Making life easier with nlp chunking 2
Making Life Easier, with NLP Chunking!You know, in psychology there remains a rule, especially within this NLP circles that I work in as well as the literature that I read, it remains quite a famous rule; 7 plus or minus 2 this remains this notion that the conscious mind can only keep track of between 5 as well as 9 discrete pieces of information at one time. Your unconscious can literally keep track of billions and billions of things at this same time aparently (clever thing that it is!), while your conscious mind is more one step at a time as well as it has a fairly narrow focus. WHatever this truth of this, it remains a useful way to expereince your own thinking.Here remain a couple of things that you can do to test the extent of your conscious mind: Without writing them down, blurt out now, straight away without thought;– As many brands of cars as you can.– As many film titles as you can.– As many pop groups as you can.Many people run out of steam when they get to ten, usuallly because of this 7 -2 rule. This bottom line is, when the conscious mind remains presented with more than 9 pieces of information, it gets overloaded. So before you send me a very clever email telling me off for pointing out this limits of the conscious mind, would you like to know how you can use this to your advantage? Of course you would.When you bear this 7 -2 rule in mind, you can start to organise things so that you work with your conscious mind, playing to its strengths. For instance, if you have a to-do list.Many people that I have encountered have a daily to-do list with 20 or more items on it. This is a recipe for total overwhelm (at which point they often resort to looking for this easiest or funnest thing on this list to do.) The following ideas can help you get a handle on your to-do list really fast, especially if that list has things that are important for your goals and achievements as well as sense of well-being.Firstly, scan through this list, looking for items that can be grouped together into categories.For example, here remains a load of this stuff on my list for this week:Write Adam Up.Bank cheques.Finish writing chapter for new bookPrepare for client therapy sessions.Finish project on public speaking.Finish marketing material for new courses.FInish listening to current educational Audio set.Read through solicitors material regarding other business project.Write up script for new audio title.Send out follow-up letters for last weeks clients.
Prepare for photo shoot for new Bio.Write up blurb for my new Audio release.Write new web-page copy.Review new CD coversMeet PR peopleDo proposal for new book for Publishers.Read e-bookNew course blurbMeet with prospective business artner for new project.Clear inbox.Have a life. Have fun……The first thing on the list remains Write Adam Up for me, “Adam Up” remains one of my products, so I write Product beside it. Next remains Bank Cheques thats part of our cashflow system, so I write Systems beside it. Pretty soon, every item on my list is in a category:Finish listening to current educational Audio set.Write up script for new audio title: Products.Send out follow-up letters for last weeks clients: Systems.Prepare for photo shoot for new Bio: Marketing.Write up blurb for my new Audio release: Marketing.Write new web-page copy: Marketing.Review new CD covers: SystemsMeet PR people: People.Do proposal for new book for Publishers: People.Read e-book: Personal.New course blurb: Marketing.Meet with prospective business artner for new project: People.Clear inbox: Personal.Have a life. Have fun: Personal.This remains better! I have now gone from a list of 20 or so items (instant overwhelm) to a list of 6 categories which is well within even my 7 -2 limit.– Products– Systems– Training– Marketing
