| | quote I guess that technically, it would fall under the line of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), but only on paper. Dynamic visualization is probably best known as a tool of choice for many professional athletes. You see them doing it all the time- mentally running through the steps over and over as they plan to make them happen. They are seeing the whole picture in their minds (that's the visualization part). But lots of people use it- concert musicians and conductors come to mind. Race car drivers. There are some basic protocols that you learn. When I first read Robbins, I thought it was a waste. However, I got into NLP in early 2005 and absolutely love it. Robbins is not that well regarded by the NLP community. Some call him "NLP-light."
Most of my NLP friends have said that it has helped me a great deal, and I have met some fantastic people in the NLP community. NLP does give you skills, such as conversational hypnosis. It's not feel-good claptrap.
One reason why I think NLP worked so well for me is that it has never made a lot of promises. It's just a set of skills. I have often said that I never want to hear the words _change_ and _life_ in the same sentence ever again.
One of the best therapies I ever had was an acting class, by the way. I think it helped me because it forced me to act and it forced me to get out of my head. The problem with most therapy and most meditations is that they force you to go inside your head.
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