How Can Your Hypnosis Business and Web Site Use a Mailing List Effectively?

I recently wrote the following article on How Can Your Hypnosis Business and Web Site Use a Mailing List Effectively.

Do you have a mailing list for your hypnosis business? Do you keep in contact with your old, present and future clients? I know what it is like. You work by and for yourself. You don't have the time to contact everybody or email all your clients. You can't catch up with everybody as much as you would like to.

What if there was a way that you could just 'check in' and keep in contact with your clients? You will need a list of all your client's email addresses and a program that will allow you to send out regular emails i.e. auto responder software.

The secret is you write your email once and it gets sent out to your entire list. What are the secrets to using a mailing list on your web site and for your hypnosis business?

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Hypnosis Marketing Success - http://www.hypnosismarketingsuccess.com/

All,

Well after many, many, months. In fact far many more than I thought. My latest project is now live

http://www.hypnosismarketingsuccess.com

This is a collection of interviews with many renowned hypnotists across the globe. I can't thank them enough for their time effort and energy. I've also added various ebooks that I have written to help fellow hypnotists marketing their business successfully in this ever changing business world.

I've learnt a huge amount from doing this project. The biggest perhaps being keep going and things change.

There were many times when I could have not continued and stopped, yet I made a commitment to myself and others to get this finished. I've been though so many personal, business and Internet challenges when doing this all.

Coming out the other side, it has been a massive and now very pleasurable learning curve. My business is no longer a one man band. I've assembled a great team to help me in future projects.

Check it out, I'd love your feedback!



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Review - Wendi Friesen - Ultimate Confidence

Where as Ross Jeffries product is about using some of the patterns of NLP to generate unstoppable confidence within yourself. Wendi's Ultimate Confidence on the other hand is using various hypnotic inductions.

Firstly, a big yahoo to Wendi and her team for customer service. I received this as a free extra, with my 1st purchase from wendi.com. Customer service is so easy to do right and wrong. I didn't order it, it just turned up in my package.

It is 2 CD set, with several tracks on each.

Track1 is Parallel World. With this track, you're meant to meet your best self ever. So far, it really hasn't done much for me. Yet, all future pacing must be a good thing.

Deep Trance - This track teaches you to enter into a state of deep trance. I've used this on trains, buses and planes, even when I wake up at some ridiculous hour and know I really should get some more sleep. This track and technique are part of my long-haul flying strategy. It starts as an Elman induction and goes from there.

The third track is based on the Circle of Exercise. I know this from my NLP trainings. Thus I know how powerful this can be.

The final track in magnatism. I've yet, to go I wish I had more magnatism. Nobody has yet to come up to me and say I was drawn to you.

I've seen more direct results with Ross Jeffries Confidence set, yet Wendi is much easier to listen to and no exercises are required on your part. You just sit or lie back and listen...magic.

My confidence isn't something I rate on a scale of 1-10. I just know I feel confident and want to do something or I don't. If I a fear or lack of confidence, I've learnt to as much as possible face it, why?

I grow and nothing bad actually happens. Maybe I need to find a situation or area in my life where I know I'm not feeling as confident as I want to be and think about this area as I begin to listen to the CDs.

Having said that the Deep Trance training track has proved invaluable.

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Review - Wendi Friesen - Financial Abundance

Today I'm starting to review some products that I have that form part of the Wendi.com Hypnosis Empire.

I'll start with a topic that everybody is thinking about at the moment Money . or better said Financial Abundance.

I'll say this, I have listened to this the past few years. Each time I do, I end up attracting, finding, manifesting, call it what you will.. more money. Be it a raise, interest from my bank accounts or cheques in the post. For me there is a direct correlation between listening to this CD set and attracting more money, each and every time.

I'm about to listen to it again, for this years refresher. I'm wondering how far can I truly go this year?

I've the CD set and work book, yet there is also a DVD too of the equivalent seminar. I've not seen this yet. I'm sure I will, since I like to view this sort of information and material in as many formats as possible.

So what do you get?

With the CD set you'll get 4 CDs and a small 28 page booklet. The CD sound quality is pretty good. The packaging is certainly one of the more professional, that I've seen from an Internet seller. In addition, you'll get a heap of paper mailing detailing her other products.

It is worth signing up for her mailing list, if nothing else for the sales she has throughout the year. As a side note she was the only seller I know of that used the Olympics Opening Ceremony in 2008 to her advantage and as a sales pitch...you would think the other 'Internet sellers', would use any special day, it appears not!

My booklet is so well used and turned that it has tea and coffee stains on it. You work through the CDs and booklet over two weeks or longer. Wendi details a plan for you to follow. No listening is over 30 minutes.

The booklet itself is quite basic. It is filled with quotes and thought provoking questions and a goal setting section. There is some pre work you must do before you listen to certain tracks. Don't worry, it doesn't take that long.

The CDs and hypnosis sessions are the real meat.

There are several sessions , including parts therapy, which if you've never done it before can be really powerful. After all if you don't have what you want, a 'part' of you is holding you back. You'll get to do some time lining, meet a wise sage, change your beliefs and be taken through a process to bring things towards you from your future. The wall induction is normally quite powerful for me.

The success of these sessions depends on you as the listener. How thoroughly and truthfully do you answer the questions and how relaxed are you? Are you analytically by nature or can you just lie there and go with the flow?

Most of the techniques are quite normal and pretty average, not much 'double induction'. Yet, Wendi has a great voice and tonality. that you can quite easily move along with. I'd recommend you go over some of the sessions several times, to get the fullest effect. There is background noise, music and sounds on the tracks. This itself acts as an anchor. i.e. you'll be drawn into a relaxed state just by listening to the music. Certainly if over time you listen to much of Wendi's material as I have, you can't help but relax and go further into a trance state.

If you want something slightly different and with less structure or just a good yarn, check out Lloyd Glauberman review.

Even with that said, it is a powerful set to follow and complete. I continually have success with it. If you're new to hypnosis, this type of program and structure will suit you very well and set you on your way to Financial Abundance. It is what I think you would expect from a hypnosis session.

A big well done and thanks must be given to WendiSupport, they seems to be able to answer most questions or find somebody who can pretty quickly. A great product and 'personality' can be let down by a shabby support team.

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Review - Lloyd Glauberman - Money, Wealth and Prosperity

All,

I've started to reviews things I've listened and worked through in the past. Both those that I've enjoyed and those I've not enjoyed. Some items I think have helped me, some I've listened to and thought well that was nice, but it just didn't do anything for me.

Today, I'm reviewing Lloyd Glauberman's Money, Wealth and Prosperity program.



I can't remember how I ended up finding out about Lloyd or his work. I've been listening to the following for just under a month. Following the advice given and reading posts on the HPPforum, I've listened to the recording certainly the first 2 or 3 weeks every day. Normally first thing in the morning. I've also listened to it during my lunch hour or on the way home from the city on the train. I've also listened to it before I fall asleep. I'm not sure when is the best time to listen to this or other recordings. It is just like any recording, listen to it often to begin with and then regularly, until you get what you want.

This recording is 6 tracks in lenght. Each recording is about 25 minutes in lenght. It uses his HPP technology.

Boiled down, that is double induction, deep relaxation, embedded messages all woven witinh a story that is spread out of each of the tracks. Yet each track is a complete story within its self.

If you listen to many hypnosis recordings double inductions aren't anything new. I do like the way no matter which voice you listen to, I've been able to detect a slight pause, before a positive message, embedded command is delivered. I also know I've not heard them all yet.

I'd say I'm pretty ofay with many and most hypnosis inductions. Many people still rely on the classic Elman induction. (Eyes open and shut several times, whilst focusing on a point).Whilst this is effective. It is great to get something different.

Lloyd is a master at story telling. I remeber listening to the 1st track. I don't know how it happened yet I was totally relaxed and my eyes where shut firm. Just like the classic Elman induction. I even tested opening my eyes whilst listening. They were shut tight. For those that don't know, this is perfectly normal when being in trance. It is something I really enjoy. It is always a good sign for me. It means I'm at an excellent level of trance.

Each track is its own little masterpiece of hypnosis and story telling. I know Lloyd comes from a NLP and Ericksonian background. As do I. For me, this may be the closest I get to experience an Erickson induction and metaphor at its best.

The beauty of these recording is that they are fictional in nature. You don't have to spend time going over some worksheet. You really do just have to sit back, relax and listen.

So to the big question does it work?

Do you attract more money, wealth and prosperity into your life? Well, it is 2009. I hated 2008 with a passion. Already I'm loving 2009. I've fired my old accountant, sorted out my business banking. Made an extra £300 without doing anything and the month is only 20 days old or so.

This is one of those recordings I think, yes, listen to it as recommended, then you can listen to it as you wish. I think for the best results, listen to it at least once a month after that of not more. You'll naturally know what is best for you. Choose a track that you are drawn to or liked the first time around. That is how I've done it. I'm already enjoying the success in 2009, I think, yes in part thanks to listening to this recording. Since 2009 I plan to be amazing for myself and my business. I can't wait to see the end results.


Lloyd has many other recordings, availabe here. I can't wait to check some of the others out. The biggest trouble is which one: Personal Ecology: The Complete Self-Esteem Program, Rekindling the Flame, Soul Mates: Improve Your Life Together? Let me know if you prefer one, and I'll grab it.

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Hypnosis Exam

Results are in. I passed my exam. with flying colours. If you want more...'how did I do X ', let me know.

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I've received feedback about my ebook question. You can send a question via my helpdesk system. There use to be a form below which no longer seemed to function properly.

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The Most Important Question

All,

I know your time is valuable so I'll not beat around the point. I need your advice!

I'm putting together the finishing touches to several new e-books that are all about

Hypnosis

NLP

4 Hour Work Week

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I want to make sure I don't leave anything out. So, will you let me know your biggest, no.1 question about any or all of the topics above. It could be anything...even if you think it is silly. All you have to do is email me at the following address blogging@3ldevelopment.com. In exchange for your advice I'll give you a free copy of the book or books when they are ready. (Should be a few weeks)

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4HWW - News = Beliefs You Must Think The Opposite Of

I just caught a little news this morning...ugh.. The main reason I am finding not to listen to the news if nothing else is quite simply. This is one of the easiest ways for you not to take on the beliefs of what society thinks is possible or correct. I heard a 'stocks and shares' expect say

Over the next 4 months things are going to be really tough. Given the number of people that watch this morning show, GMTV... (5,000,000)how many will have a financially difficult next 4 months? He was referring to interest rates, prices of X,Y,Z. Mortgages etc. Soon people will start coming down with flu and colds because we are told it is the flu season. Yet, if you jump on a plane and go to Australia..no flu, yet same month of year.

Therefore. If the majority of people are believing the above. Of course they will struggle. Thus, think the opposite and you'll get the opposite results. Yet how do you do that? Dare to think differently.

I've just reread my last post and there is something I just noticed. If I've written this what was I thinking of?

we are all infallible to new systems and ways of working. I'm not filling my void.

Who Wants The Best Cinema In The World?

We all posses the greatest results mechanism in the world...Us! Yes, that thing that daydreams on a daily basis, sends us off to far places. This is how to begin getting what you want.

See the END result. By that I mean. Imagine you have the best cinema screen inside your head. You are sitting in the most comfortable chair, eating pop corn etc. You see yourself on the large cinema screen doing, getting, having exactly what you want. The END result. I find it helps if you See the Result, Feel the Result, Hear the Result.

An Example

Supposing you want a house..I already have my car!

See yourself standing in the house? See - What is the flooring made of? .What colour are the walls? How big are the windows? What about the dining room. How many chairs? Is there anybody else there with you? Are you throwing a dinner party. What is the food you are eating? How big is your smile?

Feel - What does it feel like to have this house? If you want you can step into yourself and really get the feelings. I do this and then step out of my self and see myself again. What does it feel like to watch television, on that top of the range flat screen television? What does it feel like when you open the door and your mate is there and you feel great, because you are about to show him your house? What does super happiness feel like?

Audio - What does the music sound like from your top of the range sound system that you have installed? What is that sound coming from the perfect roast you have just lifted from your oven? What about the laughter from yourself and friends?

Me A Supercharger - It Is A 3 Way Thing

I have found the following really useful. Once or twice a day go over the above imagery of the end result of your goal.

Get some paper, some photographs, pictures of the end result. Put them all together. Hang the poster up somewhere you will see it everyday. Even on holidays. - Feel as you make it and gather the pictures, you should get really excited doing this. Hell you don't need a poster a diary works just as well, as does PC wallpaper. Some of you may know this as vision board.

Write about your goal as if you have already achieved it. Write it with a date and in the present tense i.e. I have... I feel.. I am.

Not only are you getting excited about what you want, you'll be doing multiple things in all you senses to achieve your goals. In the peripheral vision your mind will see what you want and work out ways for you to get what you want.

Where Is My Goal?

If your goal hasn't come about just yet. I find the following has helped me. Is the end result something that I really want? Not, friends, family..ME If yes..

It is on its way. You are just being tested as it is just around the corner waiting for you. Do you really want the goal?

Do you feel good when thinking about your end results? If so you are on the right track to getting what you want.

If the above seems like to much work....welcome to boredom and not getting what you want. It just isn't that important to you.

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PhotoReading - Day 20 - Pieces of Eight

Day : Day 20

So the weather here in the UK is terrible. Wimbledon is rained off. No surprise really. Is that rain coming from the sky or is the water come up from the ground? I don't think, anybody is quite sure anymore.

Therefore what to do? I could quite happily have a few too many cheeky beverages all in the name of human science and personal development. Then again, I do have an assignment to complete. OK, how about a deal...do the assignment and then have a cheeky few. Done!

What can I tell you? I was really excited to get started. Very much unlike University days! I've an assignment to complete, the weather is bad. The beer is chilling. PhotoReading here we come.

Already I've photoread the PhotoReading book today. After all my assignment will involve me PhotoReading many books in one siting. I just felt it would be to my benefit to read the book again. I focused my post viewing on the synoptic reading section.

My books today were (covers at end) :

The Structure of Magic II: A Book About Communication and Change - Richard Bandler

Ericksonian Approaches: A Comprehensive Manual

Principles of NLP - Joseph O'Connor

Training Trances - John Overdurf

Understanding Neuro-linguistic Programming in a Week

Instant Rapport - Michael Brooks

Hypnosis: A Comprehensive Guide - Tad James

The Sourcebook of Magic - Michael Hall

I've read all of these previously, never just given them the PhotoReading treatment. My purpose was pretty much set by the assignment question. I just further defined my PhotoReading purpose by asking what, where, when and how. My original assignment title was to describe X. Describe is pretty general a term I think. I didn't really need to preview as I've already read these books. I just went over the back, front covers and the table of contents.

I got into state before each book and then flipped through the books. All in all they all took me about half an hour to 45 minutes to go through. I then went away. I walked the dog...oh the excitement. Yet, it got me away from the books for about half an hour.

I then began to go through each book with my how, what, where and when questions. Sometimes I knew which book to go to for the answers. I grabbed what I needed looked at the table of contents or index, read and left. Others, I wasn't so sure of. I guess I need to pay more attention to my own internal signals. I was able to mind map each section that I needed to answer. I did go on to Wikipedia to see if there was anything else I could add to my mind maps. Aside from a few references, there wasn't. I then just sat down with my PC and began writing my assignment up. I writing came quite easily and rather fluidly. I was impressed. Although I'd made mind maps of the areas I wanted to cover. I didn't need to refer to them much. The first draft is done. I'll come back to it in a few days. When my mind has had further time to ponder my assignment question and add detail if required. I'll also be able to check over the spelling and grammar etc.

The assignment wasn't that difficult to complete, yet I still had to be motivated to do it. After all I don't, in theory, have to hand it in until early December. Now it is done. I can now begin planning more important things... October, my next piece of travelling, catching up with friends. In addition it is time to really putting into further practise the ideas of Tim Ferriss. Who at the moment doesn't appear to have caught on too much over here in the UK. Only a matter of time. By then, I'll be back on one of my favourite beaches.Thankfully I've got somebody over here who is able to chase me and quiz me on that side of things. Cheers Dan!

If I've not had too much of the amber nectar. I'm going to play with Direct Learning tomorrow.

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The Secret - Aha - Do It, Done It, Stopped

All,

Wow, what a weekend. I didn't PhotoRead.I've had much going on in my head and I've been attending my course.

