Best Susan Stageman, Morgan Jobe, James Lusk, and others Podcasts (2025)

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EP #87 The Not-So-Subtle Art of Complaining 50:07

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Send us a text The Not-So-Subtle Art of Complaining Most of us complain, but is it good or bad? What makes it productive or toxic? Overview of what will be covered: Common language patterns of complaining The benefits and downsides of complaining How to shift from chronic complaining The Language of Complaints This was discovered by using AI to ana…

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EP #86 TimeLine and Goal Reaching 1:00:48

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Send us a text 1. What is TimeLine? A Timeline is a visual, linear experience of how someone codes and stores time. In NLP timeline is a term used to describe how we internally represent time. We internally represent the past, present, and future differently. The concept was originally laid out in the TimeLine Therapy and the Basis of Personality b…

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EP #85 Hunting for Treasure: Designing Treasure Boards that Work 26:53

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Send us a text Main Points: · Understand the goal-reaching process and what makes goals happen · Picture representation of goals for the coming year · Construct the boards for optimum effectiveness · Well-constructed boards that are ecological, align with values and Include 5 major areas of a person’s life: faith, fitness, family, friends, financia…

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EP #84 The Imposter Syndrome: The What, The How, The Way Forward 49:23

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Send us a text What is Imposter syndrome? Explaining away your accomplishments and success and doubting your abilities 1. What are common examples of imposter syndrome? 2. How can you assess if you have imposter syndrome Take the quiz: Do you chalk your success up to luck, timing, or computer error? Do you believe that if I can do it, anyone can? D…

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Ep #83 When Telling A Story Isn't Just Telling A Story: The Power of Metaphoric Communication 56:01

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Send us a text 1. What is important about stories, and metaphors in communication? When someone studies the great communicators, past and present, they all use metaphors and analogies to illustrate their points. Metaphors compare things that are less understandable to familiar things. They create new meanings, make complex ideas understandable, mot…

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EP #82 Breaking Patterns, Changing Beliefs, Communication: A Quick Review 59:22

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Send us a text How do we break patterns? Outcome, outcome, outcome Remember, that in the NLP model, all experience has structure. When you explore and change the structure, your experience changes, the perception, meaning, and feeling. NLP creates specific changes rather than random, trial-and-error changes. It changes things by adding resources, n…

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EP #81 The Endless Merry-go-round. How do I Get Off? Ups and Downs of Success 17:08

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Send us a text This is a Podcast Short. It addresses the cycle of ups and downs that some people experience when building a business or learning something new. In the podcast, I tackle some of the challenges by using NLP session flow from creating a well-formed outcome to what to look for when modeling a mentor. I talk about the complexities of mod…

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EP # 80 Sleep Oh Wonderful Sleep! 50:47

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Send us a text I’m receiving more and more requests from people to help them with their lack of ability to fall asleep, stay asleep, and get restful sleep. So that they can wake up rested. Sleep is difficult because of the things we keep track of or have to take care of. Sleep is a big part of calming your nervous system to manage stress (EP 79). H…

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Ep # 79 Calming the Neurological Storm Using NLP: Effective Stress Management 1:07:05

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Send us a text Morgan recently started a coaching and training business that focuses on helping corporate leaders, professionals, and entrepreneurs control and reduce stress. This episode covers the problem with stress in society, what stress is, how it affects our body, and how to use NLP and other processes to reduce stress. It is estimated that …

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Ep #78 What's the SCORE? A Pathway from the Cause of the Problem to Your Outcome 37:10

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Send us a text Podcast #78 1. What is the Score? The score is a process developed by Todd Epstein and Robert Dilts that creates an established pathway for change. It is part of the unified field theory developed by Robert Dilts. It is nestled between defining the problem state SOAR (State, operator, results) and the TOTE (test, operate, test exit),…

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Ep #77 Rodger Bailey, the Master of the LAB Profile Interview 53:42

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Send us a text We are starting this new year with a star-studded program featuring none other than Rodger Bailey, developer of the LAB profile! If you are a student of NLP you will recognize this name. Rodger developed a training program for managers to recognize a person's functional capabilities and motivational triggers using a simple linguistic…

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EP #76 Holiday Survival Kit 36:12

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Send us a text Here is my prescription for a happy holiday if not a tolerable one… Set an outcome to have fun and enjoy the holidays. Get plenty of rest Sugar and alcohol place a huge strain on your biological system. Taking care of yourself might also include meditation and prayer. And exercise – even a walk every day or every other day brings pos…

