Instant Rapport [Paperback]

Michael Brooks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1990

The national bestseller that shows how anyone can master the proven scientific techniques of neurolinguistic programming (NLP) and forge instant relationships, instant chemistry, instant intimacy at will--now with a special chapter on sexual rapport! Trains the reader to control others' perceptions, dissolve communication barriers, create more intimate relationships, negotiate more effectively, and more.

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About the Author

Author Michael Brooks, a nationally recognized communications scientist, has taught NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming) techniques to hundreds of Fortune 500 executives in his acclaimed seminars. Instant Rapport employs the same NLP principles used by the U.S. Olympic Team, the U.S. Army, and major corporations...in a special self-help format. You'll learn to take command of your business and personal life, communicate better, win clients and attract persons of the opposite sex, have influence over others, overcome social anxiety-and more!

From AudioFile

A consultant and expert in neurolinguistic programming, Michael Brooks describes how to use the three communication preferences people have to build rapport. As a short course in relating, influencing, selling, and establishing intimacy, this is a well-organized lesson delivered with quiet authority by Brooks. It succumbs to the temptation to stereotype people into body types and sexual performance types, which takes away some of its credibility. But the many kernels of truth here make it an interesting listen, if not the balanced and seasoned lesson these truths could have supported. The program's overreaching title should warn listeners of its ambitious intentions. T.W. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (May 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446391336
• ISBN-13: 978-0446391337
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just a Bunch of Copied Tricks, January 16, 2000

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Prabhaker - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instant Rapport (Paperback)

Believe it or not : the first half of the book deals with "representational systems" alone. The next half elaborates on "strategies". In every chapter the author promises you heaven and ultimately dishes out a picture of it! The author just seemed to read Tony Robbins' "Unlimited Power" and copied its contents. I would rather recommend "Unlimited Power". Atleast Tony appears sincere! Defintely not for anyone with atleast some knowledge of NLP. For beginners : Go through some of the articles online about NLP (Those by Robert Dilts', for example. You will get much better information that way.

20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not bad; reads like an infomercial, August 23, 1998

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Anthony Padgett (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instant Rapport (Paperback)

Just like the reader from San Diego, I thought this book could have been written in a 20 page pamphlet. And unlike the reader from San Diego, this is not my first NLP book. I have read severals and found this book to be a simple rehash of the deeper stuff on NLP. It seem like Mr. Brooks was trying to stretch representational systems into a book.

Nothing too insightful for those who already know NLP, but not a bad starter to get your feet wet.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Got rapport?, May 19, 2001

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David Armstrong (Long Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Instant Rapport (Paperback)

Without rapport, you will find it very difficult to effectively leverage other NLP techniques. Establishing a strong rapport with a person is essential for effective communication to take place. This book provides very elementary and very EFFECTIVE ways to establish and maintain rapport. If you are interested in NLP, read this book first. And as you read it, realize that the context of rapport is the foundation upon which the rest of NLP (and persuasion, sales, seduction, politics) have been built upon.

As a previous reviewer said, this book could have been condensed down into a phamphlet. For some people, a dry, item by item technical disection of a subject is what they crave. Yet others find the real life examples of how effective techniques are applied, to be very useful. Especially to those who have not quite yet grasped the subtly powerful way that rapport, or the lack of it, pre-frames their communications.