Richard Bandler - Get the Life You Want: The Secrets to Quick and Lasting Life Change with Neuro-Linguistic Programming

RICHARD BANDLER

The Father and Cocreator of NLP

GET THE LIFE

You Want

Foreword bv

PAUL McKENNA, Ph.D.

host of The Learning Channel's

/ Can Make You Thin

Discover the Cure That Curbs Bad Habits, Trauma, and the Most Common Phobias Public Speaking, Flying, Heights, and More

W hen people and therapists alike have a problem they can't fix, they call Richard Bandler because he deliversoften with miraculous results. Hailed as one of the greatest geniuses in the field of personal change and the father of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Richard Bandler has helped tens of thousands of people around the globe rid themselves of "incurable" phobias, fears, anxieties, addictions, negative habits, and past traumasoften in a single session.

Get the Life You Want is Richard Bandler at his best, sharing his remarkable insights, signature wit, and more than thirty-five NLP techniques that will bring about quick and lasting change in every area of your life from breaking free of toxic or non-productive relationships, to improving your emotional health and enjoying more success in social and work situations, to bettering your physical health by ending habits like smoking, overeating, and lacking the willpower to stick to your exercise routine. While traditional therapists focus on the "whys" of your problems, NLP fast-tracks you to finding solutions instead, By putting Bandler's techniques into practice, you can literally change your brain chemistry without expensive dnigs or endless therapy sessions. Most of all, you will learn how to "run your own brain" and finally get the life you wantand deserve.

Self-Help $19.95 us

ISBN 13:978-0-7573-0776-8 ISBN 10: 0-7573-0776-0

"For years, anyone wanting to learn from Richard Bandler had two choices:pay hundreds of dollars to attend a life training or settle for books by other authors that, while excellent, were ten to thirty years behind the cutting edge. With this book, the cutting edge has finally arrivedand it's sharper than ever!"

Michael Neill, author, You Can Have What You Want

"Richard Bandler's life's work has transformed our understanding of the true capacity of the human mind.

"As proof, you need look no further than Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), the field he codeveloped almost forty years ago. By simply applying the NLP techniques Bandler has developed, most phobias can be completely eliminated in less than an hour, and smaller, day-to-day fears and negative thoughts can he eradicated in minutes. Better still, his 'psychological technology' can be used to eliminate a wide range of problems quickly and easily and help anyone on their way to greater happiness and well-being.

"Get the Life You Want is a wonderful distillation of many of Richard Bandler's best techniques. You can use them to help solve your problems, no matter how overwhelming they may seem, and to unleash your true potential.

"I have had the opportunity to witness Richard help tens of thousands of people transform their lives. Now, with this book, the real opportunity is yours. As you will soon discover, whatever you are dealing with, this book can help you get over it, get through it. or get to it!"

From die Foreword by Paul McKenna, Ph.D.

RICHARD BANDLER'S books have sold more than half a million copies worldwide. Tens of thousands of people, many of them therapists, have studied Bandler's blend of hypnosis, linguistics, and precise thinking at colleges and NLP training centers in the United States, Europe, and Australia.

A widely acclaimed keynote speaker and workshop leader, he is the author of Using Your Braittfor a Change, Time for a Change, and Magic in Action. He coauthored Frogs into Princes. Persuasion Engineering, The Structure of Magic I, The Structure ofMagic TI, Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson Volumes 1 and II, and Neuro-Lingtiistic Programming Volume I.

For more information on NLP and Richard Bandler's workshops and seminars visit www. richardbandler.com .

jTj Health llil Communications, Inc.' www.hcibooks.com Praise for Get the Life You Want

"I know your life is about to change for the better. Why? Because you want it to, and because you have this book in your hands. With Richard's know-how, and your willingness, you really can shift your lifestarting from now."

Robert Holden, Ph.D., author of Shift Happens! and Happiness NOW

"For years, anyone wanting to learn direcdy from Richard Bandler had two choices: pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars to attend a live training or settle for material in books that, while excellent, were ten to thirty years behind the cutting edge. With this new release, the cutting edge has finally arrivedand it's sharper than ever!"

Michael Neill, author of You Can Have What You Want

"Richard Bandler has made an extraordinary contribution to people's lives across the planet. His highly powerful personal change techniques have enabled millions around the world to feel better about themselves and improve their lives and those around them. He gets results that nobody else can. Every time I read a book by Richard Bandler, my life somehow changes for the better; as you read this book I sincerely believe yours will too!"

Paul McKenna, Ph.D., author of / Can Make You Thin and host of TLC's / Can Make You Thin

"As Richard Bandler says, NLP isn't a philosophy, or an ideology, or a religion: it's a set of tools to make things easier. The tools that he gives us in this book seem like simple common senseand they are. But they have the unmistakable stroke of genius that helps us to see things in a simple manner and do simple things that give us the freedom to control our mental processes and achieve control in our livesand thereby gain happiness and fulfillment."

Dr. Robert Lefever, Director of The PROMIS Recovery Centre,

London, England, NLP Trainer

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YOU WANT

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bandler, Richard.

Get the life you want / Richard Bandler.

p. cm. Includes index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-7573-0776-8 (hardcover) ISBN-10: 0-7573-0776-0 (hard cover)

1. Neurolinguistic programming. 2. Attitude change. 3. Change (Psychology)

I. Title. BF637.N46.B34 2008 158dc22

2008033950

2008 Richard Bandler

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Edited by Owen Fitzpatrick

Cover design by Larissa Hise Henoch

Interior design andformatting by Lawna Patterson Oldfield

To John and Kathleen LaValle, the best friends I have ever had.