Hi,
There are 3 kinds of "Wants", i.e. Goals, Purposes and Dreams.
All 3 are essential as Success is defined as getting what you want. If you don't know what you want, success will never come, no matter how eager and hardworking you are!
Let's start with Goal.
Many people know about SMART Goals. SMART Goals are Specific (i.e. What), Measurable (i.e. What), Achievable (i.e. How), Realistic (i.e. How) and Timed (i.e. When).
But there is no Non-SMART Goal! If it is a goal, it must be SMART, or it is a Purpose or a Dream. If you do not know the "What", "How" and "When" of what you want, how can it be a goal?
It is very OK to dream. But one must then work it into Purpose and then Goals in order to actualize your Dreams.
Dreams can be of any time-frame. It can be as short-termed as an hour, mid-termed as months or years, or as long-termed as decades. But in today's ever-changing world, long-termed goals can be quite meaningless.
Dreams are your destinations while Goals are your landmarks to your Dreams.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Keith To's Ideas & Thoughts on NLP, Hypnosis, Coaching, Facilitation, Personal and Business Development. These seem to be nothing related. But from a Systemic Thinking perspective, they share similar nature and processes. 陶兆輝對身心語言程序學、催眠治療學、教練學、輔引學、個人發展及商業發展的純個人看法；它們看似毫不相關，但當你從合整式思維角度來看，它們卻擁有相近的性質及過程；我將每隔數天不斷加入新的文章, 內容絕不敢認為是肯定正確, 旨在拋磚引玉而矣。 (All articles copyrighted by Keith To)
2007/11/28
Announcement: Exam Results of RCC 2007
Hi,
There are 58 classmates attending this year's Registered Corporate Coach Program of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches.
The passing rate is as high as 97% this year - a Great Class!!!
What makes me feeling more than happy is that there are 20 classmates scoring 100% in their examination, i.e. 34%.
Below please find a list of classmates who score 100%.
Chan Suk Yin
Arvin Chan
Elvin Kan
Kwong Suet Hing
Lam Yan Yee
Lee Ka Fai
Leung Yin Ming
Li Wah Ling
Maria So
Pun Kam Chung
She King Chi
Tse Pui Hong
Eliza Wong
Winnie Wong
Wong Wai Yue
Yiu Yau Ning
Chan Mei Wah
Tsui Lou Yee
Kwan Chi Ning
Lau Chun Kok
Congratulation to all of you. HKPC will inform you the result very soon. (once I check all your assignments)
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
There are 58 classmates attending this year's Registered Corporate Coach Program of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches.
The passing rate is as high as 97% this year - a Great Class!!!
What makes me feeling more than happy is that there are 20 classmates scoring 100% in their examination, i.e. 34%.
Below please find a list of classmates who score 100%.
Chan Suk Yin
Arvin Chan
Elvin Kan
Kwong Suet Hing
Lam Yan Yee
Lee Ka Fai
Leung Yin Ming
Li Wah Ling
Maria So
Pun Kam Chung
She King Chi
Tse Pui Hong
Eliza Wong
Winnie Wong
Wong Wai Yue
Yiu Yau Ning
Chan Mei Wah
Tsui Lou Yee
Kwan Chi Ning
Lau Chun Kok
Congratulation to all of you. HKPC will inform you the result very soon. (once I check all your assignments)
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/11/23
Top 5 Tips: Top 5 Tips to Facilitate Creativity from Groups
Hi,
You need and want to have creativity from your team because you can't expect new ideas just from yourself. Collective intelligence is much better than a single mind.
1. Focus on Possibilities. Never focus on your problems and barriers. They are important but they won't lead you to any new ideas.
2. Encourage, not Push. People opens their mind when they feel secure and safe. Don't push.
3. Appreciate Others' Contributions. No matter how useless the idea is, appreciate others' effort in producing it and voicing it out. This motivates others to create more!
4. Suspend your Judgments. All good ideas at their initial stage will not look great. Some are insane and some are impractical. It is our job to make them sensible and practical afterward.
5. Make it Fun for Everybody! Don't be too serious. An environment with fun encourages people to create more.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
You need and want to have creativity from your team because you can't expect new ideas just from yourself. Collective intelligence is much better than a single mind.
1. Focus on Possibilities. Never focus on your problems and barriers. They are important but they won't lead you to any new ideas.
2. Encourage, not Push. People opens their mind when they feel secure and safe. Don't push.
3. Appreciate Others' Contributions. No matter how useless the idea is, appreciate others' effort in producing it and voicing it out. This motivates others to create more!
4. Suspend your Judgments. All good ideas at their initial stage will not look great. Some are insane and some are impractical. It is our job to make them sensible and practical afterward.
5. Make it Fun for Everybody! Don't be too serious. An environment with fun encourages people to create more.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
我的觀點極短篇: 原創難求
Hi,
原創難求！
為何難求？在於低成本抄襲及誤解了分享。
當只需抄襲、無需自行思維，為什麼要花時間、精神創作？
當以為把他人的東西無條件分發給朋友，而不是把自己的成果送給別人，就以為是分享(分贓才對!)，那還有誰願意創作？
我們要跑羸，就需更多原創！
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
原創難求！
為何難求？在於低成本抄襲及誤解了分享。
當只需抄襲、無需自行思維，為什麼要花時間、精神創作？
當以為把他人的東西無條件分發給朋友，而不是把自己的成果送給別人，就以為是分享(分贓才對!)，那還有誰願意創作？
我們要跑羸，就需更多原創！
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
NLP: The Most Important Concept and Skill of NLP
Hi,
According to myself, the most important concept and skill must be Meta-Model. This is the very first model of NLP and it is also the very core of NLP!
If there were no Meta-Model, NLP did not exist at all!
Meta-Model is used to uncover the Deeper Structure of thinking beneath the Surface Structure of Communication. This helps to identify any misunderstanding in thinking and communication.
The Surface Structure is the content of our thinking and communication after being filtered by our values, beliefs and rules. Not much is left behind. However, these simplified information of the Surface Structure making thinking and communication simper, easier and possible. We just can't think and talk in every single details. This will overload our and others' minds!
The value of Meta-Model is NOT its application in clarifying misunderstandings. Unless you are a detective or a therapist, we seldom use Meta-Model with ourselves and others. It breaks rapport instantly and seriously. Surface Structure is our "normal" communication while Deep Structure is totally abnormal!
Then why is Meta-Model so important?
In order to use Meta-Model effectively, one must be at his/her Meta-Position (i.e. perceiving and thinking above and beyond). When we are in our Meta-Position, we can see more and think clearly. We are outside the "Matrix" of our thinking and environmental influences!
Practicing Meta-Model trains us being able to "go meta" under even the most stressful and confused situation, when a clear mind is most desirable and essential. "Going Meta" is just an impossible skill without practice. The best practice is to practice Meta-Model.
The very basic qualification of a NLP Trainer is not his/her certificate(s). It is too easy to get one nowadays. The basic requirement are the ability to "Think on his/her Feet" and to remain calm and humorous under any situation in class. (Why humorous? One can only be humorous when one can see something different from "normal". You cannot "prepare" and "practice" your "humor" beforehand. Genuine humor is simultaneous and instant.)
Only when one is in the Meta-Position, one has all the above abilities.
The major outcome of learning NLP is NOT to be more persuasive or being excellent. These are the secondary gains only. We learn NLP to make our Inside World nearer to the Outside World, i.e. perceiving, thinking, acting more realistically.
Only when one is in the Meta-Position, one can perceive, think and act more realistically.
Practice your Meta-Model!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
According to myself, the most important concept and skill must be Meta-Model. This is the very first model of NLP and it is also the very core of NLP!
If there were no Meta-Model, NLP did not exist at all!
Meta-Model is used to uncover the Deeper Structure of thinking beneath the Surface Structure of Communication. This helps to identify any misunderstanding in thinking and communication.
The Surface Structure is the content of our thinking and communication after being filtered by our values, beliefs and rules. Not much is left behind. However, these simplified information of the Surface Structure making thinking and communication simper, easier and possible. We just can't think and talk in every single details. This will overload our and others' minds!
The value of Meta-Model is NOT its application in clarifying misunderstandings. Unless you are a detective or a therapist, we seldom use Meta-Model with ourselves and others. It breaks rapport instantly and seriously. Surface Structure is our "normal" communication while Deep Structure is totally abnormal!
Then why is Meta-Model so important?
In order to use Meta-Model effectively, one must be at his/her Meta-Position (i.e. perceiving and thinking above and beyond). When we are in our Meta-Position, we can see more and think clearly. We are outside the "Matrix" of our thinking and environmental influences!
Practicing Meta-Model trains us being able to "go meta" under even the most stressful and confused situation, when a clear mind is most desirable and essential. "Going Meta" is just an impossible skill without practice. The best practice is to practice Meta-Model.
The very basic qualification of a NLP Trainer is not his/her certificate(s). It is too easy to get one nowadays. The basic requirement are the ability to "Think on his/her Feet" and to remain calm and humorous under any situation in class. (Why humorous? One can only be humorous when one can see something different from "normal". You cannot "prepare" and "practice" your "humor" beforehand. Genuine humor is simultaneous and instant.)
Only when one is in the Meta-Position, one has all the above abilities.
The major outcome of learning NLP is NOT to be more persuasive or being excellent. These are the secondary gains only. We learn NLP to make our Inside World nearer to the Outside World, i.e. perceiving, thinking, acting more realistically.
Only when one is in the Meta-Position, one can perceive, think and act more realistically.
Practice your Meta-Model!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/11/19
Announcement: The Language Breakthrough Workshop & the Certified Handwriting Analyst Program
Hi,
After thorough thinking, I finally decided to cancell the coming Language Breakthrough Workshop, which was originally scheduled in April 2008.
Instead, I replace it with the more interesting and rare Certified Handwriting Analyst Program. There are so many "speaking workshops" out there, though I always think mine is great, but anybody can learn that from someone else.
The Certified Handwriting Analyst Program is composed of 2 Parts, the Foundation Course and the Advanced Course. Each is 12 hours long.
Foundation Course: April 2-23, May 7-14 2008 (7:30pm - 9:30pm)
Advanced Course: June 6-27, July 18-25 2008 (7:30pm - 9:30pm)
Sorry to disappoint some of you and please accept my appology.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
After thorough thinking, I finally decided to cancell the coming Language Breakthrough Workshop, which was originally scheduled in April 2008.
Instead, I replace it with the more interesting and rare Certified Handwriting Analyst Program. There are so many "speaking workshops" out there, though I always think mine is great, but anybody can learn that from someone else.
The Certified Handwriting Analyst Program is composed of 2 Parts, the Foundation Course and the Advanced Course. Each is 12 hours long.
Foundation Course: April 2-23, May 7-14 2008 (7:30pm - 9:30pm)
Advanced Course: June 6-27, July 18-25 2008 (7:30pm - 9:30pm)
Sorry to disappoint some of you and please accept my appology.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/11/11
我的觀點極短篇: 歷史課是不重要的?
Hi,
政府的毫無遠見的政策，竟讓兩成的中學不再為初中教授中國歷史課！
試問有什麼科目比歷史更能掌握世界，開拓思考？
但是歷史是舊東西，我們要向前看，就好像什麼『十大建設』才有價值，這又是新比舊好，硬件比軟件重要的理論。
最佳的學習是從經驗中取經，但經驗剎那即逝，難於掌握學習，但歷史卻給人『固定』下來，讓我們慢慢研究，歷史事件本身、歷史事件之間的因果、歷史的發展趨勢，全都是智慧，能放棄學習嗎？
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Written on: Oct 30 2007
政府的毫無遠見的政策，竟讓兩成的中學不再為初中教授中國歷史課！
試問有什麼科目比歷史更能掌握世界，開拓思考？
但是歷史是舊東西，我們要向前看，就好像什麼『十大建設』才有價值，這又是新比舊好，硬件比軟件重要的理論。
最佳的學習是從經驗中取經，但經驗剎那即逝，難於掌握學習，但歷史卻給人『固定』下來，讓我們慢慢研究，歷史事件本身、歷史事件之間的因果、歷史的發展趨勢，全都是智慧，能放棄學習嗎？
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Written on: Oct 30 2007
我的觀點極短篇: 以低成本運作
Hi,
不論行事或做人，產能(Productivity)不是一個絕對的概念，而是相對性的，它相對於你的成本，成本越低，回報不高也可以是高產能的。
低成本不是靠『減低成本』來實踐的，如果本身是屬於高成本結構的，能減的只是浪費了的成本，再減就必影響回報！
有效的低成本是基於『低成本結構』，即本身就不需要太多成本，Internet-Based及我在Laser Lessons Program中提及的『單元模式』就是『低成本結構』的例子。
不要只管節省，想想如何以『低成本結構』運作可能得到更多！
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
不論行事或做人，產能(Productivity)不是一個絕對的概念，而是相對性的，它相對於你的成本，成本越低，回報不高也可以是高產能的。
低成本不是靠『減低成本』來實踐的，如果本身是屬於高成本結構的，能減的只是浪費了的成本，再減就必影響回報！
有效的低成本是基於『低成本結構』，即本身就不需要太多成本，Internet-Based及我在Laser Lessons Program中提及的『單元模式』就是『低成本結構』的例子。
不要只管節省，想想如何以『低成本結構』運作可能得到更多！
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Facilitation: Differentiating Facilitation & Coaching
Hi,
Both Facilitation and Coaching are great tools for the 21st Century management and helping professionals. But they are different, though the difference is subtle.
What are Coaching & Facilitation?
Both aim at helping others through making them discovering more to develop their own solutions. The difference is not being the number of audience. Both coaching and facilitation can be done on an one-to-one or one-to-many basis.
Coaching is at the far end, the Discovery End of the communication spectrum. It is quite a pure form of discovery. A coach does not know how something was happened and how it is going to happen. A coach helps the clients by perceiving and thinking more and clearer through non-directive questioning.
Facilitation is a less pure form of discovering. A Facilitator guides the clients in perceiving and thinking in a direction decided by the facilitator. A facilitator is an expert in some of the processes commonly faced by a person or an organization, like ideas generation, conflict resolution, etc. A facilitator guides these processes under some frameworks. These frameworks provide directions so that the process becoming easier and faster.
Does Coaching or Facilitation lead others? Yes. A coach leads others' context of perceiving and thinking, while a facilitator leads others' context of the processes. But both do not lead others' content of the issues, i.e. they do not give advises and teach.
When a coach or facilitator advises others, he/she is doing something else other than coaching or facilitation. But most coaches and facilitators give advises because it is easier to do so. Telling always seems easier than helping others to discover by themselves. However, the advises can be not appropriate or wrong!
So, a coaching model must be a perceiving or thinking model (like our A to B Model, 6 Tiers of Questioning Models, Fulfill Model, etc.). A facilitation model should be a process model.
There are so many coaching models out there should be classified as facilitation models as they are talking about a specific process for the clients, like self improvement or business development, etc.
Coaching or Facilitation, which one is easier?
Coaching is easier for the coach, but more difficult for the clients. Facilitation is more difficult for the facilitator, but easier for the clients.
A coach can just rely on one single thinking model to coach while a facilitator require to apply different process models to facilitate different situations. Even for the same kind of situation, like ideas generation, a facilitator might use different process models according to the background of audiences and situation.
It is easier for the facilitator's clients because they are provided with the directions to think. However, the depth of discovery can be greater in coaching and the effects can be longer term and more extensive.
Facilitation is more linear and faster while coaching is more radiant but slower.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Both Facilitation and Coaching are great tools for the 21st Century management and helping professionals. But they are different, though the difference is subtle.
What are Coaching & Facilitation?
Both aim at helping others through making them discovering more to develop their own solutions. The difference is not being the number of audience. Both coaching and facilitation can be done on an one-to-one or one-to-many basis.
Coaching is at the far end, the Discovery End of the communication spectrum. It is quite a pure form of discovery. A coach does not know how something was happened and how it is going to happen. A coach helps the clients by perceiving and thinking more and clearer through non-directive questioning.
Facilitation is a less pure form of discovering. A Facilitator guides the clients in perceiving and thinking in a direction decided by the facilitator. A facilitator is an expert in some of the processes commonly faced by a person or an organization, like ideas generation, conflict resolution, etc. A facilitator guides these processes under some frameworks. These frameworks provide directions so that the process becoming easier and faster.
Does Coaching or Facilitation lead others? Yes. A coach leads others' context of perceiving and thinking, while a facilitator leads others' context of the processes. But both do not lead others' content of the issues, i.e. they do not give advises and teach.
When a coach or facilitator advises others, he/she is doing something else other than coaching or facilitation. But most coaches and facilitators give advises because it is easier to do so. Telling always seems easier than helping others to discover by themselves. However, the advises can be not appropriate or wrong!
