most powerful message you convey to your group. What you do, they will repeat. What you say can be ignored or distorted. Your curiosity, openness, and enthusiasm for learning are the single most important message you send. If you are in a bad mood the group will reflect that. If you want your group motivated and excited, you need to be.
2. We are all learning together. Today, each of us is in a certain stage of personal development. We have grown since yesterday, and are growing into tomorrow. We face our own individual lessons. Everyone is moving down their particular path. No one has "arrived." A lot of trainers can inadvertently "look down" or be condescending to those just learning. Remember the new student in your class today, may be the leader of the field in a few years. Look at the changes we have seen in Hypnosis and NLP the last few years. Be humble enough to know that others have valuable information, once you believe yours is the only way, you cross over into ego based teaching, make it about the learning.
3. Every map is valuable to guide us on the journey. There is value inherent in every participant's perspective. Each member of the group is a teacher. We are all students. If you can learn from your students, you are on your way to elite status. Remember accepting someone for who they are is not approval. You can learn a lot from those who challenge you.
4. The foundation for accelerated learning is safety. People learn best in an environment in which they are respected and welcomed. Criticism, comparison, sarcasm, and cynicism undermine the learning culture. People open up when they feel that they can. Many of us remember high school, where not speaking up was important.
5. The 10% Rule: The Group is on YOUR Side. The members of the group are there to learn. They want to have an enjoyable, useful experience with you. You want the same things they do. They will be very forgiving as long as you remember you are human. The 10 % rule is: 10% of the people will love you, and 10% will not like you. 10% of the people will love you just for standing in front of a group, but these people will love the next trainer just as much. It is what I call the lead singer phenomenon; do not let this give you a big head. If you surround yourself with this group, you are headed for trouble. On the flip side, 10% of the people will not like you or your training. It is always fun to read feed back sheets where most of the group, say, "loved the humor", there will be a few who say, "not serious enough". They may be other trainers, or just true mismatchers. One of the hardest thing for a trainer is to realize that you may be hot today, but it will cool, if you offer quality services you will have staying power. How many "hot" bands have come and gone since Madonna started?
6. The group's feedback is your finest coach; take it professionally, not personally. The best trainers learn from every interaction they have with members of the group. An approach that may work well with some members of the group will offend others. Sensitivity, willingness to learn and change are the most important resources you bring to your training. Be flexible and use your NLP to teach the skills.

Set your expectations for your own performance in a range. At the top is your outcome - the finest performance you can imagine yourself delivering. At the bottom is a performance that delivers solid value and allows each participant to experience his value to the group. And so long as your performance falls within this range, be satisfied with what you did.

Research Tidbits:

A new part of the ezine, some information you might like.

Mindful Meditation Increases Antibodies

Researchers performed a randomized, controlled study to discover the effects of an 8-week training program of mindfulness meditation on brain and immune function with healthy employees in a work environment. The study concludes that a short program of mindfulness meditation produces demonstrable positive effects on brain and immune function and further research is indicated.

For more information: Davidson RJ, Kabat-Zinn J, Schumacher J, Rosencranz M, Miller D, Santorelli SF, Urbanowski F, Harrington A, Bonus K, Sheridan J. Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation. Psychosomatic Medicine 65: pp 564-570 (2003).

Motor Imagery Helps Stroke Recovery

Two survivors of embolic middle cerebral artery stroke that resulted in chronic hemiparesis received training consisting of 12 one-hour sessions, 3 times a week, for 4 consecutive weeks, of imagining wrist movements (extension, pronation-supination) and mental simulations of reaching and object manipulation, making use of a mirror box apparatus.

The study suggests that these results demonstrate the potential for using motor imagery as a cognitive strategy for functional recovery from hemparesis. The researchers felt that the intervention targeted the cognitive level of action processing, while its effects may be realized in overt behavioral performance.

For more information: Stevens JA, Stoykov ME. Using motor imagery in the rehabilitation of hemiparesis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2003 July; 84 (7): pp. 1090-2. j-stevens3@northwestern.edu

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK (OPPORTUNITY KNOCKING! )

On a late spring afternoon, only a few years ago, two adult students completed their hypnosis certification training. They were very much alike, these two people. Both had been better than average students, both were personable and both - as new graduates are - were filled with ambitious dreams for the future.

