Mar
2
2009
Second Method of Conversational Hypnosis
Author: robThe Meta Model
Have you ever found yourself dazed and confused by too much information? You know, like when you were in Math class at school, and the teacher kept throwing numbers and theories at you as if she were shooting them at you with a machine gun?
If you have experienced anything like this you may have been hypnotized by too much detail.
This is the way the Meta Model works…
Meta is based on detail, precision, and specifics that often challenge our over-generalized or distorted thoughts to make them more detailed and precise.
This is the opposite of the Milton Model, which uses those general or distorted thought patterns to move you away from detail and precision.
As an example, imagine a co-worker comes into your office complaining about the boss. You may use Meta Model conversation like the following:
Co-worker: “You know, our boss is a jerk!”
You: “How is he a jerk?”
Co-worker: “He always criticizes everything! Nothing is ever good enough!”
You: “Really? So you think he is never satisfied? Why do you think that?”
Co-worker: “Well… I guess sometimes he is satisfied… but…”
In the example above you are challenging the co-workers generalization that the boss is a jerk, and the distortion that the boss “always” criticizes “everything.”
It is most likely that the co-worker really believes that the generalization and the distortion are true because he is working from his conscious thinking. But “deep down” in his subconscious he realizes they are not true and that he is simply reacting to an event.
Ultimately, the co-worker has to give up his conscious desire to over-generalize and succumb to the logic of his subconscious.
Understanding the speech patterns used in the Milton Model and the Meta Model give you massive power to influence those around you.
While it may not seem like you are hypnotizing people with your words because they are not closing their eyes, breathing deeply, or clucking like chickens, you really are hypnotizing them by accessing their subconscious as you distract their conscious minds.
It works. Practice it!
