Positive thinking is a dangerous trap. Many people that espouse twee little motivational sound bites have no idea of of the damage they are causing to themselves and others.
How to Make People Think in a Specific Direction
This article is about a specific technique I use with groups to “inoculate” them from thinking in a particular way or to make sure that they do think the way I want them to.
Eating Lentil Sandwiches for Personal Development
Over the last few years there has been a lot said about the law of attraction that is just the most ludicrous, dumbed down bunch of nonsense being sold to desperate beige cardigan wearing lentil sandwich eating tree huggers with more money than sense. Here are some ideas of what is really going on and how you really can attract … Read More
Do Hypnotic Language Patterns Work in Foreign Langauages
I’ve recently been asked a couple of great questions that allow me to unpack some powerful ideas. The core of this article is about how to create your own persuasive patterns…even in a foreign language.
Good Answers to Awkward Interview Questions
Having a way of answering hard questions in a job interview is a skill many people would like as part of their interview techniques. This blog is about how you can do just that.
The Key to Hypnotic Persuasion Skills
There are all sorts of fancy NLP Techniques you can use to persuade people. But there is one thing that makes the biggest difference. John sent me an email the other day giving us an excellent example of how to succeed with Persuasion Skills.
Live Today Like a Yesterday You Will Want to Remember Tomorrow
The topic for today is time distortions. You can use time distortions as a pattern interrupt like the title of this article. But that is only a tiny part of how you can use these patterns. Consider our perception of time as malleable. How useful is it to be able to speed it up, slow it down, insert new things … Read More
Persuasion Techniques and the Basis of Personality
Last week I got a lovely email from one of the new students on the Advanced Persuasion Patterns Course. It settles on a topic that is an extremely powerful persuasion tactic. So I thought I would share it with you. When you hit this skill right people will move heaven and earth to help you…and in turn you will be … Read More
Persuasion Skills Builder Exercises
I was recently sent an email from John that had a brilliant exercise for building your CV / Resume. But is also contains a sneak little secret that everyone involved with persuasion skills needs to understand. Take on board this little idea and you will be infinitely more persuasive in any context.
Protection from the Opposite Sex Flinging Themselves at You
On Wednesday in less than thirty minutes I managed to accidentally cause a young woman to become hopelessly infatuated with me to the point where she would not leave me alone.