The first, ‘rapport’, comprises of mutual trust and responsiveness. It can be applied to the relationship that we have with our selves and with others. The quality of rapport we have with ourselves is often a mirror of what we achieve with others.

The second principle is, ‘knowing what we want’. In order to understand what success is we need to know what it is that we want. This is known as setting your ‘goal of outcome’. We learn to consistently ask our selves what we want and to ask others what they want.

The third principle is called ‘sensory acuity’. This means using our senses. To really look, listen and feel what is happening. This gives us valuable information, helps us to know if we are on the right course to our goals and whether any changes need to be made.

The fourth principle is ‘behaviour flexibility’. We have many choices of action. The more choices we have the more chance of success. It is important to keep changing what we do until we get what we want. This sounds simple, even obvious, yet we often do exactly the opposite.

As well as working with the four principles, NLP sessions offer a wide range of effective tools and valuable insights, all designed to increase our understanding of ourselves, what it is that we want, and how to achieve our goals. Techniques are used in sport, business, training, sales, law and education. NLP is more then a collection of tools. 

NLP is a way of thinking, a frame of mind, a way of being.