Some problems remain in human society whether we have solutions to them or not. As examples, drug-addiction and obesity are still problems for many people, despite the solutions already available to treat drug-addiction or reduce obesity.

The authors of "Know How" belong to a popular field of psychology called "NLP". Some NLP books overstate the value of the book in teaching you the method the book describes. But the authors of "Know How" teach you working methods to improve problem areas in your life. And are those methods always successful? No, but they're good.

"Know How" contains stories of people who succeed or fail in particular areas of their life. The stories illustrate how personal behavior makes the difference in our lives. The stories are simple to follow, so you can check if your life is similar to a character's in a story.

I don't think reading "Know How" is a sure help for anything. But the book teaches you successful behaviors for relating well, eating well, exercising consistently, parenting well, and drinking cautiously. "Know How" provides practical and jargon-free advice to the ordinary person.

A good book.

Perhaps a little dated, look at more recent offerings from the authors and Richard Bandler.

Very stepwise structured approach to self development.

Take a look at the book "Solutions" by same authors ... also very good, to do with relationships.

This book is a must read for any person who wants straight forward advise and workable applications on how to improve some specific, but commonly human self destructive patterns of behavior. Even for thoses rare few, who have no such self destructive traits, the book shows how to master life.

This was my first herb-medicine book, and I found it an excellent jumping-off point. Includes immediately useful introductions to herbal medicine, principals of healing, western and Chinese herbs and techniques, as well as specific preparations, recipes and some really helpful tips. Highly recommended for anybody.

This excellent book will help people seeking detailed information on the properties and uses of herbs, as well as those who want to know what holistic healing means. Importantly, the author's holistic approach to herbalism avoids the common method of recommending specific herbs for whatever symptoms present, called the "this for that" approach in the book's foreword. Instead, she emphasizes that the underlying cause of the symptom must be treated. Every element in a person's condition should be evaluated and all aspects of an herb's energy considered, before the herb is matched to the condition.

She writes: "Traditional cultures which use herbs according to a theoretical system use herbs energetically. Chinese, East Indian Ayurvedic, Tibetan, Middle Eastern Unani and Native American Cherokee medicines are all founded on an energetic basis, although each system is different. To use herbs energetically, we look beyond the symptoms of the disease to alleviating the underlying imbalance which caused the disease. This cause varies according to each individual because all aspects of a person are taken into account, not just the disease itself."

In fact, Tierra looks beyond herbology in her holistic approach and notes what she considers five essential factors in the healing process: breathing exercises and contemplation; physical exercise; proper diet; appropriate lifestyle habits; and natural medicines. The book is divided into three parts, showing how to use herbs for health and healing, how to regain and maintain health, and how to obtain and make your own healing tools. She's also included a valuable bibliography, herbal resource guide, and a short piece written by her husband Michael Tierra on how her classification of yin and yang energy differs from that of macrobiotics as espoused by George Ohsawa.

Tierra's coverage of the energy of herbs and the energy of illness is one of the best I've found, and her success in explaining these concepts may lie in her straightforward, practical presentation which includes helpful charts and illustrations. Her theories are based on Traditional Chinese Medicine, simplified to a point but still comprehensive.

An extremely useful book which allows beginners to appreciate the finer points of Chinese herbs and gives the experienced Chinese herbalist an opportunity to review his or her understanding about Chinese herbs. Very well written and well organized, I recommend this book to everyone.

I consider myself (as do others) to be a well read individual that understands new concepts quickly. How can you possibly get through this book without wanting to physically harm yourself or verbally abuse the authors for subjecting you to such verbose caca mess. Leslie, babe, let's model the acroynm KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) and then write a book. Great gift for that special someone who has WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS!

A very technical book, fascinating but not for the faint hearted - this is modelling the academic way. The book leads you through the seven types of variables necessary to elicit each 'stage' of behaviour and a behaviour may have many stages. It requires a dedicated approach to learning all this new elicitation methods and really guts you out in the last few pages. Why? Because after showing you how to elicit modelling variables which, admittedly is quite exciting, it tells you that there is not enough room left to talk in depth about installation of behaviours - and suggests another book - Know How! (which by, the way doesn't explain itself that clearly either). If you know the basic TOTE method this is a good book to cannabalise elicitation questions from - otherwise it requires more dedication than I am prepared to give it.

This book is great.

I recommend it if you have the commitment already in place to learn about what other people do. "The Emprint Method" can teach you what to ask people about what they do. The book won't teach you how to read minds, but it will teach you to ask particular questions. The answers to those questions teach you how and why another person performs the activity you want to learn how to do yourself.

Even better, the method taught in "The Emprint Method" relies on ordinary communication and observation to help you learn about what another person does. If you apply the Emprint Method, you can volunteer what kinds of questions you will ask the person you want to model before you begin modeling that person. The Emprint method modeling process will still work.

I think the authors of "The Emprint Method" didn't sacrifice their knowledge to produce this book. Instead, the authors communicated what they know about modeling human behavior in a principled and thorough manner. "The Emprint Method" is worth buying.

This gets a rating of 3 stars. I already had some previous NLP knowledge so the book didn't help me much. Its a good book to start off with if you are getting into NLP. The author does not cover some things...I felt shocked and out of place when I was in situations that needed olfactory and gustatory responses.

So, buy this if you are barley starting NLP. Find another book if you already have some knowledge...

Either way, rapport feels great when your on the same page with someone.

Without rapport, you will find it very difficult to effectively leverage other NLP techniques. Establishing a strong rapport with a person is essential for effective communication to take place. This book provides very elementary and very EFFECTIVE ways to establish and maintain rapport. If you are interested in NLP, read this book first. And as you read it, realize that the context of rapport is the foundation upon which the rest of NLP (and persuasion, sales, seduction, politics) have been built upon.

As a previous reviewer said, this book could have been condensed down into a phamphlet. For some people, a dry, item by item technical disection of a subject is what they crave. Yet others find the real life examples of how effective techniques are applied, to be very useful. Especially to those who have not quite yet grasped the subtly powerful way that rapport, or the lack of it, pre-frames their communications.

This is by far my favorite book on NLP. The author makes it easy for the 1st time NLP'r to understand and it's great review for the advanced student of influence. I highly recommend that this book be added to your library.

This book is good for second year medical students taking Step 1 of the USMLE. It's a concise and comprehensive text of what you'll need to know for Step 1. If you understand the material in this book, you will do alright on Step 1. The information could be better organized (and it's not fully comprehensive), but otherwise this book is well recommended.