Neuro-linguistic Programming for Dummies^®

by Romilla Ready; Kate Burton

• ISBN13: 9780764570285
• ISBN10: 0764570285
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

NLP has a simple premise: take someone who's good at something, model how they do it and learn from them. This way it is possible to understand the thought processes common to excellence in any field and weed out negative or habitual thinking. Neuro-Linguistic Programming techniques extremely popular in many areas including business, education, sports, coaching, counselling, personal development and relationships. Neuro-linguistic Programming for Dummies avoids the jargon of many other books and provides both the basic essentials for the beginner and advanced theory for experienced NLP readers

Author Biography

<b>Romilla Ready</b> is a Master Practitioner of Neuro-linguistic Programming, and is the director of Ready Solutions, which was founded in 1996. She runs professionally developed workshops across a range of areas and has trained clients in the UK and overseas, using her cross-cultural skills to build rapport between different nationalities. Romilla has been interviewed on local radio and has had articles on stress management and applications of NLP published in the press. <p> <b>Kate Burton</b> is an NLP coach and trainer who enables individuals and organizations to focus their energy effectively. Her business career began in corporate advertising and marketing with Hewlett-Packard. Since then she has worked with many varied businesses across industries and cultures on how they can be great communicators. What she loves most is delivering custom-built training and coaching programmes. She thrives on supporting people in boosting their motivation, self-awareness and confidence. Her belief is that people all have unique talents, abilities and core values. The skill is about honouring them to the full.

Table of Contents

PART I. WELCOME TO A BRAVE NEW WORLD.

Chapter 1. NLP Explained .

Chapter 2. Some Basic Assumptions of NLP?

Chapter 3. Taking Charge of Your Life.

PART II. THE BRAIN'S HIGHWAY CODE.

Chapter 4. Who's Steering the Bus.

Chapter 5. Smooth Running Below Decks.

Chapter 6. Pushing the Communication Buttons.

PART III. WINNING FRIENDS...INFLUENCING PEOPLE.

Chapter 7. Seeing, Hearing, Feeling.

Chapter 8. Creating Rapport.

Chapter 9. Understanding to be Understood.

PART IV. OPENING THE TOOLKIT.

Chapter 10. Dropping Anchors.

Chapter 11. Sliding the Controls.

Chapter 12. Changing with Logical Levels.

Chapter 13. Driving Habits.

Chapter 14. Time Travel.

PART V. WORDS TO ENTRANCE.

Chapter 15. Getting to the Heart of the Matter.

Chapter 16. Hypnotising Your Audience.

Chapter 17. Stories, Fables and Metaphors.

Chapter 18. Asking the Right Questions.

PART VI. THE PART OF TENS.

Chapter 19. Ten Applications of NLP.

Chapter 20. Ten More Books to Add to Your Library.

Chapter 21. Ten Online NLP Resources.

Chapter 22. Ten Movies That Include NLP Processes.

Appendix. Resource List.