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"...
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...
How Best to Learn NLP: The Architecture of Mastery Originally published on April 26, 1998, at my old website altfeld (dot) com, and rewritten 2/14/2026 here. If you ask ten different Master Trainers how to learn Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), you’ll likely get...
The "Go Corporate" Refrain If I had a nickel for every time someone told me, "Jonathan, you should go after [Big Corporation X]! They pay so much money for training that is lightyears behind what you do," I could retire to a private island. It plays like a broken...
NLP Strategies & Elicitation: The Evolution into Strategy Pipelines Editor’s Note: Some of the ideas in this post were originally published 2/12/1998 in an online Chat Transcript, on altfeld.com. It has been refreshed, rewritten, and republished here on January...
Strategies to Help People Understand, Consciously and Automatically (Or: Learn to “Package” Information So It Sticks, from NLP Training Design techniques) (Originally published long ago at altfeld.com; rewritten and updated for this website's blog!) One of my highest...
Play Is a Serious NLP Skill Why the fastest learning happens when you stop trying to be impressive! I’ve been migrating and updating older writing, and one pattern is… humbling. I'm aware... that I can sound way too serious online! To be clear: I take outcomes...
Developing NLP Calibration Skills: The Hidden Engine of High-Level Communication Updated and rewritten for modern eyes 1/2/2026; previously published by Jonathan Altfeld years ago, as an article on altfeld.com. NLP "Calibration?" What the Heck Is That? Simply put:...
Unconscious Installation: The "Secret Sauce" of Accelerated NLP Mastery In the early days of NLP, there was a polarizing whisper about a technique that seemed almost magical: Unconscious Installation. Back then, the reactions were predictable. Critics dismissed it as...
The NLP Spelling Strategy is Far Better Than "Phonics" In America, for a few decades, we've seen the emergence of "Phonics" as an approach to learning how to spell words. It happened, for a good reason: because it leads to rapid results with kids who desperately need...
NLP Meta-Future-Pacing: Maximizing the Power of NLP Future-Pacing If you've ever used an NLP technique to shift how you feel about a past event, you might already be familiar with NLP Future-Pacing—a process where you mentally rehearse applying that change in future...
GeniusMapping™ synthesizes and synergizes NLP Modeling, Knowledge Engineering, and Belief Craft. For all those interested in NLP Modeling -- the capture of excellence -- we've been teaching our K.E. Modeling Skills for 29 years to the NLP community. Recently, we...