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The Magic of Metaphor
by Nick Owen
Available from Amazon
$29.95
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Features
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Crown House Publishing July 31, 2001
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1899836705
ISBN-13: 978-1899836703
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Kathleen Ginn, Rapid Sensory Learning Seminars
The stories were easy to follow, and using the teacher/pupil format to do the speaking is very clever.
Book Description
The Magic of Metaphor presents a collection of stories designed to engage, inspire and transform the listener and the reader. Some of the stories motivate, some are spiritual, and some provide strategies for excellence. All promote positive feelings, encouraging confidence, direction and vision. The stories contained in The Magic of Metaphor focus on values, responsibility, and leadership in all its forms. Specially selected to promote change in people's ideas, attitudes, beliefs, visions and behaviours they act as reframes, challenging and disturbing our existing frames of reference, recharting our accustomed maps of the world, and shifting us away from our limited thinking towards new learning and discovery through the use of effective metaphor. Containing sixteen suggestions (or tips) for effective story telling, advice on organisation, style and story telling skills, and a selection of stories that can be adapted and developed, The Magic of Metaphor is an inspirational sourcebook for counsellors, health workers, psychologists, professional speakers, managers, leaders and NLP practitioners, as well as for teachers, trainers, therapists. Providing tools that assist people in making beneficial changes in their lives, the stories contained in this book will bring pleasure and power to all those that listen to or read them.
Reader Reviews
OK, watch carefully: I have in my hand a collection of short stories, and an appalling "metaphor" about a magician teaching his apprentice how to tell stories that is about 99% padding - Now, I cover my hand with this brightly coloured hankerchief - I mutter the magic words: "Never give a sucker an even break" - I remove the hankerchief and Presto! a rather expensive book has appeared (expensive for what it is). If you're interested in how to construct metaphors I'd recommend Kostere & Malatesta's book "Get the Results You Want" (last chapter), and if you want a book of useful/entertaining stories, almost anything by Idries Shah, such as 'Tales of the Dervishes' and 'Learning How to Learn'. They're all significantly cheaper than this book, and much better value for money.
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