2 Neuro-linguistic Programming For Dummies, 2nd Edition
About This Book
This book aims to entrance anyone fascinated by people. Through its experien-
tial approach, NLP encourages people to take action to shape their own lives. It
attracts those willing to ‘have a go’ and open their minds to new possibilities.We try to make NLP friendly, pragmatic, accessible, and useful for you. We
expect you to be able to dip into the book at any chapter and quickly find prac-
tical ideas on how to use NLP to resolve issues or make changes for yourself.In displaying the NLP ‘market stall’, our choice of content is selective. We
aim to offer an enticing menu if you’re a newcomer. And for those with more
knowledge, we hope this book helps you to digest what you already know as
well as treat you to some new ideas and applications. To that end, we make
finding information such as the following easy for you:✓ How to discover what’s important to you to pursue your goals with
energy and conviction.✓ What the main NLP presuppositions are and why they’re important to you.
✓ What the best ways are to understand other people’s style, helping you
to get your own message heard.✓ When to build rapport and when to break it.
✓ How to get your unconscious mind to work together with your con-
scious mind to make a strong team.In addition, because the best way to discover NLP is to experience it, take full
opportunity of playing with all the exercises we provide. Some of the ideas
and exercises in this book may be quite different from your normal style of
behaviour, but don’t be put off. The NLP approach is about setting aside your
disbelief, having a go, and realising your potential.Conventions Used in This Book
To help you navigate throughout this book, we set up a few conventions:✓ Italic is used for emphasis and to highlight new words or terms that are
defined.
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