NLP is the art and science in the study of excellence. It offers an array of techniques for assisting in resolving problems in any area of your life.
Neuro-Linguistic Programing or NLP for short, is the study of the mind and human behaviour. It came to be through a curiosity that two men; Richard Bandler and John Grinder had for wanting to know how to achieve outstanding results in the area of personal development and human behavioural therapy. (Click here to read more on the history of NLP)
NLP is the study of excellence that leaves behind a trail of techniques
This curiosity that Bandler and Grinder had lead to a series of understandings and eventually techniques that can be used to create effective and lasting change within people.
NLP allows us to understand the inner processing of our minds and to achieve our desired outcomes through simple and fun techniques.
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N Neuro - Refers to the nervous system (the mind) and how we process our experiences via our five senses:
see (visual)
hear (auditory)
touch (kinesthetic)
taste (gustatory)
smell (olfactory)
L Linguistic - Or language (verbal & non-verbal), describes how we internally give meaning to these experiences through a series of:
pictures
sounds
feelings
tastes
smells
words (self talk)
P Programming - Describes the ability to discover and utilize the programs that we run (our communication with ourselves and others), in our nervous system to achieve specific and desired outcomes (results).
In other words, NLP is describes how our thinking produces our behaviours and how we can use the language of the mind to consistantly achieve our specific and desired outcomes.
Neuro-Linguistic Programing or NLP for short, is the study of the mind and human behaviour. It came to be through a curiosity that two men; Richard Bandler and John Grinder had for wanting to know how to achieve outstanding results in the area of personal development and human behavioural therapy. 
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