Vivification is when a persons attention is highly focused and turned inward resulting in the internal thoughts and images becoming so absorbing and convincing that they are subjectively indistinguishable from ordinary reality. These internally derived memories, ideas, imagined events, emotions, definitions and experiences are experienced so vividly that they are responded to as real, while the ordinary ‘real’ […]
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Change of Time Verbs and Adverbs
Begin, End, Stop, Start, Continue, Proceed, Already, Yet, Still, Anymore, etc. “You can continue to enjoy speaking with me.” This presupposes that you are already enjoying speaking to me. “Are you still interested in getting involved in business with me?” This presupposes that you were interested in getting involved in business with me in the past.
Stories
“You know it is funny you mention Florida. I took my entire family down their last year and we absolutely had a blast. Did you ever notice that sometimes with a new experience, you really feel compelled to get the most out of it that you possibly can? Well, we drove down in our van and it […]
Quotes
This pattern involves making any statement you want to make to another person as if you are reporting in quotes what someone else said at another time and place. “As you begin to see the value of this proposition, you will come to the same conclusion that a customer came to the other day, and that was […]
Extended Sentence
This kind of pattern is created by putting two sentences together that end and begin with the same word. “I know that this is something you will like me, enjoy it.” Here the word “like” is the end of the first sentence,
Sound Alike-Different Meaning
Words that sound alike but have different meanings create another way that causes the person to have to process what you are actually saying either consciously or unconsciously. Such words include: • Right/ Write/ Rite • I / Eye • Insecurity / In Security • Red / Read • There/ Their / They’re • Weight/ Wait • Knows/ […]
Multiplicity of Meaning
This occurs when one sentence, phrase, or word has more than one possible meaning. “Multiplicity of Meaning is an important tool that can result in a mild confusion and disorientation which is useful in inducing altered states.” Anytime you can makes it possible for the listener to internally process a message in more than one way, you require […]
Responsive Questioning
Responsive Questioning are yes/ no questions that typically bring out a response rather than a literal answer. For example, if you approach someone on the street and ask, “Do you have the time?” the person generally won’t say “yes” or “no.” She will tell you what time it is. If you ask someone “Do you know what’s on […]
Commentary Adjectives and Adverbs
Fortunately, Naturally, Luckily, Innocently, Happily, Necessarily, etc. “Fortunately, there’s no need for me to know the details of what you want in order for me to help you get it.” “Naturally, you will begin to see the value of what I am saying to you right now”! “Luckily, you have met me today, because I can help […]
Brain Twister Story
“Did I ever tell you about my brother, Chris? It seems he was at this golf outing, and he was at the bar called the 19th hole. And the bartender was telling a story about his buddy who had two brothers. One was really good at dealing with people, but the other had problems until he met this […]