What our Lightning Process clients said

We held a Lightning Process Bristol Team celebration event in January 2016, and asked our clients to write down their experiences of before and after the Lightning Process. Here are some of their comments:

A better way to learn

When learning something new, a simple change can make a big difference.

Try focussing on getting better rather than being good at it.

When we focus on being good at something we tend to notice our failure (“that’s not good enough yet”). This creates anxiety, which immediately reduces our ability to think clearly and to learn. So we are actually more likely to make mistakes. We also tend to struggle on alone, because we are comparing ourselves to others (usually people far more experienced than us) and feeling a failure, rather than seeing other people’s experience as a resource, and asking for help.

When we focus instead on getting better, we can recognise that when you learn something you WILL make mistakes (which baby ever learned to walk the first time it tried?). So when we do make mistakes, we see them as part of learning (useful feedback, instead of failure). Also, in thinking about getting better, we compare ourselves to ourselves previously, and so focus on our improvements and successes. As a result, we stay calm, focussed and motivated. We continue to be able to think clearly, and so we tend to learn more quickly.

So when you start something new, whether it is a new job, a leisure activity, study, or other goal, tell yourself, “I know I am not going to be good at this immediately, and that’s ok.” And as you go along, notice your small changes and improvements, praise yourself for them, ask for help where you need it, and keep your focus on getting better at your goal.

The power of changing your language

This is a great little article about the power of swapping just two words in your speech or thoughts:

changing BUT for AND
and replacing HAVE TO with WANT TO 

Read about the effects this can have here:

http://www.businessinsider.in/A-Stanford-professor-says-eliminating-2-phrases-from-your-vocabulary-can-make-you-more-successful/articleshow/50883012.cms?from=mdr

A client's video and blog of his life after the Lightning Process

Take a look at this video, made by a client who did the Lightning Process course one and a half years ago. 

He has also written a blog all about his experiences at the time and everything that he has been able to do since:

http://www.lerinse.co.uk/advice/lightning-process/

A Celebration!

The Bristol and Bath Lightning Process Team have a big Celebration coming up on Wednesday 27th January and we are very excited about it! We have invited everybody that has done the Lightning Process with us in the past to get together, meet each other, and to celebrate their achievements and the amazing changes they have made in their lives. We will also be eating, drinking, and generally have a bit of a party, in a delightful venue in Bristol.

Phil Parker, the designer of the Lightning Process, will be coming down from London to join in the festivities and meet everyone. Those of you who are coming, if you have one of his books and want him to sign it, bring it along. Otherwise, we will have some books for sale.

We will also be celebrating the launch of our Bristol and Bath Lightning Process Head Office Team. 

New Year and a new Bristol and Bath Team

Happy New Year! What are you planning to do in 2016 to live your life the way you want to? What changes do you want to introduce? What do you need to let go of? And what do you want to bring in or have more of?

My new year's resolution is to return to blogging, which I neglected in 2015 as I got on with the rest of life. So here we are!

There is another exciting new development for my work with the Lightning Process in 2016: four of us in Bristol and Bath have got together to create the new Phil Parker Bristol and Bath Team. We are going to be working closely with Phil and with each other to offer Lightning Process courses in the Bristol and Bath area. In addition, we will be offering free introductory talks every couple of months, Refresher courses for graduates of the Lightning Process, and other fun and interesting things! To find out more, visit our new website, www.lightningprocessbristol.com. 

Author Lucy Robinson learns the Lightning Process

Best-selling author Lucy Robinson has written an article which appeared in Stylist magazine on April 1st. For the full article go to:

http://www.stylist.co.uk/home/i-choose-happy-because-its-so-much-better-than-the-alternative-one-writer-on-how-a-devastating-illness-changed-her-outlook#image-rotator-1

She says:

"It’s beyond the scope of this article to explain how the Lightning Process works but the basic fact is this: it taught me how to influence physical problems over which I thought I was powerless. .....

 Some of us can influence our mental and physical states naturally, and others simply can’t. I was one of the latter. But all I needed to become someone who can were some simple yet powerful tools, and those were exactly what I got. Equipped thus, I flew. I haven’t looked back. ......

I chose happy. And I’m going to keep on choosing happy, every day, because it’s so much better than any of the alternatives. I learned the hard way how precious my life is and I don’t intend to squander that gift one single day more. "

Stylist magazine, April 1st 2014