32 Part I: Introducing NLP
Final Words on Presuppositions: Suck Them and See
Test the presuppositions presented in this chapter for yourself by behaving
as if the generalisations are true. Practise those that you find particularly
useful until they become second nature. While trying out the NLP presupposi-
tions, make a list and pick one each day, and live by it for one day. Then pick
another one for the next day. You can then find, suddenly, that you’re living
the presuppositions and ‘the living is easier’!
One great way to increase your understanding of NLP is to explore your basic
assumptions, or presuppositions, about life. Whatever you currently think
about different people and problems, how you communicate, and what’s
important, sometimes taking a new perspective can help by triggering new
action or behaviour.
No correct response exists to any of these presuppositions. As you get a fla-
vour for each one in turn, consider it carefully. You don’t have to agree with
them all. You can simply try them on for size and see, hear, and feel what
happens.
