NLP Email Training 09

Quote

“Things do not change; we change.”

Henry David Thoreau

perceptual channels
VAKOG (1) – visual, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and gustatory

In NLP, we assume that people have different dominant perception channels. Some people prefer visual experiences (V), others auditory (A), and still others kinesthetic (K). In our culture here in Germany and Europe, we predominantly find visual and auditory people. The two other sensory channels: smelling (olfactory, O) and tasting (gustatory, G) are very rarely the main perception channels. Of course, most people fundamentally have access to all perception channels. By pacing the perception channels of another person, we expand our own perception – we become more flexible. Furthermore, we gain access to the other person's world model – we can establish rapport.

Exercise for this week

a) Pay attention for one day to which channel (seeing, hearing, feeling, smelling, tasting) you receive the most information from your environment.

b) Pay attention to your thought processes. Do you think more in images, in words, or in feelings? Or a combination? Remember your last vacation. What do you think of first? The beach, the palm trees, or do you immediately feel the hot sand beneath you, or does your memory perhaps start with the sound of the waves?

c) Invent a little story and give yourself the task of using as many words from a specific system as possible, e.g., first visually, later perhaps kinesthetically.

d) Translate the following sentences into another representation system of your choice: “That looks really great!”, “This person evokes a fantastic feeling in me.”, “Your suggestion sounds very good.”

Supplementary Links

Our five senses »»»
Listen to what VAKOG means and how the dominant perception channels can be recognized.

Perception Channels »»»
Information about the visual and acoustic world.

Metaphor of the Week

Once upon a time, there was a wonderful oasis. It was green in a splendor that could hardly be more beautiful. One day, the oasis looked around but saw nothing but the desert surrounding it. It searched in vain for its kind and became very sad. Loudly, it began to lament: “I, the unfortunate, lonely oasis! I must remain alone! Nowhere is my kind. Nowhere is anyone who takes joy in me and my splendor. Nothing but the sad, sandy, rocky, lifeless desert surrounds me. What good are all my advantages and riches here in my abandonment?”

Then the old and wise mother desert spoke: “My child, if it were different and not I – the sad, dry desert – surrounding you, but if everything around you were blooming, green, and magnificent, then you would not be an oasis. You would then not be a favored spot, of which travelers would speak admiringly from afar. You would then be just a small part of me and remain unnoticed. Therefore, endure patiently what is the condition of your distinction and your fame!”

Book Recommendation

Sensory Intelligence
Author: Thomas Rückerl

Short Description:
This book offers targeted training for your sensory perception and strengthens your individual intelligence. It shows how sensory stimuli influence your perception, communication, and decision-making ability – and how you can consciously control them to live more successfully and fulfillingly. “Sensory Intelligence” conveys the connection between body, mind, and emotion and opens up new perspectives for holistic self-management.

Here the book can be ordered.

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