Figuring Out People: Reading People Using Meta-Programs [Paperback]

L. Michael Hall (Author), Bob G. Bodenhamer (Author)

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Publication Date: December 1, 2006

This book contains all you ever wanted to know about Meta-programs, the tools by which we can evaluate how people function! First it provides an in-depth explanation of the Meta-programming technique, and then furnishes fifty-one examples of Meta-programs. It thus provides clear insight into our own behavior as well as that of other people, challenging us to understand how people operate and how to change our behaviour accordingly in order to communicate with them successfully. An essential addition to any NLP library.

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"Unique an outstanding contribution to this area which lies at the heart of NLP." --Wyatt Woodsmall PhD

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Bob Bodenhamer and Michael Hall are two of the brightest and most enthusiastic authors on the NLP scene today. Renowned for their integrity, their compassion and their dedication to applying and expanding NLP into areas where it has not travelled previously, both have already made major contributions to the expansion of this intriguing field.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 291 pages
• Publisher: Crown House Publishing (December 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1899836101
• ISBN-13: 978-1899836109
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #704,009 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best yet!, June 18, 2003

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This review is from: Figuring Out People: Reading People Using Meta-Programs (Paperback)

This has to be the most useful and comprehensive portrait of character and personality ever written. Hall paints many aspects of character and personality in a well-formatted and easy-to-read/easy-to-use manner. Despite such a complex topic as humanity, this book shows you the ways in which individuals are really different from each other, and how we are not so different after-all.

Hall takes you from the lofty thoughts of thinking out your identity down to the nitty-gritty of emotions, thoughts, awareness and feelings. If you're looking for a complete guide to interpersonal or social skills, and better yet self-knowledge and development, this is the book for you.

The typical 'typology' approach (Keirsey-Bates, Enneagram, etc.) doesn't do justice to individuals who don't 'fit' into any one distinct category. Hall bypasses this mistake in grouping by giving us the ways in which people can differ from each other, how to think like them, and how to communicate with them! With this book you can look at yourself and others as unique individuals while building understanding and cooperation.

I've read many of Hall's books and favor this over all the rest.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lost in the ozone, October 24, 2008

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Michael Lovas "Business Coach" (Washington, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Figuring Out People: Reading People Using Meta-Programs (Paperback)

As a trainer of NLP, I understand Meta Programs pretty well. As a coach, I use Meta Programs on a daily basis. As a personal friend of Rodger Bailey, I know more about Meta Programs than most people because Rodger and I spent a lot of hours exploring this aspect of psychology. If you don't know Rodger's name, he is the person who published the original work on meta programs, working with Leslie Cameron Bandler.

Rodger has a brilliance for taking technical or complex information and making it very clear. That's a talent that Michael Hall does not have. Rodger is a communicator and teacher. Michael Hall is a researcher and data collector. Communicating is simply not Hall's strength. I've attempted to wade through several of his books, and they're all the same - great content if you can endure that much dry data.

I use this book as a reference, but it reads like a scientific dictionary. It's not written to be read from cover to cover. I appreciate the giant bite that Hall takes in cataloging so much data, but the book is more about simply capturing the data, than clearly explaining it.

For anyone interested in meta programs, I would look for Rodger Bailey's audio package. It is hands-down far easier to understand - certainly that's even more true for someone just starting to learn meta programs.

Michael Lovas

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting look at Meta Programs, April 16, 2000

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Colin (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Figuring Out People: Reading People Using Meta-Programs (Paperback)

I`m not sure if the ideas contained in this book occur elsewhere but they are well presented here. Not an easy book but very impressive. It will take some time to incorparate all the information contained within into your daily relationships so beware. Otherwise a super book.