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Anchorpoint - The Practical Journal of NLP, April 2003 by Judith Pearson PhD, Licensed Professional Counselor
..is the quintessential self-study course on advanced NLP..holds something for every NLP practitioner.
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... this book will take you quite some way into appreciating the on-going process of NLP Mastery.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I loved Volume 1 of the User's Manual for the Brain. It is one of the best "pure" NLP books I have read. Unfortunately, for me, Volume 2 does not meet up to the expectations set by the first book. In Volume 2 the authors seem determined to make NLP an academic subject and advance their own "unifying theory" (with something of an obsession for "meta-states"). The result is a turgid and repetitive text. There is good stuff in there - the material on language models is excellent; the discussion on sub-modalities is enlightening (though slightly overcooked by the authors); and the work on reframing is stimulating. Sadly though, it is wrapped in treacle-like text which is very heavy going in many places. If your interest in NLP is scholarly then you may like this book. Personally I much prefer Michael Hall's other "Master" level book - "The Spirit of NLP".
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Volume 1 is my favourite NLP reference book, so I was disappointed to say volume 2 was hard work to read.
There is good content within, such as the Cinema Of The Mind metaphor and the idea of Meta-States. Also, I'm glad I read about the authors' alternative model for belief change work. However, I think a book a third as long could have expressed this content more easily and succinctly. (The authors are verbose and repetitive. I think the book needs some extra rounds of editing, perhaps using a professional editor, to crop extraneous repetition and make key points more plainly.)
I don't know much about the authors but I get the idea they've developed their own revisionist model of NLP and they want to sell it. In their model there are 6 rep systems not 5; sub-modalities are actually meta-modalities; they've developed a more complicated Meta-Model; and they pitch their own unique, unified model of NLP.
Reframing sub-modalities as Meta-modalities was empowering in that it opened up new ideas and insights. I think they're on to something here, though I felt they made too much beef out of how (NLP originator) Bandler was "wrong". That seemed one-upmanish.
As for other revisions: Despite reading it with a curious and explorative frame I didn't get convinced that the 6th rep system (vestibular) was really distinct from kinaesthetic and I didn't get convinced that the more complex Meta-Modal was better. (This may be because I have a tendency to prefer chunking-up when I learn whereas the auhors seem to prefer chunking-down; and because I have a belief that the simplification of models is more useful than complication.)
To conclude, there is empowering material in this book. I found some of the authors' revisionist ideas useful, others less so. However, my overall impression is that the book is too long and unnecessarily difficult to wade through.
There is good content within, such as the Cinema Of The Mind metaphor and the idea of Meta-States. Also, I'm glad I read about the authors' alternative model for belief change work. However, I think a book a third as long could have expressed this content more easily and succinctly. (The authors are verbose and repetitive. I think the book needs some extra rounds of editing, perhaps using a professional editor, to crop extraneous repetition and make key points more plainly.)
I don't know much about the authors but I get the idea they've developed their own revisionist model of NLP and they want to sell it. In their model there are 6 rep systems not 5; sub-modalities are actually meta-modalities; they've developed a more complicated Meta-Model; and they pitch their own unique, unified model of NLP.
Reframing sub-modalities as Meta-modalities was empowering in that it opened up new ideas and insights. I think they're on to something here, though I felt they made too much beef out of how (NLP originator) Bandler was "wrong". That seemed one-upmanish.
As for other revisions: Despite reading it with a curious and explorative frame I didn't get convinced that the 6th rep system (vestibular) was really distinct from kinaesthetic and I didn't get convinced that the more complex Meta-Modal was better. (This may be because I have a tendency to prefer chunking-up when I learn whereas the auhors seem to prefer chunking-down; and because I have a belief that the simplification of models is more useful than complication.)
To conclude, there is empowering material in this book. I found some of the authors' revisionist ideas useful, others less so. However, my overall impression is that the book is too long and unnecessarily difficult to wade through.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Michael and Bob are the best authors of NLP
16 April 2006
Format:Hardcover
From the editor of NLPWeekly Magazine:
I've read the "User's manual for the brain" quite a few years ago. I had to save money in order to buy it, but it was worth it.
