MOST people at some stage have dreamed of improving their performance at work, their relationships with other people and their quality of life, and according to the experts, by using one of several self-improvement tools and techniques, they can.

Hypnotherapy, said to create a natural state of heightened awareness, where you can open your mind to beneficial
suggestions, is one of them.

Once better known for its entertainment value in the guise of stage hypnosis, more recently hypnotherapy has been taken more seriously as a way of helping people to make positive changes in their life; curing phobias, cutting out bad habits and reducing anxiety.

There are several providers of hypnotherapy training offering a range of courses aimed at those who would like to work
as hypnotherapists.

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is another tool used to help people achieve goals and objectives, especially in the workplace.

Skelmersdale-based Envision Training Partners, founded by Alan and Robert Cole-Wilkin, has devised a number of NLP training courses tailored for those working in specific areas of businesssuch as sales, customerservice and management.

Alan Cole-Wilkin said: “The objective of these programmes is to make staff more effective in everything they do.”

Envision also offers NLP Practitioner and Master Practitioner qualifications, allowing successful students to become NLP teachers themselves. 

大多數人都曾夢想過有一天能提高工作表現，增強人際關系，改善生活質量。據專家預測，只要采用自我改進工具與技巧，他們就能夢想成真。

催眠治療就是其中之一。據說它可以創造一個意識清晰的自然狀態，然后你就可以敞開胸懷接受有益的建議。

催眠治療曾一度以舞臺催眠秀的娛樂性而廣為人知。最近，它越來越受到人們的重視和關注，已成為讓人們生活發生積極轉變的一種方式：治愈恐懼癥，消除壞習慣和減少焦慮。

催眠療法培訓的提供者還特意為那些想從事催眠師工作的人提供了一系列的課程。

神經語言程式學(NLP)是另一種幫助人們實現目標和目的的工具（尤其是職場目標）。

阿蘭和羅伯特·科爾·威爾金成立了斯凱默斯代爾式的設想訓練伙伴，并為那些愿致力于銷售、客服和管理等特殊領域的人量身打造了若干的NLP培訓課程。

阿蘭和科爾·威爾金坦言： “這些方案的目標是讓員工高效率做好每件事。

設想還提供了高級執行師和高階執行師的執業資格課程，優秀學生還能成為NLP培訓課程的老師。