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Change Your Life with NLP: The Powerful Way to Make Your Whole Life Better
The tools and techniques of NLP are a powerful force that can make your whole life better.
• There are millions of people who are fed-up with some aspect of their lives. These people are looking for a catalyst for change - this is the book for them. • This is the first popular psychology book to feature NLP so explicitly.Change Your Life and NLP together is a sure-fire winner. • This book will help readers move from the everyday ‘Grey Zone’ into the exciting and motivating ‘Brilliant Zone, where goals, real choices and the sense that you can acheive anything a reality. • Dreams can come true, and Change Your Life with NLP shows you how. • Change Your Life in Seven Days 9780593050552 sold over 49,500 copies in 2007 and was ranked 3rd in the top 150 Popular Psychology titles , Brilliant NLP 9780273707899 sold nearly 13,000 copies and was ranked 16th, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway 9780099741008 sold nearly 5,000 copies (TCM, Bookscan Full Year 2007).
• There are millions of people who are fed-up with some aspect of their lives. These people are looking for a catalyst for change - this is the book for them. • This is the first popular psychology book to feature NLP so explicitly.Change Your Life and NLP together is a sure-fire winner. • This book will help readers move from the everyday ‘Grey Zone’ into the exciting and motivating ‘Brilliant Zone, where goals, real choices and the sense that you can acheive anything a reality. • Dreams can come true, and Change Your Life with NLP shows you how. • Change Your Life in Seven Days 9780593050552 sold over 49,500 copies in 2007 and was ranked 3rd in the top 150 Popular Psychology titles , Brilliant NLP 9780273707899 sold nearly 13,000 copies and was ranked 16th, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway 9780099741008 sold nearly 5,000 copies (TCM, Bookscan Full Year 2007).
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First published June 1, 2008
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May 21, 2016I think this might be a good book for people who feel that major changes in one's life and personality are possible. Also good for people who are good at remembering events well, and good at visualising.
I on the other hand have always found changing myself difficult - it has always been far easier for me just to build on my existing strengths and to try and minimise my faults. My memory is also really bad, and I have always been hopeless at visualizations. Basically I am not the right person to be trying to utilize this technique. (On the upside, doing one of the book's questionnaires, I rated my life as mostly positive and enjoyable, so my lack of ability to change is not the downer it might have been.)
I only read the beginning of the book, then dipped a bit into further chapters. I found it pretty well immediately alienating. Different horses for courses though....it came to me highly recommended by a cousin who is a life coach, and it seems to have had a positive effect in her life.
I on the other hand have always found changing myself difficult - it has always been far easier for me just to build on my existing strengths and to try and minimise my faults. My memory is also really bad, and I have always been hopeless at visualizations. Basically I am not the right person to be trying to utilize this technique. (On the upside, doing one of the book's questionnaires, I rated my life as mostly positive and enjoyable, so my lack of ability to change is not the downer it might have been.)
I only read the beginning of the book, then dipped a bit into further chapters. I found it pretty well immediately alienating. Different horses for courses though....it came to me highly recommended by a cousin who is a life coach, and it seems to have had a positive effect in her life.
February 17, 2016
This was an impulse purchase, courtesy of a recent "buy 2 get 1 free" offer in Borders. I have to confess that I had been pretty sceptical about NLP, but after some very positive comments from colleagues, I thought I'd give the book a go.
It starts off OK, with some fairly sensible and uncontroversial stuff - set SMART objectives, define an action plan, have positive attitude. But the further I got into the book, the more my "scam-o-meter" started to be triggered. As readers of "Bad Science" will know, there are some classic signs of pseudo-science masquerading as science - including vague, unreferenced, sciencey-sounding claims, using existing terms in unusual ways and "evidence" that is all based on personal testimonials rather than scientific studies - and this book has all of that, with extra bonus points for the testimonials all being anonymous and unverifiable references to people only by their first name.
By page 71, when the 'wisdom of the ancients' was cited as evidence, my scam-o-meter was flashing red lights, and the klaxons kicked-in a few pages later when pseudoscience 'guru' Deepak Chopra was trotted out to inform the reader that we're all killing ourselves years early due to negative thoughts, followed rapidly by that popular piece of new-age flummery, "the power of energy".
By the time we got to the following little gem, the scam-o-meter was in nuclear meltdown: "the chakras are not physical. They are aspects of consciousness in the same way that auras are aspects of consciousness" (I assume she doesn't mean "ie they don't exist", which would be my interpretation).
I don't know how representative of NLP this book is ("not very", judging from the Amazon comments on the book, though a quick bit of googling shows an awful lot of nonsense being peddled, and some pretty convincing debunking sites), so I don't want to write it off in its entirely on the basis of this book. Indeed, there are some sensible bits amongst all the layers of mysticism and obscurity - none of which are unique to NLP, as far as I can see. However, there is a core which seems to me to be profoundly dishonest - that everything you do/are is determined solely by your thoughts and actions, and all you have to do is change your attitude and set some goals (preferably with the help of an NLP coach, and a few NLP training sessions) and all your dreams will come true. Which is fine, in a world of infinite choices and no constraints - unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the world that we're all living in.
So, in summary:
* Plus points - the book is short, and fairly cheap, so you won't waste much time and money reading it. Some sensible parts about goal-setting and positive attitude.
