Archive for May, 2011

By recognising and understanding the type of person that you are talking to, you can vastly increase your chances of building up a good rapport and relationship with that individual. By using the techniques that we will touch on, effectively, you will greatly increase the likelihood of conducting business with that person.It's very important to understand that NLP is a complicated subject and what we will cover in this article only briefly touches on what is a complex and fascinating subject.What we will discover through NLP is how people you are communicating with understand and process what you are trying to say, and how you can use this knowledge to build a better rapport and relationship with them. Let's begin by looking at some basic information.We all have five senses Hearing Touch Smell Sight Taste In communication and thought process terms we need only be concerned with three of these.Sight, Hearing and TouchEveryone predominantly understands their world in terms of these three senses.These senses are referred to in NLP terms as: Visual Auditory Kinaesthetic Each of us predominantly belongs to one of these three types. If we can recognise which of these types we are, and which type the person ... [more...]

The self improvement and personal development industry is growing in strength (and profits) with every year. Why is this? Well to answer that question I will likened it to the diet industry which also grows in similar ways with each passing year.The diet industry is growing in strength, customers and profits every year just like the personal development industry. Now call me cynical but if the services and products offered by the diet industry worked then their customers should be getting fewer not larger (in both stomach mass and numbers).The weight-loss industry is raking in vast amounts of money and new customers on a daily basis because they do not deliver what they say they will. If diets, potions and weight-loss pills worked like they were suppose to the weight-loss industry would shrivel and die through lack of customers!The same rules can be applied to self improvement! If the industry delivered on its promises anyone who used a self improvement product to better their lives would never need to find another one!The Holosync SolutionIt's hard to investigate self improvement without stumbling upon some hype about Holosync.Holosync has been created as a means to enter profoundly deep states of meditation without ... [more...]

Sometime back in the early 1980s, as many people did and still do, Tony Robbins attended a seminar on neuro-linguistic programming (NLP). It's much more well-known now than it was then, but is still controversial.It's essentially a set of theories on how our brains and nervous systems work, and how we can use that information to communicate better and how model experts to learn what they're doing. Because two of the people NLP's founders modeled were therapists (Virginia Satir and Milton Erickson), NLP began with a therapeutic outlook.(Its communications theories can be considered suspect, since the two founders John Grinder and Richard Bandler now refuse to talk to each other. And Bandler unsuccessfully sued the people who brought out his early books.)Anyway, one of its procedures is curing phobias in half an hour.The therapists involved with NLP back in those early years took that information and cured their clients who had phobias. Grinder and Bandler gave seminars on NLP.Tony Robbins went on radio and broadcast his 30 minute phobia cure to the world. He put on seminars that featured getting all the participants at the end to walk on fire. He went on to write this book and a followup ... [more...]

There are several ways to learn how to do hypnosis. It is a great ability to have, because you can help people and even yourself to break free of habits and overcome obstacles that are ruining the quality of life. You can learn how to put people into a relaxed state in which they are open to suggestion and break free of their negative behavior.It is important to understand exactly what is happening in a hypnotic state, and the best way to accomplish that is by learning self-hypnosis. By using hypnosis techniques on yourself, you can relieve pain, develop confidence, and break any bad habits you may have, such as nail biting or smoking. Any fear and negativity can be replaced with confidence and positive thoughts.Once you have learned how to master your own negativity and bad habits, you are ready to use what you have learned to help other people. There are two powerful methods that can help you do this in different ways.Traditional hypnosis, also known as overt hypnosis, involves hypnotizing a willing subject. The subject is put into a relaxed state using an induction script. They are given suggestions, such as "You will be repelled by cigarettes" ... [more...]

In this article I'd like to take a quick look at how amazingly effective conversational hypnosis techniques can be for speed daters. The simple truth about speed dating is you NEED to make a good impression...and FAST! You only have a few minutes to say something dramatic, memorable and influential, and for MOST of us, that is simply too much pressure to accomplish quickly. It's no surprise then, that MOST speed daters find the process daunting, scary and after trying it once or twice, find they simply DON'T have the right skills to seal the deal. I say different..:-) Assuming you are already familiar with the foundational elements of CH, let's take a look at how conversational hypnosis is the ONE sensational skill that can turn your tables around...and do it in a hurry! Read on..:-)Filed Under: Look, Listen and LeapConversational hypnosis techniques are literally DESIGNED for quick hitting situations where you NEED to make an impact..and FAST. If a speed dating scenario is 8 minutes, (many of them are) you can LITERALLY transmit POWERFUL and potent suggestive inductions within the FIRST 60 seconds...and still have 7 minutes to sit back and relax..:-)Seriously though - I use a simple pattern ... [more...]