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Covert Hypnosis Dynamics Examples 3

Hi, let's now quickly look at an example of proper use of covert hypnosis. I like this example because it worked so well and it took less than a minute. Besides, while doing it, I got called upon it by another friend that I told I was interested in covert hypnosis... and it worked anyway! :)

There we were in a pub with some of my school mates. This was the second location we were at that evening because they already closed another pub we were at before. The time was approaching 2 a.m. and we were getting ready to go to a club. One of the girls said she felt tired and wanted to go home. I thought to myself it was a great opportunity to test my skills...

Another friend was trying to convince her to go dancing with us but she kept repeating that it was late and she'd better go home. I jumped in their conversation and said: "Hey Jane (the name is made up), I bet you love to have fun don't you?"

She smiled and said: "Yes, why?"

I said: "Well, you can go home if you want. But if you go with us, you'll wake up tomorrow morning and while you're stretching, you'll look back on how much fun we had dancing tonight... with all the laughing and good time... you'll smile and say to yourself: 'Going with them was the best decision I made in a loooong time'. You can't loose. You can go and if you don't like it, you can go home immediately"

She gazed at me and had a smile on her face and was about to say something when another girl from the group I talked to before, telling her about covert hypnosis, said out loud: "Are you hypnotizing her?"

It got me a bit out of the blue as I wasn't aware she was eavesdropping and all I could think of to say at the moment was: "I don't know what I'm doing with her..."

But the other girl just tapped me on my shoulder and said: "OK, I'll go with you. I don't have to get up early tomorrow anyway..."

Nice. The plan worked perfectly. I made it up on the spot and went through with it. It worked. I was very pleased with myself :)

So, what was the difference between this conversation and the ones from previous posts?

Here, I was already in rapport with her. I also had her full attention and trust and because of this, I could lead her imagination. I could paint pictures and plant feelings in her mind. With that I could successfully use time distortion to get her to feel great about the decision after she imagined taking it.

She quickly rationalized her new decision to go with us and it was over. Despite the fact that the other girl indirectly told her what just happened, she followed her new decision anyway... because she felt like doing it now!

In the next post, I'll have even more examples of covert hypnosis in action so come back soon!

Take care.

Covert Hypnosis Dynamics Examples 2

Hi, in covert hypnosis dynamics examples, I shared with you an example of an improper use of a covert hypnosis technique and the use of the same technique in a slightly better context.

Here I'll share with you another such mistake and explain what went wrong.

Again, this was going on in a night club (yeah, I know... :) ). The night was still relatively young and I was getting pumped up to begin my conquests. The dance floor was slightly lowered and there was a small fence going around it. I decided to dance at the fence, looking down on the dance floor to "pick my targets" (huge mistake to do so, but this is not the subject of this post).

Anyway, after a while, a very cute girl came standing next to me and begun moving to the beats. As we danced for a few moments, I fairly slowly and deliberately looked at her and she, noticing it, looked back. We smiled and continued dancing for a few seconds when I looked at her again. She looked at me back, we smiled and I started to do some dance moves with my hands while looking at her. She smiled even more and begun imitating me.

I knew, I was "in", so I begun the conversation...

Me (making it obvious I knew she was imitating me): "You're a very good dancer! (smile) What's your name?"
We introduced ourselves and she obviously liked me. I did some small talk to the effect of if she's been to this club before and some other stuff.

Then I wanted to test my skills and take things to the next level...

I quickly thought of a pattern and at the next opportunity begun...

Me: "Have you ever immediately felt completely connected with someone? You know when you begin talking to this person and it's like a warm, golden bubble seems to wrap itself around you and this person and you begin to feel really comfortable, relaxed an joyful?"
She (after looking at me strangely and with a slightly disappointed look on her face): "Aha? I have to go now..."

So she left and I was standing there thinking: "Damn, what went wrong here?!"

What did I do wrong?

Again, I didn't set the correct context (maybe "put the words in someone else's mouth" using quotes or do a proper introduction to the pattern...), I didn't calibrate (I didn't notice what part of conversation we were at, I didn't test for responses...). I just blabbered the pattern in hopes of it sticking... Wrong!

Hopefully you're now beginning to understand that covert hypnosis is dynamic. It's not just a bunch of patterns to run on people and it takes a very specific set of actions to induce a proper state to use the techniques. It can all be done very quickly, but you have to know the steps to do it right.

