Getting outcomes with NLP

Prior to NLP therapy was not result oriented process Rogerian psychology would be generally be a outcome less therapy. It was the process of saying ‘I hear you are saying you are upset’ this of course would not lead to a result.

Now is NLP we want to know the out come. So the first point is to know your outcome this can be as in a business plan with what you what to accomplish. The next point is to take action this would mean you need to do something about your plan, not just make a plan. Given this you now need to have Sensory acuity. This is the process of looking seeing and taking note of the world around you so that you can be aware to what you are achieving towards your outcome. Then by having the very best behavioural flexibility you are able to adapt to the environment around you to keep on the task of getting the outcome that you want.

After all that you just have to make sure you operate from a physiology and psychology of excellence this means you think about what you want.

The principles of how do you create the right internal repinsentational in your head are also very important. You need to understand the state v goals process. Sometimes people write goals that includes state “so when I accomplish X I will be happy”. The problem with this is the issue of happiness from an NLP point of view is that it is a state and since it’s a state we can have it immediately. To feel happy all you have to do is remember a time when you were happy. Here’s the thing about writing a goal for a state you probably feel pretty good right? So you put something in the future like in 6 months from now I’ll be happy. The problem from an NLP point view is you could be happy right now, so value or a state is stated ambiguously.

Where as a goal or outcome is usually stated specifically with a goal it defiantly needs to be stated specifically. You can have a value or a state now and with a goal or outcome time is involved. Confidence and competence are different things Time is involved in the process getting a goal or outcome Value or state there are no steps Goal or outcome – steps needed to get there, one way is getting the final step and working backwards. A value or state is infinite or not really measurable Goal or outcome is measurable. Value or state can be stated for self and or/ others therefore goals or outcomes are generally stated for self only.

Fully consider the questions I’m about to ask you. What is the goal you want to achieve from the end state? What is it you are looking for terms in of own personal accomplishment? What will that goal look like? What will it sound like? What will it feel like? Specifically very specifically.

So the way this all works together is , if you are specific about your goals and your goals meet all the criteria that we just outlined, that they’re specific, specifically enough that you can get a outcome. Let me talk a little bit about specifically stated specifically enough so that you know when you’ve got them.
Sometimes people write a goal of I want to be happy, or wouldn’t this be a great idea if this happened ,or wouldn’t this be a great idea if we “broke even” but specifically that’s not the solution just breaking even doesn’t give you enough to pay back previous debt and why not make a little money. So having a clear outcome is very important.

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Category : NLP Practioner Articles Posted on July 12, 2009