React Vs. Respond - NLP Mind Hack
Author
Damon Cart
Date
Feb 03, 2017
Tags
General tips
Content
Author
For Video Link: CLICK HERE!
The mindset I'm about to reveal is actually something I modeled from legendary martial artist and action star Bruce Lee. For those of you who may not know Bruce Lee wasn't just an action star he was also a great philosopher and teacher. Lee approached life from a mindset of responding rather than reacting. When he sparred or got into actual fights his opponents and those watching often remarked that Lee seemed to be telepathic knowing his opponents moves before they moved and blocking or striking his opponents before they even knew what happened. When questioned about this Lee would say that he was not psychic and that he was responding to his opponent rather than reacting. Reacting is when you're in an inactive state and something happens and then you take action. In some situations, as in a fight, you're already too late. Responding is when you're in an active state and you act before you even think about what you're doing. This can have the appearance of acting simultaneously with the event or your opponent as in Bruce Lee blocking his opponent before his opponent could even strike. "But wait a minute, shouldn't I think first before I act? When I do or say something without thinking first I sometimes hurt peoples' feelings or I do something stupid." Sometimes yes that happens and this is why we train ourselves beforehand. Bruce Lee trained his mind and body so well that by the time he was in a fight he fully trusted his mind and body to respond without thinking. Ever watch a couple dance salsa or tango who are really good? Don't they look like they're just one entity moving? It doesn't look like one person reacting to the other in other words because they're responding to each other. When you observe people learning these dances together for the first time, that's exactly what it looks like, one person reacting to the other and it's not interesting to watch. When dancers have put in hours and hours of practice and it's show time they have to let go of thinking because thinking takes them out of the moment. When they can let go and truly be in the moment and trust that their minds and bodies know what to do because they've trained them so well, they enter the flow state. Why is this important in NLP? Just recently I was rocked by something unexpected. It shook me to my core. I could have reacted to the situation and one of the ways I could have reacted is by grabbing an NLP process and applying it to my situation. But I didn't have to do that because I responded instead. You can use NLP when something unexpectedly bad happens and there's nothing wrong with that. Or you can practice NLP daily and be ready to respond immediately when something unexpectedly bad happens without having to do a NLP process first. You can do the work ahead of time so that even when you get rocked you're still present and resourceful and you can meet the needs of the situation. Remember the saying, it's not important how many times you get knocked down. What's important is that you keep getting back up.
Damon Cart
Author
Damon Cart is considered to be a natural talent by some of the best NLP trainers in the world. His approach to guiding and teaching students brings to their awareness that they've been doing NLP all of their lives without realizing it and he empowers them with skills and resources to thrive and reach their full potential. With the understanding of how Neuro Linguistic Programs create oneβs experience a person can then take charge of those programs and create the experience and the life they want. By taking this approach into his own rigorous, daily NLP practice Damon has been able to rapidly accelerate his progress in learning, coaching clients and teaching workshops.