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EP #75 From Conflict to Creativity: Using Conflict as a Resource 49:12

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Send us a text Conflict is a part of life. But how we deal with it and resolve it is what helps us maintain harmony. NLP has an outstanding process to reduce or eliminate inner conflict at any logical level. 1. Where does conflict occur? Areas in which conflict manifests Understanding conflicts of beliefs and values There are many types of conflict…

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Ep #74 The Most Misquoted Communication Idea in the Universe! 49:07

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Send us a text Have you ever sat in a seminar or a talk about communication and heard the speaker use these statistics about communication? · 7% are the words, · 38% is the way the words are said (para verbals) and · 55% of the communication is non-verbal (body language) These often yet misquoted, out-of-context figures came out of the work of Albe…

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EP # 73 Light a Fire Under Your ______! Motivation and the System of NLP 59:02

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Send us a text How can NLP address motivation? Motivation is the desire or willingness to do something. A major complaint of many clients is that they aren’t motivated. The Keys to getting yourself to do something can be addressed in a system using the model of NLP. These include 1. Submodalities – compelling future; contrastive analysis 2. Meta pr…

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Ep # 72 Relationships 201: Are You on the Right Track? 44:05

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Send us a text Safe to say most human problems stem from other humans. Lately, I’ve been coaching a number of people who are starting relationships or are reaching a place where it is obvious that something has to change. Here is a short list of relationship characteristics that I think need to be there for a lasting bond. 1. Do I feel safe? Does m…

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EP #71 Using NLP as a System for Weight Loss (or other goals) 57:55

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Send us a text NLP contains many powerful concepts and techniques that can be transformative on their own, but when utilized as an entire system, NLP can make change almost effortless and sustainable. When we try to change something about ourselves or our actions simply through willpower, we often find it difficult to create and maintain motivation…

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EP #70 The Truth About Lying With Stan B. Walters 52:05

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Send us a text This is a real treat! Stan B. Walters is our guest on this episode. Stan is known as “The Lie Guy®” and has appeared on ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, NBC, France Channel One, and Australia Today. He was the host / technical adviser on National Geographic's “The Science of Interrogation.” He is a Certified Speaking Professional by the Nati…

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Ep #69 When You Feel More Like a Firefighter than a Business Owner 1:03:02

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Send us a text Sometimes we have so much to do that the more we 'try' to get done, the less we actually do. We stop planning and jump from crisis to crisis, putting out fires, and never seem to accomplish anything. The feeling of overwhelm sets in and if left to itself will insure that the system will go into chaos. It is a very stressful place to …

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Brain Language Podcast Short: Stress Hormones Ride Again 8:50

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Send us a text This is a 10-minute "short" on the possible reason some people snack unconsciously while stressing, concentrating, or creating something new. Support the showBy Susan Stageman, Morgan Jobe, James Lusk, and others

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EP #68 But is there evidence? 35:29

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Send us a text Watching my favorite genre of TV series, the detective show, I am reminded about the importance of evidence. The seasoned detective uses a lot of intuition because they have seen it all before and they develop tacit knowledge of criminal patterns that play over and over again. But when it comes to charging and convicting a criminal f…

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EP #67 NLP Presuppositions as Life-guiding Principles 36:23

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Send us a text Although the end-of-year holidays have passed, it is always a good reminder the review how the NLP Presuppositions can make interactions with others easier. Presuppositions, in general, act as guiding principles that are assumed as true for any model. NLP, Neuro-Linguistics Programming is no exception. To understand and engage the mo…

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Ep #66 Belief Installation Procedure using a Time Line 52:12

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Send us a text Episode addresses: 1. What is difficult about making changes 2. How are beliefs important to making changes 3. What are some of the important tools for facilitating a change? Verbal affirmations, Mentors, Systems, Timeline, Beliefs to support 4. What is the timeline installation belief procedure and how does it work? When we have a d…

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EP #65 NLP: A business Must-Have featuring James Lusk 50:39

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Send us a text James and I talk about how he using his NLP skills in his new business. He uses many more than three things, but here are his top three; Told from his point of view! 1. Rapport skills I am intensely dialed into whom I am speaking with in my driver roster and configure my interactions with them to match and pace the conversation. When…

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EP #64 ACHOO! A Sneeze at Allergies! 38:27

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EP #63 Tips and Tricks To Make Changes Using NLP 51:28

