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Is Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) useful?
Hi,
I am wondering if you have any thoughts on Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP).
I understand that it doesn't have great results in a lab but then I also see a lot of people referring to NLP techniques and I've seen presenters who seem to lead 95% of the audience like sheep using NLP techniques.
Is there any benefit to learning these techniques or is it a waste of time and money?
One source of concern for me is the NLP "practitioners" online who sell an endless rabbit-hole of training media.
- SwellJoe 18y agoIt is reportedly very effective in the short term; immediate small changes in behavior. But, I don't think you'd want to go down that rabbit hole too deeply...there are a couple of definitive works on the topic, and everything else (including the original authors own later work and seminars) seem to be targeting the "fool and his money" target audience for self help type seminars, just rehashing the ideas in the context of business or picking up women. Beyond NLP there are other areas of study that are less mumbo jumbo and more hard science. Influence is a great book on the subject of...well, influencing people. Why people do and buy the things they do, and how things like the Apple fanboy phenomenon (not explicitly in the context of Apple, just an example I know everyone here will recognize), and other types of extreme brand loyalty, happens.
- nopassrecover 18y agoThanks this is the kind of feedback I'm interested in - the value of NLP as well as suggestions on related concepts.
- shaunxcode 18y agoThe Sumerian magician enki found it effective/useful when designing his nam-shub.
- swolchok 18y agoThe above post is a reference to Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson. However, I don't think it contributes very positively to the discussion, because now someone ELSE will reply, and we'll have to have a circle jerk about how great that book was.
- HSO 18y agoI don't think one can generalize much here because your initial attitude or frame will determine your success with said techniques. That may also be one reason why you don't get consistent lab results but still see it clearly working for some people. I think of such schemes as placebo-type, and not at all in a bad sense. Even if a "real scientist" came along and somehow proved it all to be mumbo jumbo, someone who responds well to the material could still profit from it. Why not just go over to some torrent site and sample a few of their offerings. Alternatively, book store, library (physical),...
- pbhj 18y agothis is not the comment you are looking for
- hunterjrj 18y agoAsk Barack Obama.
- nopassrecover 18y agoAny relevant links at all?