Eliciting the Structure of Experts in IM - For the Big Thinkers

In studying NLP, I got turned on to modeling.

Modelling: The act of eliciting unconscious (or conscious) processes of the brain from effective people.

Using those processes to get similar results.

In other words, it's about looking for effective thinking patterns in successful people, and then installing them into your mind.

In the case of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), the Co-creators (Richard Bandler, John Grinder), would install these "winners processes," into people's minds with the help of hypnosis.

Very cool stuff.

How does it relate?

I'm a part of a new breed of entrepreneur - Free Agent Entrepreneur. That means multiple streams of income, massive free time to be a serial creator, and effective strategies by which to elicit the structure of things, to find out how they actually work. I'm not a millionaire, or even a hundred thousandaire, but I have been called "extremely effective at figuring things out." It's because I look at things from a radically different perspective.

In this case, the experts of IM and Blogging

This is a process I use to draw out traits, characteristics, mental processes and more from highly effective individuals:

1. How do their minds work? You want to, through studying their writing, elicit their beliefs and philosophies. Obviously, experts believe both in the mission they are engaged in, and their ability to successfully hit targets. Their philosophies help them to navigate the land of their niche and be effective at it. For example, an underachiever or someone who isn't particularly effective in a certain area, may think that it's time to give up after 9 consecutive tries because God, or some outside force is showing them that it's not meant to be. Is this true? No, it's a philosophy. Philosophies shape the human mind, most of the time at an unconscious level. On the other end of the spectrum, the Elite have philosophies that allow them to try hundreds of different things, until they get desirable results. Study their language to find out what their philosophies and beliefs are, and condition your mind to have a similar mental model.

2. What makes them effective? When I was studying Eben Pagan, I was able to identify a couple key things that I believe makes him effective. First, he's a high information person, like we talked about earlier. Second, he's what I call “psychology conscious,” a must in the online world. Third, he knows people. That doesn't mean he “has connections,” that means he understands human beings. I've heard him say, and I'm paraphrasing, “I knew that in order to be successful, I had to understand people.” Start to wonder about what makes people effective. Once you've identified what you believe it is, implement it into the way you think, and the way you do things.

3. What are they doing that gets them results? Read their information products, read all of their blog posts and get as much into their stuff as possible. What are they doing? Do they post once a day? Are their posts mini projects? How much value do they provide? Do they include images in all of their posts, and of what? Do they do videos? If they're putting themselves out there and doing media (videos and interviews), how do they communicate? What do they do with their eyes? How do they move their body? What do they do with their tone? These are the kinds of questions that give you access to what makes people great. I've studied effective people for about two years now.


Thanks for reading!

RC