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Send us a text Kinesthetic anchoring, reframing, and conflict resolution are some of the NLP processes people can use for mental and emotional changes. There are many more but these are processes that people can learn how to use themselves and are simple change techniques. It is most important to develop a wellformed outcome before using any proces…

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EP #62 Using NLP with Illness 38:41

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Send us a text This is an inspirational story of a Master Practitioner of NLP who used NLP processes while undergoing cancer treatments. He mentions some of the processes in NLP he used, such as the Outcome Frame (sensory-based), anchoring, submodalities (pain management), the structure of questions, presuppositions, and beliefs (his and others). O…

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Ep #61 Rapport Isn't Just About What You Do -- Visual Rapport 58:27

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Send us a text Julie Thurburn, as guest host, and Susan Stageman discuss visual rapport -- What are you wearing for the conversation you want to have? Julie is a Certified Image Consultant. In a slightly different format, they talk about rapport from a different angle: how our appearance can make or break rapport from the outside to the internal fe…

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Ep #60 What is the Score? 49:08

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Send us a text The Score is an approach to solving problems and getting outcomes developed by Robert Dilts and Todd Epstein in 1987 to describe the process they were intuitively using to define problems and design interventions. They realized through teaching a series of seminars that they were systemically organizing the way they approach a proble…

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EP #59 The Kid Approach and NLP 48:07

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Send us a text Many parents ask me about NLP training or help with their child’s self-esteem. This episode includes The important stages of Childhood development Sense of self around age 2 The approach a parent should take if they think a child would benefit from NLP Teaching the child the NLP presuppositions and helping them apply them to life sit…

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Ep #58 What's True or What's False: Decisions and The Psychology of Doubling Down 38:49

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Send us a text Decision-making is a complex process – some processes are more complex than others. How you arrive at a decision is a process of taking in information both externally and internally and then taking action. To double down is to take a further risk in a situation or passionately re-commit one's efforts to a cause or course of action. S…

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Ep #56 Talking to Two Minds - Permissive Language 47:22

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Send us a text In this episode, we talk about Permissive or Indirect Language or The Milton Model. Indirect language or permissive language it is called sometimes is vaguely worded communication designed to bypass the conscious mind and speak to the unconscious. Phrases of permissive language or the Milton Model are often used to soften communicati…

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EP #57 Don't let your inner critic get the best of you - there is another way! 47:06

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Send us a text Guest host, Brad Costanzo, and Susan Stageman talk about the Disney Strategy. The brilliance of Disney comes out in this strategy he used to build an entertainment empire during the depression. We talk about what it is, how to use it. Your inner critic has a job to do. Give it the right job. When you organize your planning around the…

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EP #55 To Ask or Not to Ask: That is the Question? Having fun with Guest Host James Lusk and the Meta Model 56:13

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Send us a text Susan and Guest Host, James Lusk, explore the Meta Model, Process-Oriented Questions. What is the Meta Model? We review the Meta Model and its categories: deletions, generalizations, and distortions. How do the language patterns of the Meta Model relate to our mental maps? Finally, James talks about some of his outstanding applicatio…

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EP #54 What is the meaning of what you are asking for? Leadership 101 42:07

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Send us a text Many people think they know what they want but haven’t taken the time to discover what they are asking for. It is easy to say, I want to be a great leader or business person or salesperson or wife, husband, chef, manager, etc. but do not have criteria or even what values or beliefs or behaviors a leader, etc. would have or what they …

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Ep# 53 Tongue Fu - Sleight of Mouth Part 2 45:07

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Send us a text Part 1 of Sleight of Mouth Patterns is Episode #51. In episode # 51 we did SOM patterns REDEFINE, COUNTER EXAMPLE, HIERARCHY OF CRITERIA, AND INTENTION. In this episode we are going to try to finish the patterns. CHUNK DOWN, CHUNK UP, APPLY TO SELF, REALITY STRATEGY, MODEL OF THE WORLD, ANOTHER OUTCOME, CHANGE FRAME SIZE Support the …

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EP #52 Time is On Our Side: Getting Things done 28:10

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Send us a text Time is an elusive concept. Yes, Time is a concept. It doesn't exist the way we think it does. We can keep track of time on a clock. Because of that people tend to quantify time, having too much time on their hands or too little time. We have dozens of linguistic metaphors around time, i.e. Time flies or Time is money or you are runn…

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Ep #51 Tongue Fu or Black Belt of Tongue: Sleight of Mouth 48:35

