The spelling strategy was the typical NLP spelling strategy. It does not work for everyone but does work for most people.
The person's beliefs did change as a result of the intervention.
As to the rest of your post, I am unsure as to the intentions behind many of your statements. For instance, why the distinction about competence not equaling doing? Competence describes a level of ability in one's actions in a given category. That is, so and so is a very competent surgeon. This means that so and so is very good at surgery, and can demonstrate this skill on a continual, predictable basis. It isn't just capability, it is more specifically descriptive than the word "capability."
[This message has been edited by babayada (edited April 08, 2004).]
