NLP Singapore (Practitioner Certification)

For the most part, people who want to get decent NLP certification should find out from practitioners who have helped others create results.

Unfortunately, the market doesn’t know this and runs to the first NLP Trainer who claims they have credibility. Some may have lots of experience, but may not be able to teach about the complexities of NLP, causing participants to lose out. After all, you won’t know what you don’t know.

Some people just quote famous trainers like Anthony Robbins. They forget that Tony Robbins has a different philosophy called NAC. Most people sideline Richard Bandler just because he’s the guy who originated NLP and don’t want to pay licensing fees. If you’ve never personally seen Bandler ‘live’, perhaps you’ll understand the difference between commercialized NLP and true genius.

In NLP trainings, you’ve got to choose people who are able to provide you the best possible information. Not just pure textbook information. That, we can get anywhere. what’s more important is the manner and attitude of doing NLP.

My opinion is that NLP practitioners ought to be trained and nurtured, not certified on a conveyor belt. Unfortunately because of this, too many people have jumped on easier certification routes, simply because you can get a cert in a 2 or 3 day training! Like getting a degree in just 3 days… wow. No wonder NLP has such a bad rep from some of these guys. What’s the point of getting a piece of paper if you don’t really know how to practice?

Here’s what you should learn in NLP at the basic practitioner level.

#1 - The over view of modeling!
#2 - Milton Model Language patterns
#3 - Submodalities
#4 - Meta Modeling (versions 2, 3 and 4)
#5 - Anchoring
#6 - Sensory Language and overlapping
#7 - Calibration
#8 - Basic Meta Programs
#9 - Intervention models

Of course it’s not the content that’s important but the way the content is taught that matters. IF you combine some of them, you’ll find very interesting flavors appearing in NLP.

At the end of it all, you know that the training is just the start and you’ll need time to gain competence. Beyond the practitioner level, you might want to become a Master Practitioner with advanced modeling skills.

Remember - check out if your trainer has been doing modeling and generating effective models using NLP.

Here’s what I’ve been using it for:
- Sales and persuasion ($74,755 in 90 minutes, coached others to increase sales)
- Business and internet ventures ($400,000 revenue in less than 8 months)
- Public speaking contest championships (Toastmasters District 51 Champion, coached others to reach championship level)
- Accelerated learning (read 20 books a week, anyone)
- Business creativity models (as in the business coaching I do)
- Counseling and therapy (used NLP to model top therapists at their best, healing others’ psychological impasses)
- Coaching (teach people how to coach effectively)
- Teleseminars (running powerful seminars through the telephone)
- Writing a bestselling book (three books to my name to date, with three more on the way)
- Mentoring (how to effectively mentor someone)

I think I can add more to the list, but the idea is that we have lots of potential to learn, and we can master learning easily if we know how to leverage NLP.

Possibly related: