NLP Email Training 46

Quote

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

Proverb

Modeling

The topic of "Modeling" is the heart of NLP. The founders developed a process that made it possible to copy the best communication strategies from world-class communicators and thus learn from these brilliant people easily and quickly. This process is called Modeling of Excellence. It is about identifying peak performances and making them available for oneself or others.

In this lesson, I introduce you to the modeling strategy of Robert Dilts. Robert Dilts is one of the most significant co-developers of NLP and the author of numerous foundational NLP works.

Exercise for This Week

1. Determine skill: Determine the desired skill or ability to be modeled, as well as the person(s) who possess this ability.
2. Collect examples: Create a situation or context in which you get at least three different specific examples from the people you want to model, showing how they demonstrate the desired skill.
   
   a) Use the following perception filters to identify the critical factors in each example:
   • Access cues
   • Language patterns – Meta-model, predicates, etc.
   • Physiology
   • Representation systems, strategies, and submodalities
   • Meta-program patterns
   • Beliefs and values
   • Logical levels
   b) Determine which factors are the same in all three examples.
3. Find counterexample: Find at least one counterexample – i.e., another person or other people (including yourself) who are unable to adequately demonstrate the skill, or situations where the model was unable to adequately demonstrate the skill. Determine the critical factors of the counterexample using the same filters as in step 2a.
4. Comparison: Compare the critical factors in the three successful examples with the critical factors in the counterexample(s). Note the significant differences.
5. Adjustment: Change all significant critical factors of the counterexample so that they match the significant critical factors of the successful examples until you achieve the desired behavior or results in individuals or situations.
   
   If changing these factors does not lead to the desired result, then find other more suitable or stronger examples to model and repeat the process from step 4 onwards until the desired behavior or result is achieved.
6. Change factors: Now begin to change the critical factors that contributed to achieving the desired behavior or result, one by one.
   
   a) Find the limit by determining how far you can change the factor before it changes the result.
   b) Principle of elegance: Find the minimum number of factors necessary to achieve the desired behavior or results.

Not quite easy! Admittedly, there's a lot of NLP in this. The modeling process is extensively covered in NLP master training. It is a crucial tool for our lives because it enables us to learn at an unprecedented speed. It is worth your while to delve deeper into it.

Supplementary links

Audio:
The Origin of Modeling >>>
How Richard Bandler and John Grinder used modeling themselves.

Text:
The Development of Modeling >>>
Learn more about it here.

Metaphor of the Week
Water Drop

A single water drop splashed from the depths of a spring and fell into the water of a small stream. This merged with a brook, which in turn flowed into a river. The river eventually flowed into the sea – and the sea became part of the ocean.

The water drop knew nothing of its destination yet. It only knew – like millions of other water drops – that their path would be the same, even if each drop would take it in its own way. This commonality connected it with the others and distinguished it at the same time.

One day, the water drop began to think. "What am I actually useful for?" it asked itself. "And when will I reach my destination?"

It asked its question to a trout swimming in the river. The trout smiled and said:
"You will have reached your destination when you are no longer a water drop."

"And when will that be?" the drop asked further.

"You will feel it," answered the trout. "Stronger than the salt in the ocean's water. It will set you free – and at the same time, you will no longer be yourself."

"What will I be then?" the water drop wanted to know.

"You might become a cloud," said the trout, "if many like you want to become a cloud. Or you will become ice if many like you want to become ice."

"How do I know if the others also want what I want?" asked the little drop again.

"Mhm," the trout pondered. "You'll notice when the time comes. Until then, don't worry about it. Just let it flow – down the mountain, through the valley. God has given us this path, and he certainly won't make it a second time."

The water drop let itself drift and thought:
"Who is actually God? Where can I find him? ... Or is not every single water drop a God?"

Book Recommendation

Modeling with NLP. The training manual for the NLP modeling process
Author: Robert B. Dilts

Short Description:
This book is about the NLP modeling process and its application to the study of successful leadership skills.

The first part of this book is dedicated to defining the principles and tools necessary for successful modeling. The second part focuses on the application of NLP modeling techniques. Examples are provided of how NLP has been applied to identify specific cognitive, linguistic, and behavioral skills used by leaders to master challenging situations.

Enjoy this exploratory journey into the skills that will help create our desired future.

Here the book can be ordered: Now at Amazon

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