So, a coaching model must be a perceiving or thinking model (like our A to B Model, 6 Tiers of Questioning Models, Fulfill Model, etc.). A facilitation model should be a process model.
There are so many coaching models out there should be classified as facilitation models as they are talking about a specific process for the clients, like self improvement or business development, etc.
Coaching or Facilitation, which one is easier?
Coaching is easier for the coach, but more difficult for the clients. Facilitation is more difficult for the facilitator, but easier for the clients.
A coach can just rely on one single thinking model to coach while a facilitator require to apply different process models to facilitate different situations. Even for the same kind of situation, like ideas generation, a facilitator might use different process models according to the background of audiences and situation.
It is easier for the facilitator's clients because they are provided with the directions to think. However, the depth of discovery can be greater in coaching and the effects can be longer term and more extensive.
Facilitation is more linear and faster while coaching is more radiant but slower.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
我的觀點極短篇: 用平常心思維，以進取心行事
Hi,
小心還是進取？一個很大的矛盾。
小心，最後可能什麼也得不到；
進取，亦有可能什麼也失去！
任何矛盾如能看通，也就沒有什麼矛盾存在。
用平常心思維，以進取心行事。
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
小心還是進取？一個很大的矛盾。
小心，最後可能什麼也得不到；
進取，亦有可能什麼也失去！
任何矛盾如能看通，也就沒有什麼矛盾存在。
用平常心思維，以進取心行事。
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/11/04
Facilitation: 12 Principles of Process Facilitation (plus Principle 1: Preparation)
Hi,
Facilitation is making the process easier and faster.
To make learning facilitation and doing facilitation easier and faster, I designed the 12 Principles of Process Facilitation.
You an apply facilitation in any process in your organization, no matter it is a meeting, or a brainstorming, conflicts resolution, idea-generation or decision-making session.
I will discuss very briefly (to make it easier and faster!) each of the 12 Principles here and in subsequent articles. Here comes the first principle, Preparation: Creating Base of Successful Facilitation.
Facilitation needs a concrete base to start. Preparation is the key. Preparation happens before the sessions. The most important part is Contracting.
Contracting is not signing of the agreement. It is about both the Facilitator and the Client knowing "what" are going to and need to be happened.
Apart from the "what", ensure both parties understand the "where", "when", "who" and some "how" in order to accomplish the "why" of the process.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Facilitation is making the process easier and faster.
To make learning facilitation and doing facilitation easier and faster, I designed the 12 Principles of Process Facilitation.
You an apply facilitation in any process in your organization, no matter it is a meeting, or a brainstorming, conflicts resolution, idea-generation or decision-making session.
I will discuss very briefly (to make it easier and faster!) each of the 12 Principles here and in subsequent articles. Here comes the first principle, Preparation: Creating Base of Successful Facilitation.
Facilitation needs a concrete base to start. Preparation is the key. Preparation happens before the sessions. The most important part is Contracting.
Contracting is not signing of the agreement. It is about both the Facilitator and the Client knowing "what" are going to and need to be happened.
Apart from the "what", ensure both parties understand the "where", "when", "who" and some "how" in order to accomplish the "why" of the process.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Concepts 101 Part 12: Complex
Hi,
Complex is different from Complicated.
The nature can be Complex, but not Complicated. We, human beings make things and our lives complicated. Complexity is due to the number of elements and their inter-relationships.
If something is complicated, we see the simplicity in it by viewing it from different perspectives and then we remove the complications.
If something is complex, we admire, understand and utilize its complexity by identifying its components and their interactions.
Effective people simplifies the complicated, but sees through the complexity.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Complex is different from Complicated.
The nature can be Complex, but not Complicated. We, human beings make things and our lives complicated. Complexity is due to the number of elements and their inter-relationships.
If something is complicated, we see the simplicity in it by viewing it from different perspectives and then we remove the complications.
If something is complex, we admire, understand and utilize its complexity by identifying its components and their interactions.
Effective people simplifies the complicated, but sees through the complexity.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Concepts 101 Part 11: Simple
Hi,
If something is good and lasting, it must be simple.
If something is a truth, it must be simple.
If it is not simple, there will be too many parts subjected to influence and it will not be lasting. If it is not lasting, it can't be the truth!
Human beings tend to complicate things. Success is resulted from simplifying complicated things.
True simplification is not simply removal of unwanted stuff. Unwanted stuff can be the key elements, which must exist.
True simplification is seeing the simplicity in complicated things and then unfolding the simplicity accordingly.
Seeing is more important than removing.
Keith
Explore, Exceed Excel
If something is good and lasting, it must be simple.
If something is a truth, it must be simple.
If it is not simple, there will be too many parts subjected to influence and it will not be lasting. If it is not lasting, it can't be the truth!
Human beings tend to complicate things. Success is resulted from simplifying complicated things.
True simplification is not simply removal of unwanted stuff. Unwanted stuff can be the key elements, which must exist.
True simplification is seeing the simplicity in complicated things and then unfolding the simplicity accordingly.
Seeing is more important than removing.
Keith
Explore, Exceed Excel
Concepts 101 Part 10: Concept, Principle & Skill
Hi,
Behind every great skill, there is a Concept so that the skill can be adapted and adjusted according to the situation.
Even fools can understand that there is an underlying concept, but not everyone can comprehend the concept behind even he/she knows about the skill. Then he/she can only use the skill at its surface level and can never be a master of it! (That's why I always do a long introduction at any of my programs so that everyone understand the concept before they learn something)
Concepts are difficult to be comprehended because they are abstract. To make the skill useful, smart originators of any skill will formulate Principles to guide the Skill users in applying.
When you learn a skill, at least clarify its Principles or you have not really learned the skill.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Behind every great skill, there is a Concept so that the skill can be adapted and adjusted according to the situation.
Even fools can understand that there is an underlying concept, but not everyone can comprehend the concept behind even he/she knows about the skill. Then he/she can only use the skill at its surface level and can never be a master of it! (That's why I always do a long introduction at any of my programs so that everyone understand the concept before they learn something)
Concepts are difficult to be comprehended because they are abstract. To make the skill useful, smart originators of any skill will formulate Principles to guide the Skill users in applying.
When you learn a skill, at least clarify its Principles or you have not really learned the skill.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/11/03
Systemic Personality Typology: Concepts Behind Fate Reengineering Workshop
Hi,
I don't like to transfer only skills and knowledge in my programs. There are always concepts behind all of my seminars and workshops.
I am going to present the concepts behind all my programs. Starting with the one I did recently...
Fate Reengineering Workshop is the Level 1 of my Systemic Personality Typology Series. It is a systemic approach of changing our own fate by means of being aware of our personality:
1. Personality is the collection of many faces of our ego. They are interactive. We seldom can see most of these faces. We need tools.
2. Personality Typologies are the tools. Each guides us to see our personality from a different perspective.
3. Being aware of our personality and then to adjust and adapt is an Intentional Process. We make a conscious decision to do so.
4. Awareness, Reality Check and Acceptance are the basis of effective adjustment and adaptation.
5. Adjustment and adaptation starts with stop manipulating others and ourselves.
6. People with Effective Personality (no good or bad personality!) can grasp the Rising Opportunities and avoid the Falling Opportunities to go up in their Fate Cycles.
7. People with Ineffective Personality can easily be affected by the Falling Opportunities to go down their Fate Cycles.
8. Effectiveness is about adaptability. Is your personaliy producing behaviours that create desirable results in your environment?
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
I don't like to transfer only skills and knowledge in my programs. There are always concepts behind all of my seminars and workshops.
I am going to present the concepts behind all my programs. Starting with the one I did recently...
Fate Reengineering Workshop is the Level 1 of my Systemic Personality Typology Series. It is a systemic approach of changing our own fate by means of being aware of our personality:
1. Personality is the collection of many faces of our ego. They are interactive. We seldom can see most of these faces. We need tools.
2. Personality Typologies are the tools. Each guides us to see our personality from a different perspective.
3. Being aware of our personality and then to adjust and adapt is an Intentional Process. We make a conscious decision to do so.
4. Awareness, Reality Check and Acceptance are the basis of effective adjustment and adaptation.
5. Adjustment and adaptation starts with stop manipulating others and ourselves.
6. People with Effective Personality (no good or bad personality!) can grasp the Rising Opportunities and avoid the Falling Opportunities to go up in their Fate Cycles.
7. People with Ineffective Personality can easily be affected by the Falling Opportunities to go down their Fate Cycles.
8. Effectiveness is about adaptability. Is your personaliy producing behaviours that create desirable results in your environment?
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/10/29
Systemic Personality Typology: Enneagram is Copying Freud?
Hi,
In my 2 previous article, Enneagram, What Really is it and Summary Key Points of the Fate Reengineering Program, I proposed the possible source of enneagram is from Freud's Theories.
My hypothesis is that Ichazo was fitting Freud's Ideas onto the Enneagram Symbol of Gurdjieff in the 60's. There can be no evidence as Ichazo had not disclosed how exactly he invented the Enneagram. It is just a hypothesis. My hypothesis is based on the following 4 observations:
1. Freudism was still the most popular school of psychology in the 1960's.
2. Ichazo named his invention as the Enneagon of Ego Fixation. Both the terms Ego and Fixation are very popular terms of Freudism.
3. There are many correlation between Enneagram and Freudism, for example, the 9 types was very similar to the 6 types of Psychosexual Development Fixation and the symptoms of the Unhealthy Id, Ego and Superego. Similar concepts of Repression, Acting Out, Defensive Mechanisms, Sublimation (results of Inetgration), Death Instincts (the compulsion to repeat unpleasurable experiences) can also be found in Enneagram.
4. The core concept of Ichazo's Ennegarm, the Essence resembles very much Freud's Theory on the Unconscious. According to Ichazo, the loss of awareness of the Holy Idea beccomes a person's Ego Fixation. We repress unpleasant memories into the Subconscious and we gradually moving away from the awareness. This fixed how we think and act.
I am not saying that Ichazo stole anything from Freud. Might be he was having similar understanding as of Freud. The key purpose of my hypothesis is to make clear that the original Enneagram (or Enneagon) is something related to psychology than to mysticism.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
In my 2 previous article, Enneagram, What Really is it and Summary Key Points of the Fate Reengineering Program, I proposed the possible source of enneagram is from Freud's Theories.
My hypothesis is that Ichazo was fitting Freud's Ideas onto the Enneagram Symbol of Gurdjieff in the 60's. There can be no evidence as Ichazo had not disclosed how exactly he invented the Enneagram. It is just a hypothesis. My hypothesis is based on the following 4 observations:
1. Freudism was still the most popular school of psychology in the 1960's.
2. Ichazo named his invention as the Enneagon of Ego Fixation. Both the terms Ego and Fixation are very popular terms of Freudism.
3. There are many correlation between Enneagram and Freudism, for example, the 9 types was very similar to the 6 types of Psychosexual Development Fixation and the symptoms of the Unhealthy Id, Ego and Superego. Similar concepts of Repression, Acting Out, Defensive Mechanisms, Sublimation (results of Inetgration), Death Instincts (the compulsion to repeat unpleasurable experiences) can also be found in Enneagram.
4. The core concept of Ichazo's Ennegarm, the Essence resembles very much Freud's Theory on the Unconscious. According to Ichazo, the loss of awareness of the Holy Idea beccomes a person's Ego Fixation. We repress unpleasant memories into the Subconscious and we gradually moving away from the awareness. This fixed how we think and act.
I am not saying that Ichazo stole anything from Freud. Might be he was having similar understanding as of Freud. The key purpose of my hypothesis is to make clear that the original Enneagram (or Enneagon) is something related to psychology than to mysticism.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Personal Development: Summary Key Points of the Fate Reengineering Program
Hi,
I just completed the Fate Reengineering Program. There were tons of information and they are not easy. So to make those who have attended and those who haven't having a clearer view of the Systemic Personality Typology, I write these key points for you:
1. Personality is a dynamic set of characteristics, which influences people's cognition, motivation and behaviour.
2. Personality is used represent us, but not to disguise our identity.
3. Study of Personality is systemic. All 7 theories of personality psychology are right. Each of which explains part of the whole story.
4. The 4 Elements of Fate Reengineering are the 4 criteria from Maslow: Awareness, Reality Centred, Acceptance and Democratic.
5. Personality is systemic. We are presenting to the world different faces of our personality. They are contextual, not the core.
6. Personality Typology is systemic. Each typology is seeing personality from one perspective.
7. MBTI or the Jungian Personality Types is seeing personality from a perspective of the 8 Mental or Cognitive Functions. 16 types are the result of combination of 2 groups of mental functions, each having 4 variations. (Not the combination of 4 groups of letters E/I, S/N, T/F & J/P)
8. Enneagram is seeing personality from a perspective of Maladpative Behaviour Mechanism.
9. PPACC is seeing personality from a perspective of the combined action of the 5 Ego States.
10. When understanding the MBTI code, the first and last letters are only used to indicate the preference of the 8 mental functions. Never use these 2 letters to understand one's personality and to seek improvement and development. This will be misleading.
11. To improve, utilize your Supporting Function to balance your Leading Function.
12. To develop, explore your Achievement Function.
13. To be adaptive, be flexible on all your 8 Mental Functions.
14. To use DiSC as shortcut, remember it is your DiSC profiles when you are stress-free.
15. For best and lowest energy consumption performance, use your Inborn (or Core) Functions.
16. Use Enneagram as a "Times Table" for Freud's theories. It is not mystic or sacred. (see my another article on: Enneagram, What Really is It?)
17. Enneagram analysis should be Thematic, not Analytic.
18. High, Average, Low Points, Integration and Disintegration is NOT a direction, but a Signal of Development.
19. High, Average, Low Points, Integration and Disintegration are the result of Awareness. They indicate your Degree of Awareness.
20. So, to develop, enhance your Awareness and Understanding of what you are searching for, your compulsory behaviours, and your maladaptive behaviour mechanism.
21. Different Enneagram types are equivalent to the 6 types of Oral, Anal & Phallic Fixation of Freud's Psychosexual Stage Theory (#2: Electra Complex, #4: Oral Aggressive Fixation, #5: Oral Receptive Fixation, #7: Anal Expulsive Fixation, #8: Oedipus Complex, #1: Anal Retentive Fixation), plus the symptoms from Unhealthy Id (#3), Unhealthy Ego (#6) and Unhealthy Superego (#9).
22. We can't accurately identify others' personality type. It is impossible due to there can be hundreds & thousands of variations of Enneagram Types and Contextual Selves (in MBTI). Only the arrogant and ignorant will claim they can do so.
23. Personality Typology is best for Self Development.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
I just completed the Fate Reengineering Program. There were tons of information and they are not easy. So to make those who have attended and those who haven't having a clearer view of the Systemic Personality Typology, I write these key points for you:
1. Personality is a dynamic set of characteristics, which influences people's cognition, motivation and behaviour.
2. Personality is used represent us, but not to disguise our identity.
3. Study of Personality is systemic. All 7 theories of personality psychology are right. Each of which explains part of the whole story.
4. The 4 Elements of Fate Reengineering are the 4 criteria from Maslow: Awareness, Reality Centred, Acceptance and Democratic.
5. Personality is systemic. We are presenting to the world different faces of our personality. They are contextual, not the core.
6. Personality Typology is systemic. Each typology is seeing personality from one perspective.
7. MBTI or the Jungian Personality Types is seeing personality from a perspective of the 8 Mental or Cognitive Functions. 16 types are the result of combination of 2 groups of mental functions, each having 4 variations. (Not the combination of 4 groups of letters E/I, S/N, T/F & J/P)
8. Enneagram is seeing personality from a perspective of Maladpative Behaviour Mechanism.
9. PPACC is seeing personality from a perspective of the combined action of the 5 Ego States.
10. When understanding the MBTI code, the first and last letters are only used to indicate the preference of the 8 mental functions. Never use these 2 letters to understand one's personality and to seek improvement and development. This will be misleading.
11. To improve, utilize your Supporting Function to balance your Leading Function.
12. To develop, explore your Achievement Function.
13. To be adaptive, be flexible on all your 8 Mental Functions.
14. To use DiSC as shortcut, remember it is your DiSC profiles when you are stress-free.
15. For best and lowest energy consumption performance, use your Inborn (or Core) Functions.
16. Use Enneagram as a "Times Table" for Freud's theories. It is not mystic or sacred. (see my another article on: Enneagram, What Really is It?)
17. Enneagram analysis should be Thematic, not Analytic.
18. High, Average, Low Points, Integration and Disintegration is NOT a direction, but a Signal of Development.
19. High, Average, Low Points, Integration and Disintegration are the result of Awareness. They indicate your Degree of Awareness.
20. So, to develop, enhance your Awareness and Understanding of what you are searching for, your compulsory behaviours, and your maladaptive behaviour mechanism.
