Archive for November, 2009

6 Reasons Why Stories Are A Powerful Persuasion Technique

Monday, November 30th, 2009

NLP Metaphors and Persuasion Skills
A few years ago I was lucky enough to meet an old man who was a great persuasion expert. He gave me 6 ways that metaphors are used as powerful persuasion techniques. He then told me key secrets on how to make metaphors and stories work. In a half hour conversation […]

7 Reasons You Must Learn Embedded Commands

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

There is a way that  you can embed commands  into your language. This won’t automatically make anyone do what  you want  them to do. But by the nature of how embedded commands work they will have to think about the thing  you want  them to think about however briefly.  What they do from there is […]

Frying the Brains of Managers using NLP

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Using NLP to manage your boss
In the last two post we discussed via an experiment with Steve how to use a string of logic to get a result. In this post we will look at how Steve took that same idea and used it to manage his boss.
The Situation
Steve is an exceptionally good salesman working […]

Installing Outrageous Beliefs Using NLP Language Patterns

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Hypnotic Persuasion Skills in Action
In the last post I discussed the set up for an idea to install some odd beliefs into Steve, my test subject. In this post I will detail specifically what I did, how it worked and how I managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Setting the scene
I had information […]

Use NLP Persuasive Techniques to Install Beliefs and Behaviours

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

This article is a deconstruction of how I managed to install a clearly ridiculous belief into a guy in less than half an hour. Whilst this was a unique situation by reading through this post you will be able to make links to how you could use this process to install more appropriate patterns and […]