Persuasion Hypnosis

Welcome to the Persuasion Hypnosis blog where you can find all the answers to your hypnosis questions about how to hypnotize someone. I have worked quite hard to provide this free resource and all the information you find inside has come from this online course so feel welcome to check it out.

Learning Hypnotic Persuasion

If you want to learn how to persuade others to do what you want then it is important to understand how the human mind works or the principles of our NLP (neuro-linguistic programming). This is basically how our mind reacts to certain situations and phrases (green light means go and red means stop) and how we can use this to our advantage. I will show you now the basic steps to follow when using hypnosis in a conversation to persuade someone to do what you want. (This is based on Igor ledochowski's theories on conversational hypnosis)



1st step -Learn about your subject
This comes down to asking some open ended questions which are used to get your subject talking about themselves so you can find out more about them such as their likes, dislikes, significant events in their life and most importantly their "dreams" and aspirations. I like to use questions such as "where is your favorite holiday place?", "why is that?", "would that be your retirement location?", "what do you love to do?". As you can see I have created a little story where they open up about all of the issues I previously spoke about.

2nd step - Rapport and connection
This is the part where you create a connection between yourself and your subject by talking a little more about their dreams and aspirations and relate them to yourself in a positive light. This puts their mind at ease, they will drop their guard and start to actually listen to what you are saying simply because you are confirming that you are supporting what matters most to them (their dreams). A recent example of mine was when someone said their dream was to live in Bali and I responded by saying, "I was recently there and I have to tell you that I was getting very tempted to find a way to stay there".

3rd step - Control the conversation and implement suggestion
Now it is time to take control and start to put your suggestions into the conversation. It's all about using positive phrases and words to make them find a solution themselves (with your help). A good example is when they say, "Bali is just a dream and it will probably never happen." My response would be, "you are probably right but didn't you mention earlier it would only cost $X to settle over there." They agree to this and then I lead the conversation and say, "geez property prices are going up in this suburb, if you bought and renovated you could be there in just over a year... I wish I had your opportunity hey." I have put my subject in a position of power where he has the ability to achieve his dream and I do not, this will always trigger them to think about this suggestion and create an image of it becoming a reality because it leads to their dream.

4th step - Close
This is the final step where you confirm once again that the suggestion you implemented is in fact originally their idea and that you will do everything in your power to help them. This leaves them on a high and at the same time in a positive and motivated frame of mind to achieve their goal.

More persuasion techniques?
For more techniques such as this have a look at the posts (check blog archive) and have a read. Please feel free to leave any comments that you might have and enjoy the blog!

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A simple persuasion technique

Have you seen the ads on TV where they say for a limited time only you can receive this for only $19.99! Act now before stocks run out. This is one of the oldest persuasion techniques in the book which is called “fear of loss” and the beauty is that it always gets results. Statistics prove that if you use a fear of loss campaign then you will always get sales and good conversions. This technique is also used by us unconsciously when speaking about certain things especially shows and sporting events.

e.g. yeah the game of Friday should be awesome, you better get tickets now before they get sold out.

I am sure you can relate to this because we have all either heard this phrase or said to someone before and then struck with the fear that we will miss out on this amazing experience.


The NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) behind Fear of Loss.
So the question is why does this technique work so well?
The answer is that our thought patterns have been developed from birth to want the ‘shiny toy’. This goes back to our brothers the apes where they will fight over the biggest banana because they are afraid that there will never be such an amazing banana again.
So if something is perceived to be amazing and there is a limited opportunity to experience this then our reaction is to gain access to this before others do.


Why do we keep falling for the same technique
As human beings we always want to believe that there is always something bigger and better no matter what the facts point to. Common religious beliefs are testimony to this where billions of people around the World stubbornly believe that they will receive the greatest rewards because they believe in their faith that has no substantial fact to back it up. At the end of the day we want to believe so our minds will create a conclusion that what we are being told has to be true because we want that amazing opportunity to benefit us.


When this technique does and doesn’t work
There are always the people that watch the Ads and say, “how stupid do they think we are“. Well this is because this particular item (car for example) does not interest them and can not be related to a positive experience for them. However when an Ad for something that they are interested in is shown (holiday) they change their tune and again fall for the “fear of Loss” technique.


Conclusion
This persuasion technique is one of many that is used on us and always gets results. If you are interested in learning more then I advise researching human thought patterns or NLP hypnosis. Igor Ledochowski would be the authority on the latter and I advise looking at his hypnosis course. (link is at the top right of screen)

Conversational Hypnosis

This is a form of hypnosis that is designed to allow you to persuade someone in one sitting and without their knowledge.

Background
This unorthodox form of hypnosis was originally created by therapist Milton Erickson who dealt with war veterans post WWII and post traumatic stress. He did not believe in using hypnotic inductions but instead used confusion techniques, analogies and forced his subjects to question themselves. This has been passed on by present day hypnotherapist Igor Ledochowski who is now the authority on conversational hypnosis.


How does it work?
The way it works is that you can meet a complete stranger and in one conversation convince them to do what you want with out them realising. This persuasion technique can be used in a sales pitch, picking up someone in a bar/club, convincing anyone to do anything really. It’s all about using a person’s thinking processes against them which forces them to question their decisions and in this way you can use your own suggestions to persuade them. (Ok so what the heck does that mean? I will give an example below to make it easier to understand.)


Conversational hypnosis example - convincing someone to go on a holiday
So the beginning is hearing about the persons problems as to why they can not go on a holiday such as: to busy, not enough money, wrong time of year, do it another time if they will ever get the time off.
So now you have to make this person questions themselves so what you do next is confirm their negative reasons to a degree where it is ridiculous and there is no hope. As human beings we like to complain but we never want to confirm that our ’wants’ will never happen so this will force the person to question themselves and try to find a solution.
They will start to figure out that they have some leave saved up and also have a little savings that they can use so it is actually quite a possibility. Then you confirm their solutions and agree that you are wrong and they are right because the next best thing that we like to hear as humans is how great we are, this technique never gets old.
So now that you have confirmed their great idea and they are feeling good about how clever they are they will go through with it because they do not want to look stupid.


What is a good learning resource?
The person you want to learn from is Igor Ledochowski because he is the world authority on conversational hypnosis as I mentioned earlier. He developed a course called the ‘Power of Conversational Hypnosis” that is definitely worth checking out.