10 Citations from the Licensed Practitioner and Licensed Master Practitioner of NLP

Last week I was again part of the assistants team on the NLP Practitioner and Master Practitioner with Dr. Richard Bandler, John La Valle en Kathleen La Valle in London.  Even after all these years of learning, and the dozens of Practitioners and Master Practitioners I have attended, it continues to be a great learning experience.  Here are 10 citations from this course:

John La Valle on how easy it is to encourage someone to do the opposite of what it is you want them to do:

“When you say to your kid ‘Don’t spill your milk’, you are creating in your kids’ mind a well-formed goal: ‘Spill your milk!’“

Dr. Richard Bandler in a metaphor on motivation:

“The big lesson from the Cold War is that people rather go shopping than shooting each other.“

Dr. Richard Bandler on how the craving of smoking while abandoning your addiction can help you in demonstrating you are on the right track:

“Don’t run away from difficulty. Utilise it!“

John La Valle on efficient use of language during coaching:

“When you want to elicit, you want to use the least amount of words, the least amount of steps that make it easy for the other person to get there.“

Kathleen La Valle on taking decisions:

“Feel bad, and you’ll make bad decisions.  Feel good, and you’ll make good decisions.“

John La Valle on the feeling of guilt, during a demonstration on how to get rid of guilt:

“Guilt is the gift that keeps giving.“

Dr. Richard Bandler on the fear of psychotherapists for running out of clients if they would help their patients in a more efficient way:

“There is no shortage of lunatics on planet Earth.“

Dr. Richard Bandler during a demonstration on eliminating beliefs as "I'm not musical", and learning strategies to make music:

“The nice thing about playing music is that the only person you have to please is yourself.“

Dr. Richard Bandler on listening to what someone says and how they say it:

“If you don’t really listen, you don’t really hear.“

Dr. Richard Bandler at the end of the training, on beliefs:

“All generalisations will destroy themselves eventually, including this one.“


Marc