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John Grinder served as a captain in the US Army Special Forces, then later for the US Intelligence agency. Before this, in the late’60′s, he graduated with a degree in psychology from the University of San Francisco and a PhD from the University of California in San Diego in Linguistics in the early’70′s. He went on to co-found Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) with Dr. Richard Bandler.

John was appointed to the position of linguistics professor at the newly founded University of California in Santa Cruz. He is distinguished in the linguistics field, especially int he area of syntax. John has published many works including On Deletion Phenomena in English (1972) and Guide to Transformational Grammar (1973) along with other books and articles.

After being invited to participate in therapy groups with psychology student Richard Bandler, John became aware of linguistic patterns used by the therapists. John went on to co-found Neuro Linguistic Programming with Bandler.

The language patterns used by therapists such as Fritz Perls, Virginia Satir and Milton H. Erickson, who was a hypnotherapist, was used along with transformational grammar as the basis for John Grinder and Richard Bandler to come up with their own model called Neuro Linguistic Programming.

Further developed using the published works of the above therapists, the model John was working on later became Neuro Linguistic Programming. Since then John has also co-written many works on the practical applications of NLP and the theories behind it.

The self confidence gained by practitioners of NLP has enabled many to become more successful in both their personal and professional lives. Many people have trouble believing just how radically their lives have been changed for the better after using the principals of Neuro Linguistic Programming. The changes are often even visible to co-workers and family members who are unaware of your learning NLP techniques.

The unique techniques created by John Grinder and Richard Bandler will help you use your mind to achieve more positive results. They will also help you achieve results by gaging the personality of those around you. This in turn, couple with the coordination of your own thoughts, feelings and behavior, will help you achieve your goals.

Getting your message across to your audience in an effective manor is important to all of us, and NLP will help you achieve this by helping you to keep your thoughts, actions and words in alignment.

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