Ecology in Goal Setting and in Life Rapport Archive Basic NLP Ecology in Goal Setting and in Life Rapport Issue 88 Publication Date October 27th 2025 Authors Eve Menezes Cunningham When I first came across NLP, I worried about the potential for it to be used to manipulate people. But then I learned about the importance of ecology in any goal setting. How, by thinking about the impact of what we’re working towards not only on ourselves but on our family/team/ organisations/communities/planet etc., we can not only get a better sense of how we might move towards the goals more easily (by addressing objections and obstacles in advance instead of being surprised by them) but also more holistically (by creating well-formed outcomes that serve and support everyone).... Basic NLP To access the rest of this article, you need to use 1 credit ANLP members get complimentary credits that can be used for purchasing from the Rapport archive - a collection of more than a 1000 high quality articles written by some of the leading voices in the field of NLP. Non-members can buy Rapport credits via the ANLP store. JOIN ANLP BUY RAPPORT CREDITS If you have already purchased this article, you can log in to access it