A taste of NLP

ModelingExamine the structure of excellence

Model1. A three-dimensional representation,

usually on a smaller scale, of a device or structure.

2. An example or pattern that people might want to follow.

3. An outstanding example of its kind.4. A theoretical description of the way a

system or process works.

(Four of thirteen definitions from Collins Dictionary.)

What do you want to model?• An example or pattern that people might

want to follow?• An outstanding example of its kind?

• Identify what you want to model• Find an example of excellence• Analyse what makes this an example of excellence

Review

Adjust

Practice

Visual Remember

People with excellent spelling tend to visualise the words as they spell them.

Structure of thinking

• Visual• Auditory• Kinesthetic

• Visual• Is it a movie?• Is it a photo?• Are you in the picture?• Is it near or far away?• Where is it?• Is it in colour or monochrome?• Is there sound or not?

• Auditory• What are the sounds?

• Music?• Voices?• Other sounds?

• Where are they?• Is they loud or quiet?• Are they pleasant or unpleasant?

• Kinesthetic• Where is the feeling?

• Inside you?• Outside of you?

• What is the feeling?• Hard or soft?• What shape?• Sharp or blunt?

• Moving or still?• Fast or slow?

• Imagine yourself doing something you do well.

• What do you see?• What do you hear?• What do you feel?

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Unconscious Competence

Conscious Competence

Conscious Incompetence

Unconscious Incompetence

Action•Decide what you want to model•Find an example of excellence•Analyse what works•Practice, adjust and test•Celebrate your success