John Grinder And Development Of Neuro Linguistic Programming

By Ingrid Preube

Before co-founding Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) with Dr. Richard Bandler, John Grinder obtained a degree in psychology from the University of San Francisco and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of California in San Diego on the late 1960's and early 1970's. As well as obtaining his education, he also served as a captain in the Special Forces then later worked for the US Intelligence Agency.

John Grinder is a specialist in the area of syntax in the broader field of linguistics. He has published many works, On Deletion Phenomena in English (1972) and Guide to Transformational Grammar (1973) being two of the most exceptional works. John was later appointed as a professor of Linguistics at the University of San Francisco in Santa Cruz.

After being invited to participate in therapy groups with psychology student Richard Bandler, John became aware of linguistic patterns used by the therapists. John went on to co-found Neuro Linguistic Programming with Bandler.

Neuro Linguistic Programming was largely based on the language patterns used effectively by the hypnotherapist Milton H. Erickson and therapists Virginia Satir and Fritz Perls and the theory of transformation grammar. Based on this John Grinder and Richard Bandler came up with the model of Neuro Linguistic Programming.

John has also co-written many other pieces about the theoretical basis and practical uses of NLP. This was after developing the model of Neuro Linguistic Programming further, partly based on the publications of the therapists above.

Many people in the world can attribute their personal and professional success to the self-confidence given to them by the techniques the learned from NLP. They found that the Neuro Linguistic Programming model helped them to obtain certain qualities required to be successful in the competitive modern world.

NPL teaches techniques that enable you to enhance the positive aspects of your mind to further achieve your goals. The self improvement techniques detailed in NLP will also help you analyze the people around you including their personality. It will also enable you to co-ordinate your words, feelings thoughts and behavior to achieve your best results.

Using NLP you will be able to align your words and actions and this will help you to get your message across to your target audience in a far more effective and direct way. - 31985

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