When you are preparing to start your amazing performance, an NLP performance coach will work with you to access that part of your nervous system that orchestrates your self-motivation, by eliciting your motivation strategy . Strategy in NLP is how you organise your senses to take you towards your outcome or goal. So what does this mean in practice? Imagine that you are starting to work in a major new project and you know that you need the support of many people in different parts of your organisation in order to make it a success. You want to be able to motivate and enthuse the other participants in the project so that they contribute fully. BEFORE you go out to motivate the other members of the team, check in and ask yourself how motivated am I? Rate this on a scale of 1 to 10. Those of you who have been watching the commonwealth Games will have seen the short, repetitive motivation sequences that top athletes go through just before competition. Become curious about your motivation sequence. Make a big picture of your self completing the project, surrounded by the project team who look satisfied, like they managed to pass the baton to each other safely and securely, hear the sound of stirring music playing in the background, feel yourself standing tall acknowledging the thanks of your colleagues J Now rate your motivation on a scale of 1 to 10 and remember the old adage “To motivate someone start with your self :0)

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