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Fear of public speaking is listed as the number one fear in the US, and number three in the UK.
In most studies, people are more afraid of public speaking than death.
Imagine that.
Or, if you’re one of the majority of people who list it there, you don’t have to imagine it. You live it.
Most people don’t know this about me, but until my late 20s, I was incredibly shy.
I was very social with people I knew, but I had a crippling shyness that kept me from meeting new people, advancing in my careers and, though I could always sing on stage easily, from public speaking.
That changed when I let it go with a 15 minute NLP technique, but even with the shyness gone, I still had a hard time composing myself on stage.
All of that melted away when I took Trainer’s Training.
Read the rest of this entry »Are you motivated?
Do you know what kind of motivation you have?
Most people don’t think about it, but there are actually different kinds of motivation – two, to be exact: “Toward” motivations and “Away” motivations.
The common analogy is “the Carrot vs the Stick.” While that’s a well known analogy, most people don’t realize that it does describe an actual personality trait. Nor do they take the time to figure out which one motivates the people they interact with.
These motivation styles are an example of another NLP Meta Program called Motivation Direction Filter (refer to my previous post on NLP Meta Programs if you haven’t read it yet for other metaprograms).
Read the rest of this entry »Are you one of the millions of people who saw the movie, The Secret?
I’ll bet you’ve been diligently wishing for your new life ever since.
Maybe you’re sitting in your recliner with your hands on an imaginary steering wheel trying to attract a new car.
Perhaps you’re going to your mailbox wholly expecting with heart and mind to find piles of money in the form of checks, rather than bills.
Or maybe you’re changing the paintings in your home to attract that passionate romantic lover you’ve been waiting a lifetime for.
The fact is, none of that works.
I’m sorry to burst your bubble. The Secret is an amazing movie, and it’s incredibly inspirational, but they left out one, big, important step…
Read the rest of this entry »Unfortunately, I missed all but about five minutes of the veep debate. Realizing that I’m busy teaching a new group of Master Practitioners right now, one of my Prac graduates decided to help out with the blog by sending me this post about NLP use in the debate.Thanks Todd! -Michael
Like many Americans you probably sat in front of your TV and watched Senator Joe Bidden spar with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in the first and only Vice Presidential debate. Even if you didn’t see the debate you have likely seen clips on the news or heard about how the Governor dominated their exchange.
From an NLP standpoint there can be no doubt that Sarah Palin is trained, at minimum in hypnotic language, and more likely in NLP. She was so masterful in this exchange that it felt like old Milton was right there sitting on her shoulder and telling her what to say...
Read the rest of this entry »Wouldn’t it be great to own a crystal ball?
I mean, what if you could look into a crystal ball and predict the way people would react in these situations:
Of course, everyone knows that crystal balls don’t exist, right? Or do they…
Read the rest of this entry »September 11, 2001 was a terrible, sad, gruesome day.
Was.
It has been a full seven years now.
Our great country was attacked, shocked, appauled, sad, angry, hurt… No collection of words can accurately describe the sentiment that day.
Everybody grieves differently, and for different periods of time.
But, too many people want to keep us focused on the 9/11 disaster, rather than focusing on how America can continue to grow and thrive and be a shining beacon for freedom and the pursuit of happiness around the world.
The time for mourning is over.
If we focus only on the negative events of our past, how could we expect to create anything different?
It’s time to focus on creating our future.
People always ask me, “Hey, Michael, you’re a master hypnotist. Do you know a way that I can be hypnotic so people listen to everything I say carefully?”
Of course I do!
I remember when I was in NLP Trainer’s Training. We covered nested loops quite a bit. It was amazing. I know you’ve been in a situation where everything that’s said is of the utmost importance, and you focus your attention on just one thing. Me, I know this stuff is riveting. And, as we continued sitting in our chairs, wondering about nested loops, soaking all this up, the most amazing thing happened...
Read the rest of this entry »If you’ve ever read the work of Dr. Robert Cialdini, you’ll know that social proof is a concept that states that people tend to do what other people are doing.
This was illustrated in one experiment where they posted a lone man on a street corner who simply stood there and stared up at the sky. Dozens upon dozens of people simply milled by the man, paying neither him nor the sky any attention whatsoever.
However, when they ran the experiment with two cohorts staring up at the sky, something very different happened...
Read the rest of this entry »People see the success my clients and students achieve and ask me, “What can I do to be that successful?”
The mentality is that there’s some kind of “magic bullet” that will automatically transform their life without any kind of investment or effort.
Unfortunately, there isn’t. But there is something you can do right now from the field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (also known as NLP) to jump-start your success...
Read the rest of this entry »I found out about an new, secret, celebrity hypnotist today!
Dilbert creator, Scott Adams, is a trained hypnotherapist!
Who knew?!
You can read about his experience and opinions here:
http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/07/hypnosis.html
-Michael
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