Random Acts of Kindness
Some years ago I was being trained in NLP as a master as a matter of fact. One of the most powerful aspects of the training turned out to be the concept of doing random acts of kindness. In a way, it was apparently nothing to do with the training itself, as it was expected to happen between the sessions and didn’t necessarily involve the use of any NLP ‘technique’. However it taught me a great deal about the nature of being human and how I could in fact get enormous pleasure from very simple actions, which really had no cost. This in itself is a metaphor of what NLP can do and is for me – a way to make huge differences with very simple interventions; but this isn’t about that…
A random act of kindness, is about noticing, noticing where we can make a difference to another human (or creature, in fact). Having noticed the need acting on their behalf, with apparently no self interest. So a couple of examples – paying a compliment, allowing someone out of a busy junction, giving up your seat. Seize the opportunity to experiment with this and in so doing notice how you feel and notice how it feels if someone returns the favour.