| Subject | From | Date |
| Advice on learning my thinking patterns. | Jonathan Clark | 18 Jun 2004 12:15 |
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| Advice on learning my thinking patterns. — Jonathan Clark — Friday, June 18, 2004 |
Dear Sue, I am facinated by NLP and I am currently reading your book 'NLP at Work'. This is my first first book on the subject. I would appreciate any advice you have on helping me to learn and understand my thinking patterns. I am probably being very impatient, but I am struggling slightly in getting to grips with things. As far as I can tell, I primarily visualise, and do so associatively. I can't appreciate any differences in dark/light, clear/fuzzy, and everything is stationery and quiet in my head (except for my monologue). This is probably early days for me as I have only had the book for three days (although I am starting to read it for the second time now). Will I grow to appreciate the other distinctions in my thoughts, or are they just not there for some people? How long will it take? thanks and best wishes, Jonathan |
| Sue's Answer |
Dear Jonathan, well it sounds like the strong preference for you is inner dialogue and the way that you express yourself here ‘I am struggling to get to grips …’ is very characteristic language of feelings (kinaesthetic). Studying your written language can be a way in to getting to know your preferences and we do all typically have preferences so some senses can be underdeveloped and some can be a strong preference. What you can do if you choose is to develop them all and that is what the practice is all about. I hope that gives you a start. Warm regards, |
| Jonathan Clark |
Hi Sue, Thanks again for writing back. I will work hard to improve my skills. I think I am already starting to notice some visual differences in my thoughts which is encouraging. I like having the opportunity to ask questions of an expert. There is noone around me who appreciates the learning I am attempting, or has any experience of NLP. My learning so far has already raised further questions, but I am reluctant to ask them as I feel like I have already had my ‘turn’. What I am looking for at this stage is some guidance in order to keep me going in the right direction. At this stage in my learning I would like to be able to ask the odd question by email (say once a week on average). I wonder if you would consider some sort of arrangement where I can pay for this service? I suppose its like a distance consultation.. I thought I would send you a picture of me. It is me, my daughter Hannah (age 5) and my son Charles (now age 4 weeks) Of course, this is not just to make you say Yes ;-) thanks and best wishes, |
| Sue |
Well how could I refuse with such a family portrait! You can certainly ask. If I am not free or not here then the answers don't come back freely anyway. I wonder though if you have thought about doing the distance learning programme. I do give a lot of personal feedback as part of that. All the best |