What are the presuppositions of NLP?
See here for a number of NLP-related presuppositions, with explanations: http://www.bradburyac.mistral.co.uk/nlpfax04.htm
Here are some of them. No one is wrong or broken. People work perfectly to accomplish what they are currently accomplishing. People already have all the resources they need. Behind every behavior is a positive intention. Every behavior is useful in some context. The meaning of a communication is the response you get. If you aren’t getting the response you want, do *something* different. There is no such thing as failure. There is only feedback. In any system, the element with the most flexibility exerts the most influence. The map is not the territory. If someone can do something, anyone can learn it. You cannot fail to communicate.
The following are the presuppositions of NLP: • The map is not the territory. That is to say the symbols (like words) we use are not the things they represent. • Behavior is geared for adaptation and present behavior is the best choice available given the current resources. • People are not their behaviors. Accept the person and change the behavior. • Behavior and change should be evaluated in terms of ecology. That is to say examine all possible consequences of behavior change such as possible secondary gain and unintended consequences. • The most important information about a person is the person’s behavior. In NLP the practitioner is warned against mind reading which means coming up with rational behind behavior. Thus it is good to observe that someone is laughing, but not to claim the person is happy. The person may be hiding anxiety or something else. • There are no resistant clients, only inflexible communicators. Thus we can establish rapport with everyone if we are flexible eno
