THE NON-COLLABORATIVE

What do we do with those who will not collaborate? You invite. You welcome them. You offer them opportunities to be a part of things, and if they still refuse, then what? This actually happens a lot. Over the years I have done that hundreds of times (literally) with NLP trainers— attempting to get them to get beyond the thought virus of individualism, self-reference, the lone ranger syndrome, scarcity mentality, etc. And all to no avail. I think you would be surprised at the names of some pretty famous NLP Trainers who have said “No” to collaboration! I was.

It is really a sad and pathetic situation when a person actually thinks and acts so individualistically that he or she cannot even imagine the benefits and values of working collaboratively, of being a team player, of working within a larger community so that they (and everyone else) can achieve so much more than alone or apart. I say “sad” and “pathetic” because it is limiting for the person and they probably do not even perceive that! It is selling themselves and their vision short and playing small.