Lenghty reply. Interesting read. I wont comment everything even tho I'd like to.
"Have you read Steve Andreas's critique of Whispering? It's on his website and is worth a read."
I read it and was most interested in his critique of logical levels. Seems like a working model to me. But I didn't really grasp the scope/category difference. Haven't examined/used the core elements of NLP to much anyway. This is all quite new to me.
About Michael Hall. I think his books suits me pretty good. I'm a systembuilder (mind-wise) and need coherent systems with structure. NLP was at first really confusing. Just presuppositions? I never knew where to begin. I wasn't at all used to the idea of just using what worked. I'm more into generalizations and buying into beliefsystems. So it's been good for me but easier to get into it with Hall.
My first experience of Dilts was yesterday when I popped in the Sleight-of-mouth-course that had just arrived. Yeah, he's quite different from Bandler. But I like what I see. He's way simpler to follow.
Have you tried any DHE?
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