People make big changes in their lives by attending a NLP course. Over the years, I have seen some amazing results in courses for NLP practitioners. They have also told me some real horror stories. NLP courses are expensive in both time and money. You need to make sure your investment gets what you want and achieves the results you expect.
Imagine a course in which you acquire the skills to create massive results in every area of your life. If this course were possible, wouldn’t it make sense to make sure you were on it? This is the effect for many who have chosen the right NLP practitioner course and it could be for many more if they had chosen the right program for them.
There are big differences in price, training experience and time for the range of NLP courses on the market. They are not all the same. Taking the time to find the best course for you is worth the investment of time it would take. Here are some ways to make sure you don’t get dramatic improvements in your life and throw your money away instead.
1) Look for a course without knowing what you want from it
Before looking for a course, you should start with the end in mind. Find out what you want to get out of the course, imagine what you will see and do with the new skills. There is a lot of time, effort and money invested in this course, you may want to make sure that the new skills pay you back on that investment.
The exploration to find the right course for you is driven by what you want from the course and therefore it is vital that you understand it.
2) Believe that looking at the course content or the trainer’s background has some value.
There is no governing body for NLP. There are some selfish and for-profit organizations through which NLP training organizations choose to certify and they vary slightly in terms of main content, although this is not the biggest challenge.
While the content doesn’t vary much, the experience, the application, and the context do. The experience of the trainer makes a big difference in emphasis. Knowing what you want from the course gives you a quick way to quickly sort through a large number of courses for NLP practitioners.
Looking for a sales course? Then look for NLP coaches with sales experience. If you want to develop your business, look for coaches who have done it and train under the same criteria. If you want material to help you with your therapy practice, find a course that offers NLP techniques from a therapy perspective, and then ask for referral clients.
Spend some time debriefing your potential coaches. Try putting their names on Google. All good NLP trainers have written articles, books, and have an online presence. Talk to them if you can and get an idea of how well they relate to you (considering they are experts at this).
Considerations for the content of the course and the quality of the trainer are vital when you think about the investment of time, money and energy you are making when booking a NLP course.
3) Go to the nearest or cheapest coach because they are close or cheap
I have found some people who have taken a particular NLP training course because it was the first they had come across or it was close or it was the cheapest they could find. I find this attitude strange towards what might be the most important training course they can take.
Can you imagine buying a car without criteria for the type of car you want? Worse yet, you walk into the closest garage and buy the first car you see, or the cheapest car you find. If you couldn’t find a car you liked in the first garage you entered, would you settle for the cheapest one instead of buying?
Understanding what you want from the course and matching courses and trainers to those needs is the only way to find the best NLP practitioner course for you. The skills learned in a NLP course could be the most important skills you’ve learned since walking and talking. In which case, if you take the time and effort to find the right course for you, you will pay dividends.
The NLP company website will give you more information on how to find a good NLP trainer.