This weekend we learnt about TIR . A deceptively simple set of techniques for reducing and resolving trauma. Whilst the set of techniques didn't do much for me on the day. I did discover things about myself. To cut along story short. I felt guilty about certain events that had happened to me when I was very young. I was able to release the guilt about the event and the larger issue.

That night I watched The Secret

For me this was an aha moment. I've had many negative thoughts going through my mind the last few days. Yet I thought they were positive. I was asking for what I wanted. Yet, I was actually asking for what I didn't want. The irony for me has been. My last two large manifestations (travelling around the world for a year and got a car that I've wanted for the last 5 years).I've done the Secret Process without knowing it.

Recently I've been thinking about where to live, yet wondering why I'm not living there already. Firstly thinking about the Secret Process as I understand it. I've not been focusing on the idea completely. I found that hanging a picture or as one of the expert says a vision board has really helped me in the past.

For my travels, I hung a map on the wall and discussed my travels, where I was going, what I was doing. I was able to see it every day. I imagined myself on beaches, swimming with whale sharks etc.

For my car, I had the brochure, had the car as my desktop wallpaper.

Each and every day I've seen my goals. With both I've spent time imaging what it would be like to have them.

On each goal. I 'made up' my mind it was going to happen. Still not sure what the 'turn in the key' or my mind was that made the thoughts solidify. I think it maybe the constant visioning, discussing, planning and doing something to that goal. Although I don't always know what I consciously did as an action.

The creative process has worked it for me, why have I stopped or only use it for certain goals not everything that I want?

Thankfully, I've a really good friend on the course and we talked about it all over lunch. I've got him to get in contact with me by Friday.

Since I need to create a vision board or something visual that I can see EVERY DAY. This I think for me has been a really important step to achieve my other goals. They say only 2-4% of people write goals. I think I write enough for that 2%. Why do some work out and some don't? I'm watching the next 30 days/months as I fully apply the secret process. What is truly possible for us all?

For the last few days, I've been on a totally energetic level. Yes, I've had negative thoughts. I managed to catch myself. Then change the thought to something more positive. I've done this by thinking about what I really want. The people I'll be with. Sometimes, I've played music, that is just hi tempo and makes me smile. The willingness to sing or dance around ie change your physical state has an amazing affect on your thoughts.

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PhotoReading - Day 14- Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors by Hammond

Day : Day 14

Time : 2300

Location : Living Room

Trigger Words : 10 and questions or areas that I wanted to read and gain ideas from.

Title : Handbook of Hypnotic Suggestions and Metaphors by Hammond

Purpose : This is one of my course books. I purpose for reading this was to dip in and out and use it as an on going resource. I Super Read and dipped for information that I'm curious about. I was looking for ideas to incorporate into my own work. I did wonder what might be the effect if I PhotoRead this book daily for a week or month.

Prepare and Preview: Getting into an accelerated learning state is becoming easier and easier. Previewing took me longer than I normally would do. I think I spent about 10 minutes. I read the several page introduction. The book has the largest in size pages that I've come across so far in all my books. To is uniformly laid out. I chose not to not and read all the bold print. Most of the bold print was already in the table of contents. I didn't look at the index.

Thoughts on Process : The largest book in size of and number of pages, yet it is was a very easy book too PhotoRead. Thankfully in a large part to it being second hand. Activation was quiet quick as I only looked at areas that I wanted to know more about. Using hypnosis in certain contexts or how to formulate suggestion. I think that further activation shall naturally happen as I do more hypnosis and as I read sections as and when I want. Again I wonder how just PhotoReading a book like this for several days continually may affect my work.

Time Spent activating and how : This is a book I shall often reference. So activation perhaps shall not happen in just a single sitting. I read information that I am currently curious about. There are certain areas that hypnosis is often used for that I have no interest in at all, so I skipped them.

What is the one thing from the book that I can use right now in my life? Language patterns and a reinforcement of things I already know and that I may discover. After all repetition is the mother of all skill.

The Future : Practise, practise, practise.

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PhotoReading - Day 1 - Hypnotherapy by Dave Elman

Day : Day 1

Time : 20:00

Location : At Home

Trigger Words : 25 – My trigger words are just what attracts me in the book and then I go to the index and wherever there is a word with many entries. If I don’t already have it down I add it.