* Minus points - Sensible parts are buried under a huge layer of new age mysticism and anti-rational nonsense, so that whatever time and money you do invest in it will be utterly wasted by reading this book of vapid drivel.
* Conclusion - Check out a sensible resource on goal-setting instead. And I wish that there was an "avoid at all costs" tickbox on these reviews
It starts off OK, with some fairly sensible and uncontroversial stuff - set SMART objectives, define an action plan, have positive attitude. But the further I got into the book, the more my "scam-o-meter" started to be triggered. As readers of "Bad Science" will know, there are some classic signs of pseudo-science masquerading as science - including vague, unreferenced, sciencey-sounding claims, using existing terms in unusual ways and "evidence" that is all based on personal testimonials rather than scientific studies - and this book has all of that, with extra bonus points for the testimonials all being anonymous and unverifiable references to people only by their first name.
By page 71, when the 'wisdom of the ancients' was cited as evidence, my scam-o-meter was flashing red lights, and the klaxons kicked-in a few pages later when pseudoscience 'guru' Deepak Chopra was trotted out to inform the reader that we're all killing ourselves years early due to negative thoughts, followed rapidly by that popular piece of new-age flummery, "the power of energy".
By the time we got to the following little gem, the scam-o-meter was in nuclear meltdown: "the chakras are not physical. They are aspects of consciousness in the same way that auras are aspects of consciousness" (I assume she doesn't mean "ie they don't exist", which would be my interpretation).
I don't know how representative of NLP this book is ("not very", judging from the Amazon comments on the book, though a quick bit of googling shows an awful lot of nonsense being peddled, and some pretty convincing debunking sites), so I don't want to write it off in its entirely on the basis of this book. Indeed, there are some sensible bits amongst all the layers of mysticism and obscurity - none of which are unique to NLP, as far as I can see. However, there is a core which seems to me to be profoundly dishonest - that everything you do/are is determined solely by your thoughts and actions, and all you have to do is change your attitude and set some goals (preferably with the help of an NLP coach, and a few NLP training sessions) and all your dreams will come true. Which is fine, in a world of infinite choices and no constraints - unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be the world that we're all living in.
So, in summary:
* Plus points - the book is short, and fairly cheap, so you won't waste much time and money reading it. Some sensible parts about goal-setting and positive attitude.
* Minus points - Sensible parts are buried under a huge layer of new age mysticism and anti-rational nonsense, so that whatever time and money you do invest in it will be utterly wasted by reading this book of vapid drivel.
* Conclusion - Check out a sensible resource on goal-setting instead. And I wish that there was an "avoid at all costs" tickbox on these reviews
February 5, 2010
Out of all the self-help, motivational, personal development books I have read this has been by far the one to have the most impact on me.
This isn't wishy washy, airy fairy stuff. This book is based on sound scientific principles - logic you can really understand and put into practice.
A lot of work is required to get through this book. A lot of honest self exploration, writing down your thoughts. It is nearly therapy in a book. It opens doors that can never close and for me is an acceleration to a journey I have been on for a while.
A journey of a 1000 miles begins with one step.
Make this book your first step or one more.
This isn't wishy washy, airy fairy stuff. This book is based on sound scientific principles - logic you can really understand and put into practice.
A lot of work is required to get through this book. A lot of honest self exploration, writing down your thoughts. It is nearly therapy in a book. It opens doors that can never close and for me is an acceleration to a journey I have been on for a while.
A journey of a 1000 miles begins with one step.
Make this book your first step or one more.
February 11, 2022
I've been curious about neuro-linguistic programming and was offered this book free, so I took the plunge. In this book the author begins by talking about the 'grey zone'. This is a place we often find ourselves in - complacent sitting the middle comfort zone of our lives instead of focusing on the 'awesome' zone where things are heightened in our lives - progress.
There are plenty of exercises with instructional on how to raise our positive intentions. The author explains further about the importance of focusing on what we want from life, as opposed to dwelling on the things we don't want and tips to help achieve these goals.
There are plenty of exercises with instructional on how to raise our positive intentions. The author explains further about the importance of focusing on what we want from life, as opposed to dwelling on the things we don't want and tips to help achieve these goals.
June 7, 2024
NLP is such a powerful tool that I feel sorry to have discovered it so late in my life.
While some of the advice is nothing new and you might feel that you know it already, this neatly systematised book is totally recommended!
While some of the advice is nothing new and you might feel that you know it already, this neatly systematised book is totally recommended!
March 28, 2020
Great read. Includes both theory and practical usage of NLP. Very inspiring story to set realistic goals and to just go for it.
July 27, 2020
Actually did a better job than most in helping me understand how NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) can make any sense whatsoever. A useful quick read to at least familiarize the concept.
July 29, 2023
Great exercises and introduction of NLP tools.
I loved the energy button exercise and practice.
I loved the energy button exercise and practice.
April 9, 2020
My life did not change, but maybe that was because I expected reading a book would be all that I needed. Maybe it didn't work because I was skeptical about the whole thing and hoping that this book would change my skeptisism. In any case it was just another mediocre effort to change the world and ended up making suckers pay for some paper with writing on it
May 25, 2016
I was very sceptical when I initially started this book. That changed. Ive recommended this book to a handful of people now. Great read, thought provoking and behavioural challenging. Will look to purchase a personal copy of this book.
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