Episodes
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
What thinking inside the box can mean for you
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
Sunday Jul 01, 2018
When you're stuck, it can feel like the walls are closing in on you. There's not enough room to move and no good options. You want to think outside the box, but all you can see or feel is the box.
Let Linda guide you through an experience that will change the way you experience the box and it's place in the world. Thinking inside the box is more fun - and more productive - than you might expect.
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Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Prepare for the influence you want to have
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Is there a conversation you need to have or a presentation you need to make so that you can influence change? The only reason for communicating is so that someone can take an action they might not have taken without your words. Use this recording to mentally rehearse so that you prime yourself for the state, the connection, and the effect you want to have.
Sunday Apr 30, 2017
The 4 Keys to Achievement
Sunday Apr 30, 2017
Sunday Apr 30, 2017
The Cambridge English Dictionary says that an achievement is "something very good and difficult that you succeed in doing." Take 12 minutes to explore the 4 keys to achievement that will reliably allow you to do the right thing when you know what the right thing is.
Friday Oct 14, 2016
Strategies: How to Recognize Them, Model Them and Change Them
Friday Oct 14, 2016
Friday Oct 14, 2016
A strategy is a set of perceptions and behaviours that occur in a particular sequence to reliably achieve a specific result. Any reliable result is generated by a strategy - even if it is a bad habit or a response you don't find useful. The way to change a result is to alter at least one element in the strategy so that the strategy can no longer function to get that result.
Friday Jul 22, 2016
Suggestions can be more powerful than commands
Friday Jul 22, 2016
Friday Jul 22, 2016
Listen to this episode to discover how easily you are led to accept ideas that come from a trusted source in a relationship you value. Whether you are making or taking suggestions, it's appropriate to also take a deep breath and ask yourself: is this really what I want? how much of this motivation is a desire to stay connected? what else do I want now?
Monday Mar 14, 2016
Mindful limits: How language helps you find the edges of your pain
Monday Mar 14, 2016
Monday Mar 14, 2016
This exercise takes less than 10 minutes to demonstrate that mindful attention in response to language allows you to find the edge to your experience of pain. As you do, you'll find your breathing settles, your mind clears, and you develop the ability to choose to focus on your pain or to focus on what is on the other side of the edges of your pain. And if you do focus on your pain, you will find that human focus blurs, so that paying attention to only one thing creates a sense of calm and space, even when what you give your focus is painful at first. And you will notice that on the other side of the edges of your pain, you are calm and centred and you have what you need to move forward.
Monday Jan 25, 2016
Mastering Language: It's not what you think
Monday Jan 25, 2016
Monday Jan 25, 2016
What do you think it takes to master language? Have you been looking for new vocabulary so that you will have the very best words? Maybe you've been searching for a script or formula to memorize so that you will always pull out just the right words at just the right moment. Somewhere, you suspect that this isn't quite right.
Tuesday Nov 03, 2015
4 Chairs: Shift Perspectives to Shift a Problem
Tuesday Nov 03, 2015
Tuesday Nov 03, 2015
Maybe you're stuck. You've been hurt or disappointed and you don't know what to do next. You're reaching for something you can't quite define. You're doing well, but you've hit the edge of your interest and there's no clear path ahead.
Friday Jun 19, 2015
Better problem solving begins with difference
Friday Jun 19, 2015
Friday Jun 19, 2015
It's a well-known saying in NLP: "difference is the difference that makes a difference." Learn how connecting with a diverse group of people can help you to see the new information that will make a difference in solving your problem. You need a safe space, a shared interest and a group of people committed to holding their own perspectives and integrity.
Saturday Dec 06, 2014
Go with Desire: The Keynote from HOPE 2014
Saturday Dec 06, 2014
Saturday Dec 06, 2014
This is a shorter version of Linda Ferguson's 2014 Keynote at the HOPE Symposium: Go with Desire. It's an exploration of what it means to "want it" enough to endure and excel. Using the tools of NLP, Linda uncovers desire as an unconscious drive that creates different high-performance states and explores the consequences of dampening down desire to make other people more comfortable.