The Results Show, With Dr David Shephard

S01E20 - How NLP Is Like a Camera – Putting Your Brain in Manual Mode


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In this episode of The Result Show, David and Pete geek out over their love of photography—but not just for nostalgia. They draw powerful, practical parallels between cameras and the human mind, using submodalities and focus as metaphors for how NLP gives us manual control over our inner experience.


Whether you're a total NLP beginner or a seasoned practitioner, this episode is packed with golden insights:


Why you might be stuck on ‘auto mode’


How changing your internal pictures, sounds, and feelings changes everything


Why focus is your brain’s most important setting—and how to master it


This is one of the most vivid and accessible explanations of NLP's deeper mechanics—and it all starts with a Canon A1 and a monster Nikon.


00:00 – 01:25 | Why This Episode Is Special – Cameras, nostalgia & the Canon A1

01:26 – 03:16 | The Monster Nikon and Photography’s Vinyl Moment

03:17 – 04:39 | Submodalities: The Qualities That Change Meaning

04:40 – 06:25 | Point-and-Shoot Thinking vs Manual Mode for Your Mind

06:26 – 07:14 | Try This at Home: Moving Internal Pictures & Sounds

07:15 – 09:59 | Exercises on Dislike, Seductive Voices & Sergeant Majors

10:00 – 11:25 | Why Practice Makes It Stick – Like Learning to Shoot on Manual

11:26 – 13:00 | Focus and the Reticular Activating System (RAS)

13:01 – 15:10 | Why You Skid Into the Tree: What You Focus on Is What You Get

15:11 – 17:54 | The Power of Clear Goals – And How NLP Trains the Brain to Hit Them

17:55 – 19:14 | What's Coming Next: Using NLP in Sales and Marketing

19:15 – 20:12 | Next Time: Why the Episode Is Called Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow!


Why You Should Watch


📸 Understand how your internal “camera settings” affect emotion, motivation, and behaviour


🧠 Learn how to shift from automatic habits to intentional, powerful mental states


🎯 Discover why clear goal-setting activates your brain’s radar to find the right people, resources, and opportunities


💬 Play with real exercises using internal pictures and voices to feel the difference


🚁 Bonus: Real-world stories from driving, helicopters, and photography that bring NLP to life


Keywords: NLP submodalities, reticular activating system, internal focus, self-programming, state management, photography analogy, goal-setting NLP, mind reprogramming, visualisation, unconscious change

Hashtags: #NLP #Submodalities #MindsetMatters #NeuroLinguisticProgramming #FocusAndClarity #PhotographyAnalogy #GoalSetting #ManualMindset #TheResultShow


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The Results Show, With Dr David ShephardBy David Shephard