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Dragon Slaying: Dragons Into Princes

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The depth and breadth of Hall's material is staggering. He's pulled together concepts from a variety of sources and successfully integrated it into his meta-states concept. As said by another reviewer this is not a introductory NLP book; it is however, considered an introductory meta-states book. Unfortunately, most of Hall's works are not user-friendly and this is no exception. It's poorly organized, formatted and editted; it can be difficult to read at times. DESPITE all this, the uniqueness and power of this book's concepts is well worth the trouble.

While Dr. Hall might not be the best writer, the sheer brilliance of his ideas shine through. Although I found the book a bit repetive at times, I learned so much that it was easily worth it. While not useful as an Introduction to NLP (for that, see Joseph O'Connors Introducing Neuro-Linguistic Programming), this book provides a fabulous framework for understanding the mind: Dr. Hall's Meta-State model is both practical and powerful, and does a fabulous job of integrating all the disparate threads that make up NLP. On a more personal level, since I have not yet masterd the ability to accurately visualize, I found Dr. Hall's emphasis on language particularly useful. If you are looking for a primer on NLP, look elsewhere -but if you want to deepen your understanding of NLP, you won't go wrong with Dragon Slaying by Dr. Michael Hall.