Dear People of Japan
It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to address you, dear people of Japan
and to offer you the following comments:
Beginning some thirty plus years ago, Richard Bandler and I began a great
adventure, exploring the questions that revolve around the issues:
What are the differences between
geniuses and average performers?
and
Can these differences
reproducible - can other learn to preform as do the geniuses that inspire
us all?
In our studies, we uncovered surprising and exciting possibilities and
in the process of exploring these possibilities, we founded the discipline
of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). NLP is precisely the study of the differences
that make the differences between a genius and an average performer - it involves
many skills and is of extreme effectiveness in applications ranging from excellence
family life and personal development to excellence in business practice, sports
and art. This technology (NLP) has spread like a wildfire to the far reaches
of our globe in less than four decades.
It is fortunate that Japan has in Taiten Guhen Kitaoka a worthy representative
of NLP. I first met Mr. Kitaoka in 1988 and in the years since have been positively
impressed with his commitment to excellence and his passion to offer these
powerful tools to the Japanese people. The Japanese people have from
my childhood represented a refined and fascinating set of cultural differences
and it would be one of my fondest desires to make available the fruits of
my life work to them, both through worthy representatives such as Mr. Kitaoka
and by having the opportunity to present portions of my work directly in person.
Both Carmen Bostic St. Clair and myself (we are co-authors of the most recent work in NLP - Whispering in the Wind (see www.nlpwhisperinginthewind.com) have a great desire to come to Japan - hopefully, in the near future - and to offer a presentation of some of our more recent work in the New Code of NLP.
With respect,
John Grinder
Co-creator, Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Bonny Doon, California May 2004