The Role of Covert Persuasion in Business

December 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

The Role of Covert Persuasion in Business Is Very Important

Many people are interested in the role of covert persuasion in business. They want to know how to maximize their persuasion techniques and become more successful. The article we have for you today appeared in the Huffington Post and features the  strong, successful and determined, Arlene Dickinson.

The Role of Covert Persuasion in Business

By the time Arlene Dickinson was 30, she was divorced with four kids, had no savings and a high school diploma. Today, she’s one of the country’s most influential entrepreneurial leaders. Here’s how the Dragons’ Den co-star and CEO of Venture Communications used the art of persuasion to achieve success (and how you can, too).

How has persuasion helped you?

It’s helped me significantly. You can’t do anything on your own. At the end of the day, you do need support and need somebody to take a leap of fate with you. Sometimes, because you have a vision, it doesn’t mean you’re going to get anything done. For me, persuasion has helped me to get people to follow my vision, to believe in me and my efforts. It’s been a critical part of my life.

What tips do you have for women who want to get ahead in business?

To try to not play the feminist role. I always say I’m not a woman in business, but I’m a person in business who happens to be a woman. Emotion is not a dirty word. Instead of making excuses or trying to quell the emotional capacity we have, we should be embracing it and utilizing it in a positive manner and not making excuses for who we are.

Everybody shows emotion in some way and the truth of the matter is nobody will ever do anything for you in business unless they’re emotionally connected to you — and women do that better than anyone.

What is your advice for the younger generation of women interested in business?

They have to be confident and be able to illustrate why they deserve a place at the boardroom table. Women fought that fight 50 years ago to get into the workforce and for equality — now we need to show up and bring value to the boardroom table.

I think young women in particular need to realize their career will likely take a different path than men’s will, they have to embrace that too. They might have kids, they might get married or move cities; those are things most women deal with and not men.

Ms. Dickinson understands the role of persuasion in business and reveals her techniques for success in her book “Persuasion-A New Approach to Changing Minds”

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Let Me Introduce Propaganda to Covert Hypnosis

November 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Let me introduce propaganda to covert hypnosis and see what happens…Ooops, I think they are very familiar with each other already. In fact propaganda takes covert hypnosis to a much wider audience. On Changing Minds. org the discussion shows that the qualities that make propaganda so powerful, also make covert hypnosis just as powerful. Let me introduce propaganda to covert hypnosis and show you what is possible.

Newspapers and magazines are loaded with propaganda and advertising is another form of covert hypnosis.

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Propaganda is an evocative word that brings to mind images of dictatorships and wartime misinformation. Although not as widespread as conspiracy theorists might have us believe, it is still in use daily in virtually every country.”

The ideological goal

“The basic defining goal of propaganda is that it seeks to control what people believe – that is, the ideas they consider to be unquestionably true. Hence propaganda is about ideology, which may be political, religious, philosophical. In some senses, all ideologies use propaganda when they promote their ideas as being the only real truth and denigrate other belief systems as bad, evil or just plain wrong.”

The hidden quality

“Another defining quality of perfect propaganda is that it is hidden, such that the recipients perceive it and communications about it as a simple truth. The subject matter just becomes what is normal and the communicator of the message is not perceived as trying to persuade or manipulate.”

In brief, then, propaganda is covert persuasion of large groups of people.

“At the other end of the realization scale, if people perceive themselves as victims of manipulative machinations, then they will feel betrayed and hence rebel against the manipulator. This rebellion may be open or, if the manipulator has other power (such as military), then it may become subverted and covert.”

Basic conditions

“For propaganda to happen, there must be a person or persons in positions of power where they have significant control over mass-communication media. This can include presidents, governments and media moguls. At a smaller scale, it also includes company bosses, head teachers and parents.”

“The person in control must have a need either that a significant group of people believe something to be true or perceive something in some way.”

Many people fear the use of propaganda because they know the power it has to change the course of events. When propaganda is used for negative purposes it can lead to devastating consequences. However if a group of people can be convinced that something is beneficial and positive results occur then let me introduce propaganda to covert hypnosis and start motivating people and changing the future.

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Incorporate Covert Hypnosis into Your Way of Thinking

November 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment

To become a successful hypnotist you must incorporate covert hypnosis into your way of thinking. If you are able to do this successfully you will never worry about getting “caught” using covert hypnosis techniques. When you become confident and more natural at speaking with people and using the powerful techniques regularly you are able to fully incorporate covert hypnosis into your way of thinking and truly make a difference in your own life and the lives of others.

“A number of hypnotists newly venturing in to the arena of covert conversational hypnosis fear they will probably be caught utilizing their skills by their unwitting hypnotic subjects. This is an interesting fear to possess since it is to suggest that these hypnotists are doing something wrong or something bad, an issue that you intend to ‘get away with.’ Except this becoming very unhealthy attitude to possess towards what exactly perhaps one of essentially the most powerful vehicles for positive change and improvement there is always, it is also something of a self fulfilling prophecy.”

“Think of this, the unconscious system is highly perceptive, even when we aren t always competent to consciously access these perceptions. I am sure you know what it’s intend to see someone, even before you speak to them, and merely automatically receive a feeling about them. Maybe you’ll like them, perhaps you won’t. These feelings will seem totally unjustified, but they’ll be 100% real. If you did use covert hypnosis in an unethical manner, people would unconsciously proceeded to associate you with all the negative results of your hypnotic suggestions, and will just naturally begin to mistrust you. So, to be a matter both of ethics and of pragmatism, forever use covert and conversational hypnosis for good…”

“So anyway, now that we’ve that out of the way, lets think about this whole ‘getting caught’ thing from another angle. Perhaps can remember or at least imagine a time when one of your friends or perhaps a family member has been upset about something. You have it to talk to them, to console them, and then they will move to you and accusingly challenge just ‘you’re just attempting to make me feel better!’ Now obviously on reflection its as straightforward to think ‘well duh! Of course i really want you to feel good, whats wrong with that!”

“But in the moment, some of us accept the accusation for what it is, and abandon them alone for their sadness. As silly because this definitely is, it reveals to us a crucial factor when doing covert hypnosis: People hate being influenced. No matter whether you are seeking to persuade anyone to buy a car or just simply to feel good and be happy people as a rule hate knowing regarding this, frequently to their own detriment.”

Persuading people to live up to their potential and be happy is a very good thing.

“This, obviously, presents us with another ethical dilemma. Why influence people if they prefer not to be influenced? Well keep in mind this, every day we influence people, always. We communicate with people every single day of our own lives, and take a look at and move people to make better decisions, to feel full and satisfied, to become happier and recover from their very own problems. The truth is also, many people accidentally use covert hypnotic tactics without realizing the harmful outcome of what they are doing…

“So, given that we’ve laid the land techniques of only using covert hypnosis to be a ‘force for good’ and established that influence is known as a natural part of everyday life, a crucial skill which covert hypnosis simply means that you can master, lets get back to the stage that this short article: getting caught.

“Firstly, avoid making the common mistake of talking differently when doing covert hypnosis. Lots of people get the idea that as soon as you begin using covert hypnosis, your entire voice and physiology must change. This is certainly only a bit silly, because, really think about it, covert hypnosis is definitely an unconscious process, so naturally your unconscious need to accomplish almost all of the work.”

“When you are consciously inside your head going “now i use a presupposition…’ you interrupt the natural hypnotic flow, you commence to sound robotic and uninteresting, you be understood as you will be delivering a prepared speech and individuals immediately realize somethings up and stop absorbing your suggestions…. let the hypnotic patterns to flow automatically from a subconscious mind, then, once your listeners are really in trance, once they ve are in love with your natural and irresistible flow of smooth suggestions you can commence to gradually lower, and deepen your problem, and set a hypnotic trigger, an anchor, which can instantly send them back into trance after you apply it…”

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Incorporate covert hypnosis into your way of thinking, into your subconscious mind and let it become something you do naturally without much effort. In that way you can use covert hypnosis techniques and not alert anyone to your motives.

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Covert Persuasion Techniques for Building Self Confidence

October 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Covert persuasion techniques for building self confidence have been around a very long time. Would you like to be one of those people that can get what they want simply because they are confident? The more you are able to successfully persuade others to do what you wish the more confidence you will have. Take a look at this article by Michael Lee from Persuasion-sales and you will better understand the way to use covert persuasion techniques for building self-confidence. 

Gain confidence using covert persuasion techniques and use your body language to show confidence just like an athlete.

“Persuasion techniques and confidence go hand in hand. If your confidence is low, you won’t be able to persuade people. To boost your self-esteem, ask yourself, “What compliment did I receive from people before, that made me more confident?”

“Seek within yourself your strong qualities, and develop them. What good things do people say about you? Model someone who has successfully persuaded you in the past, and improve on their strategy.”

“Go down to memory lane and remember the times you have successfully persuaded, convinced, influenced or motivated someone. Here are some things to consider:”

1) “What did you do to convince your crush to be your girlfriend (or boyfriend)?

2) What did you do to persuade your boss to agree to your request?

3) What did you do to motivate someone to perform better?

4) How did you negotiate with your parents to get a larger allowance?”

“You may not be aware of it, but there are countless times that you have successfully persuaded people. You may just not be aware that you’re using persuasion techniques in those cases.”

“Write down those instances and think of how you may apply them in your current situation or future use. Find ways in which you can apply persuasion in your everyday life. Here are 4 ways to become a highly confident persuader::

Persuasion Technique # 1: Be unwavering and resolute in your purpose.

“You’ve got to stand by your objective and never let other people forcefully persuade you into agreeing with them. However, this doesn’t mean you remain stiff and inflexible if new data or proof has been presented.

Even if you still don’t like their idea, at least appear to consider their opinion in your decision. This shows respect and humility. Say something like, “You got a good point there. I’ll certainly take that into consideration.”

