Beale's Business NLP, Coaching, Sales and Attraction Newsletter - October 2009

Hi, here’s your October 2009 newsletter from UK NLP trainer Michael Beale of PPI… bringing you valuable hints, tips and information on business NLP, coaching, sales, networking and attraction.


Contents: what’s in your newsletter this month

• Beale’s Podcasts

• The Structure of Delight

• NLP Benefits and a free NLP Taster

• Most Popular Richard Bandler NLP DVD Set

• NLP Video: Unlocking Creativity

• NLP Definition of the Month: Time distortion

• Thought on Twitter

• And Finally…

Beale’s Podcasts

This month I talk to two of our practitioners about company and organisational change. In very interesting interviews:

• Ray Jardine, currently CEO of the Quad Group, talks about how to downsize AND maintain morale and motivation

• Lana Holman, HR and Strategy and Policy Manager for West Oxfordshire District Council, talks about successful change in Local Government

You can listen and read to the podcasts by following these links Ray Jardine, Downsizing while maintaining motivation and Lana Holman, managing change in Local Government. Hope you enjoy them! Do let me know what you think.

The Structure of Delight

I meant to read Nelson Zink’s The Structure of Delight many, many years ago and finally read it last week. While a bit ‘new age’ and part ‘hero’s journey’, it genuinely is a treasure trove of subtle, nature-based metaphors adaptable for clientele or personal growth. I felt I’d been on both a holiday and on an adventure after reading it.

The Structure of Delight is NOT an NLP book as such but, like NLP, it is about the power of subjective experience… and, as the editorial review suggests, you can remind yourself that wherever you are, the mind is open to change, learning and delight.

Nelson also makes a very useful suggestion about how to develop our internal dialogue (how we speak to ourselves). As well as maintaining a friendly tone, start off by saying ‘I am…’ and ‘I want…’ and add other ideas with the word ‘and’. For example I’m Michael and I want to earn lots of money and while doing so genuinely help others achieve what’s important to them…

And continually test to find out what voice tone, words and structure of words honestly works for you. It’s what works for you that counts - not what may or not work for other people, or what other people may or may not think.

You can also click on the following link to read about our recommended NLP books.

NLP Benefits and Foundation

Do you want reminding as to the benefits of NLP? I’ve posted a short summary on the benefits of NLP here. Please feel to agree or disagree if you’re a forum member. If you’re not yet a member, do sign up!

We have two taster evenings coming up early next year and we’re now taking bookings for:

• Milton Keynes on the 21st January

• London on the 26th January

They’re free and fun, and great for anyone from a total beginner to an experienced NLPer. Places fill quickly, so do register early through this link: seminar dates and offers.

We will be significantly increasing some of our prices for new bookings next year, so take the opportunity now to register early for any of next year’s courses – just click on this link: seminar dates and offers.

Most Popular Richard Bandler NLP DVD Set

We’re now able to offer a UK version of ‘Class of a Master’ – it’s a limited time offer of £120 for the four DVD set.

The international version is much more, at £225. It’s a superb set and great value, even at the international price.

NLP Video: Unlocking Creativity

Want to unlock more creativity? Watch and listen to a short video where I take Liam Beale through a short creativity exercise. You may find that it has the same impact on you. Or it may not… but you won’t know unless you listen to it. Just click on this link: Unlocking Creativity.

NLP Definition of the Month: Time Distortion

Time distortion is a subjective temporal experience that is different from ‘objective time’. Often, when we’re enjoying ourselves, time goes quickly; when we’re bored, it appears to go slowly. Like many hypnotic phenomena, the idea is to take something that occurs naturally and use it in a situation where it’s more useful to us.

A natural example of time distortion is where we’ve been driving on the motorway for hours and then leave and come to a 20 mph speed limit... Time literally seems to slow down. As you remember the experience you will be learning to distort (your perception of) time.

Thoughts on Twitter

I’ve recently changed my mind over the use of Twitter. I now realise it’s a very good way of letting people who are interested in you find out what you’re doing, and similarly to find out what people who particularly interest you are doing themselves. And it’s free.

I’m just a bit curious about those that ‘tweet’ every hour or so – don’t they have something better to do?

I’ve also noticed that my contacts on Twitter are often very different to, say, subscribers to this newsletter, or my connections on LinkedIn. My objective is to give anyone that wants to stay in touch a variety of ways of doing it.

If you want to, you can follow me on Twitter through this link: Follow me on Twitter.

Or connect to me on LinkedIn, where I’m bealemj

And Finally

Thank you for reading this newsletter. Continue finding new ways of doing what’s important for you.

Next month, I’m planning to launch our new NLP, hypnosis and personal development DVD, CD, Video, Podcast and Download Website. We will have a whole plethora of exciting new products, videos and downloads.

Michael, 26th September 2009

Any questions? Just give me a call on +44 (0) 1908 506 563.

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