Forget NLP Certification

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May 12 1

I’ve been receiving many email from NLP newcomers who want to know which certification they should get.

I say: “Forget it…”

So what should they do?

Find a fascinating teacher/mentor, someone whose skill they find inspiring, to assist them in developing their own skillset.

And then find another one and do it again.

And again.

And practice a whole lot between trainings.

Forget the titles.

Forget the certificates.

Forget the certifications.

Only one thing counts: results.

Exquisite results come from exquisite skill.

Exquisite skill comes from exquisite teaching and exquisite practice.

Not exquisite certification.

Oh, what the hell, I feel like it, so let me add an expletive…

Fuck certification.

About Martin Messier

Martin Messier is the founder of Toca da Empada, a chain of bakeries from Northern Brazil. He has been practicing NLP for over 15 years. You can find him on Google+, Facebook, and Twitter.

Categories: NLP Mindset

Comments

  1. Craig Killick says:
    May 12, 2009 at 11:07 am

    Completely Agree with your sentiments there. If people are in it for the certification, they are in for the wrong reasons.

    Also, it seems that many NLP trainers set up their own certification systems anyway. It’s a bit of a farce really.

    I am like you and have found a mentor who I go back to time and time again. His advice is to go away and train with different people to gain different experiences.

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