Presuppositions of NLP

Below is a list of convenient assumptions that underlie the use of NLP. They are basic precepts that the practitioner needs to incorporate into their interactions with their clients in order for the NLP techniques to be effective. They also need to be demonstrated in those interactions. For example, it is not enough for the practitioner to accept no 5, they must also convey this belief to the client.

1. 1. Respect for the other person’s model of the world.
   2. Behaviour and change are to be evaluated in terms of context, and ecology
   3. Resistancein a client is a Sign of a lack of rapport. (There are no resistant clients, only inflexible communicators. Effective communicators accept and utilize all communication presented to them.)
   4. People are not their behaviours. (Accept the person; change the behaviour.)
   5. Everyone is doing the best they can with the resources they have available. (Behaviour is geared for adaptation, and present behaviour is the best choice available. Every behaviour is motivated by a positive intent.)
   6. Calibrate on Behaviour: The most important information about a person is that person’s behaviour.
   7. The map is not the Territory. (The words we use are NOT the event or the item they represe)
   8. You are in charge of your mind, and therefore your results (and I am also in charge of my mind and therefore my results).
   9. People have all the Resources they need to succeed and to achieve their desired outcomes. (There are no unresourceful people, only unresourceful states.)
   10. All procedures should increase Wholeness 
   11. There is ONLY feedback! (There is no failure, only feedback.)
   12. The meaning of communication is the Response you get.
   13. The Law of Requisite Variety: (The system/person with the most flexibility of behaviour will control the system.)
   14. All procedures should be designed to increase choice

 

1. There is ONLY feedback! (There is no failure, only feedback.)

 

2. The meaning of communication is the Response you get.

 

3. The Law of Requisite Variety: (The system/person with the most flexibility of behaviour will control the system.)

 

4. All procedures should be designed to increase choice