21. Different Enneagram types are equivalent to the 6 types of Oral, Anal & Phallic Fixation of Freud's Psychosexual Stage Theory (#2: Electra Complex, #4: Oral Aggressive Fixation, #5: Oral Receptive Fixation, #7: Anal Expulsive Fixation, #8: Oedipus Complex, #1: Anal Retentive Fixation), plus the symptoms from Unhealthy Id (#3), Unhealthy Ego (#6) and Unhealthy Superego (#9).
22. We can't accurately identify others' personality type. It is impossible due to there can be hundreds & thousands of variations of Enneagram Types and Contextual Selves (in MBTI). Only the arrogant and ignorant will claim they can do so.
23. Personality Typology is best for Self Development.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/10/28
Personal Development: Enneagram, What Really is It?
Hi,
As I mentioned in the Fate Reenginering Workshop yesterday, from my point of view, enneagram is just a clever fiiting of Freud's theories, plus some ideas from philosophy and metaphysics into the enneagram symbol by its originator, Ichazo in the 1960's. There is nothing sacred in it!
His students and the students of them are continuously adding various kind of stuff into it in the past 30 years. Some are great stuff, some are not.
The enneagram symbol was released to public by Gurdjieff in the 1910's. He had never disclosed the source of this symbol. There is no evidence proving that it was coming from any ancient wisdom. Ichazo borrowed from Gurdjieff the symbol and created his Enneagon of Ego Fixation.
Enneagram is quite accurate. It can be simply because of the reliability of Freud's Theories. You can find the Freud's ideas of Fixation, Repression, Defense Mechanism, etc hidden in the Enneagram of Personality.
I always see enneagram as a useful tool for remembering and applying some of Freud's theories in daily life. Its usefulness is just like the "Times Table" (乘數表) in mathematics.
Take for an example, the Direction of Disintegration in enneagram is 1-4-2-8-5-7-1 and 9-6-3-9. There might be some mystic rationale behind Gurdjieff's original enneagram. But this was just a fitting of Freud's idea of Repression and Acting Out into the symbol. There is nothing mystic. Each type of "personality" is repressing some emotions. When under stress, each releases the repressed emotion in a different way as a Protective Mechanism.
2 releases the repressed emotion of Anger (towards those who did not responded to 2's help and kindness) by attacking, like an unhealthy 8.
3 releases the repressed emotion of Shame (due to 3's failures to achieve) by dissociating from their feelings and turn themselves off, like an unhealthy 9.
4 releases the repressed emotion of Hatred (I am not as good as others) by coercing others to take care of them like an unhealthy 2.
5 releases the repressed emotion of Loneliness and Anxiety (due to 5's isolation and frustration in searching for answers) by acting impulsively and hysterically, like an unhealthy 7.
6 releases the repressed emotion of Fear and Anger (of abandonment and inadequacy) by acting violently towards others, like an unhealthy 3.
7 releases the repressed emotion of Worry and Anxiety (due to losing self-control) by imposing strict rules on themselves and others. 7 might become very critical like an unhealthy 1.
8 releases the repressed emotion of Fear (due to the real and imagined threats from others) by retreating into isolation, like an unhealthy 5.
9 releases the repressed emotion of Helplessness and Anxiety (due to the accumulating effects of previously neglected problems) by depending on others or even becoming self-destructive, like an unhealthy 6.
1 releases the repressed emotion of Shame, Guilt & Self-Hatred (they cannot keep their own rules) and Hatred towards others (others violated their rules or others do not care about their ideals) by becoming self-destructive, addiction or depression, like an unhealthy 4.
You can find many other similar co-relationships of Freud's theories and the Enneagram of Personality. I really like the Enneagram as a Times Table for Freudism.
Forget about the sacredness and mysticism. Use it as a Times Table.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
As I mentioned in the Fate Reenginering Workshop yesterday, from my point of view, enneagram is just a clever fiiting of Freud's theories, plus some ideas from philosophy and metaphysics into the enneagram symbol by its originator, Ichazo in the 1960's. There is nothing sacred in it!
His students and the students of them are continuously adding various kind of stuff into it in the past 30 years. Some are great stuff, some are not.
The enneagram symbol was released to public by Gurdjieff in the 1910's. He had never disclosed the source of this symbol. There is no evidence proving that it was coming from any ancient wisdom. Ichazo borrowed from Gurdjieff the symbol and created his Enneagon of Ego Fixation.
Enneagram is quite accurate. It can be simply because of the reliability of Freud's Theories. You can find the Freud's ideas of Fixation, Repression, Defense Mechanism, etc hidden in the Enneagram of Personality.
I always see enneagram as a useful tool for remembering and applying some of Freud's theories in daily life. Its usefulness is just like the "Times Table" (乘數表) in mathematics.
Take for an example, the Direction of Disintegration in enneagram is 1-4-2-8-5-7-1 and 9-6-3-9. There might be some mystic rationale behind Gurdjieff's original enneagram. But this was just a fitting of Freud's idea of Repression and Acting Out into the symbol. There is nothing mystic. Each type of "personality" is repressing some emotions. When under stress, each releases the repressed emotion in a different way as a Protective Mechanism.
2 releases the repressed emotion of Anger (towards those who did not responded to 2's help and kindness) by attacking, like an unhealthy 8.
3 releases the repressed emotion of Shame (due to 3's failures to achieve) by dissociating from their feelings and turn themselves off, like an unhealthy 9.
4 releases the repressed emotion of Hatred (I am not as good as others) by coercing others to take care of them like an unhealthy 2.
5 releases the repressed emotion of Loneliness and Anxiety (due to 5's isolation and frustration in searching for answers) by acting impulsively and hysterically, like an unhealthy 7.
6 releases the repressed emotion of Fear and Anger (of abandonment and inadequacy) by acting violently towards others, like an unhealthy 3.
7 releases the repressed emotion of Worry and Anxiety (due to losing self-control) by imposing strict rules on themselves and others. 7 might become very critical like an unhealthy 1.
8 releases the repressed emotion of Fear (due to the real and imagined threats from others) by retreating into isolation, like an unhealthy 5.
9 releases the repressed emotion of Helplessness and Anxiety (due to the accumulating effects of previously neglected problems) by depending on others or even becoming self-destructive, like an unhealthy 6.
1 releases the repressed emotion of Shame, Guilt & Self-Hatred (they cannot keep their own rules) and Hatred towards others (others violated their rules or others do not care about their ideals) by becoming self-destructive, addiction or depression, like an unhealthy 4.
You can find many other similar co-relationships of Freud's theories and the Enneagram of Personality. I really like the Enneagram as a Times Table for Freudism.
Forget about the sacredness and mysticism. Use it as a Times Table.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/10/18
Concepts 101 Part 9: Discovery & Influence
Hi,
Nearly all my teachings about NLP, Hypnosis, Coaching and Facilitation are revolving around a major concept of mine, Discovery & Influence.
They are the 2 far ends of the spectrum of communication. You cannot discover and influence at the same time as they are at the 2 extremes.
Coaching is at the far end of Discovery. We help others to discover without giving any directions and advice. It is a form of pure discovery. It is easy for the coach, but harder for the coachee.
Persuasion is on the other hand, at the far end of Influence. It is hard for the persuaders while easy for the one being persuaded.
From the NLP point of view, Discovery is helping people to recover the Deletions, Distortions and Generalizations in their thinking. Influence is purposefully deleting, distorting and generalizing the thinking of people so as they will agree with you.
Suggestions-based Hypnosis is a kind of Persuasion. We delete, distort and/or generalize clients' thinking. Facilitation is in between Discovery and Influence. We lead our clients to think using suitable structures so as to gain results faster and easier. Transformation Hypnotherapy (SOBER Therapy) is Facilitation, which is done under trance with the unconscious thinking.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Nearly all my teachings about NLP, Hypnosis, Coaching and Facilitation are revolving around a major concept of mine, Discovery & Influence.
They are the 2 far ends of the spectrum of communication. You cannot discover and influence at the same time as they are at the 2 extremes.
Coaching is at the far end of Discovery. We help others to discover without giving any directions and advice. It is a form of pure discovery. It is easy for the coach, but harder for the coachee.
Persuasion is on the other hand, at the far end of Influence. It is hard for the persuaders while easy for the one being persuaded.
From the NLP point of view, Discovery is helping people to recover the Deletions, Distortions and Generalizations in their thinking. Influence is purposefully deleting, distorting and generalizing the thinking of people so as they will agree with you.
Suggestions-based Hypnosis is a kind of Persuasion. We delete, distort and/or generalize clients' thinking. Facilitation is in between Discovery and Influence. We lead our clients to think using suitable structures so as to gain results faster and easier. Transformation Hypnotherapy (SOBER Therapy) is Facilitation, which is done under trance with the unconscious thinking.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
NLP: Some Key Ideas on Advanced Language Patterns
Hi,
I just finished this year's Advanced Language Patterns (ALP) Module of the NLP Practitioner Training last week. I like to share some of my ideas about ALP.
1. ALP are the most important models of NLP. NLP is the study of the interaction between thinking (Neuro) and Use of Language (Linguistics). We never know what others or even what we think. Thinking is inside our mind. They are the Implicit Part of NLP. The Explicit Part is the Language we use. So Language becomes the "Monitor" of our "Human CPU" (our thinking)!
2. The Content of our language reflects the Content of our thinking. They are very important but they are also too complicated to be understood by normal persons, like you and me. The Patterns of our language reflects the Patterns of our thinking. They are also complicated but much simpler than the content. NLP is the study of the Patterns (context) of our thinking through the Patterns of our Language!
3. Apart from the many other language patterns taught in the module, Meta Model, Milton Model, Presuppositions, and Sleight of Mouth (Reframing using language) are the most important four.
4. Meta Model helps to get more detail information (deep structure) of people's thinking. This eliminates misunderstandings of our perceptions of the environment and behaviors due to our filters of Values, Beliefs and Rules (i.e. Distortion, Deletion and Generalization)
5. Milton Model distorts, deletes and generalizes our thinking so that we change our behaviors without much efforts (i.e. capabilities). This can be good or bad, depending on the content. But Milton Model reflects how we think.
6. Presuppositions also works on our perceptions of environment and behaviors so that we can change easier without much efforts. NLP is also the study of our internal presuppositions, i.e. Filters. It is the Filters that causes the discrepancies of our internal world (Our Perceptions) and the external world (i.e. Reality). The greater the discrepancies, the less realistic we are and the more problems we face.
7. Reframing is the temporary adoptation of another set of Filters instead of the dorminated set so that we can see something differently (gaining more information through a different perception). This is an external way to affect the internal filters. It is difficult or even impossible to work directly with our filters as they are internal and hard to identify. With a new set of filters, we can see more about our Reality and thus decreasing the discrepancies.
8. Meta Model is the easiest of all as it is quite mechanical. You observe the Meta Model Violations and then apply the respective Meta Model to make others or yourself to go meta to see more.
9. Milton Model is also easy. It is just filling in the blank and apply. The only difficult part is deciding what to fill in. The secret is "Pacing & Leading". There are always at least 2 parts of a Milton Model. The first part is Pacing and the second part is Leading. Only the stupid or someone who doesn't really understand NLP will tell you to just fill in anything and you can then persuade others.
10. Presuppositions is again easy. It is also filling in the blank and apply. The secret is there must be lots of "Truth" and a bit of "Falseness". If the "Fasleness" is too false, make it less false before filling in.
11. People find the above 3 difficult because they are unable to see the Meta Model Violations or what to be filling in for the Milton Model or the Presuppositions. Why? Because they are at the same level of the speaker! You must go meta first before you can see them! Einstein once said that we can't solve the problems at the same level of the source of the problems. He is very right.
12. Reframing is the hardest of the fours because Reframing is working on the Filters (Beliefs, Values, Rules), which are already in the upper level which governs people's lower level of capabilities, behaviours and environment. If we need to go meta to see our lower level, we need to go meta-meta to see our upper levels. I had talked about Meta-Meta in Master NLP Practitioner Program. It is difficult to grasp. I will talk about it in greater details in my later messages.
Here is an easier way to understand. If you want to refarme others, you must see the other frame(s) first before you can lead someone to see through that new frame(s). It is NOT a simple filling in the blank. You see something before you can tell someone how to see it! If you are stuck or not being flexible, you can never see the possibilities of any new frame.
13. The best way to judge someone's understanding of NLP is to ask him/her to demonstrate the ALP. One can memorize all the patterns, but using them is another story!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
I just finished this year's Advanced Language Patterns (ALP) Module of the NLP Practitioner Training last week. I like to share some of my ideas about ALP.
1. ALP are the most important models of NLP. NLP is the study of the interaction between thinking (Neuro) and Use of Language (Linguistics). We never know what others or even what we think. Thinking is inside our mind. They are the Implicit Part of NLP. The Explicit Part is the Language we use. So Language becomes the "Monitor" of our "Human CPU" (our thinking)!
2. The Content of our language reflects the Content of our thinking. They are very important but they are also too complicated to be understood by normal persons, like you and me. The Patterns of our language reflects the Patterns of our thinking. They are also complicated but much simpler than the content. NLP is the study of the Patterns (context) of our thinking through the Patterns of our Language!
3. Apart from the many other language patterns taught in the module, Meta Model, Milton Model, Presuppositions, and Sleight of Mouth (Reframing using language) are the most important four.
4. Meta Model helps to get more detail information (deep structure) of people's thinking. This eliminates misunderstandings of our perceptions of the environment and behaviors due to our filters of Values, Beliefs and Rules (i.e. Distortion, Deletion and Generalization)
5. Milton Model distorts, deletes and generalizes our thinking so that we change our behaviors without much efforts (i.e. capabilities). This can be good or bad, depending on the content. But Milton Model reflects how we think.
6. Presuppositions also works on our perceptions of environment and behaviors so that we can change easier without much efforts. NLP is also the study of our internal presuppositions, i.e. Filters. It is the Filters that causes the discrepancies of our internal world (Our Perceptions) and the external world (i.e. Reality). The greater the discrepancies, the less realistic we are and the more problems we face.
7. Reframing is the temporary adoptation of another set of Filters instead of the dorminated set so that we can see something differently (gaining more information through a different perception). This is an external way to affect the internal filters. It is difficult or even impossible to work directly with our filters as they are internal and hard to identify. With a new set of filters, we can see more about our Reality and thus decreasing the discrepancies.
8. Meta Model is the easiest of all as it is quite mechanical. You observe the Meta Model Violations and then apply the respective Meta Model to make others or yourself to go meta to see more.
9. Milton Model is also easy. It is just filling in the blank and apply. The only difficult part is deciding what to fill in. The secret is "Pacing & Leading". There are always at least 2 parts of a Milton Model. The first part is Pacing and the second part is Leading. Only the stupid or someone who doesn't really understand NLP will tell you to just fill in anything and you can then persuade others.
10. Presuppositions is again easy. It is also filling in the blank and apply. The secret is there must be lots of "Truth" and a bit of "Falseness". If the "Fasleness" is too false, make it less false before filling in.
11. People find the above 3 difficult because they are unable to see the Meta Model Violations or what to be filling in for the Milton Model or the Presuppositions. Why? Because they are at the same level of the speaker! You must go meta first before you can see them! Einstein once said that we can't solve the problems at the same level of the source of the problems. He is very right.
12. Reframing is the hardest of the fours because Reframing is working on the Filters (Beliefs, Values, Rules), which are already in the upper level which governs people's lower level of capabilities, behaviours and environment. If we need to go meta to see our lower level, we need to go meta-meta to see our upper levels. I had talked about Meta-Meta in Master NLP Practitioner Program. It is difficult to grasp. I will talk about it in greater details in my later messages.
Here is an easier way to understand. If you want to refarme others, you must see the other frame(s) first before you can lead someone to see through that new frame(s). It is NOT a simple filling in the blank. You see something before you can tell someone how to see it! If you are stuck or not being flexible, you can never see the possibilities of any new frame.
13. The best way to judge someone's understanding of NLP is to ask him/her to demonstrate the ALP. One can memorize all the patterns, but using them is another story!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/10/17
Personal Development: NLP, Hypnosis, Coaching, Facilitation, Systemic Thinking and Influencing
Hi,
I teach quite a lot of stuff, mainly including NLP, Hypnosis, Coaching, Facilitation, Systemic Thinking and Influencing. They seem to be quite different but I am teaching the same thing, Self Awareness!
1. NLP is the gaining of awareness through realizing and minimizing the discrepancy of our External World (Reality) and Internal World (Perceptions). This results in a clearer and realistic thinking.
2. Hypnosis is about accumulating awareness by recognizing and re-understanding our beliefs that leaded to our problems. This results in solving of our problems.
3. Coaching is to enhance our awareness by exposing our assumptions and blind spots. This results in development.
4. Facilitation is the gaining of awareness using different frameworks and directions of thinking. This leads to faster and easier results.
