Conversations with Richard Bandler: Two NLP Masters Reveal the Secrets to Successful Living [Paperback]

Richard Bandler (Author), Owen Fitzpatrick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2009

Two of the greatest minds in the field of personal change reveal the keys to
thinking and living in a radically different way.

Conversations with Richard Bandler recounts Owen Fitzpatrick's journey to discover the true nature of personal freedom and what is possible for the human spirit. Through his conversations with his mentor, Richard Bandler, and drawing on his own personal and professional adventures across the world, he takes you on a thought-provoking voyage of discovery.

Today, many have become trapped in fear, anxiety, loneliness, depression, heartbreak, rejection, and perfectionism. After thirty-five years of helping people transform their lives and become free from their problems, Richard Bandler has the answers. Conversations with Richard Bandler is packed with exercises designed to help you change, as well as to make you happier, more relaxed, confident, and successful. You'll also gain fascinating insights into love and spirituality, as well as Richard's philosophies on life and the human experience.

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About the Author

Richard Bandler's books have sold more than a half a million copies worldwide. Tens of thousands of people, many of them therapists, have studied his blend of hypnosis, linguistics and precise thinking in the United States, Europe, and Australia. Bandler is the author of Trance-formation, Using Your Brain—for a Change, Time for a Change, Magic in Action, and the Structure of Magic. He coauthored Frogs into Princes, Persuasion Engineering, The Structure of Magic II, and Magic in Practice.

Owen Fitzpatrick is a psychologist, hypnotherapist, coach, and cofounder of the Irish Institute of NLP and the youngest licensed NLP master trainer. Fitzpatrick has helped thousands of people with a wide range of problems and is one of Europe's top motivational speakers. He is the host expert on a primetime Irish television show, Not Enough Hours. Visit www.owenfitzpatrick.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 354 pages
• Publisher: HCI; 1 Original edition (June 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0757313817
• ISBN-13: 978-0757313813
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #211,432 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The only time I ever bought more than one copy of a book, August 16, 2009

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This review is from: Conversations with Richard Bandler: Two NLP Masters Reveal the Secrets to Successful Living (Paperback)

Not only did I buy a copy for myself, I bought copies to give to my friends. Whatever one might think of RB, I for one would have to acknowledge he has introduced a very radical and different way of thinking about human behaviour which actually works. I have used his techniques and principles on a daily basis as a doctor with benefit to both me and to my patients.

I was taught by OF (and his business partner, Brian) and feel learning NLP was one of the best things I have done.

This book distills the principles of NLP and applies them to everyday life and our problems as we trek through our lives. It could be called "how to live a happy life" "Life, and how to survive it", or "how to live a successful life", but I feel this might be an overused and over simplified title for what this book teaches. The title of the hardback book was longer, "Conversations, Freedom is everything and love is all the rest". I feel it gave a better idea of what the book was about.

This book works. You will feel better after reading it, but you may not get the best from the book reading it like a novel, read from cover to cover and put down. It is best to treat it like a novel and a workbook, and you will feel an awful lot better if you do the exercises!!!

18 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have, August 11, 2009

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Conversations with Richard Bandler: Two NLP Masters Reveal the Secrets to Successful LivingThis book is a " must have " you now, like a pair of nice shoes or the latest technical ting. But as a pair of shoes goes out of style or new technical tings comes along all the time. This book will give you a great life long value, only by reading it you will start to change your life for the better. This book is written with such love to us as humans and to help us breaking the chains and let more freedom and love coming in too our life's.

The book is fantastic written it is like be on a seminar with Richard were you change only by listening. The book takes you on a journey trough all the big questions in life. The book is filled with great insights and easy to follow steps to make changes so that you can have more freedom in your life. There is also some easy exercises in the book that will help you change even more.

When I read the last chapter in the book tears was coming out of my eyes, as it was such a nice and lovable book. I also realized that I in someway had change very much only by reading the book. I even discover when brushing my teeth, my wrinkle between my eyes was gone.

This is a book I will return to over and over agin as an old best friend for advice, support and happiness. This is a book that should be given to all kids in the school, teachers, to all parents, your best friend and spouse.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Delightful Voyage, November 29, 2009

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Richard Bandler has described Neuro-Linguistic Programming as an "attitude and a methodology that leaves behind a trial of techniques. While all three are represented, "Conversations" delves almost exclusively into the attitude, and philosophy.

The book is largely in the form of stories, mostly those of Fitzpatrick's, woven around portions of conversations he recorded with Richard Bandler. The conversations are vintage Bandler, and go a long way to capture many of the concepts he presents in his seminars.

This is a guided tour for self discovery and new ideas, not a collection of NLP techniques. There are some great exercises to go through, and there's even an Easter egg hunt. I found I didn't agree with all the concepts and world-views presented, yet I came away with a sharper sense of my own values along with some new perspectives.

I read the book cover to cover, return to it from time to time. It's well worth experiencing.