Metaphors We Live By29 reviews George Lakoff, Mark Johnson University Of Chicago Press, 1980 Applicable to many disciplines + 25 Years Afterwards + Great book to get you thinking about everyday language I read this book back in the 90s while I was studying psycho-linguistics as an undergrad and then grad student. My linguistic interest aptly augmented my interest for roles in information technology - implementation and management (ie communication principles, hierarchical, object-oriented, ...             Tools for Dreamers: Strategies for Creativity Robert W. Dilts, Todd Epstein Meta Publications, 1991             Angels Fear: Towards an Epistemology of the Sacred2 reviews Gregory Bateson, Mary Catherine Bateson Bantam, 1988 A unique collaboration and a new approach to religion + READ THIS BOOK Gregory Bateson is well known, among those with the perseverance to wrestle through his very compact prose, for his highly original synthesis of cybernetics, biology, anthropology and -- above all -- epistemology. Near the end of his one book written with a general audience in mind (Mind and ...             Modeling With NLP5 reviews Robert Dilts Meta Publications, 1998 The Heart of NLP + A reference tool + One of the few books that focus on NLP as it was meant to be + The most generative topic in NLP...             Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology10 reviews Gregory Bateson University Of Chicago Press, 2000 Back In Print, Finally. + What is the difference between a nip and a bite? + A true masterpiece! + Very good intro. to Bateson             Leaves Before the Wind: Leading Edge Applications of Nlp2 reviews J. Grinder, Delozier, ... Grinder, DeLozier & Associates., 1991 The Forgotten Rep System is Exposed + Applications of NLP The vestibular system is not only explained in this book, it also has an abundance of applications in this system, as well as great case studies on NLP interventions in general.             Sleight of Mouth: The Magic of Conversational Belief Change7 reviews Robert Dilts Meta Pubns, 1999 Accelerates past the mediocre NLP attempts + one of the best books on NLP theory and practice Big fonts, humorous approach and a high-degree of practicability makes this book an easy read. You'd learn strategies like Chunking, Reframing and Heirarchy of Criteria which easily create environments of belief change and cooperation in almost any encounter. In contrast to the more established ...             Know How: Guided Programs for Inventing Your Own Best Future (Mental Aptitude Patterning Book)3 reviews Leslie Cameron-Bandler, David Gordon, ... Futurepace, 1986 know How: Guided Programs for Inventing Your Own Best Future + This book delivers on it's promises + Good, perhaps dated? This book is a must read for any person who wants straight forward advise and workable applications on how to improve some specific, but commonly human self destructive patterns of behavior. Even for thoses rare few, who have no such self destructive traits, the book shows how to master life.             Strategies of Genius, Volume Two1 review Robert Dilts Meta Publications, 1994 Using NLP to model Einstein's Genius This second volume in the "Strategies of Genius" series is devoted to Albert Einstein. How would it be like to think like Albert Einstein? Robert Dilts used the NLP modeling principles to find this out. This is really NLP as it was meant to be. Patrick E.C. Merlevede, MSc. -- co-author of "7 Steps ...             Core Transformation: Reaching the Wellspring Within19 reviews Connirae Andreas Real People Press, 1994 very interesting... + Change Yourself While Also Accepting Yourself Exactly As You Are + Awesome Book + This is a powerful work... Strong Concepts, great idea...             Mind and Nature7 reviews Gregory Bateson Bantam, 1988 You're Smarter Than You Think You Are + Brilliant but incredibly obtuse + That reminds me of a story... + Inspiration Beyond Imagination! + The most important book on epistemology there is             Strategies of Genius, Volume One1 review Robert Dilts M E T a Publications, 1995 A book that applies NLP as it was meant to be NLP was meant to be a technology to make maps of excellence. Robert Dilts is one of the few authors actually using NLP as it was meant to be. In the third book of the Stategies of Genius series, Robert Dilts studies the cognitive strategies of Sigmund Freud, Leonardo da Vinci and Nikola Tesla to ...             Changing Belief Systems With NLP4 reviews Robert Dilts Meta Publications, 1990 Changing Belief Systems with NLP by Robert Dilts + Detail Explanation of Beliefs and How to Change Them This book is in perfect condition and arrived well within the timeframe stated. I live in Australia so this was much appreciated.             Transforming Your Self: Becoming Who You Want to Be13 reviews Steve Andreas Real People Press, 2002 A must read for NLP readers + Andreas comes through again + OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO HUMANITY The whole book is a transcript of author's seminar. Through reading his transcript, I learned "how" to employ NLP techniques more effectivly. It is one of the best NLP book I've ever read.             Training With NLP2 reviews Joseph O'Connor Thorsons, 1994 Great book for CIS Professors and Technical Trainers! + one of the best NLP resources for trainers I got this book when I went to see Rex Steven Sikes in November, 1997 at his Trainers Training at IDEA SEMINARS in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I used it when I was training call center Advisors at GM Onstar for Sitel Corporation I particularly like all the mindmaps in it. This book is an easy read for ...             Emprint Method: A Guide to Reproducing Competence3 reviews Leslie Cameron-Bandler, Michael Lebeau, ... Futurepace, 1985 A fascinating, one-of-a-kind book This book is great. I recommend it if you have the commitment already in place to learn about what other people do. "The Emprint Method" can teach you what to ask people about what they do. The book won't teach you how to read minds, but it will teach you to ask particular questions. The ...             Strategies of Genius, Volume Three1 review Robert Dilts Meta Publications, 1995 Very cool This book studies Geniuses: Freud, da Vinci and Nikola Tesla. And, goes a step further by giving you mental strategies and beliefs so you can begin to get the same results as the geniuses. This book is very cool. I loved the section on Nikola Tesla and da Vinci. I subtracted a star because I ...             Skills for the Future: Managing Creativity and Innovation Robert Dilts, Gino Bonissone Meta Publications, 1993             Turtles All the Way Down: Prerequisites to Personal Genius10 reviews John Grinder, Judith Delozier Grinder, DeLozier & Associates., 1995 Impeccable Internal Organizational Patterning + It's the journey, not the destination Turtles is a book for people already exposed in some degree to the basic tenets of NLP. It is not "about" NLP, but how to create logical structures and frameworks within yourself to employ these (and other) tools in a most effective and ecological manner. A great deal of emphasis is placed on ...             The Structure of Magic: A Book About Language and Therapy (Structure of Magic)20 reviews Richard Bandler, John Grinder Science and Behavior Books, 1975 Classic NLP resource + It's about math people! + ACADEMIC TEXT + Use as a text book + The Structure of Magic: A Book About Language and ...