50 NLP AT WORK
Questionnaire: Identify your filters
The aim of this questionnaire is for you to identify any characteristic patterns in the filters in the way you
think. It is also a way for you to begin to identify which filters you might want to develop in order to
increase your overall flexibility and influence.
There are no rights and wrongs to the questionnaire. You may find that you already have a very flexible
style in your thinking or that there are some areas it would be useful to strengthen.
The questions vary in style, so follow the instructions. Do each question in turn and answer with
whatever comes to mind as you read it. Your immediate, “off the top of the head” answer is the most
appropriate. There is a key to analyzing your answers at the end of the questionnaire.
Answer the following questions for each area that is relevant to you.1 Think of yourself exercising. Be aware of what you are thinking before you answer the following
questions. Tick the thoughts that either match or are most like those that came to mind. Tick as many
of the answers as are relevant (it might be one or all six).
a Getting fit/feeling good about the physical aspects of yourself.
bAvoiding injury/what might be a problem and how you want to avoid that.
c Having a sense of personal achievement.
d Losing weight.
e Enjoying the environment/the company of other people/the experience.
fTaking your mind off the pressure of work/getting away from problems.2 When you think of changing your job, which of the following are you most likely to think about?
a The kind of work you would most like to do.
b The situations and people you don’t like and want to avoid.
c The satisfaction you will get from doing what you want.
d The frustrations you experience currently and leaving those behind.
e The things that your current job doesn’t give you.
f The kind of work that satisfies your needs and how a new job might provide that.3 When you make a decision to go on holiday, which of the following do you do?
a Think of the problems of organizing a holiday or what might be difficult to arrange.
b Begin to imagine yourself on holiday; transport yourself there in your mind ahead of time.
c Think of what your holiday will be like.
d Remind yourself of all the benefits of taking a holiday.
e Think of some of the problems you have experienced on previous holidays.
f Think of everything you have to do first.