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 behaviors they act as reframes, challenging and disturbing our existing frames of reference, re-charting 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 organization, style and story telling skills, and a selection of stories that can be adapted and developed, The Magic of Metaphor is an inspirational source book for counselors, 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.

"The stories were easy to follow, and using the teacher/pupil format to do the speaking is very clever." Kathleen Ginn, Rapid Sensory Learning Seminars

Nick Owen has worked in the fields of training, development and communication for many years, although in the past he has been an actor, theater director, journalist, writer and teacher. He is a Certificated NLP Trainer and Master Practitioner, and a partner at CMT, a London-based communications development consultancy. His clients range from major financial service organizations to engineering businesses, information technology consultants, sales teams, health workers and educators.