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NLP Presuppositions and Personal Empowerment
NLP presuppositions are working assumptions that shift a person from feeling like a victim toward a sense of choice.
TL;DR
Among them: everyone has a unique map of the world, and the map is not the territory; the meaning of communication is the response you get; there is no failure, only feedback; people already have the resources they need.
The article in brief
The article treats presuppositions as a core way NLP empowers practitioners. They are offered for reflection rather than as a complete technical list; the writer notes that core NLP programmes discuss thirty-four, of which a selection is given here.
On perception: each person has a unique map, made of pictures, sounds, feelings, smells and tastes; people respond to that map, not to “the territory”; change the map and the emotional state changes. On communication: the meaning of a message is the response it gets; the quality of a life is tied to the quality of communications; mind and body are one system. On behaviour: a person is not their behaviour; behind behaviour is a positive intention; meaning depends on context.
On capability: there are no unresourceful people, only unresourceful states; people make the best choice available to them; if one person can do something, others can learn it. On results: there is no failure, only feedback; flexibility increases influence; if what you are doing is not working, do something else; a choice is better than none; each person is in charge of their mind and therefore of their results.
Taken together, the piece argues, these assumptions move a person from a sense of being acted upon to a sense of being able to act.
The full article is published on www.NLP4India.in.