NLP, what do you recommend?

Read some books by Tony Robbins... he gets into a bit in his books. If you are looking for the exact science, there are a lot of good scientific books as well (just search for NLP science, etc)

The original books my Dr Bandler are by far the best.
If you are looking for NLP for a sales angle then a fellow warrior has some great content on his blog, im going to dig thro my history file for you, I was reading it today.

Frank Kern's Mass Control covers some great NLP stuff, in fact Frank is a good pal of Tony Robbins.

Anchoring and pattern interupts are good skills to learn.

hmm, I'm actually reading a Tony Robbins book now as it happens, 'called notes from a friend' this book, and all the other Tony Robbins stuff i've come across is mostly motivational stuff really, do you have any examples?

Book: An Introduction to NLP by Joseph O'Connor

Harlan Kilstein does a lot of NLP copywriting stuff if thats what you're after... His blog is - NLP Copywriting Harlan Kilstein (I'm not associated with him in any way)

Once you want to start learning techniques, my old buddy Shlomo Vaknin (an innovator in NLP, IMO) put out a book recently.

Best book of techniques I've ever seen.

Amazon.com: The Big Book Of NLP Techniques: 200+...

ok, I just typed in 'NLP pattern interrupt' into youtube and this is what just came up


I'm more confused than before

Richard bandler is the guy to search for on Amazon.

I actually posted something similar to this in the mindset part of this forum. I have had a ton of success with NLP is several aspects of my life. What is great about it is that if you do it correctly you will feel the results almost instantly. That is why I try to do something like that almost everyday.

Bandler & Grinder, Milton Erickson, Joseph O'Conner, Tony Robbins, Shlomo, Jamie Smart, there's a bunch.

Kern is definately a hardcore NLPer.

If you want to see some good NLP in action, then the List Control video has some great stuff. I might do analysis on it.


Pretty sure Ryan Deiss is an NLPer as well

One of the first books John Grinder and Richard Bandler wrote about NLP was actually a transcript of a seminar they gave in which they taught NLP to a group of therapists. The book is called "From Frogs To Princes."

It was one of the better explainations of how to use NLP I have ever seen.

It is out of print, and copies of it do sell at Amazon for a small fortune. You can probably find it at you library. I also googled it and found several .pdf files of it online.

Dr. John Grinder was approached by a young undergraduate student (Richard Bandler) wanting some help with a research project about Gestault therapy. Through this they came across Dr Jean Piaget's studies of how people learn - auditorially, visually, kinesthetically.

Later the two collaborated on a project to determine why some therapists like Dr. Milton Erickson were wonderfully effective with patients while other therapist weren't.

Their creation of NLP came out of this. Thus the book "From Frogs To Princes" from the seminar on effective communication for therapists.

:-Don

Hi Ruchi,

That's a great question and as you've already found - the answers can come in many forms.

I've been studying NLP for 10 years and practicing it for over 7. Here's my take on this:

Richard Bandler and John Grinder invented NLP, so if you want to understand what it's all about - read their work.

I've read everything of both of theirs and it's really good stuff.

The real question is - what do you want to get from NLP?

You see, it's really just another way of looking at how people work, so you can use it for personal development and your own success and happiness, you can use it to help others in coaching and therapeutic ways, or you can apply it in sales/marketing and other communication strategies in pretty much any situation.

Like most things, there's a lot of NLP jargon and you can usually tell when someone has recently discovered NLP because of the way they talk, the same as newbie IMers.

So, there are many ways to answer your question but without knowing how you heard of it and what you are hoping it can do for you, all I can really do is suggest you read Bandlers material so that you understand how it started and go from there.

It's really interesting and great fun, once you learn some of it you can't help but see the world differently.

Also, some of the current 'experts' (not sure how I would quantify that term) have their own version of their NLP based systems. Tad James is a good example, he's an NLPer but his systems tend to combine NLP with Time-Line therapy and Hypnosis, that's a model I like and you can help people in a lot of ways with that triple approach.

Andy

I've just started my NLP course and I'm in the process of devouring "conversations with Richard Bandler". Highly recommend.

Anything by Richard Bandler is great. He is not an easy read but if you stay with him its worth the time. Paul McKenna (his most devoted disciple) is a good hypotists and NLP trainer. Tony Robbins, one of my favs, uses NLP masterfully and his seminars are great (but expensive)

There are pretty good self-study DVD program around. Jamie Smart has many but nothing compares to a live course and practice.

Heart of the Mind ~ Engaging Your Inner Power to Change with Neuro-Linguistic Programming by Connirae and Steve Andreas.

These two people were once very close to Bandler and Grinder in the early days of NLP. They are responsible for having developed many of the foundational techniques. Heart of the Mind is a collection of techniques designed to overcome many life challenges. You can usually pick it up for small money on Amazon or eBay. Good luck.

Just stick with Dr. Bandler, he started the whole damn thing anyway

I forgot to mention - There are probably NLP practice groups in or near your area.

I've been able to find a practice group most places I've lived. That way you'll also find more applications, more teachers, books, and also get to learn new things that people have come up with to supplement the original nlp strategies and try them out. Most nlp groups have regular guest speakers who are pushing the boundaries of the element of nlp they focus on.

It's also important to remember that while nlp is great - there are also other things that get results for the same things in different ways and do things that nlp doesn't - so learn it, but remember it has its place and when you're clear about your goals, there may be other disciplines or techniques that can replace, support, enhance it.

As an example, it may be that you're using nlp as a life coach and get some clients who are clinically depressed and can be helped more effectively with something like the Lightning Process. So just be aware of what else there is. It's easy to find nlp and get the bug and forget it's not the answer to everything.

Andy

Hi guys, thanks for all the great responses, I now have a whole bunch of people to look up

The reason I am interested in NLP is from a sales/marketing perspective.

thanks

OP there is a home study course availaible for nlp- The living Encyclopedia of NLP. The same company offers advanced course after you have master encyclopedia they also hold seminard where they offer Certifications too. I recently got The living encyclopedia of NLP.

Though it is very good but I think it is pretty intense and detailed for me. So i always stick with tony robbins as he is a genius and his works seems to work best for me.

The best book I've read on sales and buyer psychology is not an NLP
book at all. It's written by a guy who sold vacation/investment
properties.

If you want to persuade to make money, NLP can help you, but the
real masters are salesmen. Some have studied NLP, but many have
not. Elmer Wheeler is good - old school.

"The Closers" is the best book on persuasion to make sales in my
opinion. If you're in sales or marketing you may feel your heart
pounding when you read the revelations in it.

Roger Dawson's books on persuasion are accessible, practical,
and not mixed up with mumbo jumbo. I recommend them highly.

Kevin Hogan is quite good too.