What is NLP or Neuro-Linguistic Programming & Positive Psychology and what has it to do with Coaching?
NLP applies objectivity [flexible rational thinking] as opposed to subjectivity [the way we think consciously and unconsciously or rather react than think, most of the time in our limited perception of reality, disunited from the truth and each other]. NLP is about examining your thinking, feeling and language in order to better help you achieve your goals. And one of the aims of NLP is to copy patterns of excellence or habits of highly successful people (modeling). A common simple definition of NLP is to state that it is the study of excellence. NLP is frequently used in Business and Wealth coaching. Many coaches model their techniques and behaviour on habits of millionaires and billionaires. Positive psychology (coaching) is something recent in Western Countries. In the 1990’s, psychologist Martin Seligman began a trend in psychology away from mental illness towards mental wellness, hence positive psychology. It focuses on people’s strengths, positive character traits and happiness-b
