Tom Condon

Threes make exceptionally good proteges and subsequent mentors to others. As proteges they can identify with a mentor, absorb what the mentor knows, make it their own and then move on. In the process, they could adopt the mentor’s brand of clothing, appearance, manner and tone of voice. NLP calls this “modeling,” which means acquiring a skill or quality by imitating someone who has mastered that skill or demonstrates that quality.

Modeling is based on identification: you pi...

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