“After 8 years of teaching NLP and over a decade since I learned NLP, finally, it all comes down to this moment…”
The above was the 1st line of my graduation speech last Sunday as Asia 1st and only board certified NLP Master Trainer, in front of 40 newly qualified NLP trainers in Sydney on 21 October 2012.
Yes, after years of effort, I finally completed a highly vigorous 5-year Master Trainer Programme with American Board of NLP and is qualified as one of the ten people in the world that holds this most highest and prestige level of excellence in the field of NLP. I must say I am most proud and treated it as my greatest gift for 2012.
Yes, in the eyes of some NLP trainers, they are mistakened and think that this programme is an auto-pilot process of paying fees, serving duties, sending graduates to ABNLP and over time you will get certified automatically. 正所謂，有苦自己知。Not until you actually participated actively in the programme, be perfectly open-minded and ready for the unique assessment done by my teachers and stay perseverant, you will find this is actually a breath-taking yet invaluable process that leads me to become the next most bullet-proof worldwide elite in the field of NLP.
To share some insights of what it takes to become a qualified ABNLP NLP Master Trainer, I once asked Dr. Adriana James re how better to prepare for the programme, she wrote:
About assisting and the Master Trainer programme:
What can you do to be prepared? Well, aside from all the conditions that you already know, make sure that if we test you in any way, you’re capable of demonstrating to us that your understanding of all NLP, you can teach any technique without any preparation, your teaching and explanation of all techniques including your understanding of why they work the way they work, etc., is up to the level of a Master Trainer – i.e. two logical levels above that of a NLP trainer.
Truly, Adriana didn't understate a bit for what she said above. But I can appreciate the fact that if you were Drs. Tad and Adriana James, certifying a Master Trainer candidate is to enable him/her to do exactly what they are capable of doing as well as carrying the ABNLP flag on their behalf, what must you need to see from that person to ensure you will feel comfortable to qualify him/her? I am truly grateful that I jumped over all the hoops that they set for me. I must say I am a lucky person and yet I worked truly hard to earn this title. 
Yes, as part of the assessment criteria, ABNLP needs to see a number of my graduates in their training to ensure I am doing decent and quality NLP training in Asia. I am most grateful that my graduates had performed well in their training. As Dr. Tad James rightly put, “If my students look good, I look great; if they look bad, I look terrible.”
I am most grateful to note that since 2007, 17 of my master practitioner graduates had shown great passion in NLP and free willingly desired to take on big challenge to move up the NLP ladder and to become NLP trainers so they can make a difference for themselves and for the community.
1. Anita Li
2. Ella Ip
3. Goldy Ng
4. Helen Ng
5. Jacqueline Lo
6. Jeffrey Yip
7. JoJo Chan
8. Majid Khan
9. Max Lin
10. Nancy Hui
11. Rosanne Chan
12. Sandra Fung
13. Simon Tang
14. Terence Lam
15. Victor Lam
16. Winnie Pong
17. Yasti Cheng
I salute on their great accomplishment and trust they will continue to spread the spirit of genuine NLP from the learning experience they attained with professionalism, diligence and integrity so that they will benefit the community for what they do.
In the movie, Spiderman realised the fact that, “Great power comes with great responsibility.” With this new qualification, I feel a strong sense of responsibility not only to sustain the quality of my future NLP training, I also carry a mission (使命感) to take NLP to the next level so more people can benefit from learning, applying and teaching NLP. I am both eager and excited to take on this challenge, especially the world is getting more and more interesting in many ways.
I look forward to start my 26th NLP Practitioner training starting tomorrow and my first trainer’s training in Asia in 2013.
Lastly, I would like to thank J who encouraged me to take on this challenge. She is always a cheerleader that lights up my life!
I look forward to start my 26th NLP Practitioner training starting tomorrow and my first trainer’s training in Asia in 2013.
Lastly, I would like to thank J who encouraged me to take on this challenge. She is always a cheerleader that lights up my life!
