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It cannot be denied that The Art Of Persuasion is one of the most crucial things that someone should learn because both success and failure depends on how we communicate with others. You’ve most likely already heard before it is usually not what you know that matters most, it’s who you know.

One of the main problems people run into as they make an effort to learn the art of persuasion is what persuasive techniques are most reliable. Each and every day, people are spending a lot of money and dedicating a lot of time to learn persuasive techniques that simply are not useful at helping them accomplish their goals. For instance, many people learn Ericksonian hypnosis hopeful to get better jobs and make more sales. Ericksonian hypnosis is for therapeutic purposes only, and has absolutely nothing to do with The Art Of Persuasion.

Persuasive techniques that work outside of clinical settings almost always come from the disguised forms of hypnosis. Invisible forms of hypnosis are practiced all of the time politicians and world leaders. This means that if powerful persuasive techniques can be practiced on large scales such as politics and leadership, that you can also use persuasive techniques on lesser scales such as work environments and personal relationships.

Your work environment supplies you with money, resources, and benefits, so your work environment is an essential area where you should be applying your persuasive techniques. Once you continue to elevate your status in your work environment, what will begin to take place is that you will also elevate your status outside of your work environment. The more proficient you get at mastering the skills of The Art Of Persuasion, the more promotions and doors there will be that will open for you.

The Art Of Persuasion is not only an art but also a science. The persuasive techniques of mind control are potent and if they are applied correctly, you will get steady results from using them. Persuasive techniques have also been scientifically verified to enrich people’s relationships because when the art of persuasion is used for good, you can convince people to make better decisions so that they can live better lives.

There is, however, one commonly overlooked part of The Art Of Persuasion that not too many people know about, and this is the theory of defensive persuasion. Defensive persuasion is the skill to defend yourself against the persuasive techniques of other people when they are stealthily persuading you to make decisions that are not within your best interest. Most teachers are in agreement that defensive persuasion is far more imperative than the standard persuasive techniques that focus upon what to do to others instead of how to guard yourself.

One thing is for certain: If there was only one thing in life, if there was just one hobby that you should study, it is undoubtedly The Art of Persuasion.

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Subliminal persuasion is rather a controversial topic even among the most competent hypnotists. The hypnotist who contend subliminal persuasion does not work allude to the fact that subliminal persuasion can not be processed by either the conscious or unconscious mind because the subliminal messages can’t be clearly heard or clearly seen. However, other hypnotist dispute that on some level, subliminal persuasion is seen and heard by the unconscious mind, even if a person is not consciously aware of the subliminal messages.

It would seem that subliminal persuasion does in fact have a tremendous effect upon the decision making processes of people. If subliminal persuasion didn’t work, then marketing businesses would not invest billions of dollars every year on billboard marketing. This is remarkable because when people are driving, they usually do not have the capability to take their eyes off the road so that they can process the messages that are on the billboards. We could even go a step further and ask: Why would a marketing company put advertisings on busy freeways when the marketing firms know drivers can not take their eyes off the road to comprehend them?

Even so, subliminal persuasion brings in millions of dollars of revenue each year. Many systematic test have exposed that subliminal persuasion does work, it is for this reason politicians use the persuasion secrets of billboards whilst they are campaigning for an election. Time after time, billboards are placed alongside our city streets with pictures of politicians plastered on them. There are heavy costs associated with using billboard advertising, so these persuasion secrets must be powerful in that they have been used as a advertising tool for decades.

There is also another fascinating survey proving subliminal persuasion does work that was performed by a department store. The department store used a subliminal persuasion audio that continued to repeat, “Stealing is bad. I will not steal”, and the percentage of stealing dropped over 35%. Nobody could hear the messages, and yet somehow the unconscious mind did hear them to the point where people’s decision making processes were altered. The philosophy of subliminal persuasion and the persuasion secrets it consists of will always be debated because the scientific studies of subliminal persuasion will always be under the umbrella of doubt.

One thing is for sure: If subliminal persuasion didn’t work, then subliminal persuasion would not be a billion dollar industry.

