Posts Tagged ‘nlp and selling’

Is Failure the Secret to Success?

Posted on December 15th, 2009 by Joe Soto

If you’ve attended an NLP training or you’ve read any NLP books you’ve learned (and possibly adopted) the presupposition that there is “no such thing as failure, only feedback.”
In this video, it’s suggested that you can fail your way to success. It’s powerful and motivating. Watch it and enjoy, Joe.

How to Master Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) Skills

Posted on December 15th, 2009 by Joe Soto

I often get asked, “How do I master my NLP skills?”
Answer: “One bite at a time.”
Sharpening your sensory experience, paying attention to all the non-verbals you may not have been consciously aware of before, mastering your state, establishing rapport on multiple levels, using the meta-model, listening to sensory predicates signaling representational systems, identifying metaprograms, eliciting [...]

Are All NLP Trainers Created Equal?

Posted on December 15th, 2009 by Joe Soto

There really isn’t just one governing body with a universal list of established competencies that one has to demonstrate in order to “earn certification” in NLP. There are several certifying organizations and they all have their own criteria for “NLP” certification.
This means there are many different levels of “NLP Practitioners” out there claiming different levels [...]

Does NLP Give Us Insight Into Detecting Lies?

Posted on December 10th, 2009 by Joe Soto

One of the foundational skills of NLP that you begin to hone in NLP Practitioner training (and beyond) is that of pattern detection. Once your sensory acuity sharpens, you can start to apply your new pattern detection skills in a variety of ways.
One of them is in identifying when someone is lying.
A person’s mouth is [...]

The Lost Art of Paying Attention

Posted on June 29th, 2009 by Joe Soto

We all have a certain degree of sensory awareness and we all use some of it to gain information about others.  Through experience you develop the skill to predict, often with great accuracy, how people will respond to certain communications.  
You can be more acutely aware of sensory feedback by increasing the number of perceptual doors that [...]

Can Quoting Someone Make You More Persuasive?

Posted on June 18th, 2009 by Joe Soto

One of the top persuasion expert in the world told me once, “The Quotes Strategy is an excellent persuasive strategy. It bypassess a person’s conscious resistance because the message apparently does not come from the speaker. It apparently comes from a distant, harmless third party. Therefore, it’s more readily accepted by the unconscious mind.”
THAT is [...]