Never the Less Popular
First of all, I want to acknowledge your article, Garry, and the questions you pose. I also acknowledge the frustration that you might be feeling. When we try to measure NLP with pie charts and graphs it is a bit like trying to use a drawing pin to nail jelly to the ceiling. NLP is an experiential process. It is a concept that draws on our unconscious minds and that relies on us learning with our muscles, our minds and our hearts. My husband whose training was as an engineer, says that NLP is less like a pie chart and more like the Mona Lisa. He searches for black and white answers only to find that the questions lead to yet more questions. And that is hard to explain—that the answer, if there is one with NLP, is not so much finding the answer but in uncovering more questions. However, it is the quality of the questions we ask that influence the way we live our lives. (reprinted from the Training Journal June 2001).