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If you are doing any work in covert hypnosis then you absolutely have to start using the quotes technique as a way to embed commands.  It’s simple, brilliant, and effective.

Here is how it works.  You simply decide up front what you want to embed as a command.  Then you make up something that someone *else* could have said where that command is built-in as part of the sentence. Finally, you deliver the command to your subject.

Say you wanted to ensure that your friend cleared his schedule on Friday night so that he could help you plan an event.  You know he has something interesting going on, and will probably try to avoid it if you just ask him directly.  After building rapport you might say:

“I was reading a really interesting newspaper article this morning.  The columnist had done a tone of research on the importance of giving.  He interviewed a bunch of people who were really generous with their time or money, and then he interviewed a bunch of people who were really stingy about helping others.  Here’s what he said that really made me think.  It’s important to dedicate enough time to help people.  It always comes back to reward you in the end” (italics marks out the embedded command).

…and then you can subtly shift gears to another topic.  A minute or so later, you simply ask for help and you’ll very likely get it.  So if your friend was originally going to say “no” and make his other event seem much moe important, you’ll have seeded a feeling of “need to help” within him.

This doesn’t classify as what most people would consider “hypnosis”, because there is no formal trance induction.  I say who cares!  The point is that you’ve used covert techniques to manipulate someone else’s state of mind and his or her behavior.  That’s what you’re after, right?

I was recently on vacation in the Caribbean with my family.  My wife’s aunt was with us on this trip (let’s call her Carol), and she is one of those people who has a real problem believing that there is any such thing as hypnosis.

Remember that hypnosis is simply a tool to get people to act on an unconscious level.  Anything that accomplishes this can be called “hypnosis” even if it doesn’t look like a trance, etc.

Ironically, although Carol is not a believer in hypnosis, she is a masterful negotiator when it comes to haggling over price.

I was standing beside her one evening when she was buying some jewelry to take back home.  She ended up taking a common influence strategy (that the vendor tried to use on her) and flipping it completely back onto him with total success.  She used HIS tool against him.  I loved her perfect execution.

Here is what happened.

She wanted to buy 3 items.  The first item was $15, but the vendor immediately said he’d drop the price to $10 for her.  The second item was also $15 and after only 30 seconds of discussion, the price became $15 for both items.  This is all very standard stuff.  Never ever believe the first or second price you are given from a vendor in a Caribbean vacation area.

Here is where it gets clever.  Carol showed some hesitation about the price on her expression.  Seeing this, the vendor moved in to use a tactic known as “commitment”.  He put the two items in an envelop so she could hold onto them.  This seems harmless but Carol is left holding an envelope and unconsciously that is a lot like having decided to buy the items.

I lean towards her to say to her, “You know what he’s doing here right?  He’s building in commitment”.  She looks at me as if to say “Fool – I’m a master … watch me flip this around on him”.

At this point Carol is holding an envelope with two items inside.  She then expresses an interest in a third piece.  This one, the vendor says, is normally $20.  She likes this piece, and casually drops it into the envelop as she tells him that she’s interested in all three.

At this point, Carol had been already offered a price of $15 for the two items.  She tells the vendor “I like all three – I’ll give you $15 for the three”.

The vendor looks at her as if to suggest this is crazy.  Keep in mind that because she already put the third item in the envelope he now envisions himself as already having sold all three items.  He’s under more unconscious pressure to deal because of this.

He softly refuses the $15 offer for all three items.  Carol puts the envelope down in front of him softly.  She says, “Well – hold onto these … I might be back.  I’m just going to take a look around a bit more”.

As we shift our bodies towards the exit, he picks up the envelope and hands it to Carol saying “Ok”.  He took the $15.

She got his initial asking price from $55 down to $15.  Not bad.

Was this covert hypnosis?  Sort of yes, sort of no.  Sure, there was no trance induction but she certainly had his attention focused on selling three items, and she controlled his unconscious behavior by reversing the “commitment” trick on him.

Way to go, Carol!