TRAINERS TRAINING THAT IS NOT TRAINERS TRAINING

We do our NLP and Neuro-Semantics Trainers Training so that we can learn the skills of a trainer. We learn the content of NLP and the background to it; we learn presentation structures such as 4MAT and skills to engage an audience. But what can we learn or do that is nothing to do with presenting that will make us better trainers? Have you ever thought about this before?

Einstein played the violin and chess, the famous chess champion Bobby Fischer had a very robust physical workout regime, and it is not difficult to find unusual hobbies and different interests amongst other successful people and athletes. So, what is going on here?

The theory of Domain-General Learning shows that learning's in one domain improves your skill in other domains. A personal example of this for me is that (in some bizarre way in my mind) understanding the biomechanics of martial arts, helps me understand the flow of interaction with an audience, and the systemic nature of that interaction in general when I'm presenting. So, let me share a few ideas.