What is NLP?

NLP, or Neuro-Lingustic Programming, is such a wide field of study that it can be hard to put a simple definition to. NLP is a way of thinking about ideas and people that allows you to excel in any field. Essentially the idea is that we can study people who are getting great results and reduce their behaviours down to a model, or the bare minimum required to consistently get their results. This model can then be taught and shared and this process allows others to replicate the same results in much, much less time. For this reason NLP is often called the art and science of personal excellence.

NLP is a practical skill that results from studying what makes the difference between excellence and average. Through the pursuit of excellence NLP leaves behind a trail of highly effective techniques with applications in Business, Therapy, Education and beyond. At the nitty gritty level NLP draws on general symantics, linguistics, hypnosis and gestalt therapy while taking into account ecology and family therapy. So really NLP becomes a study of ‘what works’ and the study of how you produce results.

NLP stands for Neuro-Lingustic Programming and can be broken down into three core parts:

Neuro relates to the nervous system (the mind), through which our experience is processed via the five senses of Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Olfactory and Gustatory (sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste). These five senses are the inputs into our nervous system and the sources that we rely upon to build our internal experience.

Lingustic relates to language and other nonverbal communication systems through which our neural representations are coded, ordered and given meaning. This includes pictures, sounds, feelings, tastes, smells and words (self talk).

Programming relates to the ability to discover and utilise the programs that we run (Both in communication with ourselves and others) that lead to our positive or negative results.

In other words, NLP is how to use the language of the mind to consistently achieve our specific and desired outcomes.

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