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A series of useful articles design to explain the power of what we do, and can quickly help you change your life!
Expert Interview: The Two Levels of Leadership
In this interview, David Shephard describes the two levels of leadership, how it starts from the inside, and how people can become a natural leader, even if they weren’t born that way.
Basics of NLP
In order to understand filters, we need to dive into a little NLP. If you are not totally familiar with Neuro Linguistic Programming, here’s a little explanation. Neuro is simply the nervous system. (In NLP we do not separate the brain and the nervous system. The mind...
Determining your filters
To be able to understand how information is processed, you need to be able to tell how the person you are talking to builds up his or her representation of the world, and be able to communicate directly and effectively with it. This is why good salespeople talk to...
Understanding reality filters
There is a popular saying that the map is not the territory- and this is especially true when it comes to how we perceive the world. Our conscious processing of what’s happening around us is filtered by a number of different things, some of them conscious – others...
The growing influence of the ‘influencer’
“This word is revolting and must be purged,” wrote Greg Baumann in the Silicon Valley Business Journal several years ago, in a roundup of “the most loathsome business words in 2014.” The offending jargon? “Influencer.” “It’s fine as applied to people who actually...
Huna – The Secret Energy Of Paradise
David Shephard was recently featured in the documentary 'Huna - The Secret Energy Of Paradise', which charts my journey to find the energy and connection that we as humans all crave. It's about how a chance encounter led him to the other side of the world, where he...
The Performance Partnership Training Journey
We've been certifying people in NLP for almost 30 years, so we have a lot of training products. This video walks you through the many journeys that are available once you take your first steps with The Performance Partnership.
How to Achieve Lasting and Positive Change
David Shephard reveals the essentials for creating permanent improvement, and why so many people experience boom-and-bust when try to develop themselves. If you are someone is looking to empower yourself, or if you are someone who professionally empowers others, this...
Finding noise and other people annoying
I had a message the other day, from one of my followers, saying they were finding everything at home annoying – noise, people, routines, everything. It’s important to remember that we are in a very unusual context. Even in World War II, people could go to the shops,...
Understanding the relationship sort
We’re putting out lots of content to help people through these unusual times, and part of that process is acting on follower feedback to know what content people would find useful. One of the comments that came in from a follower on social media, was that they were...
Five Principles of Success – Revisited for the modern times
I’ve spent almost 30 years teaching the Five Principles of Success, which run in a set, proven order. Until now that is. These unprecedented times have caused me to rethink what order these principles should now sit in, at least for the time-being. For those who don’t...
Staying calm, centred and balanced in times of stress – day four
Today we're going to use our timeline to focus on what you want. In the current climate, this may well be focusing on a time when our lockdowns and isolations end, but the same techniques can be used to focus on any goals you have in life. It's what makes the timeline...
Staying calm, centred and balanced in times of stress – day three
Today we’re going to take a closer look at the Ha Breath. It gives us energy, which the body needs to heal itself. It’s also a technique that allows us to enter a state of calm, balance and centredness. What is it and how does it work? This breathing technique...
Staying calm, centred and balanced in times of stress – day two
Here’s a neurological hack to get you from a state of anxiety and fear to one of calm, balance and centredness. It’s called Hakalau - spreading out our attention. How does the nervous system work? There are two states of arousal in our nervous system – sympathetic and...
Staying calm, centred and balanced in times of stress – day one
Your mental, emotional and physical state is not determined by your environment, it is determined by how you interpret your environment and how that effects your state. The good news is, we can change our own personal and mental state. Remember – you create or cause...
What is NLP and why would I learn it?
The difference that makes the difference to your success and your life. It’s a success technology. NLP has been described as an attitude and methodology that leaves behind a trail of techniques. That’s what it means on a literal level, but I would say NLP is a success...
How to win friends and influence people
A huge thumbs-up, Facebook’s “like” symbol, greets visitors at the entrance to the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, in the heart of Silicon Valley. The imposing sign is crafted from that of a former occupant of the attractive corporate campus, Sun Microsystems, a...
What is the NLP communication model?
The NLP Communication Model describes how we take in messages from outside the body – the external event – and move them through a series of filters into our memory. It’s an important model to learn because once understand that we can learn how we the ‘internal...
How can NLP help with depression and anxiety?
Neurolinguistic Programming, also known as NLP, is a series of tools and techniques that help the user take better control of their unconscious mind and its impact on their daily lives. It often sits alongside other similar techniques like Time Line Therapy. Once...
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