NLP Video online; NLPworks in action

Although I did this a few years back, the other day I was playing with some video capture hardware and tested it out on the old videotape (check out the young bearded Comerford...) and it came out quite nicely.

So I thought I'd put it up on Youtube to show how NLP is done when NLPworks.

Follow ze link here, and if you have any feedback let me know!

Great news from NLP Centres CANADA

In the months of July and August, we have put on 4 Introduction to NLP Courses.

The feedback has been incredible! Some testimonials have been put out on the website at http://www.nlpworks.com/nlpintro.php, and I'll share a couple with you here below. Unattributed because those who have sent me these messages haven't let me know how they want to be attributed yet.

Here's one from one of the participants this past weekend:

"Hey Hugh. Just wanted to thank you for making such a big heartfelt impact in my life. There was one moment of the seminar that trully touched my heart and almost brought me into tears. Thank you for dreaming about me, it changed my life forever."

Here's another more formal one from someone who tested out some NLP I taught him in real life after the class:

"I am an MBA and a Molecular Biology major, thus I am generally quite reticent to try of adopt something that does not seem like a formal science at first glance . Therefore, I must admit, I was quite green to NLP before the session with Hugh. Hugh's approach to NLP was very engaging; he peeled away its layers so well that by the time I was done I only began to fathom what I had actually absorbed. This knowledge honestly and truly works on a very practical level!"


These are the only testimonials I have from the last session. More about that below.

More good news: I've been asked back to present at the Toronto Power Group meeting on September 9th at Metro Hall in downtown Toronto. Information is here

...and I've left the bad news for last. At the very last minute of the last class I walked over to my Macbook that had been diligently recording the entire session through Garageband and noticed it wasn't working. I rebooted to find it no longer rebooted.

I found out today that it had coughed up the hard drive on Sunday. What that means is if you have contacted me in the last while for a consultation or training, I may no longer have the e-mail. I do have my data and all the training manuals and ideas for more training (more on that in the future) I've lost some of my e-mail...and that might be forever!

So if you've contacted me for training or coaching in the last while and I haven't gotten back to you, please accept my apologies and e-mail me again.

If you're interested in Introduction to NLP (and NLP Dojo) courses in Montreal or Toronto, let me know. I'm building the training models right now as I reinstall programs...

Fall Certification Schedule is up!

If you've been interested in taking Certification training, the Fall Certification schedule is up at
http://www.nlpworks.com/certification.php

Click here for more info.

More Introduction to NLP classes are scheduled in Montreal and Toronto. Stay tuned for details!

FYI - I'm typing this from our lovely room overlooking Niagara Falls while Jack and Jennifer are off shopping!

I saw Tony Robbins this weekend...

...and was surprised and pleased by the level of authenticity I found.

And those of you who were there wouldn't be, but those who were might be surprised that this morning I woke up at 6am, and had a completely new process jump into my head.

I call it The Crossroads...stay tuned for more info!

I always thought that seeing Tony would be an exercise in Sizzle versus Steak, but what I discovered is he serves lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of pretty good steak. The problem is people don't have the capacity to process all that protein and most of it...uh....bypasses the digestive system.

Man can I get into metaphor trouble or what?

Essentially he puts so much information out there that people may (or may not) be ready for that overwhelm comes fast and hits hard.

Having been well trained by Janice Gray in the 1990s, and furthering that with Robert Dilts and Judy Delozier in the past few years, I was easily able to see what Tony was doing, how he was doing it, and then backtrack to the thinking behind his work. At the end of the day I unpacked some high level tidbits that were pretty 'cherse' as Archie Bunker would have said.

So let's frame my Tony experience as this:

- I only found out about NLP because of his book Unlimited Power so I owe him one out of the gate...
- I thought he was only an Infomercial geek.
- He was an informercial geek but I'm happy to say he isn't only that.
- He presents as completely authentic. Stood in front of 3000 people from 1pm - 10pm on Friday without a break. Spoke mostly extemporaneously. Did a pretty good job with one audience member (family really) intervention. Did okay with 2 others.
- Sunday was 8:45am - midnight with a one-hour break. (okay I left at 9pm because I saw where he was going...
- Told some positive stories about himself (guru alert!) but told some not-so-great stories about himself which made me feel better about him.

I had a great time in the end.

I told a friend I took to the event that it's not about NLP - it's about what he's done with NLP. And yes my friends....it's ALL NLP.

So at the end of the day, Tony's an NLP guy. He's managed to position himself as THE guy who charges $1million per year if you want to be personally coached by him. He's brilliantly packaged and has marketed himself in fantastic ways and really has set the standard.

He is definitely worth seeing. He delivers on his promises and gives a great show (and aerobics workout!).

Those of us who've taken some NLP will realize that it's all....NLP.

That said, if you want to learn (and this hit me early Sunday morning as I was heading back downtown) about 100x more than Tony teaches without having to join in all the hooting, yelling, yipping, and emoting all over yourself in a large way that is part of the Tony experience, NLP Centres Canada delivers.