5. Systemic Thinking is increasing our awareness through exploring beyond our usual system of thinking and to identify the connections between sub-systems. This results in seeing more, in form of both bigger pictures and details.
6. Influencing is attaining awareness by understanding human patterns of thinking. You can then persuade others according to their thinking patterns.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
I teach quite a lot of stuff, mainly including NLP, Hypnosis, Coaching, Facilitation, Systemic Thinking and Influencing. They seem to be quite different but I am teaching the same thing, Self Awareness!
1. NLP is the gaining of awareness through realizing and minimizing the discrepancy of our External World (Reality) and Internal World (Perceptions). This results in a clearer and realistic thinking.
2. Hypnosis is about accumulating awareness by recognizing and re-understanding our beliefs that leaded to our problems. This results in solving of our problems.
3. Coaching is to enhance our awareness by exposing our assumptions and blind spots. This results in development.
4. Facilitation is the gaining of awareness using different frameworks and directions of thinking. This leads to faster and easier results.
5. Systemic Thinking is increasing our awareness through exploring beyond our usual system of thinking and to identify the connections between sub-systems. This results in seeing more, in form of both bigger pictures and details.
6. Influencing is attaining awareness by understanding human patterns of thinking. You can then persuade others according to their thinking patterns.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Coaching: Some Misunderstandings about Coaching
Hi,
One of our classmates asked me a question. Someone told her the following about coaching:
1. We must use reflecting (paraphrasing) to build rapport in coaching.
2. We can coach by doing self-Disclosure (sharing your experience).
3. A coach is required to confront with the coachee.
She is confused. My answer is as follow:
One of the most acceptable definition of coaching is: coaching in non-sporting environments focus on non-directive questioning, provocation and helping clients to analyse and solve their own challenges, rather than offering advice or direction. (This definition was given by Timothy Gallwey, the Father and Originator of Coaching)
If this definition is right, then anything that offering direction and advice is NOT coaching. Reflection and self disclosure can be very directive.
Rapport building is very important in any form of helping, not just coaching. We can adopt a more non-directive way to build rapport in coaching, like talking about what the clients want to discuss. (i.e. 今日想同我傾D乜?). Furthermore, if we are doing real coaching, we do not have our own position or standpoint (立場). This is already the best form of rapport building as we will never argue with the coachees.
Confronting with coachee is the easiest way to lose rapport!
In the past years, I respect the above definition so much that I try my best to develop ways and models to coach without giving advices and directions. They will never be as efficient as directly giving advices or indirectly leading the coachees. However, people wants quick results and starts to do all sorts of things to "speed up" the result of coaching. The outcome is many so-called coaches practicing psychotherapy, counselling, and consulting without proper qualification, but using the name of coaching. I predicted this 6 years ago in 2001 during the 1st class of Registered Corporate Coach Training.
Think of you can have 2 tools to help your people (as a matter of fact, we can have tens of tools to help), they are coaching and advising. But if you mix up the two, we then only have one instead of 2.
Coaching is never better than all other forms of helping. But if coaching is a separate form of helping, then it must be different from others. Or it is just something old with a new name-tag.
Years ago, I already decided to take up my mission of promoting the "Pure" form of Coaching. It can be a lonely and difficult path, but I enjoy it so much!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
One of our classmates asked me a question. Someone told her the following about coaching:
1. We must use reflecting (paraphrasing) to build rapport in coaching.
2. We can coach by doing self-Disclosure (sharing your experience).
3. A coach is required to confront with the coachee.
She is confused. My answer is as follow:
One of the most acceptable definition of coaching is: coaching in non-sporting environments focus on non-directive questioning, provocation and helping clients to analyse and solve their own challenges, rather than offering advice or direction. (This definition was given by Timothy Gallwey, the Father and Originator of Coaching)
If this definition is right, then anything that offering direction and advice is NOT coaching. Reflection and self disclosure can be very directive.
Rapport building is very important in any form of helping, not just coaching. We can adopt a more non-directive way to build rapport in coaching, like talking about what the clients want to discuss. (i.e. 今日想同我傾D乜?). Furthermore, if we are doing real coaching, we do not have our own position or standpoint (立場). This is already the best form of rapport building as we will never argue with the coachees.
Confronting with coachee is the easiest way to lose rapport!
In the past years, I respect the above definition so much that I try my best to develop ways and models to coach without giving advices and directions. They will never be as efficient as directly giving advices or indirectly leading the coachees. However, people wants quick results and starts to do all sorts of things to "speed up" the result of coaching. The outcome is many so-called coaches practicing psychotherapy, counselling, and consulting without proper qualification, but using the name of coaching. I predicted this 6 years ago in 2001 during the 1st class of Registered Corporate Coach Training.
Think of you can have 2 tools to help your people (as a matter of fact, we can have tens of tools to help), they are coaching and advising. But if you mix up the two, we then only have one instead of 2.
Coaching is never better than all other forms of helping. But if coaching is a separate form of helping, then it must be different from others. Or it is just something old with a new name-tag.
Years ago, I already decided to take up my mission of promoting the "Pure" form of Coaching. It can be a lonely and difficult path, but I enjoy it so much!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/10/16
Learning from Life 156 -160
Hi,
This is another edition of Learning from Life.
156. If you want to change your Future, change it at Now.
157. People doesn't mean "No" when they say "No".
158. But they also do not mean "Yes", when they say "Yes".
159. People will steal from you. The best way to protect your belongings is to ensure that you can earn them back even if you lose them.
160. People wants to be heard.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
This is another edition of Learning from Life.
156. If you want to change your Future, change it at Now.
157. People doesn't mean "No" when they say "No".
158. But they also do not mean "Yes", when they say "Yes".
159. People will steal from you. The best way to protect your belongings is to ensure that you can earn them back even if you lose them.
160. People wants to be heard.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Signs are Everywhere: A Great Magazine in China
Hi,
Recently I went to China for a short break.
I wandered around the street and found a magzaine in a book shop. It was just 6 dollars, but a great magazine. Colour printing, quality paper, clear editing, informative articles with points. It was just 6 dollars!
Quality of magazines and books always reflects the quality of people. People in Mainland China are not only improving their "hardware", but also their "software" now.
They are improving and if we are not, we can't be "special" even we are in a "Special Administration Region"!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Recently I went to China for a short break.
I wandered around the street and found a magzaine in a book shop. It was just 6 dollars, but a great magazine. Colour printing, quality paper, clear editing, informative articles with points. It was just 6 dollars!
Quality of magazines and books always reflects the quality of people. People in Mainland China are not only improving their "hardware", but also their "software" now.
They are improving and if we are not, we can't be "special" even we are in a "Special Administration Region"!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/10/15
My Affiliation with Organizations
Hi,
Some graduates of my coaching and hypnotherapy programs emailed me recently, asking about my affiliation with some organizations. They were requested to join some of the organizations in Hong Kong, which state that I am part of them.
There were so many of them asking me the same question, so I like to clarify here. I am not part of any of those organizations. I don't know why I was said to be part of them, but I am not!
There are already too many organizations out there. My only interest is to train, but not organizing whatever. I had created some organizations in the past. They are solely for the convenience of providing training. I will never encourage anyone to join them as I am not sure whether I have any time to organize any activity for them.
So, join those organziations if you like to do so (everyone has free will) but I know nothing about them at all.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Some graduates of my coaching and hypnotherapy programs emailed me recently, asking about my affiliation with some organizations. They were requested to join some of the organizations in Hong Kong, which state that I am part of them.
There were so many of them asking me the same question, so I like to clarify here. I am not part of any of those organizations. I don't know why I was said to be part of them, but I am not!
There are already too many organizations out there. My only interest is to train, but not organizing whatever. I had created some organizations in the past. They are solely for the convenience of providing training. I will never encourage anyone to join them as I am not sure whether I have any time to organize any activity for them.
So, join those organziations if you like to do so (everyone has free will) but I know nothing about them at all.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/10/08
Hypnosis: Positive Messages Process 發現正面訊息過程
Hi,
協助受者發現正面訊息的過程，是我們的SOBER Hypnotherapy系統的獨特和核心部份，亦是我們的方法與別不同之處；如果您忽略了這個重要過程，您將使您的進行的治療效果遠遠失色，您浪費了您和您的受者的時間和努力。
由於她是那麼很重要的，我曾於催眠治療師課程中，詳細地解釋了這個過程，以下是那天我的講解的一個簡單概要。
我們現在的難題，並不是由以前的某人或某事直接地引起的，它是由於某些過去事件，發展出一些信念所引致的。舉一個簡化了的例子，當您那時只得十歲，您在某次唱歌比賽中，面對眾人時感覺十分恐懼，您不自覺地獲取了對『面對公眾是恐佈的』這種信念，因此，當您現在已經是30歲了，您仍然恐懼於眾人面前講話。
在我們SOBER系統下，受者在催眠狀態期間，發現正面訊息的過程，是在您協助他回顧他的過去事件、關係和信念之後的一個內心整合過程，他在回顧之後，對事情獲取了新的理解，並且通過描述出來，他的理解得以具體化，這些具體正面的訊息，成為了他新的信念；我們不能通過不再相信某事，來直接刪除我們的舊信念，但是我們卻能用新的信念，取代原有的信念！
正面訊息中的『正面』，並非我們日常所指的樂觀、合乎道德、合乎操守的，甚至它並不需要是『好』的；判斷受者新的理解是否好壞，既不是我們的工作，也不是我們能力所及的；我不是說樂觀、合乎道德、合乎操守或者『好』的信念並不重要，只是我們不應該硬把我們自己的評斷，放諸於我們的治療對象身上！
一個訊息是正面的，它必須符合以下3個標準：
1. 可執行的 Actionable：否則受者根本不能做任何事情，來改變他的情況；此外，沒有行動，亦因而沒有結果，受者便不能進一步地具體化他們新的信念。(記得我們什麼時候使用『即係？』這條問題？)
2. 安全的 Safe：對客戶和其他人，這些新的信念沒有任何潛在危險。(記得我們什麼時候使用『因為？』這條問題？)
3. 沒有局限的 Without Limitation：發現新的信念的目的，是為了受者開放更多的可能性，減少限制他們，難題是受者給自己在思想和行動的局限。(記得我們什麼時候使用『因為？』這條問題？)
當3個標準均符合時，新的信念，與及因而引起的新的行動，就可能是更加現實的！
The Process of Positive Messages is very unique and core part of our system of SOBER Hypnotherapy. If you miss this process, you will make your therapy far, far less effective. You waste your and your client's time and effort.
As it is so important, I explained the process in more details in my recent SOBER Therapy Module of the Certified Hypnotherapist Program. Below is a brief summary of what I had explained that day.
It is not someone in the past or something happened in the past directly causes us problem now. It is the beliefs that developed out of that past event that cause us troubles. For example, you was so fear during a singing contest when you were 10. You unconsciously gained a belief of "public presentation is something horrible". So when you are now already 30, you fear much about speaking in front of people.
In our SOBER System, the Positive Messages Process is the consolidation process after you review your past event, relationship and beliefs during hypnosis. You gain new understanding after the review and you make your new understanding concrete through verbalizing them out. These concrete positive messages become your new beliefs. We can't just delete our old beliefs by not believing in something, but we can only replace the old beliefs with new ones. You believe in something else instead!
Positive Messages are not messages that are "positive" in general sense. It does not need to be optimistic, moral, ethical or even be good. It is not our job and we can't judge the content of our clients' new understanding. I am not saying that being optimistic, moral, ethical or good is not important. But we should not push our own judgement towards our clients!
To be positive, a message must meet the following 3 criteria:
1. Actionable. Or the client can't do anything about it to change his/her situation. Furthermore, without actions (thus without results), clients can't further solidify their new beliefs. (Remember our use of 即係?)
2. Safe. There is no potential danger (to the clients and others) in the message. (Remember our use of 因為?)
3. Without Limitation. The new beliefs are opening up possibilities for the clients, not further limiting them. In hypnosis, a problem is a limitation of client's thinking and actions. (Remember our use of 因為?)
When all 3 criteria are met, the new beliefs (and thus the new actions generated) could be more realistic!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Updated with Chinese Translation: Feb 8 2009
協助受者發現正面訊息的過程，是我們的SOBER Hypnotherapy系統的獨特和核心部份，亦是我們的方法與別不同之處；如果您忽略了這個重要過程，您將使您的進行的治療效果遠遠失色，您浪費了您和您的受者的時間和努力。
由於她是那麼很重要的，我曾於催眠治療師課程中，詳細地解釋了這個過程，以下是那天我的講解的一個簡單概要。
我們現在的難題，並不是由以前的某人或某事直接地引起的，它是由於某些過去事件，發展出一些信念所引致的。舉一個簡化了的例子，當您那時只得十歲，您在某次唱歌比賽中，面對眾人時感覺十分恐懼，您不自覺地獲取了對『面對公眾是恐佈的』這種信念，因此，當您現在已經是30歲了，您仍然恐懼於眾人面前講話。
在我們SOBER系統下，受者在催眠狀態期間，發現正面訊息的過程，是在您協助他回顧他的過去事件、關係和信念之後的一個內心整合過程，他在回顧之後，對事情獲取了新的理解，並且通過描述出來，他的理解得以具體化，這些具體正面的訊息，成為了他新的信念；我們不能通過不再相信某事，來直接刪除我們的舊信念，但是我們卻能用新的信念，取代原有的信念！
正面訊息中的『正面』，並非我們日常所指的樂觀、合乎道德、合乎操守的，甚至它並不需要是『好』的；判斷受者新的理解是否好壞，既不是我們的工作，也不是我們能力所及的；我不是說樂觀、合乎道德、合乎操守或者『好』的信念並不重要，只是我們不應該硬把我們自己的評斷，放諸於我們的治療對象身上！
一個訊息是正面的，它必須符合以下3個標準：
1. 可執行的 Actionable：否則受者根本不能做任何事情，來改變他的情況；此外，沒有行動，亦因而沒有結果，受者便不能進一步地具體化他們新的信念。(記得我們什麼時候使用『即係？』這條問題？)
2. 安全的 Safe：對客戶和其他人，這些新的信念沒有任何潛在危險。(記得我們什麼時候使用『因為？』這條問題？)
3. 沒有局限的 Without Limitation：發現新的信念的目的，是為了受者開放更多的可能性，減少限制他們，難題是受者給自己在思想和行動的局限。(記得我們什麼時候使用『因為？』這條問題？)
當3個標準均符合時，新的信念，與及因而引起的新的行動，就可能是更加現實的！
The Process of Positive Messages is very unique and core part of our system of SOBER Hypnotherapy. If you miss this process, you will make your therapy far, far less effective. You waste your and your client's time and effort.
As it is so important, I explained the process in more details in my recent SOBER Therapy Module of the Certified Hypnotherapist Program. Below is a brief summary of what I had explained that day.
It is not someone in the past or something happened in the past directly causes us problem now. It is the beliefs that developed out of that past event that cause us troubles. For example, you was so fear during a singing contest when you were 10. You unconsciously gained a belief of "public presentation is something horrible". So when you are now already 30, you fear much about speaking in front of people.
In our SOBER System, the Positive Messages Process is the consolidation process after you review your past event, relationship and beliefs during hypnosis. You gain new understanding after the review and you make your new understanding concrete through verbalizing them out. These concrete positive messages become your new beliefs. We can't just delete our old beliefs by not believing in something, but we can only replace the old beliefs with new ones. You believe in something else instead!
Positive Messages are not messages that are "positive" in general sense. It does not need to be optimistic, moral, ethical or even be good. It is not our job and we can't judge the content of our clients' new understanding. I am not saying that being optimistic, moral, ethical or good is not important. But we should not push our own judgement towards our clients!
To be positive, a message must meet the following 3 criteria:
1. Actionable. Or the client can't do anything about it to change his/her situation. Furthermore, without actions (thus without results), clients can't further solidify their new beliefs. (Remember our use of 即係?)
2. Safe. There is no potential danger (to the clients and others) in the message. (Remember our use of 因為?)
3. Without Limitation. The new beliefs are opening up possibilities for the clients, not further limiting them. In hypnosis, a problem is a limitation of client's thinking and actions. (Remember our use of 因為?)
When all 3 criteria are met, the new beliefs (and thus the new actions generated) could be more realistic!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Updated with Chinese Translation: Feb 8 2009
2007/10/07
NLP: The Missing Filter
Hi,
One core part of NLP is the study of Filters in distorting, deleting and generalizing our thinking. The NLP Filters include Value (i.e. what's important?), Belief (i.e. what's real?) and Rule (i.e. what's right?). These filters can make our thinking and thus our behaviours distant from reality!
So, verifying our filters is one of the major purposes of learning NLP. But one even more influential filter is missing, our Emotions.
