NLP notes part three

NLP notes part three

Developing a grand vision

• set your interests/ values/ abilities
• focus on Heroes/ role models
• direct a mind movie of yourself
• recall your deepest values
• ask for help from your heroes wisdom ( read biographies - contact them)
• do what it takes

 

write down where you want to be (go)/ what you want to be/ who you want to be

Finding a specific direction for your grand vision

 

• make a proposal - create an image in your minds eye
• add special effects - add music / lighting to images
• formulate a sentence that sums up your vision in a phrase
• include values/ principles
• feel the feeling
• step into the mission's direction/ take the next step
• persist - keep cycling through it

 

Align yourself with the Mission

  ·         question yourself - do your actions match your vision and direction/ why not?
·         negotiate with the parts of yourself that object - find a way to meet it
·         remember your time here is finite, do not live a life less than you want
·         find reasons to continue
·         persist

 
Goals

we earn a living by the money we make, but we make a life by the services we provide

mission oriented goals are worth achieving and lead to meaningful action, and those action lead to a meaningful life

Discovering your mission

a mission is a sense of purpose that lures you into your future. It unifies your beliefs, actions, and your sense of who you are.

Exercise

 

Go back in time to when you were small and everyone was big, and you are learning all the time. Words every day, new things, new wiring, remember you have 15 billion brain cells and you can hear 1600 frequencies, your eyes can see a single photon - these abilities can be applied to learn in many ways. Now picture yourself as a system of functional capabilities unrivaled in the known universe.

 

You are a learning machine

Finding your Passion

• tap inner excitement - what is it you do that you love so much you would do for free
• Know your passions/ desires/ loves
• Focus on those people you admire - why and how
• Persist

 

John Wooden:

Be true to yourself
make everyday a masterpiece
help others
drink deeply from books
make friendship an art
build a shelter against a rainy day
pray for guidance

Values/ Principles

Think of some of your interests
determine your values/ principles
list the values - they must be your deepest values
what is the one deepest value

 

3 ways to find values
when someone violates them and you are upset
something makes you happy
deep inner thought/ meditation