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Am I against NLP?
Chuckle.
On the face of it, for and against is a pretty silly concept, as relating to a discipline. How can you be for or against a discipline ? The discipline either works, or it doesn't. Being for or against such a thing only makes one look foolish, the discipline stands on it's own merit. Can you be for or against education? Don't be ridiculous.
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Would I like to see NLP grow beyond what it is today? Goodness me. By factors of many hundreds. I'm a programmer. NLP is all about programming. Duh.
Apparently NLP isn't the only discipline plagued by that nagging prospect of real science.
In this article, the authors reflect on years of problems that the drug makers have been having with those pesky studies they are required to do.
Seems that placebos have almost as beneficial an effect as the drugs themselves, or at least that's what the science seems to say.
"Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny."
Variations of this are attributed to many people but the oldest variation is attributed to ancient Chinese philosopher Laotzi (see http://soniabranco.typepad.com/my_holistic_coach/2006/10/watch_your_thou.html )
