Outcomes are key steps on thre way to achieving our end goal/direction. The outcome process help us clarify what we want, in a way that will help us achieve achieve it, or help decide it’s not for us.
Short Outcome Process
Ask these questiond. If we get a tick for each questions, we’ve thought through what we want that makes it easier to get it.
- Is what I want something I actually want, as opposed to want to avoid?
- Can I imagine achieving it brillianty, using my senses, I knowwhat I’ll see, hear, taste and smell? And maybe even taste and smell?
- I know what is and isn’t under my control, in achieving it,
- I know and am commited to take the next smallest step (minimal viable action, in achiening it),
- Achieving it genuinely good for me, and those clost to me,
Long NLP Outcomes Process
| Name it: | Describe what you want |
| Positive: | Is that something you want, as opposed to want to avoid? |
| Be Specific: | (However this is NOT the time for SMART Goals) When, where, with whom do you want it? |
| Evidence – Sensory based: | How do you know when you’ve got it? What will you see, hear, feel, taste, and smell? What do you see yourself doing differently as a result of achieving this? |
| Preserve the positive intention: Initiated and maintained by the individual: | (Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater) What will happen if you get this result? What won’t happen if you get it? What will happen if you don’t get this result? What won’t happen if you don’t get it? Is it under your control? If not, which parts are under your control? What is the first step that you will take? (What is the minimum viable action.) |
| Ecology check: | Offer your hand, palm up, to your partner and ask them to hold their goal right now in the palm of your hand. If you were offered this right now, would you take it? Look for their unconscious response. Do they really want it? If so, that’s great. If not, that’s good too. It’s time to explore something different. |
Suggested Outcome Exercise
Before completing this exercise, I ask clients to create 2-5 end goals that will make the programme worthwhile and add them to their vision board on my coaching portal with an image. (If you don’t have a coaching portal, you can write them down.)
Take them through this exercise with each end goal.
- What’s changed?
- Which end goals do they want to change?
When they’ve completed this, they’re likely to be much more motivated to start moving forward.
It’s also useful to run clients through the process for single goals.
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NLP Coaching – Beginning Frame: FAQs
Q: What are NLP outcomes?
A: NLP outcomes are clear, practical steps you can take now that move you toward your chosen direction, creating steady progress without pressure. The process enables you to choose the best stepsand align to them.
Q: How are outcomes different from goals?
A: Goals can feel distant or heavy; outcomes focus on what motivates us, and immediate, achievable progress, which that builds momentum over time.
Q: Why do people get stuck with goals?
A: Large, abstract, or identity-loaded goals trigger hesitation. Outcomes reduce pressure by shifting attention to one meaningful next action.
Q: How do I define a good NLP outcome?
A: 1) Something I want (as opposed want to avoid) 2) I can imagine achieving it with my senses 3) I know what’s under my control 4) I commit to taking the next small step (minimum viable action) 5) It’s genuinely good for me, and those closest to me.