Being able to speak hypnotically will help you in pretty much any area of life. Whether you’re trying to get girls, make money, or connecting with your friends, hypnotic communication will enable you to speak a lot more persuasively on a deep unconscious level. One of the reasons is that people often make decisions based […]
Effortless Persuasion With The Meta Model
The Milton Model is a set of language patterns that can be thought of as being “artfully vague.” They work well because your listener will “fill in the blanks” using his or her own experience, which will help to create a lot of rapport. This will also help you to persuade them, as they’ll be […]
Embrace Objections
Whenever you’re selling something or aiming to convince somebody of your way of thinking, it’s common to be afraid of objections. Many times, hearing an objection feels the same as getting rejected. They might as well look you in the eye and say ,”that’s the stupidest idea you’ve ever had!” Which feels like them saying, […]
The Incredible Importance Of Congruence
Here’s a quick test of your logical abilities – (full disclosure: 90% of psychology students AND yours true FAIL this “simple” logic test) This is called the Wason test, and was created by Dr. Wason in the 70’s. You see four cards laid out in front of you: a three, an eight, a brown card, […]
A Most Indispensable Skill
Trying to predict the behavior of others is always fraught with danger. But when you have an expectation of how somebody will behave, and they don’t? This can cause serious problems. Say you’re walking into a potential client’s office. You’ve got a big sales pitch planned. If you land a contract, it could be worth […]
The Magic Of Consistency
Most of us are creatures of habit. As much as we’d like to think we are all cutting edge creative thinkers, we really do the same stuff every day. The blogs we read, the TV shows we watch, the restaurants we go to, and the brand of shoes we buy is usually the same. Whenever […]
Explode Their Desire
All humans are pre-programmed with an insatiable desire for more stuff. No matter how much stuff you’ve got, you’ll always want more. This is human nature, and it’s why we are the predominant species on Earth. While every other animal was content to eat, sleep and have sex, somehow humans ended up with a burning […]
What Is Social Proof?
Most people have heard the term “social proof,” and you certainly read about it online a lot. But what is it really? And more importantly, how does it work? Most everything that’s is our brains is there because it helped us survive before the invention of agriculture. Not only that, but these instincts are unconscious, […]
Give Her Something To Live Up To
When you give somebody a positive and socially desirable label, they will go to great lengths to keep it. Especially if you get their “buy in” when you first describe them in such a way. One way to introduce this into a conversation is to talk about other people in the opposite way. Let’s say […]
The Power Of Consistency
When people tend to say something about themselves in public, they tend to act in accordance with that. This is one of the reasons why telling all your friends you’re quitting smoking or losing weight is a good way to make it happen. It’s also a reason why some jury trials last longer than others. […]