State Management: The term State Management, in NLP, refers to an individuals emotions, beliefs, values, behaviour, response and abilities that one experiences at any one particular time. Colloquially referred to as a persons state of mind. Often how we experience a particular state that is outside of our conscious awareness.
Another perspective on individual state management offers the notion that when one experiences something in a particular context; it elicits a particular response that is outside of the individuals control. For example; Every time I get in trouble from my teacher, boss, parents, etc., I feel angry and want to tell them exactly what I think or, I do tell them exactly what I think. This is referred to as cause effect language. This occurs when a persons believes that another person can make them do something or control their response. Some examples; You make me feel nervous. Look what you made me do. You made him look good. Why do you do this to me? You’re making me angry. This makes me happy. Having individual state management in a particular context allows the person to remain resourceful, objective, responding to feedback from others, flexible and in control of the response.The generative benefit can be each experience offers learning’s for the next. Often it is not just the individual that has the learning’s; it can flow over to others in the context.
State management can change any experience. An emergent learning approach to the NLP processes relating to individual state management will ensure the chosen state in the chosen context happens in real time without consciously applying it. When in the context, you may not be aware that you are responding or behaving differently. Perhaps you may realise after the situation. Feedback from others can offer confirmation. If you are changing your usual behaviours, others may find you are no longer predictable in that context and you may see this in the shifts in their behaviour and communications. Identifying how you experience a particular state creates the ability to change any or all variables to a more resourceful state in any particular context.
