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I live in Canada, so we did see a lot of coverage of the US elections, but not nearly as much as people in the USA would see on a daily basis. In covert hypnosis circles, I had heard that Obama was using the principles of covert hypnosis, or conversational hypnosis in his speeches. I never really dug into it until tonight.

I found this 65 page PDF document online. It is extremely thorough. Listen folks, this is absolute required reading if you are interested in covet hypnosis. The author goes through example after example to show how Barack Obama, in his opinion, is using all of the classic Ericksonian methods to induce trance, create rapport, implant suggestions, set anchors, etc.

Is there anything wrong with doing this? The author really seems to believe Obama is borderline crlminal for doing this. I completely disagree. I think that as a politician, sales person, lawyer, motivational speaker, coach, therapist (or insert profession here), your JOB is to learn how to influence people. If you are going to influence people then you better understand the tools of covert hypnosis.

Hypnosis is a totally natural state that people go into and out of many times per day. It happens all the time. Knowing how to use it is not a crime. It’s just smart.

Interestingly – the author of this report also makes several mentions of Igor Ledochowski’s conversational hypnosis course (calling it the most powerful course of its kind availbable). I completely agree. I have listened to Igor’s material and even though I have many MANY years of training and practice, I have to say that Igor’s course is a great way to learn and stay on top of the key skills. It is not cheap, but it’s worth every penny ten times over.

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