Charles Faulkner – Money ‘n Metaphor: How Metaphors Determine Our Wealth and Happiness

This audio is from a session on “How metaphors Determine Our Wealth and Happiness” held at NLP Rocky Mountain Conference in 1991.

Who is Charles Faulkner?

Charles Faulkner is the founder and a principal in Influential Communications, Inc. A prolific innovator, he is directly responsible for the creation of 10 different products that cover a range of topics including:

• Achievement
• Congruence
• Influence
• Intuition
• Metaphor
• Modeling
• Narrative
• Learning Games

He is best known for his modeling of financial market wizards which is documented in various futures trading books and journals. He is also well known for making research in Cognitive Linguistics available as change techniques for counselors and coaches.

He has made numerous contributions to the field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) including:

• Advanced language patterns
• Belief systems
• Meta-programs
• Metaphor
• Trimurti™ – a game-based approach to learning and using NLP which eliminates the need for techniques.

Charles holds degrees in English and Experimental Psychology. He was doing graduate work in Linguistics at Northwestern University when he left the program to devote himself to mastering Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the work of Dr. Milton H. Erickson, M.D.. He became an NLP Comprehensive certified trainer in 1987 and a Society of NLP certified trainer in 1988. Since then, he has continued to independently study Cognitive Linguistics, Decision making, Behavioral Finance, and Systems Dynamics.