At The Bus Stop The other day I was waiting for the bus and just as the bus started coming up this guy started talking to me. The first thing he said was he let his license expire because he’s been busy. He kind of seemed to want me to ask him why and […]
Limiting Belief Crusher
Girl At The Gym So I’ve been talking to this girl at my gym recently. Sometimes we end up next to each other on the bicycle or the stair climber. One of the reasons I started talking to her because she’s one of the rare people that goes to the gym and doesn’t have […]
Attention Grabbing Hacks
Building Response Potential Getting attention from other people is a blessing and a curse. We all want attention but at the same time we are terrified of it. When we want to talk, when we are ready to talk, when we have something we want to say but nobody listens, it can feel terrible. […]
Swish Magic
Take Control Of Your Brain The Swish Pattern is one of the earliest techniques from NLP. It’s based on anchoring, which was discovered by Pavlov. To talk about the swish pattern, we need to talk about anchoring. Unfortunately, both of these very easy techniques (you’ll be able to do both effectively after reading this post) […]
Hypnosis Party Tricks
Brain Party Hacks There are plenty of reasons to learn hypnosis. Self hypnosis to sleep better, play better golf, overcome social anxiety so you can more easily get out there and get some. Then there is straight up, watch-swinging hypnosis. Direct hypnosis or overt hypnosis. It comes in many names. Direct hypnosis is very […]
How To Start And Maintain A Conversation With Anybody
Why Social Anxiety Exists Social skills are coveted by many, but they are also the most difficult to practice. This is the problem that keeps many of us from actively improving our social skills. Most of us don’t improve our skills to begin with, since practicing is pretty boring. Many people would love to play […]
How To Develop Presence
Frame And Presence – Same Or Different? If somebody has a strong presence, it’s generally meant to be a good thing. The idea of presence isn’t always associated with personality, or conversational skills. The idea of having a strong presence can be associated with somebody who just walks into a room. What Is Presence? […]
Equilibrium Paradox
How Much Do You Need? Most of us have a curious belief about some big thing that we want. This can either be a thing, a certain amount of money, or even a long range goal. The belief that we hold about this is that once we get that “thing,” whatever it happens to be, […]
Paradox Of Frustration
Embrace Your Anger Nobody likes frustration. We do everything we can to avoid frustration. Lots of advertisements are specifically allude that if we buy the product, our frustrations will be a thing of the past. In fact, one of the most common copywriting techniques is to pace the frustration of your target, expand it, and […]
Trade Theory
Exchange Is Everywhere A good model through which to view the human experience is that of trade. As we’ll explore in this post, trade is everywhere. Sometimes partly conscious, sometimes completely subconscious. Sometimes alone, sometimes with others. But we humans are always trading. Basic Human Description One way to describe humans as having unlimited […]
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