Neural Pathway

Pathways are established in our nervous system. Think of a dense forest, the floor of the forest is completely overgrown.  In order to go into the forest you would need to trample out a pathway.  It would be hard work breaking trail, and if you only used the path once then it would soon become overgrown again.  The more that you use the path the wider it becomes and the more familiar it is to you, the easier it is to get into the forest.

This is how the brain works. The thoughts you have, the actions you take develop pathways in your brain and nervous system. Neurons travel up and down these pathways as you think and take actions. The more you think or do the same thing the easier you will find it to repeat the thought or action.

What normally happens is that we get really efficient the more we do things as the brain is always seeking an easy life, we get better at what we do for the same reason. NLP gives methods and strategies to use in discovering pathways that create excellence in others and copying those pathways.

Example: Do you have to concentrate to tie your shoelaces?   Probably not these days, but that was not always the case, was it?  I am sure that it seemed quite complicated the first time that you did it.  You opened up a neural pathway to tying your shoelaces, the more often that you did it, the wider the pathway became.

NLP is all about developing excellent habits in yourself and others. At Excellence Assured we have a full range of NLP Training Courses, both live trainings and online at our NLP centre inside our Academy.

Learn more about neural pathways – “Simple truth about your habits – NLP” – Blog page.