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...
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...
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....
The Limited Scope of Myers-Briggs (And Why You Are Not Your Test Score) Editor’s Note: The core concepts in this post were originally published on altfeld.com. This article has been significantly rewritten, modernized, and republished here on February 13, 2026. We...
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...
How to Be More Efficient With NLP — Without Getting Stuck Chasing “Efficiency” "Efficiency" is one of those words that sounds like a practical goal… and often behaves like a mental trap. In NLP terms, efficiency is a "nominalization" — which is a process... frozen...
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...