NLP, Internalizations and the Meta Model

There are simply three steps to internalizing information:

1. Generalize

2. Distort

3. Delete

Each process will produce a unique experience for every individual. I know you are wondering how does your brain know whether to generalize, distort or delete information? Good question!

Your brain can only process so much information, so what it does is chooses information based on beliefs, relevancy, past experiences, and much more. Then, based on the information your brain provided, it will do one or more of the three processes.

A great example of this might be that men never listen. Suppose someone close in your life held that belief and (assuming you are a man)they were talking to during your favorite show right at the good part. You might not even hear that person because you completely deleted what they said because you were in the zone. However, the person talking might say, "see, men never listen." Still, maybe men don't listen, or maybe they only don't listen during there favorite shows right during the best parts. Either way, the brain distorted the situation, and generalized because of past experience, and beliefs.

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