Stop Stealing You Thief!

I hope that headline grabbed your attention. It’s not as bad as you think it is. The important thing is that you have an understanding of what I meant by that headline.

One of the areas of neurolinguistic programming (NLP) that excited me and taught by Tony Robbins is that of modeling. You can be successful by modeling other people who are successful. That’s right, if somebody else has done something successfully that you want to do, then do what they did in the same way.

Modeling is like a blueprint on how to do something. Frank Kern (founder of Mass Control 2.0) described how he took some aspects of extremely successful authors and incorporated it into his own writing. He stole their system of writing (it’s really borrowing).

Direct response copywriters model more successful copywriters by reading and studying how they crafted each advertisement or sales letter. Most will keep what is known as a “swipe file.” You can do the same kind of thing by keeping your own “swipe file” in all areas of success.

One of the areas of modeling that you can use is discovering somebody else strategy. That’s where discovering their blueprint on how they do something using NLP techniques will help you.

Many times I’ll help my clients do that by installing the strategies of somebody successful into them. Basically, you’ll start from the beginning of how a person thinks and acts when start to do what they are successful at. You want to find out what primary modality they use at a given point. You then duplicate it.

Good practice can come by watching video clips of successful people when they are at the top of their game. Watch how they move and what they say. Break down each modality that you notice.

Sometimes you may have to go to the actual person and ask them how they became successful. Ask what they did at each step. Listen for words that describe what modality they are in.

Have fun with this, okay? If you need someone to help you through this or just some coaching don’t hesitate to ask.