Archive for March, 2010

If you want to persuade effectively, you need to be in a position that commands credibility. Whereby your word is beyond reproach. It's absolutely "bullet proof". How to do so? Think the "authority" strategy. When you talk about "authority", what comes to mind? You think about policeman, respected politicians, movie stars and popular writers. These are a few examples. Their word is powerful because they are seen as people with high status. They command attention because of what they have achieved and the value they stand for.When a respected figurehead like the legendary Warren Buffett says something, we assume it must be right. Because it's Warren Buffett - the most successful investor in the world. Does it mean he is always right? Of course not! But the important thing is that in people's mind, he seems "right". Because people are natural followers, they want to listen to people who authoritative. That's why you get a whole generation of Germans that listens to every word of Hitler, a charismatic but massively flawed personality.This is mind control at it's subliminal best. People are mesmerized by his authority. Hitler is able to hypnotically control millions of German to do his bidding because people ... [more...]

There are two major - yet substantially different - concepts regarding the implication of inhibition on the practice of clinical hypnotherapy. The first refers to a voluntary or involuntary diminishment of cerebral blood flow to one or more substrates. Through the use of hypnosis the inhibition of one or more substrates will precipitate an activation of other substrates. The result of such action serves to unleash the roles and capabilities of the activated substrate(s). Additionally, if such inhibition adversely affects the left prefrontal cortex, then the lessened influence tends to help intervention efforts. This is called the "substitution effect. "The second type of inhibition is much different. This happens when some type of pattern-interruption or real or imagined sensory stimulus creates a level of numosity (i.e. wonderment) sufficient to release the inhibitory neurotransmitter dopamine. The adaptive reaction to the created frustration promotes a re-wiring of the brain's neurons.Classical hypnosis used in the late 1800s and early 1900s focused on using monotonous speech and shocking the subject into a trance state. This was the technique used by Henry Munro, MD, (1908) when he taught "suggestive therapeutics" to thousands of medical doctors. It is plausible to assume that by boring the subject ... [more...]

So you've been invited to attend an interview. You're both excited and nervous - this is your dream job. If you are like most people then attending an interview is a very hit and miss affair. You either have a good interview or a bad one and very often you are not sure which. It's merely a gut feeling that you have and you are left hanging until you get the phone call. What if there was a way to drastically improve your chances of having an excellent interview? Well there is... and NLP can teach you how to do it.To understand how to do this you need to have some idea of how interviews really work. There's loads of legislation to ensure that discrimination is kept out of an interview and that the decision made is the right one and the most suitable candidate gets the job. However every interview and every system is going to be imperfect because humans are behind it. Humans cannot help it, without realizing it they delete, distort, generalize i.e. discriminate - its part of what makes us human. Therefore very rarely are the interviewers going to be neutral when someone walks into an ... [more...]

Hypnosis is fast gaining ground in the world of medical treatment as a new way to deal with behavioral disorders, alcoholism related problems, and depression. Hypnosis is also being hailed as a way to ward off weight gain, and prevent it from recurring. It is primarily due to these reasons that more and more people are taking to learning the method of hypnosis so that they can benefit from it, and also use it to help others suffering from one of the above problems.Hypnosis courses are offered at many institutions, but if you're interested in learning it the right way, you must keep certain things in mind and choose wisely. Here are some of the things that are an absolute must when enrolling for a hypnosis course:o Since hypnosis is one area having a lot of practical applications, the classes should focus as much on hands on experience as on theoretical learning. Ideally, students should have at least 100hours of training that includes both classroom training, and deal with how to administer and receive hypnosis treatment. The practical aspect of the course is very important so do find out whether your course offers ample scope in that direction.o The second thing you'll ... [more...]

Are you among the millions of people all over the world who are hooked to smoking? Statistics have shown depressing figures about it through the years. Smoking is among the most difficult addictions to overcome and its effects are just saddening. Year after year, more and more people are dying of cancers and other complications caused by this. For this reason, people who are really into the habit of lighting a cigarette every now and then must find a quick way to start turning his back against it. You wouldn't want to add to the number of deaths caused by over smoking don't you? It's just not worth it. As the time passed, several campaigns and advocacies have already been launched against it.Some suggests change in attitude; others are for more drastic methods to withdraw from it. Although everything seems promising, the suggested techniques are just too hard, if not impossible to achieve. After sometime, the person just keeps coming back to the old habit. It's a good thing that a new more effective method has been discovered along the way. Hypnotherapy for smoking is now commonly resorted to because of its long term effects. It does not only cut ... [more...]