Client’s Two Levels of Need
When clients (or people in general) focus on satisfying their lower needs—such as survival, safety, social belonging, and feeling accepted among peers—they are essentially coping with their basic needs.
These are
Your Beliefs / Your Epistemology
Dr. Michael Hall explains that when people engage in representational thinking, or even in the next higher level—editorial thinking—their process is direct and immediate. This is a primary state of
Optimistic Thinking for Pessimists
Can Pessimists Really Change?
Are you a pessimist? Do you tend to look on the darker side of things? The good news is—there’s hope for you. Optimism and pessimism are simply
Re-Thinking Feedback
They say that feedback is the “breakfast of champions.” If that’s true, then feedback is the energy that fuels champions to perform at their very best. Every time we perform,
Permission vs. Prohibition Thinking
One important aspect of decision-making is the way we think about permission and prohibition.
Prohibition thinking means you taboo, ban, forbid, or disallow certain things in your life. These could be
Thinking as Considering – The First Step in True Thinking
It all began with a story about fishing.
Two brothers were discussing the strategies needed to become a successful fisherman. One spoke about the importance of thinking, prompting the other to
When One-Minute Managers Do Problem-Solving
At its core, the role of a manager is to manage people and problems so that the company can deliver value—whether it’s through products, services, or information. That means solving
Empowerment in a Chaotic World: A Fresh Look at NLP and Human Potential
In the ever-evolving landscape of self-development and psychology, few movements have had as profound an impact as the Human Potential Movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Spearheaded by pioneers like
The Overlooked Secret: NLP as a Modern Phenomenology
There is a little-known secret about Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), a secret that even many students of NLP do not realize. This secret provides a deeper definition of NLP itself: NLP
You Can’t Live Any Better Than You Think
In Neuro-Semantics, we often say: The quality of your thinking is the quality of your life. This powerful idea extends far beyond just feeling good — it shapes the quality