We wish to thank the following people for their help and support on this project: our wives, Lindea K. and Lisa B., and our daughters, Aden K. and Carle B., for their encouragement, inspiration, intuition, and advice; our parents, Lois and Alan K. and Simone and Felix B., for their examples, unconditional support, and faith in us; the cats for staying up late with us when no one else would; Robert Doughton, M.D., for showing us the way; our editor, Betsy Brown, for her pleasant confidence, helpful suggestions, and timely responses; Jimmy and Jeff for giving us the opportunity to get the word out; Fred H. and Alan S. for their guidance and counsel; the many people who sharpened our understanding of and insight into people problems and problem people through their words and/or actions: Leslie Cameron Bandler; David Gordon; John Grinder; Milton Erickson, M.D.; Robert Dilts; and Virginia Satir; also Ken Keyes, Jr.; Lenny Katz; Max and Moshe Goldman; Fidel Ramirez; Juarez Shapiro; Robert Bolton, Ph.D.; Robert M. Bramson, Ph.D.; Burt Miller; and Roland and Theodore Clover; all the people whose names we forgot to mention; and the hundreds of thousands of people who have attended our seminars, watched our taped programs, and shared their stories with us; and lastly, K & S, for teaching us to boldly go.