New Releases
Colgrass, Michael. (2000). My Lessons with Kumi: How I Learned to Perform With Confidence in Life and Work. Moah, Utah: Real People Press.
403 pages. Colgrass, besides being an award-winning composer, is an international trainer in NLP, performance, creativity and life skills. This book represents an effective summation of his methods and philosophy which combine his NLP and theater training techniques with 45 years of professional performing experience. Colgrass introduces a multitude of tools within the context of a fictional character's life story. Each chapter of this narrative has a corresponding chapter in the second part of the book which serves as a workbook containing more detailed descriptions, explanations, exercises and suggestions -- even some healthy recipes! This is a very comprehensive book, full of wisdom and written in a very engaging style. You can read an excerpt at the author's site.
The book is available online through Real People Press, Georgian Bay NLP Centre, Chapters, Indigo, Amazon, and locally in Toronto at Book City, The Eternal Moment Bookstore, David Mirvish Books, and the Omega Centre Bookstore.
Jensen, Eric. (2000). Different Brains, Different Learners: How to Reach the Hard to Reach. San Diego, CA: The Brain Store.
A practical comprehensive guide which links the latest brain research with teaching strategies for hard-to-reach learners. Jensen notes that nearly 40% of all students have some kind of learning impairment. He summarizes key factors that prevent students from achieving then identifies the symptoms and causes of prevalent learning challenges and misbehaviors, such as attention deficit disorder, dyslexia, depression, hyperactivity, delayed sleep disorder, auditory processing deficits, stress disorders, learned helplessness and oppositional-defiant disorder. Jensen provides teachers with brain-based strategies to help these challenged students.
Garratt, Ted. (1999). Sporting Excellence: Optimising Sports Performance Using NLP. Carmarthen, Wales, UK: Crown House Publishing.
186 pages. Targeted at sportspeople, this book is helpful for anyone to develop performance excellence. With so many books demonstrating the power of NLP in the areas of business, self-development and therapy fields, Garratt provides a welcome exposition of the power of NLP in the area of sports performance.This manual provides exercises, techniques and advice for mentally warming up, improving memory, focussing attention and dealing with distractions, mental rehearsal, psyching up activities, creating effective preparation strategies, harnessing aggression, managing stress, developing self-awareness and self-confidence, and several other topics.
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