Authors’ Acknowledgements
From Romilla: The thrill of fi nding Neuro-linguistic Programming For Dummies
in the bookshops is as fresh now as when it fi rst published. The fulfi llment
of this dream wouldn’t have been possible without the help and support of
a raft of wonderful people, to all of whom I wish to offer my heartfelt thanks.
My ‘partner in crime’, Kate Burton: I am so glad you agreed to collaborate on
this project when I rather nonchalantly asked you if you’d like to write a
book on NLP with me. Thank you, mum, for all your love, support, and ideas –
keep them coming; Angela, my sister, has always been there in times of
trouble and celebration, and has done a grand job of being the fi rst ‘test
dummy’ for our book and making sure I didn’t split my infi nitives! Oswyn
for being the perfect grandfather to ‘brattus’, my son, Derwent, who bails
me out when I come a-cropper with technology and won’t let me give up;
Rintu who continues to help me learn and stretch; my Yoga teacher, Swami
Ambikananda Saraswati, for her patience in the face of all my questions;
David, my NLP trainer, who gave me another rung in the ladder for personal
change. Last but not least, I’d like to thank the terrifi c team at Wiley for all
their help and support.Derek, ‘the wind beneath my wings’, is gone but I will cherish memories of
our life together.From Kate: When Romilla and I set out to write the original book, our
intention was to learn and have some fun; we never anticipated the pleasure
this book would bring. So my thanks to Romilla that we continue to enjoy
such a deep understanding and friendship. All my family, especially Bob,
Rosy, and Jessica have my thanks for your unconditional love and unfailing
ability to nurture me while I focus on writing more books. To my special
friends, thank you for your patience and grounding in common sense. I thank
Ian, Robert, Penny, and James, and many other amazing NLPers for sharing
their knowledge with such integrity; I remain in awe of your skill and
commitment. Thanks to Jan for demonstrating the sheer joy of masterful
NLP coaching at its fi nest. To my clients and colleagues, I appreciate the
endless opportunities to learn and practice NLP with you. To the fabulous
professionals at Wiley for shaping ideas into reality; you certainly demonstrate
the power of belief. What we had not expected was that Neuro-linguistic
Programming For Dummies would be such a runaway best seller with so many
international translations, and the workbook and CDs following on from it,
so our thanks above all go to our readers for your support and good wishes.
This book sprang to life because we wanted to enthuse others with the power
of NLP and I hope you’ll continue to be intrigued and inspired as there’s so
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