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Send us a text In 1980, Robert Dilts modeled the patterns of such esteemed communicators as Abraham Lincoln, Gandhi, Milton Erickson, Plato, and Socrates (to name a few.) These individuals were superb at influencing belief systems and effectively persuading with these quick verbal reframes. Dilts called these language patterns Sleight of Mouth, nam…

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EP #50 Forgive the Unforgivable 47:24

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Send us a text Forgiveness is an often misunderstood concept. You can use NLP to help yourself truly let go of things that you cannot change. In the first segment, we talk about what is misunderstood about forgiveness. People oftentimes think that forgiving someone for what they did is condoning it. It is not. Learn what the difference is between c…

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EP #49 Relationships 101 46:34

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Send us a text Significant Patterns in NLP for harmonious relationships: Unless you happen to find your soul mate (what is that mean anyway?) you are probably going to have ups and downs in your relationships. And even soul mates aren’t perfect. NLP offers effective processes for keeping you and your partner or family member, boss, employee, etc. o…

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EP #48 How Come I'm Not Doing the Things I Want to Do - Part 2 50:25

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Send us a text In EP 42 we talk about – How come I am not doing the things I really want to do? In that episode we talked about some things that stop us: 1. Modal operators: must, have to, want, need, should 2. Submodality maps 3. Don't know how or missing information 4. Lateral or mismatched criteria 5. Values 6. Confusion with goals and tasks In …

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EP #47 - If You Want Confidence, You May Be Asking For the Wrong Thing! 49:50

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Send us a text When many people start out doing something new, they ask for confidence to do it. They are wanting to motivate themselves to do something new. What makes people think they can be confident doing something they have never done or done enough to get good at it. The episode discusses the Bandura Curve (the study of performance versus ex…

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EP #46 Transforming Negative Parts into Super Allies 56:24

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Send us a text A part is a metaphor that can be thought of as a collection of beliefs, ideas, abilities, and states that have less connection with other states. You could think of them as subsystems that operate in people more or less independently of the whole or other subsystems. For example, a person may think of themselves as confident but in o…

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EP #44 Could I Ask A Better Question 1:05:52

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Send us a text Why do people ask questions? To get information. Have you ever left a situation thinking, I wished I had asked more questions? Questions are a valuable part of conversations and communication in general. Yet, most training will focus on using the right words and listening rather than asking good questions. The conversation, meeting, …

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EP #44 The Power of Flow 1:04:23

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Send us a text Flow is a powerful concept for aligning yourself, life, and values to create serendipity. Serendipity is the process by which things happen - synchronistic events where things come together as if by magic. This concept was originally put forth by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in his book, Flow: the psychology of optimal experience. NLP hel…

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EP #43 What do you when you cannot decide 48:09

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Send us a text Indecisiveness is something that seems to plague a lot of people. It can be appreciated because it has a positive intent. I say this because being indecisive is a strategy unto itself. How do you decide to be indecisive? Well, you have to decide not to decide. It’s the same as no response is a response. You are making a decision not …

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EP-#42 How come I am not doing the things I really want to do? 1:02:21

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Send us a text What are some of the things we put off doing, don’t do, think about doing but don’t do even though we know how to do them? It can be as simple as reading a book, fixing something in your house, taking a class, returning that shirt. or changing the oil in your car. This isn’t even taking into consideration big things: moving, changing…

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EP #41 Words, Words, Words. Which One Do I Use? 56:53

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Send us a text We live in a world with words surrounding us like we are fish in the water. We are aware of words but not necessarily conscious of their meaning or how they affect others. This episode is about the power of language. Words inform, and they also influence. The study of NLP is about how language affects our emotions and, therefore, our…

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EP #40 Meta Programs: Working Organization, Self/Other, Rule Structure, Convincer 1:00:17

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Send us a text In our 40th episode, we discuss for each pattern, what it means to exhibit a certain pattern, how to determine a pattern and the influencing language for each pattern. We repeat working organization, the patterns of how people sort their world - people, place, thing, activity, or information. At work, if a person is a high people-sor…

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EP #39 Meta Programs: Working Organization (Primary Focus repeat) and Working Scope 52:00

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Send us a text We visit Working Organization (primary focus) again (People, Place, Activity, Thing, Information; see EP #38) and Working Scope: General or Specific. Since Working Organization is explained in EP #38, we go to General or Specific. General or Specific whether a person likes the big picture or overall design of something or if they wan…

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