Just as we have a preferred / primary representational system for our conscious thinking, so we also have a preferred means of bringing information into our conscious thought. This is called the ‘lead system’ in NLP, the internal sense that we use as a handle to reach back to a memory. It is how the information reaches the conscious mind. It is sometimes called the ‘input system’, as it supplies the material to think about consciously.
Most people have a ‘lead system’ and it need not be the same as the preferred/primary system. For example, you may be a ‘feeling person’ who thinks about a holiday experience in terms of feelings. This is confirmed by the words you use and your body language. But, in recalling a memory, you may first use a ‘visual’ image, which is then replaced by the comfortable kinesthetic sensing you are more at home with. In this example the ‘visual’ system was used as the ‘lead system’.
So we each have a preferred representational systems, and also a lead system, which may or may not be the same. But the good news is that we tend to be consistent is whatever way we think.
Most people have a ‘lead system’ and it need not be the same as the preferred/primary system. For example, you may be a ‘feeling person’ who thinks about a holiday experience in terms of feelings. This is confirmed by the words you use and your body language. But, in recalling a memory, you may first use a ‘visual’ image, which is then replaced by the comfortable kinesthetic sensing you are more at home with. In this example the ‘visual’ system was used as the ‘lead system’.
So we each have a preferred representational systems, and also a lead system, which may or may not be the same. But the good news is that we tend to be consistent is whatever way we think.
