From Andy Duffy and by Andy Duffy. (Aug 27th, 2009)

Welcome to the second part of the NLP Skills Polishing Programme, I will continue to use the ‘themes’ as last week to show you how to build in presuppositions and gain more understanding of how this might be useful to you and for you.
Recap:
Presuppositions:
One of the best ways that I have found to learn language patterns is to each and every day take one pattern and write out examples of that pattern for a current theme that is important to you in your “real life.” In this way, their use can become unconscious and automatic. I have heard that Richard Bandler required his NLP Practitioner students to write out 100 examples of each of these patterns. You may want to do that also.

By using presuppositions, we are able to make a statement and have basic assumptions contained in that statement accepted, unconsciously, as being true.

The real “power” of using presuppositions comes from using 3, 4 or more of them together. Of course, to be able to chain many presuppositions together means that we must first learn to use each one of them individually and then move on to grouping them together. It has been said that when 3 presuppositions are used in a row that it is impossible not to accept the embedded presuppositions/assumptions.

The themes that I will use in demonstrating each pattern, as we work through these exercises are:
1. “To be an excellent communicator you will need to learn the importance and use of non−verbal communication.”

Here I will presuppose that in order to be a good communicator you must know how to use the 93% of communication that is non−verbal and “Creating and maintaining rapport is critical to building or enhancing a relationship.”

2. Here I will presuppose that ” Getting and maintaining rapport is crucial to building a relationship.”

Pick one, two or more themes for yourself to use throughout the week or if you wish pick a different theme(s) for each language pattern − your choice.

Day 1 Practice using Pseudo Cleft Sentences − Identified by the form of “What [sentence] is [sentence]“.
Theme number 1:

What we know about non−verbal communication is it is the key to being an excellent communicator.

Theme number 2:
What knowledgeable psychologists tell us about relationships is creating and maintaining rapport is critical.
For today practice using pseudo cleft sentences with your theme(s). Write out at least 5 examples for each theme(s).

Day 2 Practice using Stressed Sentences − (Voice stress) such as: I am especially interested in the OUTSTANDING results that NLP has gotten.

Theme number 1:
Learning non−verbal communication skills will make a FANTASTIC improvement in your communication skills.
Theme number 2:
Creating and maintaining rapport is the only way to have WONDERFUL relationships.

For today practice using stress sentences with your theme(s). Write out at least 5 examples for each theme(s).

Day 3 Practice using Complex Adjectives − (NEW, OLD, FORMER, PRESENT, PREVIOUS)

Theme number 1:
Enhance your previous communication skills by learning how to use non−verbal communication skills.
Theme number 2:
Improve your present and future relationships by learning how to create and maintain rapport.

For today practice using complex adjectives with your theme(s). Write out at least 5 examples for each theme(s).

Day 4 Practice using Ordinal Numerals − (FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, ANOTHER, NEXT)

Theme number 1:
First, your improve your non−verbal communication skills and then you watch your communication results soar.
Theme number 2:
The first change to make to improve your relationships is to learn to create and maintain rapport.

For today practice using ordinal numbers with your theme(s). Write out at least 5 examples for each theme(s).

Day 5 Practice using Comparatives − (Words ending with ER, MORE, LESS)

Theme number 1:
More people improve their total communication by learning non−verbal communication skills than by any other method.
Theme number 2:
Better relationships are developed by creating and maintaining rapport.

For today practice using comparatives with your theme(s).  Write out at least 5 examples for each theme(s).


Looking forward, where might what you’ve discovered here be useful?
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