Sleight of Mouth - Aphorisms/presuppositions

Aphorisms/presuppositions

Depending on the branch of NLP (different trainers or companies) the number and some of the content of the presuppositions may vary. Some of them are:

• The meaning of a communication is the response that you get (not the one intended).
• The map is not the territory
• Life and 'Mind' are Systemic Processes
• Mind and body are parts of the same system and have influence over each other
• Law of Requisite Variety
• All behaviour is geared towards adaptation
• Behind every behavior is a positive intention
• People are doing the best they can with the choices they have available
• Choice is better than no choice (and flexibility is the way one gets choice)
• Multiple descriptions are better than one
• Behaviour is to be evaluated and appreciated or changed as appropriate in the context presented
• People already have all the resources they need to succeed
• The highest quality information you can have of someone is their (present) behaviour.
• People are not their behaviour: accept people, change the behaviour (Also: Make distinction between behaviour and self).
• Every outcome manifested is Feedback: there is no failure, only feedback