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NLP Presuppositions are a certain set of beliefs which is the secret behind the success of successful people.
• What are NLP Presuppositions?
• What does Dr. John Grinder (co-founder of NLP) say about NLP Presuppositions.
• Merit in NLP Presuppositions.
• The 14 NLP Presuppositions with an explanation of each of them.
Neuro Linguistic Programming - NLP was built on recognising and applying communication, behavioral patterns of successful people.
Further, recognising the difference that makes the difference between a genius and an average performer in the same field of activity.
This methodology is known as NLP Modelling.
Frank Pucelik (co-founder of NLP) shared in his NLP courses in Spain, in which I (Abhay Thhakkar) attended, is that during the process of NLP Modelling, they found that successful people operated out of a certain set of beliefs which is the secret behind their success. It is these sets of belief systems which are known as ‘NLP Presuppositions’.
Frank Pucelik calls these presuppositions as 8 major beliefs.
NLP Presuppositions are considered as the bedrock in most NLP courses since many NLP Trainers believe that as an NLP coach, it is essential to operate through the set of beliefs in the context of coaching to apply the NLP techniques more effectively.
However, when I (Abhay Thhakkar) attended NLP courses which were facilitated by Dr. John Grinder(co-creator of NLP), he shared that he doesn’t consider NLP Presupposition as a part of NLP.
I was surprised to know that since before attending NLP courses of John Grinder, I had attended many NLP courses in which the NLP Trainers emphasised a lot on NLP Presupposition.
In fact, in the book – ‘Whispering in the wind’ by Dr. John Grinder, he has written –
“There is no need to subscribe to the so-called presuppositions of NLP in order to benefit from an effective application of the patterns to some problem or challenge.”
Hence, Dr. John Grinder says, learning NLP Presuppositions isn't a prerequisite for applying the NLP techniques and tools effectively.
Further, he adds that it must not be "preached" as done in certain NLP trainings
You can find more about his views on the page: what is not NLP?
However, recognising and operating out of the NLP Presuppositions can add value in our life.
Hence, I have shared a list of the NLP Presuppositions below.
When I attended NLP trainings in Spain, which were facilitated by Frank Pucelik (co-creator of NLP), he shared that most of the NLP Presuppositions that NLP Trainers teach were originally developed by him and his ‘meta’ team that worked to create certain aspects of Neuro Linguistic Programming.
In fact, he says the NLP Presuppositions is based on what he calls them the '8 major beliefs'.
In fact, there after there was HNLP that was developed by John Overdurf and Julie Silverthorn. In HNLP too, there are a set of presuppositions, so they are known as HNLP presuppositions.
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Transformative NLP international is an NLP training organisation in Mumbai, India founded and headed by Abhay Thakkar.
He facilitates international certification for NLP courses in India and abroad, certified by NLP co-founder - Dr. John Grinder.
He is the first NLP and New Code NLP trainer from India, certified by NLP co-founder - John Grinder.
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