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A teaching tale for NLP Trainers about the limits of how we see the world, and 'the map is not the territory' - The Ultimate Map!

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A quick trailer for the new Positive Change Methods podcast - all about Appreciative Inquiry and related change methods

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Sometimes, as a coach, I’ve asked someone what their goal is and they say something like “I want to be […]

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Self-esteem, self-confidence, self-doubt. What are they? Everyone will have their own slightly different definition. Steve Andreas’ brilliant book Transforming Your […]

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A quick clear-up of the remaining Meta Model patterns – find the others here. Simple Deletions We can identify a […]

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These are simply verbs that aren’t as specific or clear as you need them to be. They count as ‘Deletions‘ […]

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Why ‘Deletions’? ‘Deletions’ are where the speaker has left some information out. If that information is important, either because it’s […]

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Modal What Now? Because the patterns in the Meta Model were originally identified and named based on John Grinder’s academic […]

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We’re on to a new set of language patterns in NLP’s Meta Model – Generalisations! The previous category of patterns, […]

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