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Encyclopedia of Systemic Neuro-Linguistic Programming and NLP New Coding

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While this may seem pricy, it is a true encyclopedia. Articles range from single paragraph definitions of terms and brief biographical notes to elaborate presentations of complete models for creating change. Another reviewer said it was only an encyclopedia of Robert Dilts' vision of NLP. I don't agree with that assessment. Surely any work is written from the perspective of the person who creates it - no real news there. Moreover, entries in this encyclopedia cover many people, ideas, and schools of thought which have influenced not only NLP but change work in general.

There are many NLP techniques here which have not been widely publicized elsewhere ... for examples such models as SCORE, ROLE, BAGLE, etc. are presented here in great detail. Robert Dilts is a different kind of writer in the NLP area. His interest seems to be very theoretical so he thinks out his material and constructs rather comprehensive models for those things that interest him - then he communicates them clearly. He is therefore able to convey the material rather more completely than other writers. I don't feel there is any "good" or "bad" in these differing styles, it is just that Dilts is more detailed and comprehensive while other writers are rather more vague and metaphorical at times. What approach works best is probably a function of what the reader is looking for.

For anyone who wishes to gain a really comprehensive knowledge of NLP and change work (Dilts' viewpoint or otherwise) I would enthusiastically recommend this wonderful work.

When NLP, Volume I came out around 1979, the title of that book indicated that Robert Dilts wanted to write a volume II. Robert has been writing a dozen of books since that time, including the "Strategies of Genius" series, which came the closest to the original feat. The current encyclopedia is the result of years and years of work: I saw the first version of the first 3 letters at the NLP leadership conference in summer 1997, 3 years before the book finally came out. The only inconcenience about this encyclopedia is that it is too biased. This is clearly the Encyclopedia of "Dilts' NLP"

Still, this is a book that persons that are really serious about NLP (e.g. people training NLP) should own. END

It's a very technical book, and contains the sum of Dilts & DeLozier contribution to NLP. Full of treasures, its best contribution is for me the "new code of NLP", that provides a general coherence to many recent developments in this field.
A must have for those who are seriously involved in NLP.

Without doubt this is the work of geniuses, the work and obvious veneration of the science and art , that is NLP is verified here. These volumes reflect not only a love of the discipline of NLP but also the desire of Dilts et al to indeed create a world to which people want to belong. If you are one of the lucky owners of these books...you are very lucky indeed!! Well done, NLPU.