"Well, basically, NLP is a system to think and communicate in a more effective way."
"Personal freedom is the ability to feel what you want so that the chains of fear, sadness and hate are broken. These chains are made up of negative feelings, limiting beliefs and destructive behaviours."
"People are often afraid of making jokes with someone who has been through a trauma, but getting someone to laugh at their problem is exactly what they need, to start seeing things from a different perspective. We were ready to begin."
"I got her to run the movie backwards because she was used to imagining the event happening in the future. I wanted her to begin to it back in the past. By having her reverse the experience in her mind, it got her brain to think about it in a completely different way."
"Because I got her to change how she represented the memory, she was able to diminish the feelings she had when she imagined it, and it was easier for her to cope."
"feelings and emotions are not things that we have; instead, they are things that we do."
"we always have a choice, taking our past and living a better future or taking our past and limiting our future."
"If someone went into your house and painted horrible picture on your walls, you wouldn't leave them there, would you? No, of course not. You'd paint over them. Then why leave bad ideas inside your head?"
"problems don't exist independently of human beings; they don't exist in the universe at large. They exist in our perceptions and understandings."
"Your beliefs can either trap you or set you free. Whatever you believe will determine what you decide to do. If you truly want to change, the first step is to believe one hundred percent that you can and that you will."
"Richard always what he teaches as an attitude. It'a an attitude of the curiosity Richard displays, the determination he demonstrates and the creativity he uses."
"Now, what I'm interested in is not in you setting goals, but in you beginning to set new directions to go in. The difference between the two is simple. Setting a goal is about deciding on something you want to achieve. To truly build a better life, you need to make sure you're making continuous progress."
"If you suddenly realized that you were drowning, would you spend time asking yourself why you were drowning? Would you find that kind of question useful at that moment? Of course not. Instead, you'd start asking yourself how you could get out of the water - and as safely and as quickly as possible."
"people were trapped in their own way of thinking."
"Many people feel trapped by the past, but they aren't really trapped. They're just practising a habit of feeling bad."
"If you take charge of your beliefs, you take charge of your life."