Persuasion Technique # 2: You also have to be passionate with your words and body language.

When you show enthusiasm, people are more likely to be influenced because you make it seem like you’re so sure about your idea…”

Persuasion Technique # 3: Never be discouraged.

“Prepare your message well and stay focused on your target. When you’re requesting something and they stay silent, don’t just go away unsatisfied. When they want you to do something and they stay quiet after you’ve told them you can’t do it, make a stand! Stick by your decision.”

“Explain to them the valid reasons why you want or don’t want to do something. If they stayed silent to make you feel uncomfortable, don’t just agree with what they want. Keep your cool. Talk to them again and tell them that your decision is final.”

“If they frown, fold their arms, take a deep breath, or shake their heads, apply the same procedure. Be confident while communicating and stay unaffected by their distracting moves or actions.”

“What if they told you that they remembered the discussion to be different? Isn’t it frustrating to have agreed on something and they suddenly said that they heard it in a different perspective?”

“You can kindly ask them to prove it. You can ask when, how, or where it was said. If they cannot maintain constancy of data and accuracy in their statements, then you’ve got a winning case.”

The fourth technique suggested in the article reminded me of an athlete who has to project confidence even when no one is looking because body language says so much about a person. So things like which seat you end up in during an important meeting or your first handshake with someone can be a form of covert persuasion techniques for building confidence and will leave lasting impressions.

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Conversational Hypnosis Breaks Through Mental Barriers

September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Conversational hypnosis works by narrowing your focus and overcoming mental barriers

Conversational hypnosis breaks through mental barriers by overcoming a persons “BS detector” or by grabbing their attention so completely that their focus remains on the source of their attention. Kevin Hogan, expert hypnotist demonstrates this effective technique in the article below with his story about the cover of Cosmo in the airport.

“Seduction can be defined in one of three ways. Seduction can be used to lead someone astray from their principles, much like Darth Vader attempted to do to young Luke Skywalker in Star Wars. I’m not too big on revealing secrets on how to win converts to the dark side….”

“Seduction can also refer to inducing or tempting someone to have sex, much like Delilah did to Samson in The Bible. This area of seduction is certainly more interesting and playful than leading someone astray from their core values…but still not really where my core interest lies.”

“No, the seduction I refer to in The Art of Hypnotic Seduction is the inducement and enticement to win over someone to your side…or to your point of view. But what about the “hypnotic” part?”

“Hypnosis can be defined as a “narrowing focus of attention” or “resonating with the anti-suggestive barrier of the mind.” In the first case, a narrowing focus of attention, I think of walking through the airport today and seeing Carmen (Electra) on the cover of Stuff magazine.”

“I walked into Simply Books to find the August issue of Cosmo (they interviewed me for this months issue) but my mind totally spaced the world out as my mind was captured by Carmen on the cover of Stuff. (Carmen stars on a TV show called Living Large…something I’ve never seen or heard of but I will check it out…) I was literally hypnotized by the cover of Stuff magazine. Who was on Time? Newsweek? Good Housekeeping? Sports Illustrated? Business Week? Yahoo? Money? …I have no clue.”

“No one who walked into Simply Books did. It was just you and Carmen right there at the check out counter. I walked over to Carmen and picked her up. There was a little “tag” above her shoulder on the right side of the magazine that said, “Unfold for More”. So, I did, opening the magazine to see a Carmen with even fewer square inches of garment on than the cover boasted. In the upper right hand corner it said, “Stop staring and buy the magazine.” 

“It was absolutely brilliant. I almost took it to the checkout counter when I remembered that I subscribed and I thought it would be nice to have it in the mailbox today. That’s the hypnotic power of magazine cover…not a real, living, breathing…person… That’s hypnosis.”

“Hypnosis is all about narrowing another person or group of people’s attention to where what you are saying is the only thing they are paying attention to and then when you give the suggestion to “stop staring and buy the magazine,” they do so.”

Breaking Through the Barrier

“Hypnosis is also about resonating with the antisuggestive barrier of the mind. Each person has a metaphorical “mechanism in the mind” that “protects” the mind from all that might be bad for them. My antisuggestive barrier instantly filters out telemarketers, stock brokers, television preachers, anyone who knocks on my front door, and hundreds of other stimuli.”

“In other words, there is a “wall” in my mind that is very tall…a “BS detector” that goes off like a fog horn when I see, feel or hear anything that my BS detector has coded as EVIL. (The BS detector of course is often wrong…it’s just a detector like the ones at the airport. It’s a warning device that there MIGHT be something wrong here…but certainly not always.”

“If you can make it past my BS detector without setting it off, you will have my full attention and it will not likely be diverted anywhere else.) That’s hypnosis, too. When the BS detector says, “I like this guy,” I might just filter out the rest of the world and you will have my complete and undivided attention.”

There is no doubt that conversational hypnosis works by breaking through mental barriers. We all use our brain to automatically filter out what we don’t care about or are not interested in. When conversational hypnosis is used correctly it bypasses that filter and gets the person to focus on whatever you want them to.

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