If it got any more simple ..., 6 Mar 2002

This has got to be THE most cut down outline of NLP you'll ever find. Just 60 pages in large print, with nice wide spacing between lines. If it got any more simple it would be a book full of blank pages!

Now, if you thought that description means I didn't like the book then I apologise, because I've misled you. Actually I think this is the strongest of Ms Knight's three books ("Introducing NLP", "NLP at Work" and "NLP Solutions").
It provides a VERY basic and simplified description that is ALMOST entirely jargon-free (for some reason the author suddenly starts talking about "anchors" on page 51, with NO clear definition of the term).

I was also a little wary of some of her ideas:

Rapport "is a two-way street"? Tell that to any con man!

"The quality of your communication lies in the effect it achieves." The "quality" of your communication?

"There is learning in everything that happens." Shouldn't that be "there is POTENTIAL for learning ..."?

I also found it a little strange that an "Introduction" to NLP should have such a tiny bibliography - just three books, in fact, two by Ms Knight (see above) and Genie Laborde's "Influencing with Integrity". Are those really the ONLY books a newcomer needs to know about?
I don't think so!

So, it's short, reasonably accurate and almost jargon free. Nevertheless, I wouldn't give this to a newcomer to NLP unless I knew I could get back to that person to talk over their thoughts on and questions about the book.
In other words, as it's low, low price indicates, this isn't really an "Introduction" - it's just a "taster". Which is why I only gave it three stars.

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True and concise explanation of NLP principles and process, 13 April 2000

NLP is primarily a practical tool, and within these pages the author manages to shoe-horn both the outline of the process and tips on how it can be applied. This book sets out to introduce NLP, and to advise the reader as to the areas in which NLP may assist. As such there is insufficient room to expand into detailed instructions on using NLP tools, and the description of NLP whilst not quite terse, certainly requires reading every word.

As a introduction to NLP this short book leaves the investigator in no doubt as to the scope of NLP; as a taster of the main meal this volume truly whets the appetite.

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