Thom's online class in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).

Week 9: We are all made up of multiple persons. Each part of us brings the resources along with it that it has the best access to. There are many parts that we all have in common. If you identify the part that you are speaking to and you identify the message that you're delivering and make them congruent then your message will have much more impact.

Thom's online class in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).

Week 8: Embedding ideas or information into people's unconscious. Conscious mind has filter, knows context - unconscious doesn't (e.g. "I, like you..."). Arc of competence (conscious & unconscious). Stories framed in second person ("I told him, 'you...'"). Embedding pictures. Future and the previous pacing (e.g. people wondering about cigars). Double negatives. 'Know' can be interpreted like 'no'. Strong active verbs.

Thom's online class in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).

Week 7: Framing. Anchoring. How we store information in the brain. Submodalities. Changing the meaning of events in the mind.

New Year's Eve program with the independent Congressman from Vermont.

Thom's online class in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).

Week 6: Comfort Zones. If you always do what you've always done, you will always get what you've always gotten. Expanding your comfort zone: 1: experience (pushing though) 2: coaching, 3: passion and vision. Creativity, brainstorming. What to do when what you are doing gets larger than you can handle.

Thom's online class in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).

Week 5: Goal-setting. What is the purpose of your life? Associate picture, sound, feeling with goal. Desire. Story. Don't share your goal with others (unless very close) until you've reached it. Visualize yourself in that future. Begin it now!

Thom's online class in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).

Week 4: The meaning of communication is the response you get. Communicate in their language. Benefits without features have no credibility. Features without benefits have no relevance. Show, don't tell. Ask for feedback. Always call for action. Campaign 365 days a year. Plus Attention Deficit Disorder, education.

Thom's online class in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).

Week 3: Framing. The map is not the territory.

Thom's online class in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).

Week 2: Primary motivation strategies: moving toward pleasure, moving away from pain. Goal setting. There is no failure, only feedback. There are no mistakes, only outcomes.

Thom's online class in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming).

Week 1: Rapport, modalities: visual, auditory, kinesthetic (feeling). Anchoring.

Thom and the late Dennis Weaver discuss ecolonomics.