Next time we'll look more closely at these steps, so come back soon.

Take care!

Covert Hypnosis Dynamics Examples

In my previous post, Covert Hypnosis Dynamics, I explained some rules of using covert hypnosis. If you haven't yet read that post, do it now and then come back here because we'll be looking at some specific examples here and I want you to really understand what's going on...

OK, as you now know, there are certain sequences you must follow in order for covert hypnosis to be successfully utilized. Every technique has to be used at a proper time and progression of a conversation. One of such sequences that we described in the previous post goes as follows:

Attention --> Rapport --> Captivation (trance induction) --> Suggestions <--> Calibration

Now let's look at two examples where a legitimate covert hypnosis technique was used, but at an improper point of the conversation:

When I had a lot of knowledge but very little experience with covert hypnosis (back in the days :) ), I was very eager to try out all the neat language patterns and other techniques. For some reason, I thought night clubs were the easiest places to practise my skills (later it turned out that loud music really doesn't help with much of this...). So, when I came to the club, I looked around for suitable targets and quickly spotted a cute girl that was sitting near the dance floor by herself.

I pumped myself up and approached her. Seemingly accidentally and uninterested, I sat besides her and, like her, watched people dancing for a few moments. She was enjoying the music and was slightly moving to the beats. I told myself: "This is it, you can do it!" and I begun the conversation...

Me: "Isn't it funny how music can sometimes evoke those warm and pleasant feelings inside you that just make you happy to be here... with me, that's how it works, how about you?"
Her: "What?"
Me (louder): "Khm... Isn't it funny how music can sometimes evoke those warm and pleasant feelings inside you that just make you happy to be here... with me, that's how it works, how about you?"
Her (a bit confused and after a short silence): "Yeah, it really depends on what drugs you're on, dude." She laughed and left to find her friends.

Obviously I wasn't happy with my result. I was also confused, I mean I even had the tonality and congruence going on! I really felt and expressed those feelings while talking about them. What went wrong?

Here's what: I started with the wrong kind of suggestions at this certain point of conversation. I didn't build any rapport and I didn't captivate her even a bit. All I did was get some partial attention. Another problem was the context. I didn't set the correct frame for this kind of conversation. And since this was a night club, she interpreted it as me being drunk or on drugs instead of really experiencing what I was talking about.

Later that night I got myself to try that line again on another girl. This time I sat near her and started moving in a similar way as she was. Very soon she noticed that, looked at me and smiled. I smiled back and we did some funny moves together. I then leaned towards her and said the same thing as before. She agreed with me, smiled and we had a pleasant short conversation and she was seemingly attracted and was touching me a lot. Unfortunately her friend came and demanded she goes dance with her. She just said: "See you later" and went. She was looking at me a lot during dancing, but I didn't follow up...

Anyway, this interaction was better than the previous one because I established some rapport at first (notice how quickly you can do this -- a few looks, some dance moves and you're already in some rapport). Also, since we both enjoyed the music and expressed it with moving to the beats and with smiling, the frame was right to do that particular pattern.

OK, in the next post I'll share the next bad example of going for the wrong suggestions at the improper point of conversation...

Covert Hypnosis Dynamics

Do you want to get your covert hypnosis skills to the next level in about 3 minutes?

GREAT! Then read this carefully and let me know your comments and questions, OK?

What most people don't understand about covert hypnosis is that it's dynamic, like any other communication model.

Furthermore, beginners usually learn the techniques and then throw them out randomly, without any calibration, without taking any preparation steps and without any plan.

Now, I do believe that it's important to go out as soon as you learn these techniques and begin using them because this is the only way to get proficient at covert hypnosis...

However, someone new trying the techniques might very soon find him- or herself in an awkward situation. I'm not talking of being caught -- this never happens with "subjects" that are uneducated in the art of covert hypnosis. I'm talking about appearing creepy or strange because they miss a couple of steps or think that if they did a technique it must have worked and they just go on eventually creeping the heck out of their listener(s).

After such a negative experience, many people quit and deprive themselves from learning one of the most powerful, useful and exciting skills there are.

So, here I'll give you a quick review of what should be there in order for covert hypnosis to really work:

1.) You need attention. There's very little you can do when you don't have attention from a person. Sure, there are some great subliminal techniques to prime your subject of interest for certain direction you want their mind to later go, but with only that you'll get stuck and won't get anywhere. You need attention from your subject first and you also need to hold it throughout your interaction.

