Persuasion or Influence?

Persuasion and Influence. You nearly always see these two together don’t you? I use them together because thanks to usage what they actually mean is lost behind what people think they mean.

The truth is that one is usually hard work and the other – well the other just happens.

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Automatism verdict – how would this affect a hypnotised criminal?

Because the law sees hypnosis as ‘sleep’ could this lead to some real Svengali stuff? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8370674.stm Rock star Peter Buck used automatism as a defence in court. In court he has been found not guilty of assault on airline cabin crew and to be suffering from “non-insane automatism”, basically his mind is not in control [...]

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Subconscious – the Child Inside

Your subconscious mind should be thought of as a bright 9 year old child. That is the level of emotional maturity we get before ‘Grown Up’ becomes our preferred mask.

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How to hypnotise an unwilling victim

This video has been watched by over a quarter of a million people on YouTube alone. It is what you see. The full story was Mike – the Victim – was bet by Andy a fellow attendee at a class I run in Wolverhampton when camcorder were still called video cameras and had a handle [...]

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