What are YOU becoming now and in the future?

Today I got back in the nice capital of Bulgaria , Sofia, after some great days at the seaside , where I rediscovered my inner love for sea. I visited places like 

Albena , Golden Sands , Kaliakra, and Varna was the city that hosted me. Today I opened my mail and received a question and an answer from Colin Smith , a specialist in NLP, that I want to share with you , in case you want to rediscover YOU

" Hi Nico Wouldn't you agree that making a change at the level of our identity would give us the most useful and pervasive changes? For example you could decide to become a more creative person or a better communicator. Or both?! Whatever you choose, pick something that energises and inspires you. Now one things for sure, we are going to experience many problems simply because that's reality right? Annoying work colleagues, dealing with certain family members, traffic jams, Eastenders etc. Isn't it true though that our experience of problems disappear, when we have 

the correct mental attitude or state of mind. Problems are going to keep coming, it's inevitable. To protect ourselves from feeling overwhelmed and crushed we

need to cultivate a powerful determination to overcome all our delusions or bad thinking patterns/habits. So as you think about that now what does the more determined you look like? You can use this as your 'desired self image' in the technique below that is from "The Half Seond Rule." Automatically Swish Yourself into New Behaviour (This is a very powerful process that enables you to get rid of bad feelings and unwanted behaviour that results from the bad feeling. It's useful for all kinds of things because it 're-directionalises' your mind. It re-programs your mind to go away from the unwanted and head towards a more resourceful, 

possibility filled future! 1. Identify Context: Pick a situation that induces undesirable feelings inside of you? Where or when would you like to behave differently than you do now?(Examples: An interview, asking someone out, driving onto a freeway etc.) 

2. Identify Cue Image: What do you see in the above situation just before you start doing the behaviour you don't like? Imagine actually being in the situation, seeing through your own eyes. To help get the cue image it can be useful t

o physically do what you do just before the unwanted behaviour. (NOTE: The cue image can be an internal image inside your mind or an external, real world image.)

3. Create Outcome Picture: See yourself over there as you would look if you had already accomplished the desired change. Make this image really compelling. How would you stand? What would your facial expression look like? If you had made this change how would you see yourself differently? 

4. Swish: Start by seeing the cue image, big and bright. Next put a small dark image of the outcome picture in the lower right corner. The small dark image will grow big and bright and cover the cue image, which will get dim and shrink away. 

It can be useful to say, 'Swissssshhhh' at the same time!

(NOTE: It is very important to do the actual swish very fast for it to be effective: LESS THAN ONE SECOND! You can repeat the process, steps 4 - 6 and go faster each time until you have done it in less than 1/2 a second.)

5. Blank Out Screen or open your eyes.

6. Repeat from step 4 again five times. 

7. Test: Now try and picture the cue image again. If the swish has been effective it will be hard to do as the outcome picture will appear automatically! 

TOP TIPS: The desired self-image in step 3 doesn't need to be perfect.

The question is, do you like it better?

All the best, Colin "

PS: Thanks Colin