When we are in a positive emotional state (e.g. happy, excited, love, etc.), we tend to assign positive values to people, things and happenings. We are in a more readily accepting mood, even something we consider not good to us. However, when we are in a negative emotional states (e.g. sad, angry, fear, etc.), we do the opposites.
This is so called the "Self Deception" researched by Prof. Paul Thagard of the University of Waterloo. We unconsciously distort, delete, and/or generalize the reality when under emotions. This is why the State of Knowing Nothing (in New Coded NLP) is so important in gaining maximum insights. When we know nothing, we are in a void emotional state!
This is also the purpose of Emotional Release when we are doing the Transformational Hypnotherapy Skills (i.e IR, IC, etc.). Only after the emotions are released, the effect of emotions on our thinking is reduced so that we can gain positive messages after the process.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
One core part of NLP is the study of Filters in distorting, deleting and generalizing our thinking. The NLP Filters include Value (i.e. what's important?), Belief (i.e. what's real?) and Rule (i.e. what's right?). These filters can make our thinking and thus our behaviours distant from reality!
So, verifying our filters is one of the major purposes of learning NLP. But one even more influential filter is missing, our Emotions.
When we are in a positive emotional state (e.g. happy, excited, love, etc.), we tend to assign positive values to people, things and happenings. We are in a more readily accepting mood, even something we consider not good to us. However, when we are in a negative emotional states (e.g. sad, angry, fear, etc.), we do the opposites.
This is so called the "Self Deception" researched by Prof. Paul Thagard of the University of Waterloo. We unconsciously distort, delete, and/or generalize the reality when under emotions. This is why the State of Knowing Nothing (in New Coded NLP) is so important in gaining maximum insights. When we know nothing, we are in a void emotional state!
This is also the purpose of Emotional Release when we are doing the Transformational Hypnotherapy Skills (i.e IR, IC, etc.). Only after the emotions are released, the effect of emotions on our thinking is reduced so that we can gain positive messages after the process.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/10/06
Facilitation: 13 Things People Need to Know
Hi,
No matter you are a coach, a facilitator or anyone who want to help yourself or others (person or organization) to improve or develop, there are 13 things need to be known for any progress. One might not need to know them all. The more they be aware of them, the easier and faster their path for development!
1. Strengths. Your marketable core competencies.
2. Limitations. Your lacking of the marketable core competencies.
3. Opportunities. What's outside that can be attracted by your core competencies.
4. Threats. What's outside that can be attracted by the core competencies you are lacking!
5. Values. What are important to you.
6. Guiding Principles. How do you make decisions.
7. Visions. What can be possible in the future.
8. Standards. Your minimum requirements.
9. Landmarks. How do you know you are on the right tracks!
10. Purposes. Overall objectives.
11. Tasks. Something need to be done at certain time.
12. Assumptions. What you think is truth and/or fact!
13. Directions. Which paths to take.
Being a coach/facilitator, it is our job to help our clients to discover the above!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
No matter you are a coach, a facilitator or anyone who want to help yourself or others (person or organization) to improve or develop, there are 13 things need to be known for any progress. One might not need to know them all. The more they be aware of them, the easier and faster their path for development!
1. Strengths. Your marketable core competencies.
2. Limitations. Your lacking of the marketable core competencies.
3. Opportunities. What's outside that can be attracted by your core competencies.
4. Threats. What's outside that can be attracted by the core competencies you are lacking!
5. Values. What are important to you.
6. Guiding Principles. How do you make decisions.
7. Visions. What can be possible in the future.
8. Standards. Your minimum requirements.
9. Landmarks. How do you know you are on the right tracks!
10. Purposes. Overall objectives.
11. Tasks. Something need to be done at certain time.
12. Assumptions. What you think is truth and/or fact!
13. Directions. Which paths to take.
Being a coach/facilitator, it is our job to help our clients to discover the above!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/10/03
Top 5 Tips: Top 5 Ways to be a Good Coach
Hi,
Do you want to use coaching to help other improve and grow? If yes, take a look at my top 5 ways to be a good coach.
1. Get Formal Training. Coaching is not a list of questions to ask, or a collection of several skills. It is an art and you need training and practice to make it useful to your clients.
2. Learn from your Clients. See how they think. See how they improve. See what works and what doesn’t!
3. Treat your Clients like Human Beings. They are not subjects or objects. They are people. They have their problems and they can think by themselves. Your job is helping them to think!
4. Accepting the Facts that Clients will Come & Go. You can never keep a client for life. They come and go. Do your best to coach them when they are still with you!
5. Coach with some Frameworks. Coaching is never a guesswork or simply by intuition. Many say so, just because they do not know they are already using some frameworks in their coaching works. Learn and try some coaching models. Use them so that you are not coach randomly. Or this will simply confuse your clients, rather than helping them think with clarity.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Do you want to use coaching to help other improve and grow? If yes, take a look at my top 5 ways to be a good coach.
1. Get Formal Training. Coaching is not a list of questions to ask, or a collection of several skills. It is an art and you need training and practice to make it useful to your clients.
2. Learn from your Clients. See how they think. See how they improve. See what works and what doesn’t!
3. Treat your Clients like Human Beings. They are not subjects or objects. They are people. They have their problems and they can think by themselves. Your job is helping them to think!
4. Accepting the Facts that Clients will Come & Go. You can never keep a client for life. They come and go. Do your best to coach them when they are still with you!
5. Coach with some Frameworks. Coaching is never a guesswork or simply by intuition. Many say so, just because they do not know they are already using some frameworks in their coaching works. Learn and try some coaching models. Use them so that you are not coach randomly. Or this will simply confuse your clients, rather than helping them think with clarity.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
我的觀點極短篇: 最沒用的是有用的
Hi,
『三十輻共一轂，當其無有，車之用。』
最沒用的是有用的！
在車上我以ipod播放音樂，但它與Hi-Fi的接線有點問題，它必須正正的放好才有聲音，在ipod旁有一堆廢紙，一堆沒用的東西但多月來還未丟掉，今天下定決心把它們拋棄，開車時才發覺ipod沒有聲音了！
最沒用的是有用的，它們把ipod頂著固定放好！
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
『三十輻共一轂，當其無有，車之用。』
最沒用的是有用的！
在車上我以ipod播放音樂，但它與Hi-Fi的接線有點問題，它必須正正的放好才有聲音，在ipod旁有一堆廢紙，一堆沒用的東西但多月來還未丟掉，今天下定決心把它們拋棄，開車時才發覺ipod沒有聲音了！
最沒用的是有用的，它們把ipod頂著固定放好！
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Top 5 Tips: Top 5 Reasons of Doing or Learning Coaching
Hi,
I have been teaching coaching for more than 6 years. But why should we coach or learn coaching? Here are my top 5 reasons:
1. Coaching is growing. More people are going into the coaching field and more managers are using coaching to help their staff and their business day after days. If you don't coach or you don't know how to coach, you are lagging behind the whole new world.
2. Both the Coach & the Coachee improve. You can't stop yourself improving when you help others to improve. You can't stop yourself getting your own problems solved when you help others to solve their problems. You can't stop yourself seeing more opportunities when you help others to see their
opportunities.
3. Probably, you improve more than your coachees. Your coachees might present something you've struggled and/or you are struggling yourself. You can see clearly yourself.
4. Coaching is for your career development. You coach your people. When they improve, your team's performance Improves. You can also consider moving into the coaching field as your next step in your career.
5. Everybody can be benefited from coaching. No everyone needs therapy, counseling or advices. But everyone can gain insights from being coached. You need a lot of education and experience to become a therapist, counselor or consultant. But it does not requires too much training to be a good coach because coaching is absolutely helping others just by making them helping themselves.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Article Written on Aug 2007
I have been teaching coaching for more than 6 years. But why should we coach or learn coaching? Here are my top 5 reasons:
1. Coaching is growing. More people are going into the coaching field and more managers are using coaching to help their staff and their business day after days. If you don't coach or you don't know how to coach, you are lagging behind the whole new world.
2. Both the Coach & the Coachee improve. You can't stop yourself improving when you help others to improve. You can't stop yourself getting your own problems solved when you help others to solve their problems. You can't stop yourself seeing more opportunities when you help others to see their
opportunities.
3. Probably, you improve more than your coachees. Your coachees might present something you've struggled and/or you are struggling yourself. You can see clearly yourself.
4. Coaching is for your career development. You coach your people. When they improve, your team's performance Improves. You can also consider moving into the coaching field as your next step in your career.
5. Everybody can be benefited from coaching. No everyone needs therapy, counseling or advices. But everyone can gain insights from being coached. You need a lot of education and experience to become a therapist, counselor or consultant. But it does not requires too much training to be a good coach because coaching is absolutely helping others just by making them helping themselves.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Article Written on Aug 2007
My Point of View: 我的思維理論
Hi,
我們需不需要學習思維？
不需要，因為我們大部份人也沒有學過思維，但每天我們也在思維！需要，因為雖然思維功能是天生的，好的思維卻不是！什麼是思維？中外哲學家及心理學家均有大量不同的解釋與定義，我對思維的個人看法是認知＋學習＋聯繫＋重複使用。
1. 認知：認出知道人、事、物，即『這是什麼』
2. 學習：認出知道後，了解其應用，即『那又如何』
3. 聯繫：把人、事、物，『這是什麼』及『那又如何』聯繫一起，以後每次看到/想到那人、事、物，隨即自動想起並使用這組聯繫
4. 重複使用：未來不斷使用這組聯繫，每用一次，這組聯繫便越強，越易引發，而且引發速度越快！
我們的認知及學習功能，又受到已存在的聯繫影響，越強的聯繫，帶來的影響越大。
這意味什麼？我們的思維基本上是自動化的，在沒有刻意的情況下，無論你如何多看多學，也走不出『過去』的規範，結果只是不斷重複過去而矣！
如何跳出這個思維的框框？下期再作詳談。
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
我們需不需要學習思維？
不需要，因為我們大部份人也沒有學過思維，但每天我們也在思維！需要，因為雖然思維功能是天生的，好的思維卻不是！什麼是思維？中外哲學家及心理學家均有大量不同的解釋與定義，我對思維的個人看法是認知＋學習＋聯繫＋重複使用。
1. 認知：認出知道人、事、物，即『這是什麼』
2. 學習：認出知道後，了解其應用，即『那又如何』
3. 聯繫：把人、事、物，『這是什麼』及『那又如何』聯繫一起，以後每次看到/想到那人、事、物，隨即自動想起並使用這組聯繫
4. 重複使用：未來不斷使用這組聯繫，每用一次，這組聯繫便越強，越易引發，而且引發速度越快！
我們的認知及學習功能，又受到已存在的聯繫影響，越強的聯繫，帶來的影響越大。
這意味什麼？我們的思維基本上是自動化的，在沒有刻意的情況下，無論你如何多看多學，也走不出『過去』的規範，結果只是不斷重複過去而矣！
如何跳出這個思維的框框？下期再作詳談。
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/10/02
Customer Service: Gap 6 & 7 in Servqual Model
Hi,
One of our ISQMP (Qualicert Internal Auditor Program) graduates asked me about the Gap 6 & 7 in the Servqual Model of Service Quality.
Servqual Model is originated by Parasuraman in 1985. He only proposed 5 Gaps in his model. In all his revised versions of his model in 1988, 1991 and finally in 1994, these 5 Gaps remain unchanged. Only in 1988, he added the 5 Dimensions of Service Quality, i.e. the RATER - Reliability, Assurance, Tangibles, Empathy & Responsiveness.
Gap 6 & 7 were added by another scholars, Luk & Layton in 2002. Gap 6 is the discrepancy between customer's expectations and employees' perceptions, while Gap 7 is the discrepancy between employees' perceptions and management's perceptions.
These 2 gaps can be useful, but they are not part of the Servqual Model. If someone tells you that there are 7 gaps in the Servqual Model, s/he is confused.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
One of our ISQMP (Qualicert Internal Auditor Program) graduates asked me about the Gap 6 & 7 in the Servqual Model of Service Quality.
Servqual Model is originated by Parasuraman in 1985. He only proposed 5 Gaps in his model. In all his revised versions of his model in 1988, 1991 and finally in 1994, these 5 Gaps remain unchanged. Only in 1988, he added the 5 Dimensions of Service Quality, i.e. the RATER - Reliability, Assurance, Tangibles, Empathy & Responsiveness.
Gap 6 & 7 were added by another scholars, Luk & Layton in 2002. Gap 6 is the discrepancy between customer's expectations and employees' perceptions, while Gap 7 is the discrepancy between employees' perceptions and management's perceptions.
These 2 gaps can be useful, but they are not part of the Servqual Model. If someone tells you that there are 7 gaps in the Servqual Model, s/he is confused.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/09/26
Think-Tank 2007
Hi,
Think-Tank這個『做』創意的聚會，去年我們辦了三次，今年於本月初辦了一次。
去年三次合共6小時裡共產生了11,169個意念，今年又破記錄，一次僅兩小時（實質只用了55分鐘而矣）便產生了7,518個意念，110人參與，平均每人68.3個Ideas！
開辦這個活動的目的，在於讓我們的腦筋靈活，而不是發明什麼偉大創意，看來我們真的做到了！這比只空談創新，從不親自參與其中優勝得多，下年我將再接再厲，再與各位一同磨練腦筋！
要有創意，絕非憑學習什麼創意技術，憑什麼創意技術來創造本身已媚絕無創意；我們只有親自參與創造意念，不管它的好壞，從而靈活我們的腦筋，創意才會來臨我們的身上！
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Think-Tank這個『做』創意的聚會，去年我們辦了三次，今年於本月初辦了一次。
去年三次合共6小時裡共產生了11,169個意念，今年又破記錄，一次僅兩小時（實質只用了55分鐘而矣）便產生了7,518個意念，110人參與，平均每人68.3個Ideas！
開辦這個活動的目的，在於讓我們的腦筋靈活，而不是發明什麼偉大創意，看來我們真的做到了！這比只空談創新，從不親自參與其中優勝得多，下年我將再接再厲，再與各位一同磨練腦筋！
要有創意，絕非憑學習什麼創意技術，憑什麼創意技術來創造本身已媚絕無創意；我們只有親自參與創造意念，不管它的好壞，從而靈活我們的腦筋，創意才會來臨我們的身上！
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Learning from Life 151 - 155
Hi,
This is another edition of Learning from Life.
151. Children can be much smarter than us.
152. But we can be wiser than them! Show your wisdom to them not your smartness.
153. We can be happy or we can be sad. It is our own choice!
154. We learn most from our life if we can surrender and not resisting them.
155. We learn most from our life if we can respect the ones who teach us.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
This is another edition of Learning from Life.
151. Children can be much smarter than us.
152. But we can be wiser than them! Show your wisdom to them not your smartness.
153. We can be happy or we can be sad. It is our own choice!
154. We learn most from our life if we can surrender and not resisting them.
155. We learn most from our life if we can respect the ones who teach us.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/09/17
Announcement: Free New Service - Weekly Pic for Your Mind
Hi,
I am going to start a new service!!!
By simply subscribing to my new Weekly Pic for Your Mind, you will receive a picture, which might inspire your thinking.
It might not be useful, but it will be interesting. We all need food for our minds!
Just send a blank email to weeklypic-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to subscribe!
This service will start very soon. You can subscribe now.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
I am going to start a new service!!!
By simply subscribing to my new Weekly Pic for Your Mind, you will receive a picture, which might inspire your thinking.
It might not be useful, but it will be interesting. We all need food for our minds!
Just send a blank email to weeklypic-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to subscribe!
This service will start very soon. You can subscribe now.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/09/14
Learning from Life #146 - #150
Hi,
This is another edition of Learning from Life.
146. Sometimes, being Right is more important than being Happy!
147. But sometimes, being Happy can be more important than being Right!
148. "I don't know!" is not an answer.
149. Understanding myself is a boring process, but useful!
150. Expect much from myself, but expect nothing from others.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
This is another edition of Learning from Life.
146. Sometimes, being Right is more important than being Happy!
147. But sometimes, being Happy can be more important than being Right!
148. "I don't know!" is not an answer.
149. Understanding myself is a boring process, but useful!
150. Expect much from myself, but expect nothing from others.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Facilitation: Facilitate as a Participant
Hi,
Do you have the experience of attending an unproductive meeting?
Most of the people might say "Yes". But you are not the chairperson and you find yourself unable to do anything, but just wasting your valuable time!
You can facilitate as a participant!
It is not as difficult as you think. Just ask questions, not to any particular person but to the whole group. This reduces resistance.
You can start by asking some simple, non-challenging questions to clarify the objectives of the meeting, the objectives of a particular discussion and/or the objectives of the whole group of participants.
Once the objectives are clear, discussion can then be smoother and more productive!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Do you have the experience of attending an unproductive meeting?
