Persuasion Skills Black Book: Practical NLP Language Patterns for Acquiring The Response You Want Reviews

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1. Josh Rapp says:

   June 4, 2011 at 10:21 pm

   25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

   “The Missing Link?”, March 23, 2009

   By Josh Rapp –

   This review is from: Persuasion Skills Black Book: Practical NLP Language Patterns for Getting The Response You Want (Paperback)

   If you are an NLP enthusiast like me, no doubt you have read countless books both about the theory and practice of language patterns for both business and social use. There are some good ones out there of course, but even those left me with a lot of patterns but without much in the way of practical examples in order to drill them in to my neurology. After all,the way I see it, the whole point is that the patterns should become 2nd nature and appear naturally in your language. In my opinion, this superb book has given us NLPers (and anyone else interested in persuasion) the “missing link”. In what I found to be a completely riveting style, Rintu not only provides numerous practical examples of the patterns, he actually uses those patterns in the course of teaching you those patterns! This provides instant drilling, plus automatic feedback that you have grasped the concepts when you realize you are picking up the patterns he has hidden in the book. I personally have found this invaluable in my mastery of the patterns. As for the patterns themselves, the book is structured that new lessons are integrated with the old ones so you are mastering the whole skill-not isolated patterns- another benefit I have not found in other books. In addition’ I have found patterns described here that I have not seen in other NLP books. One of them is actually my most used pattern! All in all this book is a winner and is an incredible addition,in my opinion, to anyones persuasion bookshelf.

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2. G. Melhuish says:

   June 4, 2011 at 11:06 pm

   85 of 106 people found the following review helpful:

   Definitely not 5 star material, January 29, 2010

   By G. Melhuish –
     

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   I, like some other reviewers purchased this book based on it’s 5 star reviews, but this book is definitely not worth 5 stars. The book began well by describing a couple of NLP patterns and went in to great detail about how they could be used in real life. This, I thought was really well done because it is not so much the actual patterns that are important in their own right, but how they are used in different contexts. Rintu’s coverage here really made it easy to understand how these patterns can be used. He then went on to describe supporting techniques such as pacing and leading, framing etc. His coverage of these techniques supports the use of these patterns, however it is really necessary to gain a deeper understanding of them from other authors. And to be fair, Rintu does state at the beginning that this book is not a complete course in persuasion techniques. The style of the book I felt was more like an internet e-book put into print form due to Rintu using comments and stories from subscribers to his web site throughout the book, and also encouraging readers to visit his site. In this respect it seemed like a vehicle to self promotion. The language, grammar and spelling is also not up to scratch and it is quite poorly edited. Except for the first couple of chapters where it looked like Rintu was really displaying a unique style of communicating how to use NLP patterns the rest of the book was downhill and very repetitious and I felt like I had not gained any further knowledge than from the opening chapters by the time I had reached the end. In fact the final section from page 138 on really did look just like filler. Who is this book suitable for? Well, it would make a good primer for someone who has not done extensive study into persuasion techniques and wants to understand if it would be a subject they could be interested in. If you are looking beyond that then there is much better material out there.

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3. Scott S, Bell "Entreprenuer" says:

   June 4, 2011 at 11:17 pm

   18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

   Knowledge you need to persuade, December 6, 2009

   By Scott S, Bell “Entreprenuer” (Elk Grove California) –
     

     

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   If you have any reason to persuade people this is a great book. The chapters are short, the information is precise and the book is layered so that you can start with the first lesson and then build upon the next. While you read this book you will probably remember a few times that someone has persuade you with one or more of these skills. This is not just a book to read but one to practice from. I have a study partner and have worked theough these sets, it has taken some time but they do work if you put the work into them. Sometimes NLP books are written over the heads of people just getting into the field or for someone who just wants a better understanding. This book will help you put some persuasion under your belt. If you are in sales this book should almost be a requirement. There have been quite a few books that have come out on persuasion lately, some good some not so good. If you would like to gain a solid base anything by Kevin Hogan especially The Psychology of Persuasion and Covert Persuasion are a must read along with 2 books by Dave Lakhani Subliminal persuasion and the other Persuasion: the art of getting what you want.

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4. Marilyn West says:

   October 23, 2011 at 4:29 am

   Looking forward to reading more. Great blog.Really looking forward to read more.
5. Denise Johnson says:

   October 25, 2011 at 2:11 pm

   Fantastic blog post.Really thank you! Cool.