Recently, these certified hypnotists attended a class reunion. They were very much alike. Both were happily married. Both had three children. And both, it turned out, had started building their own hypnosis practice, and were still at it. But there was a difference. One of the graduates was still working part time at another job to keep the hypnosis practice open. The other had recently added two hypnotists to the staff to handle the client load.

What Made The Difference?

Have you ever wondered, as I have, what makes this kind of difference in people's lives? It isn't always a native intelligence or talent or dedication. It isn't that one person wants success and the other doesn't. The difference lies in what each person knows and how he or she makes use of that knowledge. And that is why I am sharing with you and with people like you about The Super Success Weekend to be held on February 10th & 11th in Ft. Myers, Florida. For that is the whole purpose of the seminar: To give its attendees knowledge - knowledge that they can use in their hypnosis business.

A Training Experience Unlike Any Other

You see, The Super Success Weekend is a unique training seminar. It's being presented by two of the country's most successful hypnotism professionals, Tom Nicoli & Wil Horton. You probably have already learned that Tom & Wil are experts at what they do. What they have to offer is actual experience of coming from minimal backgrounds, starting with nothing, yet have created real success in the field of hypnotism. And they are known as two of the best presenters and know how to show you what to do so you can create success.

Knowledge is Power

Right now, I am reading part of the material from the Super Success Weekend. It combines all the important factors of creating success as a hypnotism professional. Every phase is covered, from inductions, effective script writing, structuring hypnosis programs, marketing techniques, creating publicity, linguistic bridges, NLP techniques to speed success , how to use NLP to get people into your programs and more. And there is something else that you will want to witness; Wil Horton is going to teach NLP techniques he has only taught once before.

Add to all of that an experience that is once in a lifetime; Sunday will prove to be one of the most exciting and unique experiences ever, whether you participate or choose to be a spectator. All attendees will have the opportunity for a safe, fun and unique experience at Tito Gaona's Flying Trapeze Academy, Venice, FL…. truly an experience of a lifetime! The trapeze exercise creates a deep learning experience in the way of "letting go of your fears."

When you make your reservations, those who will participate may want to stay over on Sunday night. If you have never attended one of Tom's or Wil's seminars or trainings, you cannot imagine how useful it can be to you. Much of the information that is included in their classes appears nowhere else. And due to their hectic schedules, you may not get this opportunity any time soon or ever again.

GREAT EARLY SIGNUP PRICE!

Put these statements to the proof and save money at the same time. The knowledge and information of the Super Success Weekend is easily worth triple the admission fee, but it has been priced so you can only say yes. Why? Two reasons. Tom & Wil can afford to do this and they want as many people to learn what they know and have to share. This is a one time offer - and a perfect way to get your hypnosis business kick started for 2007.

Here's the deal…

Sign Up Now and pay only $375. That's it, only $375 for the Super Success Weekend, for all the materials you will receive and knowledge you will have for the rest of your life. Simply email tom@tomnicoli.com or call (781) 938-7779 or (617) 605-0443 to secure your seat. Act now and make your plans while the opportunity is available.

If you feel, as we do, that this is a fair and reasonable proposition, then you will want to sign up without delay and learn why other hypnotism professionals travel to Tom & Wil's courses. So please email or call now and we will secure you a seat immediately.

About those two hypnotism graduates mentioned in the beginning of the letter: They were graduated from the same training course together and together got started in the business of hypnotism. So what made their lives in business different? Knowledge. Useful knowledge. And its application.

An Investment in Success

It cannot be promised that success will be instantly yours if you attend the Super Success Weekend. But it is assured that you will find the Super Success Weekend interesting, applicable, and always useful. P.S. It's important to note that the Super Success Weekend price is tax deductible as continued education and gets you NGH CEU's toward recertification."

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Then consider joining us at the Art-Of-NLP discussion forum on Yahoo. This free online forum, sponsored by NFNLP, is a place where you can ask questions, get answers, share your successes and your failures, post summaries of interesting case histories, get new ideas, and get to know new friends.

