This is the second edition. The layout is greatly improved’ and the proof-reading is a whole lot better. Unfortunately, however, the writing is as bad as ever, and is slightly less “spirited” than a dead fish.

The basic problem seems to be that this author confuses “quantity” with “quality”. His output is indeed prodigious, but the books all tend to read like catalogues – all the facts, presented in a totally deadpan manner.

In practice there are now far too many NLP books available, of far higher quality, to leave much room for such poor writing.

For a good, all-round introduction to NLP, O’Connor and Seymour’s “Introducing NLP” leaves this standing on the starting line.

Incidentally, the book categorically DOES NOT contain “significant contributions from other master trainers”, not unless you imagine that quoting someone means that they’ve made a “significant contribution” to your book.

In reality, for better oe worse, the writing is pure wall-to-wall Michael Hall.
If you’ve enjoyed any of Michael’s other books then you may enjoy this one as well. If you didn’t, it’s VERY unlikely that you’ll like this one either.
Rating: 1 / 5