Title : Hypnotherapy - Dave Elman

Purpose : Purpose. This is perhaps the most crucial step in the whole of the PRWMS. Without a purpose, why are you reading? I had multiple purposes for this book. Since I have to know the contents for an exam. Activation of this material shall be on going since it will be referenced throughout my course.

Perhaps the best way to get started attempting to find your real purpose is to ask yourself the questions posed by the course

1. What is your ultimate application of this material?


2. How important is this information to me in the long run? Is it important or worthwhile to me?


3. What specifically do I need to know? What do I want to remember? An overview of specifics?


4. How much time am I willing to comment RIGHT now?

I’ve heard about purpose many times? Yet it never really has sunk in. This time is did. Just answering the above questions really gave me many of ‘my’ reasons to read the book. Each section of the process you should reassess your purpose. Really usefully after finding trigger words. Has a word of section sparked your curiosity?

Prepare : I’m pretty good at putting myself into a relaxed state, although I still listened to the tape to put me in state. That way I cut out external noise and could really relax.

Preview : This is a ‘brief’ overview for your mind to the book. Is there something that really attracts you? Does it alter your purpose or create a question that you want answered?

Thoughts on Process : NOPS is really important. I keep reminding myself of this each time some negative or non important thought or chatter come into my head. I find water is really important to me as I begin to flip the pages. I have to have a drink before I begin. There is something about the process that makes me want to drink water. If I have internal talking whilst turning the pages I seem to grab several pages at a time.

My first Photo flipping session I make sure I have the book upside down and back to front. That way I tend not to focus on the words of a page. In addition Paul Scheele (PS), says that is what he does, so it can’t be too bad a way to do it. I don’t see the blip page, I never have done. I just focus on the white spaces around the edges of the text and attempt to keep my focus on one point in the centre of the two pages.

Time Spent activating and how : I spent in total 3 hours activating the book manually. This is much quicker than I would have spent even reading normally. I think if I was to read normally it would take me 5 or maybe more hours. I had questions that I needed answering. This I was lucky. I’ve been given questions from past exam papers, so theses were perfect questions to find answers for or mind probing. I also had some questions that I wanted answered for my own curiosity. I then Super Read and dipped the whole book and mind mapped (several large sheets) the details that I read. I’ll need to tidy them up before posing on line. This in addition acts shall act as a subsequent review of the material and maybe spark another question.

Some sections of the book I could have skipped, they just weren’t interesting to my current purpose. Yet I did go through the chapters and sections. I guess to test my gut feeling. The final chapter of the book is a list of FAQs. I stopped and said what is the one question that will have the most impact for me right now. My eyes fell on a question and answer that indeed I was curious about.

What is the one thing from the book that I can use right now in my life? : This for me was quite simple and at the same time startling. Within the whole book the thing that struck me was two beliefs to be held by a hypnotherapist. Or indeed anybody.

1. This must work.


2. I know this is going to work.

This struck me because if you hold this to be true about anything. I know that whatever you hold as such will manifest itself within your life.

Another thing that struck me was the idea of ‘locking your mind around an idea’. This was Dave Elman discussing the idea that if you get your client to lock their mind around an idea, anything is possible. He was talking in reference to anesthesia. Yet I thought, if you can and quickly get yourself to lock your mind around a positive idea, to the point where you believe it is true. 1. How quickly are you able to create this pervasive belief? 2.Can you teach others to do so? This has really sparked my curiosity. Another time and post, I think. Since there are belief patterns in NLP.

The Future : This will be rather interesting since, I am on a course about hypnosis and I know the lead instructor adores Dave Elman, there is a great opportunity for spontaneous activation and review. In addition I’ve some audio recordings of Dave to listen to. I wonder what shall happen?

That’s the first book…done. Well done if you’re read all the above.

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I hope....

Carrying on slightly from my last post . I was recently in a hypnosis seminar when I was the ‘client’. I was feeling slightly uneasy about the hypnotist. I couldn’t put my finger on why, I just didn’t feel great.

Low and behold after the ‘session’ he said to me I hope I did OK. I was really nervous. I wanted it to go really well.

