The only true voyage, the only bath in the Fountain of Youth, would be not to visit strange worlds but to possess other eyes, to see the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to see the hundred universes that each of them sees, that each of them is...
Marcel Proust, The Captive
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Charles Faulkner
NLP Modeler, co-author of NLP: The New Technology of Achievement, and creator of the NLP game, Trimurti
"For those of us who love to learn and teach, modelling is a vital skill. By uncovering the essential steps to modelling, David and Graham have simply and elegantly decoded the miracle of human endeavor."
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Author of Words That Change Minds
"Modeling excellence in others is the royal road to success. In this clear and informative book, Gordon and Dawes provide all the steps one needs to incorporate this essential orientation. Expanding Your World is a ground-breaking map to mastery."
Jeffrey K. Zeig, PhD
Director, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation
 
Contents
Acknowledgements
Using the DVD
PREFACE
1. WHAT IS MODELING?
WHAT IS A MODEL?
WHY MODEL?
WHY MODELING IS POSSIBLE
Structure and Experience
2. THE EXPERIENTIAL ARRAY
Flow of Effect
3. THE PROCESS
Sub-Abilities
Selecting Exemplars
Framing for Exemplars
ELICITATION
Asking Questions
Stepping In
Patterning
Capturing Description
Necessary and Sufficient
The Elicitation Protocol
4. BELIEFS
Underlying Beliefs
Equivalences
Cause-Effects
Unstated Connections
The "Belief Template"
5. BELIEFS: EQUIVALENCES
CRITERIA
Elicitation Questions for the Criterion
"Being Passionate About Something":Criterion
DEFINITION
Elicitation Questions for the Definition
"Being Passionate About Something":Definition
EVIDENCE
Threshold
Specificity
Elicitation Questions for the Evidence
"Being Passionate About Something":Evidence
6. BELIEFS: CAUSE-EFFECTS
ENABLING CAUSE-EFFECTS
Elicitation Questions for Enabling Cause-Effects
"Being Passionate About Something":Enabling Cause-Effect
MOTIVATING CAUSE-EFFECT
Elicitation Questions for the Motivating Cause-Effect
"Being Passionate About Something":Motivating Cause-Effect
7. SUPPORTING BELIEFs
Noticing Supporting Beliefs
"Being Passionate About Something":Supporting Beliefs
8. STRATEGIES
Sequences and Sets
PRIMARY STRATEGY
Elicitation Questions for the Primary Strategy
"Being Passionate About Something":Primary Strategy
SECONDARY STRATEGIES
Elicitation Questions for Secondary Strategies
"Being Passionate About Something":Secondary Strategies
9. EMOTIONS
SIGNAL EMOTIONS
Noticing Signal Emotions
SUSTAINING EMOTIONS
Elicitation Questions for the Sustaining Emotion
"Being Passionate About Something":Sustaining Emotion
10. EXTERNAL BEHAVIOR
Elicitation Question for External Behavior
"Being Passionate About Something":External Behavior
11. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
Noticing Contributing Factors
"Being Passionate About Something":Contributing Factors
12. CREATING THE INITIAL ARRAY
"Being Passionate About Something":The Initial Array
13. COMPLETING THE ARRAY
Reviewing the Initial Array
"Being Passionate About Something":Reviewing
Clarifying the Initial Array
"Being Passionate About Something":Clarifying
14. ACQUISITION
Reference Experiences
ACCESS: ESTABLISHING THE MODEL IN YOUR EXPERIENCe
Rehearsal
The Acquisition Protocol
INTEGRATION: BECOMING COMPETENT
HINDRANCES
AFTERWORD
APPENDICES
APPENDIX I: GOOD QUESTIONS
APPENDIX II: EXPERIENTIAL ARRAY: ELICITATION DEFINITIONS
APPENDIX III: EXPERIENTIAL ARRAY: ELICITATION QUESTIONS
APPENDIX IV: EXAMPLE ARRAY: LENNY
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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