Neuro-Linguistic Programming for Dummies - Softcover

Burton, Kate; Ready, Romilla

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470665432 ISBN 13: 9780470665435

Publisher: For Dummies, 2010

Synopsis

Learn how to apply NLP to fine-tune life skills, build rapport, enhance communication, and become more persuasive

One of the most exciting psychological techniques in use today, neuro-linguistic programming helps you model yourself on those-or, more accurately, the thought processes of those-who are stellar in their fields. Rooted in behavioral psychology of the 1970s, the concepts of NLP are now common to such diverse areas as business, education, sports, health, music and the performing arts-and have been instrumental in helping people change and improve their professional and personal lives. In this handy, informative guide, you will acquire a basic toolkit of NLP techniques, with advice on the NLP approach to goal-setting, as well as insights on how you think, form mental strategies, manage emotional states, and, finally, understand the world.

• With new content on new code NLP, symbolic modeling, clean language in the workplace and energetic NLP-techniques developed after the first edition
• Includes updated information throughout and two new chapters: Dipping into Modeling and Making Change Easier

Not simply a guide to reprogramming your negative or habitual thoughts, this practical, down-to-earth introduction to NLP is the first step to fulfilling personal and professional ambitions and achieving excellence in every sphere of your life.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Turn positive thoughts into positive action

Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) provides essential building blocks for discovering how people think and manage their emotional states. This practical guide shows you how to unwrap core NLP skills such as rapport-building and mirroring techniques, and enables you to use them to achieve personal and professional fulfilment. So whether you want to build your self-confidence, communicate effectively, or make life-changing decisions, this book gives you the tools you need to succeed.

• Unlock the essentials – discover the strength of NLP techniques and find out how to make them work for you

• Make friends and influence people – discover how to push people's buttons and get the most out of rapport-building techniques

• Open your NLP toolkit – unravel your subconscious and re-programme negative associations and habits

• Talk the talk – maximise the power of language and become a hypnotic communicator

• Integrate your learning – discover how to make the changes that make a difference

Open the book and find:

• The twelve NLP assumptions – and what they mean for you

• How to create a formula for success

• Tips on becoming a more confident presenter and communicator

• Techniques for making and breaking rapport with other people

• How to grow from past experiences

• Ways to drive your habits in the right direction

• Advice on how to ask the right questions

• Recommended resources to take your learning further

About the Author

Romilla Ready is an NLP Master Practitioner and the architect of 'Relationship Wizardry in Business', a programme of training and coaching for business executives.

Kate Burton is a leading international executive coach with a background in corporate communication in IT, and works with clients such as HP, KPMG, and Microsoft. Romilla and Kate are the authors of the best-selling Neuro-linguistic Programming Workbook For Dummies.

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470665432
• ISBN 13: 9780470665435
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 392