“What will be your level of responsibility and culpability when someone is injured or killed as a result of your decision”
This is the true story of how this line – a piece of strategically structured ‘hypnotic language’ – changed a major decision by a governmental regulatory body.
I originally learned ‘conversational hypnosis’ through the NLP Milton Model (modelled by Richard Bandler and John Grinder from Hypnotherapist Milton Erickson), but the Milton Model M is only the surface. What’s important is knowing specifically (not vaguely) WHAT you want to do with it… like a surgeon is with a scalpel.
In this video I share the context for which the line was created, the rationale behind it and the effect it had.
Hypnotherapy Heresy – CORRECTION
Friday Brain Freeze! As has been pointed out to me (though it really shouldn’t have needed to be) the Hypnotherapy Heresy ‘super saver’ discount closes tomorrow night (Saturday 7th) NOT tonight as per my previous email and video!
13 Comments
Jakub Mikus
June 6, 2014Hello James
It is interesting how one good question can change someones point of view. It shows that sometimes less is more in powerful communication and for me it is not so easy to do it that way.
James Tripp
June 6, 2014Indeed.
I have a full ‘case study’ written up for this somewhere. I might see if I can dig it up.
Best,
James
ed
June 6, 2014James,
Nice video above, but this requires a lot of analytical skills or finding the needle in the haystack.!
Not every person has the ability to do so! And thus can use the Milton Eriksson Model or the hypnotic language.
Milton Eriksson got his experience of a long time observation and usage of language. A lot of people don t take that into consideration.
forget a lot of people,
Again nice example of using hypnotic language …
Ed
James Tripp
June 6, 2014True Ed. Though this is a short video of course, not a skills tutorial! A time and a place for everything!
Best,
James
ed
June 6, 2014some tipos above remove forget a lot of people! thkx
James Tripp
June 6, 2014‘Tipos’?… I’ll get onto it 😉
J
Colin Fisher
June 6, 2014Great article James.I used a similar approach around 15 years ago when I was managing the deconstruction of a tower block which was in close proximity of a footpath used by locals.I requested that salford council close it for safety reasons.There reply was No because it would upset the locals.Anyway after numerous phone calls in attempting to get hold of the decision maker,two days before commencement of works I left a message to be passed onto the person involved Which read something along these lines”How will you feel when somebody gets injured or worse still killed as a result of your decision to leave the footpath open.That was on a Friday afternoon,by Monday morning they started to close the path off.That was when I realised the power of words without trance.
James Tripp
June 7, 2014Just got to get their mind ruminating in the right direction. Nice work!
J.
brian h
June 6, 2014I was once asked to set up a project for ex alcohol and Drug users to take them from their treatment programme into further education or work. I created a number of hypnotic systems to get results no other group had got. one of things I did in order to help justify further funding was design an exit form. One of the presupposition questions I used was ” Out of all the positive changes you have experienced on this programme what was the top three?” They put down all kinds of stuff that no one had got down before. That was just part of a range of thing i did way back in the late 90s gee im getting old! This pilot became the subject of a study because it was getting results established projects couldn’t.
James Tripp
June 7, 2014I use a lot of presupposition when following up with clients… heck I use a lot of presupposition across the board with clients 🙂
J
Brian Mahoney
June 6, 2014Great story, James. Nicely done!
James Tripp
June 7, 2014Thanks, Brian. Hope you are well… let’s chat soon!
J
Linda Hardy
June 13, 2014Hi James….I so enjoyed this….I can hear your dad delivering the words…see his face too …all very real for me!!! You do great work and make such a difference to peoples lives!!!
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