Successful consultants and building contractors set the scope or frame of a project so that

all involved know what is included and excluded. In a similar way, we use frames in NLP

to provide a context, focus or guidance for our thoughts and actions. In this article, we

will discuss five NLP frames that are useful for providing a focus for our activities, for

ensuring we are congruent, for providing a context in which we can assess our progress,

for exploring other possibilities or for ensuring a common understanding. In the article

Reframing, we will discuss how to change or expand frames, as sometimes we use too

narrow of a frame (or focus) and lock ourselves into behaviours that do not support us or

we miss seeing other opportunities/possibilities.