Live Your Dreams... Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You [Paperback]

Roger Ellerton (Author)

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"If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it."
-William Arthur Ward

How many of us live our lives according to others expectations? How many of us have put our lives on hold to accommodate a spouse (current or past), our parents, our children, someone who is needier than us, for our job... How many of us wander through life, with one day the same as the next with little passion for living or purpose in life? How many of us know we could do better, if only we knew how to communicate – with ourselves and with others? Live Your Dreams... Let Reality Catch Up helps you discover who you are, what really motivates you and provides you with the knowledge and tools for you to choose what you want in life.

It all begins with communication – the conversation you have with yourself and then the conversation you have with someone else. Do you tell yourself how wonderful you are or do you focus on how things can go wrong, that you do not deserve to succeed? After you have had this conversation with yourself, how does this affect the conversation you have with someone else? And once more do you prove yourself right? And settle for less than you deserve?

NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), the subject of this book, has helped thousands to discover their own potential, is it your turn? Are you ready?

This book does not pretend to know what is best for you, nor will it tell you how you should live your life. It provides a Toolkit for Transformation and is the Life Manual you didn’t get when you were born! It’s all about recognizing you have choice, you are always choosing. You have the choice of ‘continuing to do what you have always done and get the same results, or you can choose to do something different.

Product Details

• Paperback: 210 pages
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing (July 6, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1412047099
• ISBN-13: 978-1412047098
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #343,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Wealth of Practical Information Devoid of Trivia, December 12, 2005

By	Norman Goldman "Editor of Bookpleasures.com" (Montreal) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Live Your Dreams... Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You (Paperback)

Tomes pertaining to the quest for success and how to improve your lives are to publishing what sitcoms are to television. There certainly is no lack of them, wherein it seems that every week some author touts that he or she has the magic formula. The trick is to separate the winning strategies from those that don't merit a second look.

Roger Ellerton's Live Your Dreams Let Realty Catch Up distinguishes itself and stands out from the rest with its original approach, as it focuses on NLP (neuro-linguistic programming).

NLP originated in therapy, and it is now been applied in all areas of human endeavor-education, health, sports, business and interpersonal relations.
According to Ellerton, three basic elements comprise NLP: your neurology-sense organs, or how you absorb information, linguistic or the language that you use to recall and make sense of a particular experience, and programming or your habits, patterns, programs and strategies.
Succinctly summed up, the NLP communication model is about how you make sense of the world around you and the behaviors you manifest as a result of your personal interpretations. As pointed out, if we know how to communicate better with ourselves and with others we could live a more rewarding life.

Divided into eight chapters, the author provides the reader with well-rounded advice and the tools necessary to implement NLP into our daily lives. Beginning with establishing the underlying foundation, Ellerton informs us that NLP is not just techniques, but it is also discovering how and why people who are high achievers accomplish what they actually set out to do. On the other hand, it is a plan of action assisting you in ascertaining those thinking and communication patterns preventing you from becoming successful.
Five simple steps to success are enumerated: having an outcome, taking action, using sensory acuity, flexibility and having a physiology and psychology of excellence. These five principles are explored in detail and are a recurring theme throughout the book.

A wealth of practical information, devoid of superficial and trivial data occupies each of the subsequent chapters that delve into personal insights pertaining to how to know yourself and others, improving your communication skills, making personal improvements, freeing yourself from the past, achieving what you want in life and making a difference in business. Each section is knit together into a cohesive whole, wherein the material is presented in simple, accessible language that is not overwhelmed with unnecessary technical jargon.
Suggestions are concise, detailed, and well-organized, intertwined with examples, diagrams and exercises that help the reader reinforce the principles of NLP. One point worthy of mention, however, is that unfortunately the author did not include section summaries-something that would have facilitated the retention of the material. It would have also been useful to include a brief bibliography.

Ellerton knows his subject matter and his passion both spiritually and emotionally for NLP is contagious. Readers will be inspired with practical and intelligent advice, and definitely worthy of one's time to read and slowly digest the material contained in Live Your Dreams Let Realty Catch Up. It is, as mentioned on the back cover, a great resource for individuals, managers, coaches, parents and for anyone looking for or assisting others with personal changes.

Norm Goldman Editor Bookpleasures

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read book!, April 29, 2006

By	Michael B. Johnson (Watsonville, Ca United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Live Your Dreams... Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You (Paperback)

As a coach and NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer, I have attended many, many seminars and read literally hundreds of books on NLP. I really though I knew it all and that there was nothing new to be learned that is, until I read Dr Ellerton's book: "Live You Dreams and Let Reality Catch Up."

Dr Ellerton is able in less than 200 pages to capture the essence of NLP. He guides you through the beginnings of NLP, its basic tenants and its use in eliciting positive changes in yourself and others.

Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned veteran of NLP, you must have this book on your bookshelf!

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great addition to the resource library, May 20, 2006

By	Reader Views "www.readerviews.com" (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live Your Dreams... Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You (Paperback)

Reviewed by Brian Smith for Reader Views (5/06)

"Think it, act it, become it." "People are what people do". "Actions speak louder than words." These are well-known, often quoted aphorisms and they're all true. The question is: why do we do what we do, and why do we choose to do it that way?

I am a behaviouralist by training and I love watching and studying people. I can't help but wonder why people behave a certain way. If we are born into a certain behavioural style, can we change? Can we become someone else? The short answer is yes, I think we can. I believe it's all in how we program ourselves to react in any given situation to get a desired result. (Good habit = Good result. Bad habit = Bad result.) As adults, we can learn new habits. We can train ourselves to stop doing one thing and start doing another. And if we do it often enough, we have created a new habit. Sounds simple enough BUT it's easier said than done.

If you are looking to make a permanent change in how you go about doing the things you do to get a more favorable result, then the first thing you need to do is go out and buy yourself a copy of Roger Ellerton's new book, "Live Your Dreams - Let Reality Catch Up: NLP & Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You." Ellerton believes that you have patterns, habits, strategies and programs for everything you do. He believes that some of these patterns serve you, but others do not - often resulting in unwanted outcomes. The idea here is that if you think and act like Donald Trump you should in time experience the same results that `The Donald' gets.

Think of NLP as the software program that your brain uses to search your data base when you need to come up with a response to a certain situation. NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming) will help you identify those thought processes that are blocking you from getting a more positive result and teach you how to reprogram your brain so you respond in a more favorable way the next time. (Change the input to change the output.) Stephen R. Covey talks about success as being a matter of choice: "Between stimuli and response is the opportunity to choose how you want to react in any given situation." Only you get to decide on how you want to react.

Ellerton believes we are all on a journey. "If you are open to it, this book will assist you with your journey, and you will make exciting discoveries along the way - discoveries that will only serve to enhance the remainder of the journey." I believe the biggest challenge facing most people is to have the strength and courage to get out of their own way, and to have the patience and endurance to hang in there and see their journey through. You have to create a picture in your mind's eye as to where you want to end up and then act your way to success.

Students and practitioners of NLP will find Ellerton's book to be a great addition to their resource library. For most readers, this book will educate and enlighten more than entertain and amuse. Take advantage of Ellerton's 15-plus years of studying, talking about and using NLP principals and techniques, both personally and professionally. You will become the better for it. Go ahead - stick your toe in the water and then take the plunge. I'll see you in the deep end!