Seth Godin, one of my favorite authors, writes about states in his usual excellent style.
Over the weekend I visited one of my favorite places. It didn’t matter that I hadn’t been there in a while, or didn’t know most of the people I encountered. The second I walked in, heard the noise, saw the walls… even the way it smelled… I was transported.
It’s incredible to think about–a room could magically change the way I felt. A physical room with the right memories can do this in just a heartbeat. So can a metaphorical one, even a brand.
The states of your emotions (your moods and passions) are like rooms in a house.
Anxiety, flow, joy, fear, exhaustion, connection, contemplation, emotional labor… each one can be visited at will if we choose. Sometimes by entering a real room, but more often in metaphor…
You can read the whole piece here
It’s a great post and suggests some ways in which we can think about how we choose to feel and how to get to those feelings that we find important.
It only scratches the surface of what’s possible in choosing, creating and selecting the way you can feel in any given context.
States and what’s called ’state control’ is one of the key features of any NLP Practitioner training and it’s certainly one of the key features in ours.
We still have places on our certified NLP Practitioner training starting in September, click on the link to find out more.
PS: We are extending our special double offer of a £350 discount off our practitioner training if you sign up for the Bill O’Hanlon Geography Of Possibilities workshop on September 11th & 12th. The only difference is the price of the Bill O’Hanlon version has gone up to £195 – still a bargain.
