We're heading east!  For many years, wonderful people have traveled from the east GTA to study with us at our beautiful space downtown.  Now we'd like to make it easy for our eastern practitioners to invite their friends to share a little NLP. On November 4, Ron Vereggen and I will kick off our plans for Durham with a seminar in support of the Children's Aid Foundation of Durham.

The seminar is on Changing Attitudes.  I wonder if you've ever struggled with other people's bad attitudes. Whether the problem is the difference between generations, misunderstandings, or simply a bad mood, attitude often gets in the way of what we want or how we want to achieve it.

Fortunately, good attitudes can be as contagious as bad ones and NLP is a great way to spread good attitudes so you can focus on getting the results you want. It's always a delight to watch as a new practitioner class begins to understand that they can influence their own moods and change the attitudes of the people around them.

If you'd like a taste, come on November 4. If you're ready to make a difference, you have one more chance to become an NLP practitioner before 2013. Our final practitioner course of the year runs Nov 10/11 and 17/18 and 24/25.  Because I have a heavy work load this month, registration for this course will close at 7 participants. Email or call Carole at 416-928-2394 before we fill up!

 Gifted Learning exists because I want to motivate learners to do and be their best. As a teacher in the Toronto District School Board, I realize that acing a test, quiz, or project is important. I also realize that it isn't the only thing. Having the self-awareness and personal motivation to compete in our rapidly evolving, highly competitive world is now - more than ever - the difference every learner will need to succeed.

Gifted Learning is a unique synthesis of academic tutoring and motivational coaching designed to accelerate success for every learner.

 Gifted Learning is for every type of learner, of any ability - those with learning challenges, those who excel, and everyone in between. My greatest hope is to have every learner who works with us feeling better about themselves and their capabilities, and their unique role in the world.

John Dafos is a gifted educator and speaker who is currently an NLP Master Practitioner and a member of our Training Practitioner program.