I started my NLP course last week and I wanted to share an insight into some of the content that relates nicely to our industry and clients achieving their goals.
A well-formed outcome, which is essentially a goal in better quality more detailed clothing! However, the process followed to get to it is more holistic in terms of what senses and thoughts we engage to creating it – stay with me here!
Let me step you through the process so you can take this with you and use with your clients.
A well-formed outcome, which is essentially a goal in better quality more detailed clothing! However, the process followed to get to it is more holistic in terms of what senses and thoughts we engage to creating it – stay with me here!
Let me step you through the process so you can take this with you and use with your clients.
We use the S.P.I.K.E. acronym from volleyball
S – Sensory specific consideration
Date/Time? Be as specific as you can
Place? Where are you? What are you doing? Who are you with?
Desired sensory specific results?
Now fully step into yourself at that time and place, with those sensations.
Place? Where are you? What are you doing? Who are you with?
Desired sensory specific results?
- What specifically are you seeing?
- What specifically are you hearing?
- What specifically are you feeling? (within or by way of your body)
- What specifically are you smelling/tasting?
- What specifically are you saying to yourself?
Now fully step into yourself at that time and place, with those sensations.
P – Positive language
On a separate blank piece of paper capture, this sensorily explicit description. Remember your well formed outcome should have the structure of :
“at this specific time/date and place, I will get these (sensory) specific results.”
Read it back and adjust to ensure that it evokes what is intended/desired as an outcome.
It could be written as bullet points or descriptive text, whatever helps you conjure it up in your mind.
Ensure it's written positively wording that indicates you are moving towards something that you want as opposed to away from something you don't want - the brain cannot differentiate between these two so we must make it clear.
It could be written as bullet points or descriptive text, whatever helps you conjure it up in your mind.
Ensure it's written positively wording that indicates you are moving towards something that you want as opposed to away from something you don't want - the brain cannot differentiate between these two so we must make it clear.
I – Initiated and maintained by self to ensure empowerment and being ‘at cause’
Review what's been written as the WFO. Check in on its realism are you looking to ensure that you recognize your pivotal role in making it happen and that you feel motivated and empowered to do so try using the following supportive questions to note down your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
Q: have I achieved this before?
Q: how can I use that memory to achieve WFO now?
Q: have someone else achieved it real or fictitious what could you learn from them?
Q: if no one real or fictitious seems to have, then what supports the feasibility of you doing so?
Having done that, consider the following:
Q: what prevents you from having it now?
Q: any limiting beliefs decisions or doubts that arise?
Q: what other resources/support are likely to be needed to achieve WFO?
Note: In terms of resources these might be external – money, time, other people’s help or internal – confidence, drive focus. These can all be acquired – you just need an awareness of what’s needed.
Now with your draft WFO you originally wrote, plus your answers to these two banks of questions – rewrite your whole WFO. Notice as you do so the steps or areas of action you need to make things happen towards your WFO. IT should follow this structure.
Q: have I achieved this before?
Q: how can I use that memory to achieve WFO now?
Q: have someone else achieved it real or fictitious what could you learn from them?
Q: if no one real or fictitious seems to have, then what supports the feasibility of you doing so?
Having done that, consider the following:
Q: what prevents you from having it now?
Q: any limiting beliefs decisions or doubts that arise?
Q: what other resources/support are likely to be needed to achieve WFO?
Note: In terms of resources these might be external – money, time, other people’s help or internal – confidence, drive focus. These can all be acquired – you just need an awareness of what’s needed.
Now with your draft WFO you originally wrote, plus your answers to these two banks of questions – rewrite your whole WFO. Notice as you do so the steps or areas of action you need to make things happen towards your WFO. IT should follow this structure.
“at this specific time/date and place, I will get these (sensory) specific results.”
K – Knowing what needs to be done
Based on the revised WFO get clear on the sequential 5-9 steps that you personally need to take to achieve it. These might be such things a ‘create a budget’ or ‘enroll in course x’ or seek assistance to gain the belief that I am capable of doing all of this. These will reflect a mix of practical (external world) and mindset (internal world) steps.
Note them down with a timeline/estimate for completing them. Transfer them into your schedule or calendar so they get done. Ensure that they first step can be taken by you within 24 Hours.
Note them down with a timeline/estimate for completing them. Transfer them into your schedule or calendar so they get done. Ensure that they first step can be taken by you within 24 Hours.
E – Ecological (fitting your ‘map of the world’ inc any changes made to it)
Final steps consider how this new WFO fits into your existing world your ecosystems if you like. For example, how would getting fit impact on your eating habits, how would it impact your social activities. Some suggestions include:
- Get clear on contexts/timing/people you do, or don’t want this outcome to occur
- What gains/losses arise from having it? What’s important to keep let go of?
- What new ways are there for you to have what you want of these AND your outcome?
- What will you lose, not have, don’t get from this outcome?
- What choices available to you for life protected/expanded from having this outcome?
- Have you checked that this is the best choice, for contexts/timing/people/ available to you?
“at this specific time/date and place, I will get these (sensory) specific results……………….
And adjust planned actions to ensure all is congruent within your world. Put actions into your schedule now and take that first planned step/action within 24 hours.