Most of the people might say "Yes". But you are not the chairperson and you find yourself unable to do anything, but just wasting your valuable time!
You can facilitate as a participant!
It is not as difficult as you think. Just ask questions, not to any particular person but to the whole group. This reduces resistance.
You can start by asking some simple, non-challenging questions to clarify the objectives of the meeting, the objectives of a particular discussion and/or the objectives of the whole group of participants.
Once the objectives are clear, discussion can then be smoother and more productive!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/09/13
Hypnosis: Free Association = Hypnosis?
Hi,
This is a question raised by one of our classmates. This is a great question and so I like to share it here.
Free Association is NOT Hypnosis! (or this will make Freud really mad, as he resisted hypnosis so much and we say that his own invention of Free Association is hypnosis!)
However, Free Association might lead to hypnotic state.
There can be at least 2 types of Free Association. The linear form that invented by Freud and the Radiant form that we use in Hypnotic Writing (it is taught in our Hypno-Communication Module of the NLP Practitioner Program)
In Freud's Free Association, the linear form of free association focuses people's attention. This focus of attention hypnotizes.
In Hypnotic Writing's Radiant form Free Association, one is "forced" to think of as many related words as possible. This "imagination", self-induced confusion, and fast shifting of attention causes hypnotic trance.
Free Association is not hypnosis, but you can easily find one in a hypnotic state when doing free association. (You can say Free Association can be a form of Induction!)
Then, why do I say "Free Association is not Hypnosis" while it can induce hypnotic state?
Because hypnosis also includes the element of "Establishment of a Selective Thinking" and that's Free Association does not do. This is the Establishment of Selective Thinking making hypnosis useful as this changes clients' thinking of his/her situation/problem.
It is just like you cannot say you being a hypnotist if what you learned is just induction. No matter how many kinds of induction you knew, you must also be able to establish Selective Thinking (eg. formulating Suggestions and/or gaining new learning using various kinds of hypnotic analysis, i.e. IR/IC/IG/AR/FT/ES...) to make yourself truly a hypnotist.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
This is a question raised by one of our classmates. This is a great question and so I like to share it here.
Free Association is NOT Hypnosis! (or this will make Freud really mad, as he resisted hypnosis so much and we say that his own invention of Free Association is hypnosis!)
However, Free Association might lead to hypnotic state.
There can be at least 2 types of Free Association. The linear form that invented by Freud and the Radiant form that we use in Hypnotic Writing (it is taught in our Hypno-Communication Module of the NLP Practitioner Program)
In Freud's Free Association, the linear form of free association focuses people's attention. This focus of attention hypnotizes.
In Hypnotic Writing's Radiant form Free Association, one is "forced" to think of as many related words as possible. This "imagination", self-induced confusion, and fast shifting of attention causes hypnotic trance.
Free Association is not hypnosis, but you can easily find one in a hypnotic state when doing free association. (You can say Free Association can be a form of Induction!)
Then, why do I say "Free Association is not Hypnosis" while it can induce hypnotic state?
Because hypnosis also includes the element of "Establishment of a Selective Thinking" and that's Free Association does not do. This is the Establishment of Selective Thinking making hypnosis useful as this changes clients' thinking of his/her situation/problem.
It is just like you cannot say you being a hypnotist if what you learned is just induction. No matter how many kinds of induction you knew, you must also be able to establish Selective Thinking (eg. formulating Suggestions and/or gaining new learning using various kinds of hypnotic analysis, i.e. IR/IC/IG/AR/FT/ES...) to make yourself truly a hypnotist.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/09/11
Facilitation: Facilitate the Process, Not the Results
Hi,
A facilitator facilitates the process of decision making, conflicts resolution, ideas generation, problems solving, evaluation, etc. His/her job is to make the process easier and faster, but not responsible for the results.
It is the client's responsibility for the results but not yours. If you concern too much for the outcomes, you might easily fall into the trap of pushing and intervening the content of the meetings.
When someone makes use of a facilitator, they want you to guide and guard the process. They want someone remaining neutral so that the participants can discuss in a fair and productive manner.
We are still successful as a facilitator whenever we delivered a smooth process, even though not much result was being generated.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
A facilitator facilitates the process of decision making, conflicts resolution, ideas generation, problems solving, evaluation, etc. His/her job is to make the process easier and faster, but not responsible for the results.
It is the client's responsibility for the results but not yours. If you concern too much for the outcomes, you might easily fall into the trap of pushing and intervening the content of the meetings.
When someone makes use of a facilitator, they want you to guide and guard the process. They want someone remaining neutral so that the participants can discuss in a fair and productive manner.
We are still successful as a facilitator whenever we delivered a smooth process, even though not much result was being generated.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/09/10
Personal Development: Why do I Keep on Writing the Daily Quote for Your Soul/Biz?
Hi,
Many people asked me why do I spend my time writing these quotes and the coaching questions everyday? I do not include any advertisement on to the email messages, so I can't get any reward from doing so.
There are 3 reasons:
1. I love quotes. They are gems of wisdom.
2. I want you to see my message everyday so that you will not forget me!
3. Most importantly, this is a mental exercise to myself. Everyday I need to think.
Keep using our mind or we can lose it!
If you want to subscribe to these free email services, just send a blank email to quote4soul-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and/or quote4biz-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. I am sure you can learn a lot, not from me, but from the original authors of these wisdom.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Many people asked me why do I spend my time writing these quotes and the coaching questions everyday? I do not include any advertisement on to the email messages, so I can't get any reward from doing so.
There are 3 reasons:
1. I love quotes. They are gems of wisdom.
2. I want you to see my message everyday so that you will not forget me!
3. Most importantly, this is a mental exercise to myself. Everyday I need to think.
Keep using our mind or we can lose it!
If you want to subscribe to these free email services, just send a blank email to quote4soul-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and/or quote4biz-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. I am sure you can learn a lot, not from me, but from the original authors of these wisdom.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
我的觀點極短篇: 我們全力支持2008東亞運動會
Hi,
上述這個口號告訴了你什麼？ 坦白說，什麼也沒有！
有沒有發覺我們政府的口號越來越趨於空泛，極像國內的風格，口號多多，但卻是說了等於沒說！
以前政府的寫手全到了那裡去？越是高大空，越難留下實質的人才！
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
上述這個口號告訴了你什麼？ 坦白說，什麼也沒有！
有沒有發覺我們政府的口號越來越趨於空泛，極像國內的風格，口號多多，但卻是說了等於沒說！
以前政府的寫手全到了那裡去？越是高大空，越難留下實質的人才！
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/09/05
Concepts 101 Part 8: Do, Make & Think
Hi,
There are 3 kinds of people, those who do, make or think!
Those who do are great at operational skills. They accept tasks and make them happen.
Those who make are great at creative skills. They create new stuffs that are useful and usable.
Those who think are great at logical & systemic skills. They understand what were happened, what are happening, and what are going to happen. Then they design the frameworks for others to do and create!
No one is better than the others. We need all these 3 kinds of people in our organizations and society.
Which type are you?
The very sad thing is that there are some people who are none! But the good news is that there are also people who can be all!
What skills are you going to develop?
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
There are 3 kinds of people, those who do, make or think!
Those who do are great at operational skills. They accept tasks and make them happen.
Those who make are great at creative skills. They create new stuffs that are useful and usable.
Those who think are great at logical & systemic skills. They understand what were happened, what are happening, and what are going to happen. Then they design the frameworks for others to do and create!
No one is better than the others. We need all these 3 kinds of people in our organizations and society.
Which type are you?
The very sad thing is that there are some people who are none! But the good news is that there are also people who can be all!
What skills are you going to develop?
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/09/03
Facilitation: Planning for Meeting Success
Hi,
Facilitation is making things easier and faster. How can we make our meeting easier and faster?
According to research, most of the people considered meetings are a waste of time. This is typically because not much planning is done before the meetings.
Here are my top 5 planning items for a effective meeting:
1. Who should Attend? Only those really concerned and the decision-makers!
2. What is the Objectives? Tell everyone before the meeting what should be accomplished in the meeting.
3. How Long is the Meeting? It depends on the objectives. Decide in advance the length of the meeting and keep everybody well informed.
4. Is All the Materials Ready? Ensure everything needed is there. This saves lots of time.
5. Any Preparation Needed by the Participants? If yes, tell them before the meeting.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Facilitation is making things easier and faster. How can we make our meeting easier and faster?
According to research, most of the people considered meetings are a waste of time. This is typically because not much planning is done before the meetings.
Here are my top 5 planning items for a effective meeting:
1. Who should Attend? Only those really concerned and the decision-makers!
2. What is the Objectives? Tell everyone before the meeting what should be accomplished in the meeting.
3. How Long is the Meeting? It depends on the objectives. Decide in advance the length of the meeting and keep everybody well informed.
4. Is All the Materials Ready? Ensure everything needed is there. This saves lots of time.
5. Any Preparation Needed by the Participants? If yes, tell them before the meeting.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/09/01
我的觀點極短篇: 永遠裝一道隨時可打開的活門
Hi,
法國大導演尚雷諾說過：雖然劇本已定，但永遠要在現場裝一道隨時可打開的活門，因為臨場可能忽然有意想不到的收穫，那才是神來之筆！
其實任何事也一樣，計劃要做足，但卻保持開放及醒覺，永遠預計「預計之外」，意想不到的收穫隨時光臨！
Embrace the Unexpected!!!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
法國大導演尚雷諾說過：雖然劇本已定，但永遠要在現場裝一道隨時可打開的活門，因為臨場可能忽然有意想不到的收穫，那才是神來之筆！
其實任何事也一樣，計劃要做足，但卻保持開放及醒覺，永遠預計「預計之外」，意想不到的收穫隨時光臨！
Embrace the Unexpected!!!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/08/28
Learning from Life #141 - #145
Hi,
This is another edition of Learning from Life.
141. Letting go is different from Giving up!
142. When I resist changes, I suffer more.
143. How we name something/someone reflects how we see something/someone.
144. We need to learn and forget. Forget the old and useless stuff.
145. No matter what people say about you, it is still not you.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
This is another edition of Learning from Life.
141. Letting go is different from Giving up!
142. When I resist changes, I suffer more.
143. How we name something/someone reflects how we see something/someone.
144. We need to learn and forget. Forget the old and useless stuff.
145. No matter what people say about you, it is still not you.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Keith To's Programs - 2008 Schedule (Updated: Dec 10 2008)
Hi,
Updated: Jan 5 2009
The following is the schedule for my training programs in 2008. This year, there are 9 new programs and 6 updated and relaunched programs. An exciting year!
1. New: Super Speed Reading 超級超速閱讀術: 兩小時內提升閱讀速度50%！ 不成功，原銀奉還！一套肯定令你學懂的速讀系統，閱讀變成樂趣，吸收大量資訊也變得隨心所欲。
Unlike many other speed reading programs in the market, this one is super! You only spend 2 hours with me and you are guaranteed an at least 50% increase in your reading speed! Guaranteed!
The world is changing so fast and you will be lagged behind if you can't keep the pace in absorbing the new information out there. Just 2 hours and you change your life. You become a sponge-like super absorber of information and knowledge!
Date: Nov 27 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Status: Fully booked. Over 120 attended and learned how to speed read at their best!!!
2. New: SUPERMANager 超級經理: 8小時內掌握CEO必須學懂的、絕少聽聞的營銷及創新能力。很可能只辦一屆，猶疑就會痛失機會！ 已是CEO或是想成為CEO的朋友必備技能！
老套一點來說，投資自己，永遠比投資任何事物更大回報！
In just 8 hours, you learn everything needed to be a great manager. Forget about the MBA, you don't need 2 years. Just 8 hours!
According to Peter Drucker (Don't tell me you do not know who is Peter Drucker?!), the only tasks of a CEO is to market and to innovate! All others can be delegated. To be a SUPERMANager, you are going to learn the seldom (or even never) heard of, but incredibly powerful methodology to market and to innovate. I had never disclosed in any of my programs and I will not do so in the future.
All new stuff! You can't find them elsewhere! Every skill you learn is gold!
This is the Level 3 Secret of Management for the 21st Century!
Fee: Extremely Expensive at HK$10,800! (Very special discount to graduates of Level 3 Secrets Seminar. How special is the discount? Email me at ask@keithto.com and I will tell you!)
Date: March 7 2009 (New Date!)
Time: 2:30pm-11:30pm
Organizer: The Excel Centre (Not St. James)
Registration: Email me at ask@keithto.com. HK$8,800 only if you register before end of December! Price will 100% go up after Jan 31 2009!
3. New: Certified Coach Program 國際認證專業教練: 100小時深入剖析更高層的教練技術，你的最佳進階教練訓練；她是你的進階教練培訓，也是你的進階思維培訓！
A new 100-hours internationally recognized program. Very in-depth! Very comprehensive!
This first class only available to our past graduates of RCC, RCaC or RPC Programs. You can upgrade to this new designation by enrolling the second part of the program, and of course at a great discount! My discount will never disappoint you.
This program is much more than "openings" (if you know what they are!). It is about my model of Systemic Coaching.
This program is at graduate diploma level and so expect serious learning. Apart from the face-to-face lecture hours, you need to complete another 500 self-learning hours in order to graduate.
Pre-requisite: Registered Corporate Coach, Registered Personal Coach, or Registered Career Coach + Coaching Exellence.
Date:
Confirmed Dates: July 17, 31, Aug 14, 28, Sep 11, Oct 9, 30, Nov 27, Dec 11, 18 2009, Jan 8, 22, 2010
Tentative Dates: Feb 12, 26, Mar 12, 26, Apr 16, 30, May 14, 28 2010
4. New: Mindformation 心智速化學: 8小時免費課程！如何令自己思維更精靈！
This is a new 8-hours Free Personal Development Program for 2008! A transformation program for your mind. Instantly effective! I used it myself. You learn and you enhance your mental power, all at the same time!
Part 1: Jun 4, 11 2008
Part 2: Aug 6, 13 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
5. Updated & Relaunch: Unlimited Failures Program 無限失敗學: I am not able to teach you how to be more successful, but I can share with you some bits and pieces of Failing Less! This is a program of Successful Failures! No one can escape failures, but we can fail smart!
Learning how to fail smart before one can learn how to succeed!
Date: Feb 20 - Mar 26 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Remark: Last time when I did this was 5 years ago. Next time? Might be another 5 years!
Status: Program Completed. >70 enrolled!
6. New: Business 1.1 商業1.1: 8小時免費課程！營商思維：小改善，大改進！
My new Free Business Development Program in 2008. You learn how to get Instant Upgrades continuously for your business! Not Business 2.0. You don't want drastic changes but dramatic effects!
Date: July 15 - Aug 5 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Venue: Hong Kong Productivity Council
Registration: Call 2788-5026 Ms. Karen Li of HKPC
7. Updated & Relaunch: Dream Yoga 夢境工程: 本人的經典解夢課程，每三年才舉辦一次，你會學懂的是四套解夢系統！ (五套才真！)
This is my classic Dream Interpretation Program. I launched this program more than 8 years ago and I only conduct this once every 3 years. You can learn my old classics, plus new added secrets in dream interpretation!
Date: Sept 17, 24, Oct 8, 22, 25 2008 (Revised Dates)
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm for weekdays, 2:30pm-8:30pm for Sat (Oct 25) (Total: 14 hours)
Organizer: The Excel Centre (Not St. James)
How to Enrol: Email me at ask@keithto.com to reserve your seat.
FULL! >120 registered! Sadly to turn down over 20 applicants!
下次開課日期：2011年！
7.5 New: Dream Yoga Level 2 - The Advanced Course: 如果你已經修畢夢境工程 Level 1，你希望更進一步提升自己對夢世界的掌握嗎？夢境工程推出九年以來，首次舉辦進階課程－夢境工程Level 2高階課程。
如果你想進一步提升自己的解夢技術水平，如果你想學懂以夢來作為自我完善之途，如果你想通過學夢，來瞭解容格極為深奧的自我成長理論，夢境工程Level 2高階課程，就是為你而設的！
Date: Nov 20, Dec 4 2008, Jan 8, 22 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
8. New: Professional Handwriting Analysis Program 專業筆跡分析學課程: It is composed of our Foundation Course (12 hours) plus our New Advanced Course (12 Hours). Nobody in Hong Kong will teach you so much about handwriting analysis. Just ask our graduates of the 2005 Basic Course for how much they learned.
Foundation Course: Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, May 7, 14 2008
Advanced Course: Jun 6-27, Jul 18, 25 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm (Totally 24 hours)
Status:
Foundation Course Started! 70 Enrolled!
Level 2 Course: Course Started! Full!
9. Systemic Thinking Course 系統式思維學: I promised to do it again in 2007 but I just do not have the time available. I will do this in 2008. You will learn how to think systemically. It is not systematic thinking or systems thinking. It is more than these.
