Contents - what’s in your newsletter this month:
- The Politics of Happiness
- Beale’s Podcast
- July NLP Taster and Future Dates
- Therapy and Coaching Cyber Conference
- The NLP Leadership Conference | Contributors wanted
- A Useful Guide to NLP for Coaches | Extract 3
- NLP Definition of the Month | Time Distortion
- And Finally…
The Politics of Happiness
This book has got me thinking more than any book I’ve read recently! I strongly recommend you get Derek Bok’s book, ‘The Politics of Happiness’ on your reading list.
Derek, a former Harvard President, attempts to make sense of the thousands of studies that have been carried out on the subject of happiness. He then looks at how governments might take into account the findings, the implications of which are fascinating.
While any summary is going to be a huge generalisation, these are some of the findings.
Factors which are related to happiness:
- Higher income
- Being married
- Good social relationships
- Employment and trusting the company you work for
- Perceived health, which is not related to ‘measured’ heath such as blood pressure and cholesterol measurements
- Religious beliefs and life purpose
- Quality of Government, particularly personal and economic freedom
The book does not answer the question, which comes first?
- Do people have good social relationships because they are happy?
- Or are they happy because they have good social relationships?
- Or, if it’s a mix, which is more important?
Beale’s Podcast
We are having a break from new podcasts this month, but you can access each of the 64 previous ones from our free NLP Podcast feed. We have some excellent guests lined up for the future, so keep coming back to visit!
July NLP Taster (Worth £120) and Future dates
We have our next NLP taster evening on 20th July 2010 in Milton Keynes. They’re free and fun. Find out more by clicking this link: NLP Taster Evenings. You can register for your place at Seminar registrations.
Therapy and Coaching Cyber Conference
Want to find out the latest thoughts on therapy and coaching from 24 top therapists and coaches around the world?
Find out more here: Solutions | A cyber conference on effectiveness in therapy and coaching.
There is a 100% no quibble guarantee, so you aren’t taking any risk in purchasing access to the material.
Presenters include:
- Stephen Gilligan
- Stephen Lankton
- Bill O’Hanlon
- Michael Yapko
- Jeffrey Zigg
- ...and many more
Please note that while there are many similarities the presenters are therapists and coaches and not NLPers. It’s interesting to compare what’s similar and what’s different.
The NLP Leadership Conference | Contributors wanted
I’m very impressed with the customer and business model behind the therapy and coaching cyber conference, from both the end customers’ and contributors’ viewpoints.
I’ve therefore teamed up with US colleague Ryan Nagy and we’re developing our own NLP Leadership Conference for launch late summer. Contributors receive a 50% of any sales through their affiliate code.
If you have any genuinely useful NLP material that could be included and you would like to be a contributor please call me. You can see a very draft mock up of the home page from: NLP Leadership Conference
A Useful Guide to NLP for Coaches | Extract 3
You can read the second extract from our eBook here: A useful Guide to NLP for coaches Extract 3 which includes:
- Ethics in NLP
- How do I use this eBook?
Feel free to comment if you’re a member of our forum. And it’s free to join if you’re not!
You can buy the book from the following link: A Useful Guide to NLP for Coaches.
We will shortly be bringing out a DVD companion to our ‘A Useful Guide to Coaches’ ebook. You can see and listen to a short extract here: NLP Coaching Video | Coaching Framework.
NLP Definition of the Month: Time Distortion
Time distortion is the subjective temporal experience that differs from 'objective' clock time.
We can subjectively slow or speed time up. For example, after driving at high speed on a motorway for several hours and then turning off and having to drive slowly on a town road, time often appears to go very slowly.
You can see more definitions by following this link: NLP Training: Glossary A-Z.
And Finally...
One of my paradoxes for success is big vision, strong direction and yet small, enjoyable steps. Once you’ve created a momentum, it is easy to speed up.
Michael, 28th May 2010
Any questions? Just give me a call on +44 (0) 1908 506 563.
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