We'll give you literally 100x what he does, give you deeper connection, deeper understanding, deeper knowledge. We can do all that because we teach instead of presenting. If you think I just disrespected Tony - read what's above.

We will give you the all the space you need to to savor, chew and digest the steak.

For a good, possibly free introduction to NLP head over to www.nlpworks.com/nlpintro.php

(and if you get the chance to see Tony, take it, then come see us so we can tell you what just happened to you!)

People from 98 countries have reset their brains

On a lark, I looked at the Google statistics for www.resetyourbrain.com tonight and instead of looking at the monthly visits, I decided to check out how many countries have been represented.

N.B. We've never ever spent a penny promoting www.resetyourbrain.com. This was always an experiment in viral marketing.

So tonight I found that as the title of this post mentions, we've served 98 countries (2 to go for triple digits!).

So congrats go the obvious G8 countries as well as some lesser known ones:

Estonia
Nigeria
Myanmar
Moldova
Algeria
Latvia
Mauritius
...and one from Iran (on the upside we've had hundreds from the USA so this all may turn out okay)

So remember one of the most Participaction-like processes. You get to jump and wiggle, freeze in confusion and laugh when you get it wrong.

Reset Your Brain was designed for kids as well as adults. Great for writer's block, programmer's block, brain cramps of all description, as well as frustration, quick anger, and much much more.

Head on over to http://www.resetyourbrain.com and begin the fun!

Happy weekend!

"...and then I'm gonna slam his ass into trance..."

Subtitled, "Why NLP often has such a crappy reputation..."

The title of this post is a quote from someone who was in my Introduction to NLP course in Montreal this past weekend. One of the participants was a clinical psychologist who told the following story:

"A few years back I had a client come to see me. For various reasons what I was doing with him wasn't producing results, and I was getting a bit desperate. The client wasn't eating and I was worried he was going to die. Now, I happened to be acquaintances with an 'NLP guy' who was in town for a seminar. I asked him if he'd be willing to work with my client.

He listened to the story of the client and said, "No problem. I can fix anything. I'm gonna slam his ass into trance, blast him through a couple of processes and he'll be all fixed up.."

Then he mentioned that he billed $3,000 per day.

I agreed to pay his rate if he could help my client.

I asked and my client agreed to see him, so my client, the 'NLP guy' and I sat down for an intense 2 1/2 hour NLP session. At the end of the session, the NLP guy pulled me aside and said, "Sorry man - your client is too resistant. He's pretty screwed up..."

This after he told me he could fix anything..."

So he got the impression that NLP Practitioners are a bunch of blustering arrogant aggressive BS-artists.

In this instance he was right.

But not in all instances.

I was pleased and gratified that this psychologist watched how we do NLP at NLP Centres CANADA and, along with the rest of the group wants me to go back to Montreal for one day every month so they keep learning!

So if you have a negative impression of NLP because you once came across some arrogant or incompetent NLP person, take heart. There are some ethical and skilled NLP Practitioners out there...

:-)

Toronto Power Group Redux

A couple of years ago I was invited to speak at a monthly meeting of the Toronto Power Group. At the time I spoke about the differences between 'classical NLP' and New Code NLP.

It was well received and I met some great people at the event.

I was pleased to be invited back again and last Tuesday spoke to about 50 people about the 'hidden-in-plain-sight' power of a simple StateShift™.

(For the uninitiated, a couple of years back, I created a user friendly 'State Transformation System' a few years back I call the StateShift™ Process. Using StateShift™, It takes almost no training to leverage the power of advanced NLP processes...)

Cutting right to the chase, the StateShift™ was very well received and I was humbled by the response I received. To read some of the feedback from the event, click http://self-improvement.meetup.com/200/calendar/7891217/

Intro to NLP classes coming up soon (including StateShift training!)

Mississauga
Montreal
Barrie/Orillia

Head over to http://www.nlpworks.com/nlpintro.php for more details.

How do you get introduced to NLP?

Welll....there are three good ways to start the adventure in order of effectiveness:

1) You can read a book
2) You can watch Youtube and search on 'NLP'
3) You can come to a free NLP Evening (First Thursday of each month, sponsored by us - NLP Centres CANADA)

It occurred to me in the last few months to revamp my training system in a radical way. I'm talking giving away a huge amount of training for a ridiculously low price.

So a couple of months back, I began offering an intro to NLP course, but instead of doing an experience-lite, content free course, I decided to create a course where I really truly introduce NLP with no holds barred.

So with that in mind I created a 2-day Weekend "Introduction to NLP Course" for $199. Yep - that's about $601 less than it's worth. (and if you continue with us with your NLP training, this weekend course will be FREE - we will discount the full NLP Certification* training fee by $199...)

