Using NLP to Build Persuasive Emotional States

by Marc Hogan
www.persuasion-skills.co.uk



Learning to control your emotional state is fundamental to the success of NLP and Persuasion.

By learning to control your state, you will be able to create powerful anchors, or tell vivid metaphors and stories that capture and lead your imagination, or even create deep levels of rapport, with anyone you choose.

Many traditional NLP trainings focus on language patterns and applications of the Milton Model, which are very powerful tools, however to really use those NLP and Hypnotic tools effectively, you must first learn to create powerful states within you and then transfer these states to those around you.

Remember your state, leads their state….

How to Build Emotional States:

I use a variety of different methods, based around NLP, Hypnosis and visualisation to help students build emotional states.

I’d like you to imagine the state of happiness as a glow ball of energy floating in front of you.

Just imagine (it’s not real just a bit of fun...)

What colour is it?

Imagine it having a colour remember it’s just a bit of fun...

Stick your hand in it what does it feel like, is it warm / cold / does it make a humming noise?

If you brought the ball closer to your chest what happens notice anything different?

What if you moved it away?

What if you made the ball bigger / smaller notice anything different?

Now sprinkle some humour dust it (Think of a time when you laughed if this helps) has this changed the colour of the glow ball - what about the texture?

Add some more, what about if you add in a little play fullness andthen some fun, then some confidence? What about a little intrigue...?

Or try this:

Imagine a feeling of happiness, guess where this feeling is in your body

I always imagine it in my stomach.

If it had colour what colour would be, would be moving, IE spinning, rotating, moving upwards, downward pulsing?

Start to spin the feeling imagine it spinning in a certain direction does that change the intensity?

Try reversing the direction, spin it faster and faster and faster and that direction.

Change the colour...

Then think about all the good things you want to achieve, spin the feeling faster and faster see yourself achieving a goal think about those good feelings and make them bigger and spin faster and faster.....

These are the first steps to controlling your state and becoming a great persuader.

The Persuasion Skills Power NLP Tip

Before you tell a story or before a meeting build the emotional state you want to feel and then enter that meeting.

Remember the more you practice the more you’ll be able to build these states at any time, even during a conversation.

This skill will allow you to become much more persuasive in any number of situations from interviews to flirting…

Go play!