Comments on: Feedback vs. Failure http://beanoriginal.net/feedback-vs-failure/ feeding your inner rebel Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:58:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk http://beanoriginal.net/feedback-vs-failure/#comment-515 Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:22:11 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/10/feedback-vs-failure.html#comment-515 I've been a Master Practitioner of NLP for about 10 years now, so it's fairly well-integrated into my life. The shortcut version is often all I need to remind me, that plus a well-formed outcome. I’ve been a Master Practitioner of NLP for about 10 years now, so it’s fairly well-integrated into my life. The shortcut version is often all I need to remind me, that plus a well-formed outcome.

]]> By: Lodewijkvdb http://beanoriginal.net/feedback-vs-failure/#comment-516 Lodewijkvdb Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:05:21 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/10/feedback-vs-failure.html#comment-516 That's a real short version of NLP indeed, or of any successful approach to achieving goals for that matter. NLP encompasses much more than just this in my opinion, but I like your simple approach. A quote that came to mind when I was writing this article, was the famous quote by Thomas Edison when he was asked about failing so many times, while inventing electric light: <em>I haven't failed, I have just found 10,000 ways that don't work.</em> Now that's applying this presupposition to the extreme :) That’s a real short version of NLP indeed, or of any successful approach to achieving goals for that matter. NLP encompasses much more than just this in my opinion, but I like your simple approach.

A quote that came to mind when I was writing this article, was the famous quote by Thomas Edison when he was asked about failing so many times, while inventing electric light: I haven’t failed, I have just found 10,000 ways that don’t work.

Now that’s applying this presupposition to the extreme :)

]]> By: Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk http://beanoriginal.net/feedback-vs-failure/#comment-517 Jean Browman--Cheerful Monk Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:41:53 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/10/feedback-vs-failure.html#comment-517 The version of NLP that I like is (1) What do you want? (2) Is what you're doing getting you closer to what you want? (3) If not, try something else. It's basically about focusing on what you want, not on what you don't want. And that's the trouble with thinking in terms of failure. You're focusing on what you don't want. I agree with you that we don't create everything in the world/in our lives. But winners focus on what they want and are good observers. They notice how things work and use that information wisely. The version of NLP that I like is
(1) What do you want?
(2) Is what you’re doing getting you closer to what you want?
(3) If not, try something else.

It’s basically about focusing on what you want, not on what you don’t want. And that’s the trouble with thinking in terms of failure. You’re focusing on what you don’t want.

I agree with you that we don’t create everything in the world/in our lives. But winners focus on what they want and are good observers. They notice how things work and use that information wisely.

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