NLP (neurolinguistic programming): C/D?

I remember NLP being popular in corporate training circles and HR departments in the late 90s. Even then it seemed like pure snakeoil.

Not completely unrelated.... In today's Guardian:

Reprogramme your thinking from “everyone is horrible” to “everyone is lovely”, says Philippa Perry. It can turn your life around

Now, repeat after me: “everyone is interesting and attractive including you and me and we are all very pleased to see each other”. It will take practice. You have acclimatised to “everyone is not worth the effort” because you’ve practised that. Time to upgrade to your next self-fulfilling prophecy. We only have one life (apparently) – don’t be a fruit fly.

Jimmy Carr is currently shilling his book everywhere. I heard an interview snippet where he seemed to be endorsing - alongside NLP - Morrissey, Nietzsche and even a bit of Ayn Rand. Not surprising that he might be a bit of a sociopath but jeez.

Sounds suspiciously like a makeover of Emile Coué and the 1920s fad of repeating "every day in every way I am getting better and better".

I thought that was Frank Spencer.

I remember NLP being popular in corporate training circles and HR departments in the late 90s. Even then it seemed like pure snakeoil.

Perhaps unsurprising, the roots of NLP go through Esalen and damn near every Silicon Valley CEO in the 90s went through there.