When working to learn and improve NLP skills and knowledge, we only improve when we keep making increasingly fine distinctions in our knowledge, sensory acuity, calibration skills, awareness, and information-gathering processes. This Neuro Linguistic Programming Blog is devoted using advanced perspectives to help you challenge assumptions, knowledge and skills, thus helping you develop finer, and finer distinctions. If you want to get really, really good at NLP, this is the way. Welcome!
Stop Drawing a Blank: How NLP Sorting Patterns Fix Your Memory Have you ever felt like you were absorbing a mountain of information effectively, only to draw a total blank when you were actually called upon to recall it? Perhaps you’ve mastered something complicated...
Turning Bedtime Fears into Sweet Dreams: An NLP Language Strategy for Parents Every parent has "been there." The sudden stall tactics, the extra glass of water, and that hesitant look in a child’s eyes, when a bedroom light gets turned off. Many years ago now, my...
How NLP Training Helps Your Firm: Soft Skills With Teeth Most business owners focus on "hard skills" because they are easy to measure. But high-impact soft skills training can affect whether a company scales or fails. In my experience, the most expensive business...
Recursive Change Architecture: Why "Stacking" NLP Techniques Leads to Permanent Change Most people approach personal change like a home repair: they find a single tool, apply it to a single problem, and hope the fix holds. If they have a limiting belief, they run a...
The Strategic Value of Confusion: Why Mild Uncertainty is Your Brain’s Greatest Gift (originally written ~2010 on altfeld[dot]com; rewritten and published here in 2026.) In the world of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), most people are obsessed with "positive"...
Is Your Reality Actually Real? An NLP Exploration of Perception If you’ve ever watched The Truman Show, you likely remember the growing sense of unease as Jim Carrey’s character slowly realizes his entire life is a fabricated television set. A movie-set light falls...
NLP and Stuttering: How State Control and Rhythm Can Transform Your Speech (originally published April 2011 on altfeld [dot] com. Fully rewritten and updated for modern times!) Quick Takeaways for Speakers & Coaches: NLP is a Strategy, Not a Cure:...
The Domino Effect of NLP State Changes: Mastering Internal and External Influence Quick Takeaways for Coaches & Communicators: States are Learned: Every emotional or physiological state you have ever experienced is a memorized, learned state that your body knows...
The "Silent Killer" of Great Presentations: Are You Speaking with Your Eyes Shut? Every speaker has noticed this in others. Maybe, if we’re being honest, we’ve all done it. A speaker is on a roll. They’re halfway through a signature story or a complex data set. ...
NLP Time Distortion: How Our Internal Clocks Impact Decisions & Influence Quick Takeaways for Coaches & Communicators: Time Distortion is Universal: Human perception of time is highly inaccurate and easily manipulated by internal and external cues....
Architecting Small Business Excellence: Unconventional Uses of NLP for Growth (Originally published as an NLP IRC Chat Transcript on altfeld [dot] com, on August 2, 1998. Today, 2/26/2026, I've completely rewritten my content, for modern times and considerations.)...
The Missing Engine of EQ: Mastering NLP Emotional State Chaining If you were to ask me a specific question about the state of our field today... "Jonathan, what is the single most important Neuro Linguistic Programming skill that is consistently under-taught and...