NLP Email Training – Lesson 01

Foreword

So here it is: Your first NLP lesson is waiting for you! Use it wisely and you will notice success in a short time!

Have fun!

Quote

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world – the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself – therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

Samuel Butler

Sharpen External Perception

We begin with the topic of perception because it is the key to your communication. Our perception determines what influences us and how our ideas of reality are formed. The more open your senses are, the more reactions from others you can perceive and the better you can adjust to them.

Exercise for This Week

a) Go for a walk with open eyes and ears. Pay attention to every little thing – plants, small animals, other people. Notice as many details as possible.

b) Pay more attention to the body language of others when you talk to them. Observe the arm posture, gestures, and facial expressions of other people.

c) Try to consciously distinguish between your interpretations and actual observations. For example, you observe someone touching their nose and think they are lying. Your observation was: They touch their nose. Your interpretation: Touching the nose means lying. This interpretation may be correct, but it doesn't have to be.

d) During the next talk show on TV, pay close attention to the tone and voice of the speakers involved. Notice the different vocal characteristics.

Supplementary links

Audio

External Perception
Stephan talks about our perception.

Texts

Introduction to Our Senses
Eye, ear, skin, nose, and tongue.

10 NLP Presuppositions
These assumptions are the prerequisites for NLP.

Metaphor of the Week: The Fox and the Cat

It happened that the cat met Mr. Fox in a forest. Because she thought he was clever and well-experienced and highly regarded in the world, she spoke to him kindly.
“Good day, dear Mr. Fox, how are you? How are things? How are you getting by in these expensive times?” The fox, full of arrogance, looked at the cat from head to toe and didn't know for a long time whether he should answer. Finally, he said:
“Oh you miserable whisker cleaner, you motley fool, starving and mouse hunter, what comes to your mind? You dare to ask how I am? What have you learned? How many arts do you understand?”
“I understand only one,” the cat replied modestly.
“What kind of art is that?” asked the fox.
“When the dogs are after me, I can jump up a tree and save myself.”
“Is that all?” said the fox. “I am master of a hundred arts and also have a bag full of tricks. You poor creature, come with me, I will teach you how to escape the dogs.”
At that moment, a hunter came with four dogs. The cat quickly jumped up a tree and sat at the top, where branches and leaves completely hid her.
“Untie the bag, Mr. Fox, untie the bag!” the cat called to him. But the dogs had already caught him and held him tight.
“Oh, Mr. Fox,” the cat called, “you are stuck with your hundred arts. If you could have climbed up like me, your life wouldn't be in danger!”

Book Recommendation

"Do What You Love", Author: Andrew Matthews

Short Description:
One of my favorite books and truly written for everyone. It conveys with simple and clear words, with wit and humor, how to:

• Get to a point where you do work you enjoy.
• Learn to accept yourself and others.
• Find your inner balance.
• How people think who succeed in life.
• Why wealthy people come into money.
• How losers behave and how to avoid doing the same.

Purpose: A book for the bedside, where you can repeatedly read some of the superbly illustrated pages and thus fill yourself with positive vibes. Also a great gift.

The book can be ordered here.

General information

info@landsiedel-seminare.de
Stephan Landsiedel