Now, with the second book, I didn't even think about it, I immediately ordered it when it was published.
Michael Hall and Bob Bodenhamer know what it is like to be clueless about personal excellence, and without risking the quality of their writing, without mixing fluff (like Robbins) or self importance stories (like Bandler), they craft a well written instruction book.
Michael wrote numerous books, and I'm a proud owner of most of them. His writing style is clear, well thought and worthy of every penny you spend on his books.
This book is a must have for both newbies and NLP professionals.
Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht
NLPWeekly Magazine
I've read the "User's manual for the brain" quite a few years ago. I had to save money in order to buy it, but it was worth it.
Now, with the second book, I didn't even think about it, I immediately ordered it when it was published.
Michael Hall and Bob Bodenhamer know what it is like to be clueless about personal excellence, and without risking the quality of their writing, without mixing fluff (like Robbins) or self importance stories (like Bandler), they craft a well written instruction book.
Michael wrote numerous books, and I'm a proud owner of most of them. His writing style is clear, well thought and worthy of every penny you spend on his books.
This book is a must have for both newbies and NLP professionals.
Shlomo Vaknin, C.Ht
NLPWeekly Magazine
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Since Reading, the Changes in Me Have Been Great
28 April 2009
Format:Hardcover
Found NLP(ish) website 4.5 months ago.Read just about every page of it.Used an example of a session transcript over 50 times.Options for more learning from the teacher on the site weren't a possibility for me.
Found User's Manual Volume I.Read it 2 weeks ago.Found User's Manual Volume II.Read it last week.Finished it 2 days ago.
After reading Volume I,& reading part of the way through Volume II,I could no longer take my antidepressant medication.(Been taking 17 years.)I couldn't sleep.Maybe my depression is letting up.
Recently,(it's springtime,)I'm seeing & talking with my neighbors.I did some work with bonds to people from the past plus some other NLP work.It seems that I'm open to relating to people.I feel very different in this area.I am acting very differently.I have changed.
Right before I finished the book 2 days ago,during one exercise in the book,I cried & cried.I have noticed that since then,I have been looking at myself in the eye in the mirror and seeing that there is a person inside.I believe that the person inside of me has been hiding for decades.I believe that I have not seen the person inside of me when I looked in the mirror for those decades.
There are many,many more changes since I have been learning about NLP the past 4.5 months.I had given up hope that I could ever get better until I found the NLP web site.
I am still not absolutely positive that,with the help of NLP,I will recover from my problem(s),but at this point it looks as if recovery may be a possibility.
Well,what can I say?Since I began reading Volume I and Volume II,the changes in me have been great.And,these are things that I hadn't recovered from in 23 years.
Found User's Manual Volume I.Read it 2 weeks ago.Found User's Manual Volume II.Read it last week.Finished it 2 days ago.
After reading Volume I,& reading part of the way through Volume II,I could no longer take my antidepressant medication.(Been taking 17 years.)I couldn't sleep.Maybe my depression is letting up.
Recently,(it's springtime,)I'm seeing & talking with my neighbors.I did some work with bonds to people from the past plus some other NLP work.It seems that I'm open to relating to people.I feel very different in this area.I am acting very differently.I have changed.
Right before I finished the book 2 days ago,during one exercise in the book,I cried & cried.I have noticed that since then,I have been looking at myself in the eye in the mirror and seeing that there is a person inside.I believe that the person inside of me has been hiding for decades.I believe that I have not seen the person inside of me when I looked in the mirror for those decades.
There are many,many more changes since I have been learning about NLP the past 4.5 months.I had given up hope that I could ever get better until I found the NLP web site.
I am still not absolutely positive that,with the help of NLP,I will recover from my problem(s),but at this point it looks as if recovery may be a possibility.
Well,what can I say?Since I began reading Volume I and Volume II,the changes in me have been great.And,these are things that I hadn't recovered from in 23 years.
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