2.) You need to set a correct frame or CONTEXT. Some of the techniques might look very unusual to someone without a proper context. You should always consider what's going on and how you can stir the conversation so that you can begin to really utilize as many covert hypnosis techniques as possible. Sure, some techniques work wonderfully at any point of conversation and in almost any context, but before using a technique, you should always consider what's going on at that specific moment.

3.) You need to establish rapport. While rapport isn't absolutely necessary for persuasion or even to utilize some covert hypnosis, it's essential for many if not most techniques and besides that, the more rapport (i.e. unconscious responsiveness) you have with a person, the better the techniques will work. Remember to work on your rapport skills and perfect them!

4.) You need to calibrate. You have to know what's going on with your subject at all times. You have to constantly notice subtle cues (eye movement, skin color, voice tone, general body language...) to know if your subject is in "trance", if she's really captivated, if she's paying attention and most importantly if she's really responding to your suggestions.

5.) You need to work on your inner game and develop social skills. While covert hypnosis is a social skill itself, you need to also develop some other social skills like knowing when it's appropriate to say and do something (calibrating and testing), when it's best to and how to approach people (or how to intentionally create situations to approach) and so on. You also need to work on your attitude toward covert hypnosis and integrate it in your personality (this comes with time and practise).

6.) You need a proper sequence of events. One of the models that works very well is:

Attention --> rapport --> captivation (trance induction) --> suggestions <--> calibration

Now, this isn't to say that you can't use suggestions in the attention phase. You can and also should. What I mean by suggestions here is something you couldn't get away with without rapport. The good stuff. This is something good social skills and calibration will help you with a lot.

The thing to remember here is that in written form this all looks like something that takes a lot of time. It's not! It can take from "attention" phase to "suggestion" phase less than a minute! Less than 30 seconds! It all depends on your skill level and the context.

Many students I know and that I trained had trouble with the sequence. What would usually happen was they would start with "suggestion phase" and be surprised when techniques didn't work. Fortunately they had someone to set them straight and they didn't quit.

OK, hope you enjoyed this post. Next time I'll give some examples of how it should and shouldn't be done, so come back often. If you want to vastly improve your covert hypnosis skills, I also recommend you take a look at my covert hypnosis articles.

Till next time!

Covert hypnosis and NLP anchoring

Anchoring different states is one of the most powerful tools we use in covert hypnosis.

Although it's really very easy, some people find it very difficult to elicit states they want to anchor. A while back, two of my friends and I made a sort of an educational/practise call where we talked for four hours about many different topics, among them was anchoring and states elicitation. My friend Nathan from Keys to the mind managed to record an awesome 15 minutes part of our conversation where I started out to explain an extremely easy way to elicit certain states in people that you can then anchor.

We proceeded to talk about some different aspects of anchoring, some troubleshooting issues and so on. It's a very powerful recording and I have decided to share it on my blog.

The third person you'll hear in the recording is my dear friend Will that goes on my Influence and persuasion forums by the name of Lazarus_black. He's an awesome covert hypnosis master and a great teacher. You'll hear him give some pretty amazing advice, so get yourself your favorite beverage, get a pen and a paper, seat back, relax and enjoy listening to the following 15 minute session on states elicitation and anchoring...

Continue reading after you finished listening...

Do you now have a better sense of how to easily elicit and anchor certain states. How else could you use this?

What you heard me do at the beginning is a very overt way of eliciting states, but it works like a charm in many contexts and it's a great way to practise your anchoring skills on your friends and in everyday conversations. Of course in business you'll probably use some more covert ways of eliciting states and we'll talk about those somewhere in the future.

Now as you find covert hypnosis more and more fascinating, go out there and start practising!

Please leave your comments and thoughts, take care.

Covert hypnosis and time distortion

As you might know, time distortion is one of the most powerful covert hypnosis techniques. You probably used it many times and never knew you were actually using a powerful covert persuasion tool!

In the context of covert hypnosis, time distortion (a more appropriate term would be future pacing) means something different from the term used in hypnosis. In both cases we deal with subjective experience of time, but in different frames...

Read my recent article about this fascinating covert hypnosis tool here: Covert hypnosis and time distortion.

Enjoy!