NLP Presuppositions

I have attended some NLP trainings and did some reading on it. I love the idea of being able to change the result or your outcome by reprogramming your mind and action based on those who have succeeded in doing what you want to do. It's like a step by step process if taken, would have brought you close if not exactly to what you want to achieve.

There are some presuppositions in NLP that I like as it gives us the power to change ourselves and not blame others or leave things to fate. I like to refer to some of them where appropriate during my training.

1. The meaning of communication is the response you get.
2. There is no failure, only feedback.
3. Resistance in a client is a sign of lack of rapport.
4. People like people who are like themselves.
5. Respect other people's model of the world!
6. People are not their behaviors. (Accept the person, change the behavior)
7. People have all the resources they need to succeed and to achieve the desired outcome.
8. The map is not the territory.
9. There are no unresourceful people, only unresourceful state.
10. All procedures should be designed to increase flexibility.
11. Underlying every behavior is a positive intent.
12. People are only doing the best with the resources they have.
13. The past does not equal the future.
14. You cannot not communicate.
15. Change makes change.

If you google for NLP Presuppositions, you'll probably see different variations of the presupposition. The one I have is from one of the training I attended. For the original presuppositions, you'll probably need to read the book by Richard Bandler and John Grinder, the founder of NLP.