About this episode
Zoë explores the use of NLP in military training and its effectiveness in turning soldiers into expert marksmen.
In the 1980s, the U.S. Army was in a weird place. So weird, it was willing to hire Richard Bandler and Tony Robbins to try to turn ordinary soldiers into expert marksmen in just a few days with NLP. Zoë hits the shooting range with an NLP expert to see if she can become a sharpshooter. Plus, the little-known NLP backstory behind another psychological technique the military still actively uses: EMDR. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Hosts: Zoë, Richard Bandler
Topics covered
- military training
- NLP
- psychological techniques
- expert marksmen
- 1980s history
Keywords
- NLP
- EMDR
- U.S. Army
- Tony Robbins
- Richard Bandler
- military training
- psychology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: U.S. Army
Books & works: NLP, EMDR
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