A client of mine just spoke to me with respect to goal achievement.
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He had been talking at length about improving his business but he seemed to be quite hesitant about actually doing something about it. Eventually, I asked why he hadn’t really started on it, and asked for an honest answer. He said he was very doubtful as to whether he could pull it off.
We did an experiment, just listing down the factors that would make his business grow. It totaled over 30 factors, but when rating his competence and access to resources in every single one of those factors, he rated them above 7 out of 10.
So what was stopping him?
He had a desire to move toward that goal, but was being held back by the belief that he could not do it, in spite of the fact that he was competent to do it. Fortunately, in NLP, there is a process known as the Belief Change Technique. It is a powerful process, and when I get the chance, I’ll post it in WorldOfNLP.com.
Beliefs are powerful. We know this from our own experience, we know this from medical science. Most, however, don’t know how to change beliefs and that is the reason why we don’t do much about it. Left to fate, old beliefs especially those you are not aware of will leap out and sabotage even the most successful of people.
Stuart Tan, MBA, SDCG, BA (Hons), is a Licensed NLP Trainer since 1997, a trained counselor and therapist since 1999, and a leadership, team performance and change management consultant. He certifies NLP Practitioners and Master Practitioners through a competency based approach. He is also an executive coach and life coach.
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