Okay one confession: Saturday morning is a tiny bit dry. We talk about what NLP really is. We talk about the hidden secrets of NLP. We talk about the 3 real definitions of NLP that you really won't learn anywhere else. We also find out what each student wants to learn about NLP (and how I can deliver it to them).

Then we get into the presuppositions of NLP and that's where the fun begins.

After lunch, armed with an understanding of who everyone is, what they want, and having cleared a few misconceptions about NLP, the rest of the course is a full-out NLP Practitioner Training. We actually go through as much of the NLP Practitioner Training manual as we can before Sunday at 5pm.

Right now I'm sitting in my 19th floor hotel room in Montreal getting ready for a full class beginning tomorrow morning.

If you want to learn more about upcoming Intro to NLP courses, go to http://www.nlpworks.com/nlpintro.php

If you want to learn more about NLP, please e-mail me at hugh@nlpworks.com

after all, NLPworks!

Hugh

PS - *If you want to know about NLP Training standards, they exist and cannot be attained by attending a 2, 6 or 9-day training. Click here for the real standards of NLP Certification.

NLP Review and Refresher Course July 4, 5, 6, 2008

Last night I sent out an invitation to some former students, some of whom may or may not be on this list. The occasion is an NLP Course for people who are Certified Practitioners of NLP.

Why would I ask people who are Certified Practitioners to take an NLP Course?

It kinda goes like this:

Step 1) Take NLP Training. Notice things are new and fresh because things changed in your life. Feel great, energized, excited, thrilled about this NLP Stuff!

Step 2) 3 months later: None of your friends want to be 'practiced on' anymore. They want you to stop with the NLP-stuff already and calm down!

Step 3) 6 months later: At some point you remember that course you took...what was that almost a year ago...wow great those changes were...note to self: "Much crack open course binder filled with Comerford's fantastic notes...that was really good stuff!"

Step 4) 12 months later or more: Find yourself mid freaking-meltdown because you can't find the remote control. Declare war on child/cat/dog/neighbour. Concerned friend says, "Hey don't you know some of that nip stuff..." You remind them THEY didn't want to PLAY NLP with you so YOU forgot it. At this point, some small PART (remember those) hiding in a dark deep place calls out, "Youuuu haveee the knowledgeeeee."

And then you eat a bag of chips and feel better.


Okay okay so it might not go that way for you, but you have to admit that you probably aren't using all the cool stuff you learned, so it's a great excuse for a refresher course.

One suggestion I've consistently received is people wanted more of the freneticround-robin fast-paced games we played at the end of the course. Usually on the last day. Well this time around we'll be doing that for the afternoon on each day. The morning will be review, the afternoon will be play.

In this course, you will definitely re-learn more NLP (and probably learn some NEW stuff I've developed in the meantime) than you've ever forgotten.

Have the chance to chat NLP with some other experts.

Get to re-learn (and maybe learn for the first time) exceptional NLP processes, frames and skills.

Have a great time doing so.

(and I have it on good authority that weekend is going to be rainy and cold...)

So now to answer the real questions:

Q: How much does this cost, Hugh
A: For you, $297 plus GST ($99/day), paid in advance. More at the door.

Q: Okay but is it going to be held in your training room again? Jack's cute but come on...
A: We'll be holding it at a real live training space in Mississauga. Really!

Q: What are the prerequisites to get in?
A: NLP Practitioner Certificate (real, not forged) and $297 will buy your way in.


If you want to SIGN UP (he said in a subtle, almost mocking way) you can go here: http://www.nlpworks.com/nlpay.php

If you want to learn more about NLP, re-access your training and skill, remember all those things you forgot, then SIGN UP (ibid), go to http://www.nlpworks.com/nlpreview.php


If you want to struggle....just a little bit, you can send me an e-mail at hugh@nlpworks.com and I'll fix you right up!

Another Successful Free Evening (NLP Intro Course in 3 weeks)

Every month we do a Free NLP Training session. It's 2 1/2 hours of full-on NLP training...for free!

Part of the mystery of the event for me is how many people will come and what they think NLP really is. Once 20 people signed up and one person showed up. She wanted 'boyfriend manipulation advice'.

She didn't need it.

Another time 3 people signed up and 15 showed up, so I never quite know what to expect.

I realized tonight while I was demonstrating how NLP works, I haven't posted to my blog for a while, so here's a double announcement.

1) Introduction to NLP course will be held in Mississauga June 28 & 29. Montreal courses are July 12 & 13, and August 9 & 10. Sign up here

2) The oft promised, rarely described new NLP Training model will be publicly unveiled at a public speaking event in downtown Toronto on July 8th, 2008. Details are here

At this event, I will finally saying specifically HOW we have solved the Time/Money NLP problem - how honest NLP Training Companies need to adhere to Canadian and International training standards (but currently we're the only ones in the GTA who do...almost the only ones in Canada...) and lower the payment bar so people are willing to benefit from the brilliance of NLP without feeling like they're throwing money down the drain...potentially...


So if you're in the neighbourhood, come on by and find out how.

:-)