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Behavior Modeling is the core technology that makes Neuro
Linguistic Programming (NLP) possible. In the late 1970's, John Grinder
and Richard Bandler, the co-founders of NLP, started wondering what
might be possible if they could model "expertise." Expertise,
after all, is exceptional ability.
A potent belief system in their
exploration of the possibilities was that if anyone could produce a
result, then the component parts of that ability can be taught and
installed in others. Another belief system or 'presupposition'
in NLP is that, 'anyone can achieve any outcome as long as they can
break the task down into small enough pieces or chunks, and sequence it
properly.'
Behavior Modeling is a primary way
that humans learn. Children "model" or copy the behaviors of the
people in their world. School children, for example, emulate their
heroes. As adults, people tend to identify with people at their own
economic level or the one just above them. In business, you may
look for mentors or coaches to guide your career path. You model
behaviors from people whom you perceive as possessing the qualities and
abilities you want to emulate. NLP offers specific skills and
methodologies to accomplish that result.
John Grinder and Richard Bandler
"modeled" what they had learned from cognitive psychology, Gestalt
Therapy, systems theory, cybernetics, computer science and other fields,
to develop the foundational pieces of what became Neuro Linguistic
Programming. With a set of skills and elicitation questions, they were
able then to model excellence among some of the most successful people
of the time. They modeled Viginia Satir the family therapist and her
"systems" approach to family behavior. They modeled Gregory Bateson who
contributed important foundational pieces of NLP from his
Anthropological background. They modeled Fritz Perlz, the Father
of Gestalt Therapy, and they modeled Milton H. Erickson, M.D., the
foremost Hypnotherapist of our time and the primary contributor to the
practice of Brief Therapy. A student of the co-fiunders, Robert Dilts modeled Albert
Einstein, Nicola Tesla, Sherlock Holmes, Jesus of Nazareth, and others
in his books Strategies of Genius 1 & 2.
When an expert is asked how they do
what they do well, the typical response is "I don't know, I just do
it." At some level an expert does know how they do what they
do, but these skills and abilities tend to be held at an unconscious
level. We do what we do automatically (unconsciously) once a level
of proficiency is acquired with regard to a specific ability. With
Behavior Modeling technology, a Modeler has access to protocols for
asking the right questions in an order, or syntax, that is useful in eliciting the
critical elements of an expertise.
Now, the wonderful thing about
Behavior Modeling is that it is amazingly empowering to the person being
modeled. What is your favorite topic of conversation? For
most people, it is themselves. And, when an expert or 'exemplar'
of an ability is modeled, she learns more about how she does what she
does well. When she can understand at a conscious level how she
does what she does well, she does it more consistently. Doesn't it
follow, that If you do what you do well more often, you will naturally
be more successful? So, even the expert being modeled can improve
on her own ability, and universally, people who have been modeled report
being incredibly enriched from the experience. People love to be
modeled.
HOW DO I CHANGE UNWANTED
BEHAVIORS?
In a private NLP Success Coaching
session, I not only want to know what outcome you want to achieve, I
will also model your present behavior. When I have done public
Stop Smoking, NOW! seminars, I get really curious about the behavior of
smoking. I want to know, "How do you do that?" Some people
laugh nervously at this question, but I say, "No, really, I am really
curious. If I wanted to do this behavior the way you do, what would
I be doing? What would I do first, and then second?", an so on, until
I have elicited a specific strategy for how the person achieves the
specific outcome of being a smoker. I am interested in modeling
the unwanted behavior so I will know exactly where to intervene and
interrupt the ritual of smoking. I also want to do some belief
change work to make sure my client adopt the identity of being a
non-smoker, tobacco free.
If you are working with an overweight
person, and you find out specifically 'how' they produced the result of
being overweight, and simply change the behaviors that produce the
result, that person can readjust the strategy that led to the present
outcome to a strategy that produces a different result, like achieving
his or her
natural body shape and weight. (NLP views any outcome as an
achievement, even if it is not the outcome desired.) Part of the 'how'
may include thinking in new and different ways and moving your body in
new and different ways.
Author Anthony Robbins reports being
depressed and gaining 30 pounds in two months while living in a 600 sq.
foot bachelor apartment in Venice Beach, California. When Tony realized
that he had achieved an outcome that had specific behavioral components,
he simply changed the components of his strategy for gaining weight and
being depressed and started doing the things necessary to get a result
he actually wanted in his life. For Tony, realizing the significance of
what he had accomplished, caused him to wonder what else he could change
in his life. Tony studied with Richard Bandler and John Grinder to
learn the specific skills of their technology for personal change that
led to his becoming the #1 motivational speaker in the world.
MODELING EXTRAORDINARY BEHAVIOR
A Workshop with BILL THOMASON
In this 4 Wednesday evening
workshop you will learn how to elicit information specific to any
particular ability you want to install in yourself or in others.
Imagine the powerfully enriching experience of being modeled.
Install patterns common to the world's most successful people.
NLP has modeled successful
behavior (expertise) in many fields over the years. If you want to be
more successful in business, relationships, academics, teaching,
counseling, coaching, physical, emotional, or mental wellness, music,
sports, or any other area, then doesn't it make sense to find the people
who are excellent in that area and do what they do?
This Modeling Extraordinary
Behavior seminar will give you the basic tools to achieve rapport
and elicit values, beliefs, NLP Metaprograms, perceptual system cues,
language patterns, metaphor construction, and more that relate to the
NLP Modeling technology. Bill Thomason will be your trainer. Bill is a
certified NLP Trainer and NLP Success Coach who has been teaching NLP
and related technologies to people, like you, for more than 19 years.
PLEASE ATTEND: The last workshop was 4 Wednesday Nights
starting September 14, 2005. Call for dates of 2007 workshop.
WHERE: 3080 N Civic Center Plaza,
Conference Room, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Just south of Old Town
Scottsdale a block east off Scottsdale Road, and a block north of Thomas
Rd. at Earll Drive. 602 440-3578 V/M or 602 321-7192.
FEE: Only $87 for all four nights.
Please arrive a few minutes early on
Wednesday, September 14, 2005 to complete registration. Dress
comfortably and bring a pillow if you like.
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Bill Thomason
Your NLP
Success Coach
and Certified
NLP Trainer
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