NLP At Work : The Difference That Makes the Difference in Business

For me this is an exciting memory, also a slightly scary one.

What I have illustrated below is the way I represent that memory

and I can, if I choose, change any part of it in the way I think about

it. I can turn up the brightness. I can imagine the teacher saying

different words. I can change the order of the thoughts.

Now imagine tomorrow at work. What does your

imagination conjure up for you? Successes? Problems?

Satisfaction? Frustrations? Does your imagination create for

you a representation of the “tomorrow” that you would like to

have? It's all a “con trick” of the mind—so why not “con”

yourself positively? You can change these representations so

that you have the imagined day that you want to have.

Turn this:

254 NLP AT WORK

First day at

secondary

school

Noise of so

many pupils

talking at once

How will I ever

get to know

everyone?

Picture of the

school

Coolness of

the assembly

hall

Teacher says,

"Welcome to

Aigburth Vale

grammar school.

This is a milestone

in your life."

Arrive

late Boss

makes a

sarcastic

comment

Get

behind

on your

work Miss

lunch Afternoon

of rushing

around Arrive home

fed up and

tired