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So You Want More Control?

Welcome back after a summer break. Today's episode is about how to get more control: control of yourself, control of your situation, control of what other people will do or notice.

The person with the best choices has the most control. Learn how to change your thinking so you have better choices available to you.

A short exercise in breathing big and becoming centred

You're not really the centre of the world. But you are the centre of your world, the centre that perceives and experiences and connects.

If you're tired, for the moment, of good advice and choices to make and to-do lists to accomplish, then stop for a few minutes and breathe with me.

Better problem solving begins with difference

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. 

Music as a model of better conversations

We often talk as though our voice always sings solo. Most of the time, voice is at its best when you make conversation the way musicians make music together. Listen to this, then take another 5 or 6 minutes to listen to a group or quartet playing music you like. Listen as if you were playing one of the parts. Let what you learn guide the way you enter your next conversation.

To find your voice, begin in silence

In this episode, Linda introduces the reasons it is so hard to hear your own voice. Language is always carried by a voice, in writing or in speaking. To find the voice that works best for you, you need to separate your own voice from the voices around you and the voices you carry in your head. When you make space in your life for silence, you can begin to focus on separating out your voice from the contagious voices around you and the voices of influencers that you carry within you.

Learn how attention to strength grows optimism

This exercise takes a little more than 5 minutes to move your attention from wanting a strength to noticing that strength to expecting to find that strength in yourself and others. When you focus on how you experience a strength you would like to grow, you discover many different signs that strength exists in you and others. You also shift your focus from wanting to discovering, which builds the optimism that builds success.

Reframing "I wish I didn't" to make change happen

In this short podcast, Linda Ferguson shares a favourite place to start a coaching session. Many people arrive with something they want to change. If you find yourself saying "I wish I didn't. . . ." you can turn it around by changing the frame. Instead, just say "I wonder why I . . . " And then really wonder, exploring benefits and relationships and contexts. You'll find that you are on the path to change before you know it.

Do you hate selling? Learn to prepare, engage and mobilize

We call our sales course I Hate to Sell. People who love to sell, who find joy and connection and satisfaction in selling don't need a course. They need to sell. 

Everyone else can benefit from conditioning themselves to follow five steps that engage their best selves in the process of selling to others. Take five minutes and feel energized, motivated and ready for your next sales call.

Your best state for top performance

If athletes require focus, movement and breath to perform at high levels, then you and your team need focus, movement and breath to work through challenges or to solve complex problems. When you are relaxed and ready, your equipment works at its best and you have the Aha! moments that make all the difference.

Why do people study NLP at NLP Canada Training?

What do people get from studying NLP? At NLP Canada Training, people don't come for a quick fix or tools for controlling other people's thoughts. They don't even come to build a sales practice or business or to improve their coaching toolkit (that happens). 

People come to NLP Canada Training when:

• What I am doing doesn't satisfy me. 
• I am tired of being stressed and scared.
• I feel scattered. I need some traction.

Learn how NLP Canada Training provides the space and the support for great people to find what they need to move forward with greater satisfaction.