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Communication
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In is Out! A Try-out in If you like to the out-side-in.

In is Out! What is in yesterday is out today. Not only with food, yet many aspects in life follow this principle. Last year’s clothing what was in, is out now. And on the other hand what comes out now may me in tomorrow. So we organize our lives by in and out and it is a merry-go-round of inside-out to the outside in.

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Find
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Find your Life Purpose

Find your Life Purpose is easier said than done. Many people struggle with this question. Being on the verge of being burnt-out or even worse, being bored-out. Years ago, we asked ourselves, how can we create a system that evaluates and makes the necessary changes to get us on course to where we wanted to be. When we started to develop this system around 6 years ago we were suffering a bad performing business, money-sucking employees and bad food.

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Chunk Size
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NLP Meta Program Chunk Size

Do not bite-off more than you can chew is an old saying. The NLP Meta Program Chunk Size let’s you understand the hierarchy of it and as well how to recognize and use it. Let’s start with a description that will make you clear what the NLP Meta Program Chunk Size is all about. Imagine the Earth, the earth is divided by land and oceans. The land is divided by continents. Continents on their turn are divided by countries. A country has cities. Cities have roads and homes. One of those roads leads to your home. Your home has rooms. This room has stuff in it. At least this room has walls. These walls are made of something solid. This solid part contains carbon. Now if you agree or disagree your room has stuff in it, it is ok. The demonstration we make here is that there is a sort-order from world view up until the smallest particle we are able to recognize.

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Generalisation
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NLP Universal Quantifiers

What are in NLP Universal Quantifiers?

Generalisations that preclude exceptions or alternative choices are in NLP Universal Quantifiers. NLP suggests that these are virtually never an accurate representation of the objective state of things. There are almost always exceptions to any rules. You use Universal quantifiers to eliminate objections and therefore, perhaps, objectivity.

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Milton Model
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The use of Or

Now I know the title of this article sounds like a bad version of the Wizzard of Oz, but we are here for the The use of “Or” in presuppositions which is part of the Milton Model. Some of you reading this article have kids. And by the way, having kids is not to be ashamed about. Yet continue reading this article you will discover something very familiar. Lets start with an example. Did you ever had difficulties making your kids do homework? Here is the trick. If you ask them “Please do your homework.” the answer is “No” or “Later” or whatever response they are giving you. Logical, because a kid is honnest in their response. Now, just for the demonstration of it, refrase the question and ask something like: “Do you do your homework before or after dinner?”.

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Effectiveness
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Improve Focus and Effectiveness

The decision-making process in business and your personal life is an important part of your success. Critical thinking involves the capability to think rationally and fair-minded. You must have the ability to employ thinking reflectively and independently. Do you know that your brain can’t tell the difference between something imaginary and something real? In other words, if your imagination is vivid enough, you can trick your brain into experiencing the positive emotions that go along with a positive memory or mental image.

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Generalisation
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NLP Presuppositions

What are NLP Presuppositions?

Simple! In NLP Presuppositions are basically – “What is the person assuming to be true, underneath what they are actually telling me?”. Presuppositions are not necessarily true, but even if the are not, by holding something not-yet-true as being true, we can help to bring that to fruition.

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Enjoy
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Enjoy Fulfilling Relationships

A lot of people, if you ask them, have on their list to enjoy fulfilling relationships. Logical. We humans are social creatures and so want to be with other people to enjoy a great and quality time. Yet what makes a relationship work so it becomes fulfilling and enjoyable for all involved? Well, first of all being open and honest to each other makes a hell of a difference. It comes to your emotional intelligence. Deepening your ability to live your life in balance and at the same time not to lose yourself only by the benefit of the other.

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Generalisation
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NLP Modal Operators of Necessity

What are those NLP Modal Operators of Necessity?

First let’s start with some theory. How do we use in NLP Modal Operators of Necessity? Any words that lead to having no choice, or that require certain responses, actions and words that are connected with abilities or lack thereof are in NLP Modal Operators of Necessity. These show up frequently in people’s beliefs about things and aspects in life.

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NLP Deletion
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NLP Deletion

The first part of the NLP Meta Model is Deletion. In NLP Deletion occurs when we selectively pay attention to certain aspects of your experience and not others.  In NLP, Deletion means we overlook or omit certain sensory information.  Without deletion, we would be faced with much too much information to handle in our conscious minds.

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