That was it…I hope…Hope presupposes that things might not go as you expect. Therefore, many times they don’t. When you are working with somebody. Don’t hope, just do. Muster as much confidence within yourself as you can. ie Remember a time when you where really confident and proceed.

As you think, so many a time it will happen. When working with somebody I hold inside my head 3 things I learnt from John Overdurf and Julie Silverthorn

• You’re a great hypnotic subject.


• You have all the resources inside of you.


• You can change timely and easily.

Holding these these things in mind I have found really helps my own confidence and levels of working. If you hold on the those or those that suit your purpose, you don’t have time for hopes, you just do.

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Only Joking

How often do you jokingly say something? Somebody once told me there is a lot of truth in joking. I’ll tell you what, there sure is.

From my own experience, I was told not to do certain things until I reached a certain point in my life. Always jokingly, yet if you tell a child something enough, even jokingly, the child takes it on board. I tell you, the time I reached that point where I could do something. A weight was lifted of my shoulders. I felt bloody marvelous.

I’ve joked about things, normally to protect myself from fear. Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of rejection. Now I’m beginning to wonder what would happen if I had a fear of fear? Therefore, I just didn’t do it anymore.

I was recently watching a hypnotist who had spent time waxing lyrically about how she thinks the best of her clients, that they are all great etc. Then proceeded to ask for a volunteer. The only volunteer was a man who, on the surface, struggled to go into a trance. You could notice that the hypnotist was desperately wanting another volunteer. Not a single other person did.

Then what did she say, This will be difficult, laugh, laugh…Hello, was I the only person to notice the suggestion? Lo and behold she had great difficultly putting the person into a level of trance that she wanted.

The irony being a moment later another person hypnotized the volunteer and he went into one of the deepest trances we’ve every seen him go into, up to this point.

Therefore be aware of your jokes. What do you really mean?

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What's your Job Title?

Recently whilst talking to a friend of mine, we began discussing what do we now and in the future call ourselves? Hypnotists, NLPer, Course Director, Founder?

I’ve been unfortunate to be on the phone to random job recruiters or as they call themselves now, in my neck of the woods…IT Consultants. If they are IT consultants, then I am a Professor of IT at Cambridge.

This has begun to make me think, should I call myself a hypnotist? Maybe you have not noticed, but once you say I’m a hypnotist, it normally goes one of two ways…wow..or the person stands back, stutters and quickly moves on. The wows are great. The stand backers aren’t so good. This can only be because of fear and/or ignorance, I think. Part of me inst’ happy about calling my myself a hypnotist as a singular job title. One there are many ‘negative’ connotations with hypnosis and hypnotists and more importantly I’m so much more than that!

Researching amongst the bigger guns of NLP and Hypnosis world. Director and founder seem very popular. I personally am beginning to like the title Professor of Possibilities. Although would that fit on a business card?

So what do you want your job title to be?

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In the Beginning...

So, why blog?

For me it is very simple. I’m at a point in my current career, where another change is very much on the cards. I’m really enjoy NLP and hypnosis among many other things. This is what gets me up in the morning, every morning. Good day, not so good day. I read the books, listen to the tapes and wonder…really wonder, what if.

So having spent the last year travelling around the world and meeting some truly wonderful people, it is about time I ‘worked’ doing something that I really enjoy. I enjoy what I am currently doing, IT. Yet it just doesn’t get me up in the morning. NLP, hypnosis et al. Do!

Career Change

Currently, I am attending a very in depth course on hypnosis, based in London, UK. Afterwards I plan to start my own private practice and build a successful business.

There are many gifted people doing NLP and hypnosis already. Yet reading web sites and blogs etc. None seem to have detailed their learnings, feedback on things that didn’t go so well etc. They all seem to think they are experts. Starting a new business just happened effortlessly. Maybe it does. That is what we are all here to find out. I’ve several business formats I wish to apply, experiment with to build my own successful company.

First Exposure to the ‘Sciences’

I can remember when and where I was for my first‘formal’ introduced into NLP and hypnosis. I had just scraped through some exams at 18. I thought there has to be an easier way. I read books on memory techniques etc. I read and listened to all I could at the time on accelerated learning. In a book by Colin Rose. There were a few sentences on a technology called NLP and spelling strategy.. That was it I was off.

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