Stephen You wrire, "Whose better than Milton or Richard or John or even Stephen or heaven forbid Anthony."? But rather how might I use what I have read in order to advance my personal skills in hypnosis, or even as a human being." Steohen at this time I must say I do not exactly understand what you wrote on one level. However on another level I am sure I understand what you wrote completely! Stephen I giggle when I see others SPEND THEIR PRECIOUS TIME worrying about who was or is the best or has the best style. You might like Brooks Brothers suits to go to work in and I might like Polo shirts and Khaki's . So whose going to have a a better day? My minor estimation on all this. Entertainment is the highest held commodity in this country at present moment. The best hypnotist's in this world are the entertainment media people. Example: in the US  we spend over 90 billion dollars yearly on entertainment. Yet we only spend 10 billion on new books and 20% of that book reading is nonfiction and probally half or more of the books bought are not read because the book buyers are are too damm busy allowing others to entertain them daily and end up deciding they do not have time to read the expensive book they bought. Scary stuff! Stephen I ask you has has this art form become the new American education system subliminally? So I then ask myself can a fine LITTLE INTROVERTED discipline like NLP or New Code on a major scale compete with such a powerful media platform? I think we be all too provincial in our thinking to start thinking a LITTLE discipline like NLP could personally change this hypnotic phenomena being delivered scientifically over the air waves! have a nice day Stephen! Anthony