What do you recommend?

[Polished]

Hi all,

I am new to this forum and pretty new to the world of NLP. I find this stuff incredibly fascinating and want to learn more in hopes that I can help people.

Until that time I am asking for your help. I already did a search and came up empty handed. What do you feel is the best way to go about learning this subject? Are the books available enough to set me on my way? Or do you recommend taking the Practitioner and Master Practitioner courses available?

Lastly, I am located in the SF Bay Area, CA and haven't been able to find any Trainers around here. Are there any that you recommend? Or even any you recommend that are located elsewhere?

Thank you for your time. I appreciate it.

Best Regards,
C

[Poodle]

Near SF. Seems to me you have not really looked yet. I know of a fantastic trainer not far from you but apparently you have not searched well enough yet. We really do encourage reading and have some wonderful threads with good books in them but books and videos are no substitute for in person live training with lots of other students to practice on and with. Start searching and you will find.

[Merlin]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c344/Myhrrhleine2/Other/welcome.gif

There are many books.
Just follow the links.

Training in person is much better than book learning.

[TaffyE]

Check out the links at the bottom of the main index of this forum for excellent trainings

[roshem400]

putting aside training in person which I guess is the best, what books would you recommend ? (I don't reside in europe or america....very hard to find these kind of things around here...)

[Don]

Roshem, if you wanted to become an airplane pilot, would you go to where you could get trained or would you simply read books?

If you want to find out about NLP, just do a web search and read some of the hundreds of web sites. Some of them are actually accurate. If you want to learn how to practice NLP, go to a location where you can receive training.

[Merlin]

Did you check out my book list?

[Henrik]

Hi. Also see this thread http://forum.hypnosis.com/showthread.php?t=3456

Henrik

[roshem400]

Roshem, if you wanted to become an airplane pilot, would you go to where you could get trained or would you simply read books?

If you want to find out about NLP, just do a web search and read some of the hundreds of web sites. Some of them are actually accurate. If you want to learn how to practice NLP, go to a location where you can receive training.

yes, you are right.

I'm still at search for in person training but there is only 1 place to learn this in my country and I recently talked to someone that did the courses and he said they are a waste of time.
with our local currency wage it will take me 2 years of saving for a trip to another country, the staying there and pay for the course.
don't mean to be a cry baby but it is still not an option for me.
a book for now can give me theory - that ain't a total waste of time , is it ?

[roshem400]

Did you check out my book list?

yes, i'm also checking Skip's list, i'm trying to decide which is best to begin with, something of a "NLP for dummies".

well, there IS actually that name:
http://www.nlp-center.net/books/3_Neuro-Linguistic_Programming_for_Dummies.html

that RussWildes recommended

if only everybody could agree on 1 book that is the best to start with :)

[Don]

yes, i'm also checking Skip's list, i'm trying to decide which is best to begin with, something of a "NLP for dummies".

well, there IS actually that name:
http://www.nlp-center.net/books/3_Neuro-Linguistic_Programming_for_Dummies.html


So, uh, you consider yourself a dummy? If someone is a dummy, how do they learn? Poorly, I would imagine.

[roshem400]

So, uh, you consider yourself a dummy? If someone is a dummy, how do they learn? Poorly, I would imagine.

well than I guess the person who read it and recommended it is a dummy as well ?

[pmdigi]

i was surprised to find that of the few so called "dummies" and "idiots" books i've seen that they aren't really written by "dummies" or "idiots" for "dummies" and/or "idiots". the ones i saw were written by qualified experts in the field of study and seemed to be relatively well written and informative.

[Connie]

Strange marketing idea! :p Having people identify themselves as "dummies." It reminds me of the TV show: Biggest Loser. Personally, I don't want to consider people who lose weight as "losers."

[pmdigi]

self-concept wise i agree - i think it's supposed to be humorous - sometimes not taking ourselves too seriously and even laughing at ourselves sometimes seems to help sometimes - what do you think?;)

[Connie]

Pmdigi, I think that's part of it. The publishers are trying to convey, I believe, that the material is being put forward so clearly and straightforwardly that anyone could understand it...even so-called "dummies." I still like my weight loss analogy. Here's a book I would never buy (and it doesn't exist, as far as I know): "A Loser's guide to weight loss for Dummies."

[Charlie]

.....Here's a book I would never buy (and it doesn't exist, as far as I know): "A Loser's guide to weight loss for Dummies."

:D

Some of the 'Dummies' books seem quite good & convey information well, but the titles often make me cringe.

And "NLP for Dummies" as a title just seems, well, weird somehow.

:confused:

[Poodle]

After reading the summary of what the authors' wrote (leaving out the jargon), you would NO LONGER HAVE NLP. In NLP words are very important, techniques secondly and most important is ATTITUDE. Hmmm, how could one learn attitude from a book that doesn't even contain the correct words. Certainly is not a book I would wish to own. :confused:

[Joshua.Gibson]

Call me crazy....But isn't Dr. Bandler's facility in San Francisco?
I'm new too, and thankfully work with an NLP practicioner that has just finished writing a book.

[Poodle]

Richard lives in ENGLAND. He comes to North America once or twice a year. There are certain things that he does in certain countries at certain times and it is pretty consistant.