NLP Copywriting Harlan Kilstein

Day Eight – When NLP Doesn’t Work

January 8th, 2009 Posted in 30 Days To Communications Excellence, Acuity, NLP, NLP Skills

NLP works. Except when it doesn’t.

Here’s when you should not use representational systems and why.

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6 Responses to “Day Eight – When NLP Doesn’t Work”

Jim Wyck Says:

January 8th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Ah Harlan,

This series is EXCELLENT!

And yet,
for the very first time,
I do not totally agree
with what you say on this video.

You claim that an extraordinarily
high percentage of readers are sub-vocalizing.
This is true!

But then you make the claim
that visuals … visual imagery,
visual suggestions, “painting a picture”
are not effective in written communications.

My dear friend,
you have overstated your case,
and understated, and underestimated
the power of the written word
to stimulate images in the mind of the reader.

The best writers
and the best copywriters
do indeed “paint a picture”
in the minds of their readers.

And because I am very familiar
with your work, I include you,
even though you may not be as conscious
in your picture-painting as some others.

In conclusion:
this is the most useful set
of free NLP videos I have ever seen!

Keep up the good work!

Jim
Giti Says:

January 8th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
i have [s]tarted this series and I love it. It is something new to me , but right on time, as i need some personal improvements in my life. I have follow all your sessions well understood, but this one, I [am] not clear about . Could you clarify please.

thanks,
Giti
Dr. Kilstein Says:

January 8th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Jim, how can someone so brilliant as you
fail to recognize when I am right?

How many years have we had this debate?

Waiting for your concession speech.

Not that it will change your mind, but I
discussed this with Dobby and he told me
reading was audio because of sub-vocalization.

You can build a visual picture but the processing
is auditory.

You can do this with someone who is blind. One
of the first cases I worked on was with a blind
person who used visual imagery.

So just admit you’re wrong and send a check.

To my blog reader, Jim Van Wyck is a master
NLP teacher and trainer and we’ve been discussing
this for years.

He just needs to admit I’m right.

Giti, I’d love to help. Can you tell me what’s
troubling you and what you did not understand?

Thank you.

Harlan
Giti Says:

January 8th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Do you mean that any one who is a reader (audio learner)should not try to do the representation system?

and if my question is correct,why?
Jim Wyck Says:

January 10th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Dear Harlan…

I admit that YOU ARE RIGHT!**

Complete and abject submission
on my part, with only 1 tiny little caveat**
(which I will put in the PS)

and also 1 question for you.

Q… why then, are the most visual writers
of popular fiction the best-selling writers?
For example Stephen King, John Grisham, Dan Brown)

Submissively,
Jim

** PS… you are 100% right ==> FOR YOU!
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