Membership is completely free. If you don't yet have a free Yahoo ID, it only takes a few minutes to register an ID and PASSWORD of your choice. You can then get Art-Of-NLP articles and discussions automatically directed to your free Yahoo email account with spam filter and 1 GB of free storage, get these articles automatically redirected to your existing email account, or turn off the email option and simply choose to visit us on the Yahoo website whenever you wish to catch up on the latest articles.

Have we gotten your interest? All you need to do to join is click this link:http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Art-Of-NLP

Hope to see you there.
Charlie Curtis, NFNLP Master Practitioner and Trainer

Upcoming Trainings:

Advanced Rapport Skills

NLP Coaching Course

Dates to be Announced
Venice, Florida

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Special Training - Super Success Weekend with Tom Nicoli
February 10-11, 2007
Ft. Myers, FL
NLP Learning Center
Register Now: (781) 938-7779

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NLP Basic Practitioner Course
February 23-26, 2007
Ft Myers, FL
Suncoast Hypnosis/NLP Learning Center
Call for details: (941) 408-8551

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NLP Basic Practitioner Course
March 9- 12, 2007
New Rochelle, NY (Westchester)
The Oaks
Call for details: (941) 408-8551

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Basic and Master NLP
April 1-16, 2007
Kula Lumpur, Malaysia
PowerEventsAsia.com
Check web site for details!

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NLP Basic Practitioner Course
April 19-22, 2007
Ontario Hypnosis Center
Toronto, Canada
Call for Details: 416-489-0333 or visit
http://www.ontariohypnosiscentre.com

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Basic and Master NLP
April 24-May 6, 2007
Kula Lumpur, Malaysia
Call for Details: 60 122041884 or visit
http://www.powereventsasia.com

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NGH Trainers Training
May 26 to June 2, 2007
Venice, FL
Call for details: NGH (603) 429-9438 - NFNLP (941) 408-8551

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NLP Trainers Training
June 9-13, 2007
India
Call for details: 91-22-32599907 / 32599908 or visit http://www.creativemanagement.org

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NLP & Sales (also)
NLP Basic Practitioner Course
July 21-28, 2007
Kula Lumpur, Malaysia
Call for Details: 60 122041884
Email: abuhanifah@gmail.com or visit
http://www.powereventsasia.com

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NLP Basic Practitioner Course
National Guild of Hypnotists
August 8-9 & 13-14, 2007
Marlborough, MA
(603) 429-9438

Check schedule for details
or www.NGH.net

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NLP Master Practitioner Course
National Guild of Hypnotists
August 15-17, 2007
Marlborough, MA
(603) 429-9438

Check schedule for details
or www.NGH.net

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NLP & Sales (also)
NLP Master Practitioner Course
September 5-12, 2007
Kula Lumpur, Malaysia
Call for Details: 60 122041884
Email: abuhanifah@gmail.com or visit
http://www.powereventsasia.com

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NLP Basic and Master Training
September, 2007
Long Island, NY
Call for details: (941) 408-8551
Visit our website: www.nfnlp.com for lodging suggestions.

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NLP Basic Practitioner Course
October 13-16, 2007
Ontario Hypnosis Center
Toronto, Canada
Call 416-489-0333 or visit
http://www.ontariohypnosiscentre.com

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NLP Master Practitioner Course
October18, to 21, 2007
Ontario Hypnosis Center
Toronto, Canada
Call 416-489-0333 or visit
http://www.ontariohypnosiscentre.com

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NGH Trainers Training
October 24-28, 2007
Venice, FL
Call for details: NGH (603) 429-9438 - NFNLP (941) 408-8551

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NLP Basic Practitioner Course
November 12-15, 2007
Post NATH Conference
Virginia Beach, VA
Call 800-296-6463 or visit
http://www.holistictree.com

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NLP Basic Practitioner Course
November 21-25, 2007
Kula Lumpur, Malaysia
Call for Details: 60 122041884
Email: abuhanifah@gmail.com or visit
http://www.powereventsasia.com

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NLP Master Practitioner Course
November 28-December 2, 2007
Kula Lumpur, Malaysia
Call for Details: 60 122041884
Email: abuhanifah@gmail.com or visit
http://www.powereventsasia.com

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NLP Trainers Training Course
December 4-9, 2007
Kula Lumpur, Malaysia
Call for Details: 60 122041884
Email: abuhanifah@gmail.com or visit
http://www.powereventsasia.com

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