Date: Apr 8 - 29 2008
Time: 7:15pm-9:45pm
Status: Program Started! 55 Enrolled!
10. Systemic Personality Typology Level 2: You must be our graduates of the Level 1 Program (Fate Reengineering Workshop). You will go much deeper into MBTI and Enneagram, 2 more exciting and accurate Typologies, 1 very systemic methodology to fully understand people's personality. BTW, you are going to use all the above to go nearer to your Self-Realization and Individuation!
Date: TBA
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
11. NLP Master Practitioner: Our only-once-2-years Master Program. Very intensive, extensive and in-depth information!
You are going to master both NLP and yourself in this very advanced program. I can assure you that this program is much more advanced than most Master NLP Practitioner Program and NLP Trainer Program. Be prepared to learn something difficult, but very useful.
This is a Master Thinker's Class!
Date: April 19-20, Jun 14-15, Aug 2-3, Nov 29-30, Dec 20-21 2008, Feb 14-15, Mar 21-22, Apr 25-26 2009, PLUS Tutorial Evenings on Sep 5, Oct 10, Nov 14 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm for weekdays, 2:30pm-7:30pm for Sat, 12pm-7pm for Sun.
Status: Master Class Started!
Open for Enrollment for individual modules Now!
12. Our Core Program: NLP Practitioner: Our flagship program since 1998! Many graduates said that they learned even more from our Practitioner Program than others' Practitioner + Master Practitioner + NLP Trainer Courses, all together!!!
Personal Development Stream: (Personal Thinker's Course)
M1: Foundation Skills & Concepts: Apr 25, 26-27, 30 2008
M2: Behaviour Enhancement: May 16, 17-18 2008
M3P: Basic Hypnosis: Jun 21-22, 25, Jul 19-20, 23 2008
M4P: Mind-Body Therapy: Aug 9-10, 15 2008
M5P: Advanced Language Patterns: Oct 11-12, 15 2008
M6: Mindset Breakthrough: Dec 6-7, 10 2008
M7: Strategy of Excellence: Jan 10-11, 14 2009
M8: Integration & Certification: Feb 28, Mar 1 2009
Business Development Stream: (Business Thinker's Course)
M1: Foundation Skills & Concepts: Apr 25, 26-27, 30 2008
M2: Behaviour Enhancement: May 16, 17-18 2008
M3B: NLP Business Excellence: Jul 26-27, 30 2008
M4B: Hypno-Communication: Sep 6-7, 10 2008
M5B: Neuro-Linguistic Coaching: Nov 15-16, 19 2008
M6: Mindset Breakthrough: Dec 6-7, 10 2008
M7: Strategy of Excellence: Jan 10-11, 14 2009
M8: Integration & Certification: Feb 28, Mar 1 2009
Time: 7:00pm-9:30pm for weekdays, 2:30pm-7:30pm for Sat, 12pm-7pm for Sun.
Status: Open for Enrollment for individual modules Now! Call 2835-4394 Richard Fung for more details.
13. NEW: 潛意識重整工程 Level 2: Master of Subconscious Reengineering: Newly designed and newly added program! Mightbe only done once and never again.
You are going to learn at much greater depth of those Subconscious Projection Tools we used in the Subconscious Reengineering Program, plus 5 more additional skills to explore more on what's inside your subconscious.
It is going to be a small class, as I only intended to use my own office as classroom! So, everyone gets more chances to ask questions and to be analyzed by me.
Upon successful completion, you will be awarded our Certificate of Subconscious Projection Analysis.
Date: May 8, 15, June 5, 12, 19, 26 2008 (6 Thursdays)
Time: 7:15pm-9:45pm
Prerequisite for Enrollment: Must be graduates of our Subconscious Reengineering Programs.
Organizer: The Excel Centre
14. NLP Essentials (Free 10-Hours NLP Training): You are going to learn all the essentials of NLP that you can't find elsewhere!
You must enroll early! In the past 3 years, we conducted 2 courses each year, each 500 people, all FULL!
Date: Mar 10, 17, 31, Apr 7, 14 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Status: FULL!!! >1,000 Enrolled!
15. Coaching Excellence 專業教練學基礎證書課程: 以發問來讓人自行思想，而非強行灌輸的技術；真正的助人自助，授人以漁，而非授人以魚！
17. Our Flagship Program: Certified Hypnotherapist: 超越表面的催眠治療訓練！你會學懂十多個不同的催眠技術；更重要的是，你更會學懂一套系統來決定什麼情況，運用什麼技術，來達致最佳效果！
Professional course leading to certification by 4 different international hypnotherapy organizations.
Self Hypnosis: June 21, 25 2008
Basic Hypnosis: June 22, July 19-20, 23 2008
Transformational Hypnotherapy: Aug 30-31, Sep 3 2008
Holistic Hypnotherapy: Oct 18-20 2008 (Fri-Sun) (Revised Dates)
SOBER Therapy: Jan 17-18, 21 2009
Advanced SOBER Therapy: Mar 14-15, 18 2009
Integration: Apr 18-19 2009
Time: 7:00pm-9:30pm for weekdays, 2:30pm-8:30pm for Sat, 12pm-7pm for Sun.
Status: Full! >100 Registered!
18. Registered Corporate Coach 註冊企業教練: 世界企業教練協會在大中華地區唯一認可的課程。
Learning professional business coaching and earning the international designation of RCC of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC). WABC is the only truly international association for business coaches. She has members around the world!
Date: Aug 12 - Sept 30 2008 (8 evenings), Sept 20-21, 27-28 2008 (2 weekends) (Revised Dates)
Time: 7:15pm-9:45pm for weekdays, 2:30pm-7:30pm for Sat, 12pm-7pm for Sun.
19. Associate Facilitator Designation Program 協和輔引師證書課程: 助人或機構更快更易的完成任務，達成目標，順道取得協和輔引師資格。
Gain your designation of Associate Facilitator (AF) from the world well-known FacilitatorU with us! You are going to learn the 12 Principles of Process Facilitation and 120 Skills of Facilitation.
Date: Dec 9 2008, Jan 6, 13, 20, Feb 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 2009 (Revised Revised Dates)
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Status: Program started.
20. WABC Roundtable Meetings: Free programs for you to learn business coaching! In these 2 free sessions, we are going to talk about how to coach for changes in corporations or organizations.
Date: Jun 18, Jul 16 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Status: Both Full, each with >350 Participants!
Date: Postponed. Date TBA
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
22. Think-Tank 2008: Free gathering of creative and not-so-creative people to use their brains together to create as many ideas as possible. Our record is 7,516 ideas in 55 minutes! Want to break the record again this year with us?
Date: Oct 14 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Status: Program Completed! 8,107 ideas generated by classmates!!!
23. New: The Perfect Business: 2節的集體教練過程，讓自己找到心中理想生意/事業的模式，及開展的第一步。
How to attain your dreamed business or career? I will make you showing yourself how! Free for WABC members! Special fee for graduates of my major programs. BTW, also Free for graduates of the Level 3 Secrets Seminar.
Date: Oct 17 & 24 2008 (Revised Dates)
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
24. Updated & Relaunch: Mind-Tech 1, 2 & 3: I haven't done this for over 4 years. I always want to re-do it but, you know, it is a matter of time availability.
Mind-Tech 1 is the Scientific Meditation Workshop. You are going to learn how to meditate in 4 hours. No religious background. I meditate with this for 5 minutes everyday and this gives me a clear and sharp mind.
Mind-Tech 2 is the Alpha Programming Workshop. You learn how to program your own mind at the Alpha State in a easy and fun way. Another 4 hours give you a collection of mental skills that benefit you your whole life.
New: Mind-Tech 3 is my 100% new program. It is the Advanced Alpha Programming Workshop. Much more advanced Alpha Techniques are introduced in this new program. I will do this with my Personal Retreat 2009.
Mind-Tech 1: Nov 11 & 18, 2008; Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm (Revised Dates)
Mind-Tech 2: Dec 2 & 23, 2008; Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm (Revised Dates)
Mind-Tech 3: Feb 21 2009 (Saturday); Time: 2:30pm - 6:30pm (Revised Date)
Mind-Tech 4: Mar 9, 16 2009; Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Mind-Tech 5 is arranged in 2009!
Status: Mind-Tech 1 >120 Enrolled! Thanks for joining us!
Status: Mind-Tech 2 >80 Enrolled! Thanks for joining us!
Date: Feb 25, Mar 1-2 2008 (Revised Dates)
Status: Completed, 64 people enrolled!
See you in the above new and exciting events!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Updated: Dec 10 2008
Updated: Jan 5 2009
The following is the schedule for my training programs in 2008. This year, there are 9 new programs and 6 updated and relaunched programs. An exciting year!
1. New: Super Speed Reading 超級超速閱讀術: 兩小時內提升閱讀速度50%！ 不成功，原銀奉還！一套肯定令你學懂的速讀系統，閱讀變成樂趣，吸收大量資訊也變得隨心所欲。
Unlike many other speed reading programs in the market, this one is super! You only spend 2 hours with me and you are guaranteed an at least 50% increase in your reading speed! Guaranteed!
The world is changing so fast and you will be lagged behind if you can't keep the pace in absorbing the new information out there. Just 2 hours and you change your life. You become a sponge-like super absorber of information and knowledge!
Date: Nov 27 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Status: Fully booked. Over 120 attended and learned how to speed read at their best!!!
2. New: SUPERMANager 超級經理: 8小時內掌握CEO必須學懂的、絕少聽聞的營銷及創新能力。很可能只辦一屆，猶疑就會痛失機會！ 已是CEO或是想成為CEO的朋友必備技能！
老套一點來說，投資自己，永遠比投資任何事物更大回報！
In just 8 hours, you learn everything needed to be a great manager. Forget about the MBA, you don't need 2 years. Just 8 hours!
According to Peter Drucker (Don't tell me you do not know who is Peter Drucker?!), the only tasks of a CEO is to market and to innovate! All others can be delegated. To be a SUPERMANager, you are going to learn the seldom (or even never) heard of, but incredibly powerful methodology to market and to innovate. I had never disclosed in any of my programs and I will not do so in the future.
All new stuff! You can't find them elsewhere! Every skill you learn is gold!
This is the Level 3 Secret of Management for the 21st Century!
Fee: Extremely Expensive at HK$10,800! (Very special discount to graduates of Level 3 Secrets Seminar. How special is the discount? Email me at ask@keithto.com and I will tell you!)
Date: March 7 2009 (New Date!)
Time: 2:30pm-11:30pm
Organizer: The Excel Centre (Not St. James)
Registration: Email me at ask@keithto.com. HK$8,800 only if you register before end of December! Price will 100% go up after Jan 31 2009!
3. New: Certified Coach Program 國際認證專業教練: 100小時深入剖析更高層的教練技術，你的最佳進階教練訓練；她是你的進階教練培訓，也是你的進階思維培訓！
A new 100-hours internationally recognized program. Very in-depth! Very comprehensive!
This first class only available to our past graduates of RCC, RCaC or RPC Programs. You can upgrade to this new designation by enrolling the second part of the program, and of course at a great discount! My discount will never disappoint you.
This program is much more than "openings" (if you know what they are!). It is about my model of Systemic Coaching.
This program is at graduate diploma level and so expect serious learning. Apart from the face-to-face lecture hours, you need to complete another 500 self-learning hours in order to graduate.
Pre-requisite: Registered Corporate Coach, Registered Personal Coach, or Registered Career Coach + Coaching Exellence.
Date:
Confirmed Dates: July 17, 31, Aug 14, 28, Sep 11, Oct 9, 30, Nov 27, Dec 11, 18 2009, Jan 8, 22, 2010
Tentative Dates: Feb 12, 26, Mar 12, 26, Apr 16, 30, May 14, 28 2010
4. New: Mindformation 心智速化學: 8小時免費課程！如何令自己思維更精靈！
This is a new 8-hours Free Personal Development Program for 2008! A transformation program for your mind. Instantly effective! I used it myself. You learn and you enhance your mental power, all at the same time!
Part 1: Jun 4, 11 2008
Part 2: Aug 6, 13 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
5. Updated & Relaunch: Unlimited Failures Program 無限失敗學: I am not able to teach you how to be more successful, but I can share with you some bits and pieces of Failing Less! This is a program of Successful Failures! No one can escape failures, but we can fail smart!
Learning how to fail smart before one can learn how to succeed!
Date: Feb 20 - Mar 26 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Remark: Last time when I did this was 5 years ago. Next time? Might be another 5 years!
Status: Program Completed. >70 enrolled!
6. New: Business 1.1 商業1.1: 8小時免費課程！營商思維：小改善，大改進！
My new Free Business Development Program in 2008. You learn how to get Instant Upgrades continuously for your business! Not Business 2.0. You don't want drastic changes but dramatic effects!
Date: July 15 - Aug 5 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Venue: Hong Kong Productivity Council
Registration: Call 2788-5026 Ms. Karen Li of HKPC
7. Updated & Relaunch: Dream Yoga 夢境工程: 本人的經典解夢課程，每三年才舉辦一次，你會學懂的是四套解夢系統！ (五套才真！)
This is my classic Dream Interpretation Program. I launched this program more than 8 years ago and I only conduct this once every 3 years. You can learn my old classics, plus new added secrets in dream interpretation!
Date: Sept 17, 24, Oct 8, 22, 25 2008 (Revised Dates)
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm for weekdays, 2:30pm-8:30pm for Sat (Oct 25) (Total: 14 hours)
Organizer: The Excel Centre (Not St. James)
How to Enrol: Email me at ask@keithto.com to reserve your seat.
FULL! >120 registered! Sadly to turn down over 20 applicants!
下次開課日期：2011年！
7.5 New: Dream Yoga Level 2 - The Advanced Course: 如果你已經修畢夢境工程 Level 1，你希望更進一步提升自己對夢世界的掌握嗎？夢境工程推出九年以來，首次舉辦進階課程－夢境工程Level 2高階課程。
如果你想進一步提升自己的解夢技術水平，如果你想學懂以夢來作為自我完善之途，如果你想通過學夢，來瞭解容格極為深奧的自我成長理論，夢境工程Level 2高階課程，就是為你而設的！
Date: Nov 20, Dec 4 2008, Jan 8, 22 2009
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
8. New: Professional Handwriting Analysis Program 專業筆跡分析學課程: It is composed of our Foundation Course (12 hours) plus our New Advanced Course (12 Hours). Nobody in Hong Kong will teach you so much about handwriting analysis. Just ask our graduates of the 2005 Basic Course for how much they learned.
Foundation Course: Apr 2, 9, 16, 23, May 7, 14 2008
Advanced Course: Jun 6-27, Jul 18, 25 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm (Totally 24 hours)
Status:
Foundation Course Started! 70 Enrolled!
Level 2 Course: Course Started! Full!
9. Systemic Thinking Course 系統式思維學: I promised to do it again in 2007 but I just do not have the time available. I will do this in 2008. You will learn how to think systemically. It is not systematic thinking or systems thinking. It is more than these.
Date: Apr 8 - 29 2008
Time: 7:15pm-9:45pm
Status: Program Started! 55 Enrolled!
10. Systemic Personality Typology Level 2: You must be our graduates of the Level 1 Program (Fate Reengineering Workshop). You will go much deeper into MBTI and Enneagram, 2 more exciting and accurate Typologies, 1 very systemic methodology to fully understand people's personality. BTW, you are going to use all the above to go nearer to your Self-Realization and Individuation!
Date: TBA
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
11. NLP Master Practitioner: Our only-once-2-years Master Program. Very intensive, extensive and in-depth information!
You are going to master both NLP and yourself in this very advanced program. I can assure you that this program is much more advanced than most Master NLP Practitioner Program and NLP Trainer Program. Be prepared to learn something difficult, but very useful.
This is a Master Thinker's Class!
Date: April 19-20, Jun 14-15, Aug 2-3, Nov 29-30, Dec 20-21 2008, Feb 14-15, Mar 21-22, Apr 25-26 2009, PLUS Tutorial Evenings on Sep 5, Oct 10, Nov 14 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm for weekdays, 2:30pm-7:30pm for Sat, 12pm-7pm for Sun.
Status: Master Class Started!
Open for Enrollment for individual modules Now!
12. Our Core Program: NLP Practitioner: Our flagship program since 1998! Many graduates said that they learned even more from our Practitioner Program than others' Practitioner + Master Practitioner + NLP Trainer Courses, all together!!!
