Chapter 21
Chapter 21: Ten Applications of NLP
In This Chapter
▶ Taking your new-found skills into the world
▶ Making NLP work for you in all areas of your lifeW
e find daily applications for NLP in our work as professional coaches,
consultants, and trainers. Also, at home with family and friends, NLP
influences how we think and behave. So, how can you use NLP in your life?
In this chapter, we present ten practical suggestions that we hope get you
curious about how you can apply the contents of this book right now.
Remember that these points are only suggestions: you choose what makes a
difference for you and the people you connect with.Developing Yourself
Personal development is a massive arena, because people are searching for
meaning and contentment in an unpredictable world. When you read this
book, we hope that you take away this one lesson: NLP offers a means for you
to learn, grow, and develop yourself, and you can choose whether the ideas
fit for you, or not. In addition, you can use NLP to coach and help others too,
in which case you need to stay strong and healthy yourself so that you can
be an authentic role model.The NLP toolkit offers a collection of models and exercises, as well as
encouraging an inquisitive mindset, which allows you to do the following:✓ Choose your most resourceful emotional state and use anchors, a
mental technique to access and hold that good state when you’re feeling
challenged. You progress best when you feel safe enough to have a go
at something new. To explore how to set and fire anchors, look at
Chapter 9.
✓ Guide your thinking in different ways using the assumptions on which
NLP is based: check out Chapter 2 for more on these NLP presuppositions.