Personal Development Stream: (Personal Thinker's Course)
M1: Foundation Skills & Concepts: Apr 25, 26-27, 30 2008
M2: Behaviour Enhancement: May 16, 17-18 2008
M3P: Basic Hypnosis: Jun 21-22, 25, Jul 19-20, 23 2008
M4P: Mind-Body Therapy: Aug 9-10, 15 2008
M5P: Advanced Language Patterns: Oct 11-12, 15 2008
M6: Mindset Breakthrough: Dec 6-7, 10 2008
M7: Strategy of Excellence: Jan 10-11, 14 2009
M8: Integration & Certification: Feb 28, Mar 1 2009
Business Development Stream: (Business Thinker's Course)
M1: Foundation Skills & Concepts: Apr 25, 26-27, 30 2008
M2: Behaviour Enhancement: May 16, 17-18 2008
M3B: NLP Business Excellence: Jul 26-27, 30 2008
M4B: Hypno-Communication: Sep 6-7, 10 2008
M5B: Neuro-Linguistic Coaching: Nov 15-16, 19 2008
M6: Mindset Breakthrough: Dec 6-7, 10 2008
M7: Strategy of Excellence: Jan 10-11, 14 2009
M8: Integration & Certification: Feb 28, Mar 1 2009
Time: 7:00pm-9:30pm for weekdays, 2:30pm-7:30pm for Sat, 12pm-7pm for Sun.
Status: Open for Enrollment for individual modules Now! Call 2835-4394 Richard Fung for more details.
13. NEW: 潛意識重整工程 Level 2: Master of Subconscious Reengineering: Newly designed and newly added program! Mightbe only done once and never again.
You are going to learn at much greater depth of those Subconscious Projection Tools we used in the Subconscious Reengineering Program, plus 5 more additional skills to explore more on what's inside your subconscious.
It is going to be a small class, as I only intended to use my own office as classroom! So, everyone gets more chances to ask questions and to be analyzed by me.
Upon successful completion, you will be awarded our Certificate of Subconscious Projection Analysis.
Date: May 8, 15, June 5, 12, 19, 26 2008 (6 Thursdays)
Time: 7:15pm-9:45pm
Prerequisite for Enrollment: Must be graduates of our Subconscious Reengineering Programs.
Organizer: The Excel Centre
Status: FULL!
14. NLP Essentials (Free 10-Hours NLP Training): You are going to learn all the essentials of NLP that you can't find elsewhere!
You must enroll early! In the past 3 years, we conducted 2 courses each year, each 500 people, all FULL!
Date: Mar 10, 17, 31, Apr 7, 14 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Status: FULL!!! >1,000 Enrolled!
15. Coaching Excellence 專業教練學基礎證書課程: 以發問來讓人自行思想，而非強行灌輸的技術；真正的助人自助，授人以漁，而非授人以魚！
The very best and intensive professional coaching course you can ever find. Over 600 graduates in the past 6 years!
Date: May 6, 13, Jun 3, 10, 17, 24 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Status: Program started. Over 70 enrolled!
Date: May 6, 13, Jun 3, 10, 17, 24 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Status: Program started. Over 70 enrolled!
16. Registered Career Coach 事業發展教練: 同時學會高級的教練技術及事業發展策略，工作的朋友，那個不需要事業發展？
Want to advance your career? Want to also help others in their career and personal development? Learn to be a Career Coach!
Want to advance your career? Want to also help others in their career and personal development? Learn to be a Career Coach!
Date: Postponed till 2009!!!
Time: 7:00pm-9:45pm
17. Our Flagship Program: Certified Hypnotherapist: 超越表面的催眠治療訓練！你會學懂十多個不同的催眠技術；更重要的是，你更會學懂一套系統來決定什麼情況，運用什麼技術，來達致最佳效果！
Professional course leading to certification by 4 different international hypnotherapy organizations.
Self Hypnosis: June 21, 25 2008
Basic Hypnosis: June 22, July 19-20, 23 2008
Transformational Hypnotherapy: Aug 30-31, Sep 3 2008
Holistic Hypnotherapy: Oct 18-20 2008 (Fri-Sun) (Revised Dates)
SOBER Therapy: Jan 17-18, 21 2009
Advanced SOBER Therapy: Mar 14-15, 18 2009
Integration: Apr 18-19 2009
Time: 7:00pm-9:30pm for weekdays, 2:30pm-8:30pm for Sat, 12pm-7pm for Sun.
Status: Full! >100 Registered!
18. Registered Corporate Coach 註冊企業教練: 世界企業教練協會在大中華地區唯一認可的課程。
Learning professional business coaching and earning the international designation of RCC of the Worldwide Association of Business Coaches (WABC). WABC is the only truly international association for business coaches. She has members around the world!
Date: Aug 12 - Sept 30 2008 (8 evenings), Sept 20-21, 27-28 2008 (2 weekends) (Revised Dates)
Time: 7:15pm-9:45pm for weekdays, 2:30pm-7:30pm for Sat, 12pm-7pm for Sun.
19. Associate Facilitator Designation Program 協和輔引師證書課程: 助人或機構更快更易的完成任務，達成目標，順道取得協和輔引師資格。
Gain your designation of Associate Facilitator (AF) from the world well-known FacilitatorU with us! You are going to learn the 12 Principles of Process Facilitation and 120 Skills of Facilitation.
Date: Dec 9 2008, Jan 6, 13, 20, Feb 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 2009 (Revised Revised Dates)
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Status: Program started.
20. WABC Roundtable Meetings: Free programs for you to learn business coaching! In these 2 free sessions, we are going to talk about how to coach for changes in corporations or organizations.
Date: Jun 18, Jul 16 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Status: Both Full, each with >350 Participants!
See you next year!
21. New: End of the Year Special Seminar: Free heavy-weight seminar for my friends who have supported me in the past, present and future. This replaces my Annual Prediction Seminar in the past years. Even more exciting information to be shared!
21. New: End of the Year Special Seminar: Free heavy-weight seminar for my friends who have supported me in the past, present and future. This replaces my Annual Prediction Seminar in the past years. Even more exciting information to be shared!
Date: Postponed. Date TBA
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
22. Think-Tank 2008: Free gathering of creative and not-so-creative people to use their brains together to create as many ideas as possible. Our record is 7,516 ideas in 55 minutes! Want to break the record again this year with us?
Date: Oct 14 2008
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Status: Program Completed! 8,107 ideas generated by classmates!!!
23. New: The Perfect Business: 2節的集體教練過程，讓自己找到心中理想生意/事業的模式，及開展的第一步。
How to attain your dreamed business or career? I will make you showing yourself how! Free for WABC members! Special fee for graduates of my major programs. BTW, also Free for graduates of the Level 3 Secrets Seminar.
Date: Oct 17 & 24 2008 (Revised Dates)
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
24. Updated & Relaunch: Mind-Tech 1, 2 & 3: I haven't done this for over 4 years. I always want to re-do it but, you know, it is a matter of time availability.
Mind-Tech 1 is the Scientific Meditation Workshop. You are going to learn how to meditate in 4 hours. No religious background. I meditate with this for 5 minutes everyday and this gives me a clear and sharp mind.
Mind-Tech 2 is the Alpha Programming Workshop. You learn how to program your own mind at the Alpha State in a easy and fun way. Another 4 hours give you a collection of mental skills that benefit you your whole life.
New: Mind-Tech 3 is my 100% new program. It is the Advanced Alpha Programming Workshop. Much more advanced Alpha Techniques are introduced in this new program. I will do this with my Personal Retreat 2009.
Mind-Tech 1: Nov 11 & 18, 2008; Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm (Revised Dates)
Mind-Tech 2: Dec 2 & 23, 2008; Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm (Revised Dates)
Mind-Tech 3: Feb 21 2009 (Saturday); Time: 2:30pm - 6:30pm (Revised Date)
Mind-Tech 4: Mar 9, 16 2009; Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Mind-Tech 5 is arranged in 2009!
Status: Mind-Tech 1 >120 Enrolled! Thanks for joining us!
Status: Mind-Tech 2 >80 Enrolled! Thanks for joining us!
25. Updated & Relaunch: Subconscious Re-engineering 潛意識重整工程: My most tiring program ever. This is also one of my relaunched programs of my "10 Years as Trainer" promotion. I had done this for 5 times in the past and I stopped doing it because it is too exhausting for me.
You will learn to understand yourself much, much more through lots of Subconscious Projection activities. New stuffs are added.
You will learn to understand yourself much, much more through lots of Subconscious Projection activities. New stuffs are added.
Date: Feb 25, Mar 1-2 2008 (Revised Dates)
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm for weekday,
2:30pm-12:00am for Sat,
10am-6pm for Sun.
Remark: It is very possible that I will not do it again in the coming few years. Take it this time if you can.
Status: Completed, 64 people enrolled!
See you in the above new and exciting events!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Updated: Dec 10 2008
2007/08/21
Concepts 101 Part 7: Respond & React
Hi,
This is Part 7 of the Concepts 101 Series.
In our life, we can respond or react to something happened, but we usually react rather than respond. What is "respond" and what is "react"?
From the dictionary, Respond is to answer or to reply, while React is to return an impulse or to resist.
When something happened, we react when we do something without thinking. What we do is simply our instincts - automatic, instant, emotional for the goal of survival. However, when we respond, we think before act. We choose not to allow our instinctive, primitive brain to take over our human, logical brain to react. We understand in modern life, there are not too many incidents that can threaten our lives. We do not need to react to survive.
We react when we consider the situation is beyond our control. We respond when we decide that we can do something to the situation. This is a difference between to surrender your input or to choose the suitable input. This is also a difference between surrendering your control and regaining control of the situation and yourself.
You can also choose to answer, to explore, to accept, to acknowledge, to negotiate, etc. when responding. Reacting limits yourself to only one choice, while Responding opens up more choices!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
This is Part 7 of the Concepts 101 Series.
In our life, we can respond or react to something happened, but we usually react rather than respond. What is "respond" and what is "react"?
From the dictionary, Respond is to answer or to reply, while React is to return an impulse or to resist.
When something happened, we react when we do something without thinking. What we do is simply our instincts - automatic, instant, emotional for the goal of survival. However, when we respond, we think before act. We choose not to allow our instinctive, primitive brain to take over our human, logical brain to react. We understand in modern life, there are not too many incidents that can threaten our lives. We do not need to react to survive.
We react when we consider the situation is beyond our control. We respond when we decide that we can do something to the situation. This is a difference between to surrender your input or to choose the suitable input. This is also a difference between surrendering your control and regaining control of the situation and yourself.
You can also choose to answer, to explore, to accept, to acknowledge, to negotiate, etc. when responding. Reacting limits yourself to only one choice, while Responding opens up more choices!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
2007/08/20
Personal Development: My Wrong Prediction!
Hi,
Earlier this year, I predicted there would be a crash in the stock market during May to July during my Annual Prediction Seminar. I was wrong. The crash comes in August!
My estimation is that there should be a crash during middle of the year, so I said 5/07 - 7/07. I thought that this is pretty safe to predict like this. I sold all my stock in early May. I earned less but I suffered zero loss and worry!
This demonstrates 2 things:
1. Nobody can predict the future!
2. There is nothing called "safe" about the future. There are always risks. We can calculate the risks but we can never predict them accurately. This doesn't mean that we should do nothing. We do our best in estimating and then we go ahead.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Earlier this year, I predicted there would be a crash in the stock market during May to July during my Annual Prediction Seminar. I was wrong. The crash comes in August!
My estimation is that there should be a crash during middle of the year, so I said 5/07 - 7/07. I thought that this is pretty safe to predict like this. I sold all my stock in early May. I earned less but I suffered zero loss and worry!
This demonstrates 2 things:
1. Nobody can predict the future!
2. There is nothing called "safe" about the future. There are always risks. We can calculate the risks but we can never predict them accurately. This doesn't mean that we should do nothing. We do our best in estimating and then we go ahead.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Some Feedbacks from Level 3 Secrets Seminar
Hi,
I just completed the Level 3 Secrets Seminar last Saturday. I am very glad to learned that our participants can improve their persuasion and influencing power using the material.
Here are some of their feedbacks:
1. The seminar covers a lot of stuff. It is so packed that I felt exhausted but I also felt a sense of achievement after the seminar. You had demonstrated the mastery of the subject. I treasure the precious opportunity of learning from you. It is a great experience. Many thanks for your sharing.
2. It is an eye-opener, and I am looking forward to the Level 4 Seminar.
3. I found the seminar useful as there is many infomation on persuasion skills. It is very efficient to run through them in such a short period of time.
4. 意想不到，始料不及；源源不絕，生生不息。
5. Level 3 Secrets 教授了許多「說服」的技巧(想像不到真的可以那麽多)，其中更提及到被游說者的心態，甚至是人性。我覺得後者是「說服」的神髓，但為許多坊間同類教材所忽略，又或故弄玄虛。但Level 3 Secrets能 直達核心，真的一說即明。
6. It is a great course and worth every pennies! As your other courses, this course provide a lot of valuable information and insights. One thing for sure is that I have got the key to persuasion! I am in a retail business, and some of the secrets are very relevant to the business.
7. 關於這個研討班, 本人得到了很多資訊, 有一些是新資訊, 有一些是平時都見過, 但好小留意到。 尤其是在您的舊電郵、舊課程單張上都可以見到你當日所講的, 這證明了內容是你平時一直有用, 睇到你今天的成功, 效果應是無容置疑。謝謝你的無私!
經過星期日的反覆溫習, 番看了幾次消化後寫下了自己的心得, 覺得101 Core是整個課程的花朵, 比我明白到更多人性的根本, 如果善用的話可以觀察到人的較弱處而加以說服。其實我唔想搬字過紙地運用, 我覺得背後理念才是主要核心。
另方面外表談吐看似綠葉, 但是有了、做了是可以發揮及加強說服的效力。整個課程的主幹是最尾15分鐘,好彩你記得講, 使到整個課程有番個框架! 其他一些書寫既application, 好好利用就有如刺一樣不為意地刺到對方處。
8. 感謝你創作及安排了這個超特別的課程 ! 感激你及你的同事為這個課程所做的每一伴事 ! 你的寶貴經驗及有心的分享使我獲益良多 , 既直接又實用 , 這是我最喜愛的課程 !
9. Keith，一個魅力迫人的Trainner，在 Level III Secrets Seminar中 ，發揮了一貫風趣可愛的態度，以專業有料的形象，加上神秘的能力，傅授了十年說服秘笈給弟子，秘笈簡單易用，弟子們如能活學活用，說服功力必然大增。
Thank you for all of your valuable feedbacks.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
I just completed the Level 3 Secrets Seminar last Saturday. I am very glad to learned that our participants can improve their persuasion and influencing power using the material.
Here are some of their feedbacks:
1. The seminar covers a lot of stuff. It is so packed that I felt exhausted but I also felt a sense of achievement after the seminar. You had demonstrated the mastery of the subject. I treasure the precious opportunity of learning from you. It is a great experience. Many thanks for your sharing.
2. It is an eye-opener, and I am looking forward to the Level 4 Seminar.
3. I found the seminar useful as there is many infomation on persuasion skills. It is very efficient to run through them in such a short period of time.
4. 意想不到，始料不及；源源不絕，生生不息。
5. Level 3 Secrets 教授了許多「說服」的技巧(想像不到真的可以那麽多)，其中更提及到被游說者的心態，甚至是人性。我覺得後者是「說服」的神髓，但為許多坊間同類教材所忽略，又或故弄玄虛。但Level 3 Secrets能 直達核心，真的一說即明。
6. It is a great course and worth every pennies! As your other courses, this course provide a lot of valuable information and insights. One thing for sure is that I have got the key to persuasion! I am in a retail business, and some of the secrets are very relevant to the business.
7. 關於這個研討班, 本人得到了很多資訊, 有一些是新資訊, 有一些是平時都見過, 但好小留意到。 尤其是在您的舊電郵、舊課程單張上都可以見到你當日所講的, 這證明了內容是你平時一直有用, 睇到你今天的成功, 效果應是無容置疑。謝謝你的無私!
經過星期日的反覆溫習, 番看了幾次消化後寫下了自己的心得, 覺得101 Core是整個課程的花朵, 比我明白到更多人性的根本, 如果善用的話可以觀察到人的較弱處而加以說服。其實我唔想搬字過紙地運用, 我覺得背後理念才是主要核心。
另方面外表談吐看似綠葉, 但是有了、做了是可以發揮及加強說服的效力。整個課程的主幹是最尾15分鐘,好彩你記得講, 使到整個課程有番個框架! 其他一些書寫既application, 好好利用就有如刺一樣不為意地刺到對方處。
8. 感謝你創作及安排了這個超特別的課程 ! 感激你及你的同事為這個課程所做的每一伴事 ! 你的寶貴經驗及有心的分享使我獲益良多 , 既直接又實用 , 這是我最喜愛的課程 !
9. Keith，一個魅力迫人的Trainner，在 Level III Secrets Seminar中 ，發揮了一貫風趣可愛的態度，以專業有料的形象，加上神秘的能力，傅授了十年說服秘笈給弟子，秘笈簡單易用，弟子們如能活學活用，說服功力必然大增。
Thank you for all of your valuable feedbacks.
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
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