![]() ![]() Formal hypnosis, with a trance, is for the benefit of the subject, not the hypnotist. That skill won’t help your life in any way. The good news is that you don’t need to learn how to induce trances. If you are not near the subject, to observe reactions, you can’t make the adjustments needed to get the best result. The hypnotist suggests a thought and observes micro-movement in the subject’s muscle tension, breathing, and other body parts to determine whether the suggestion is having the intended effect. You can think of hypnosis as rapid A-B testing. If you want to learn formal hypnosis, where you put willing subjects into a so-called trance state, you need to sign up for a class. There is no substitute for physical practice with real humans. ![]() It would be like learning to play a sport by reading about it. The bad news is that you can’t learn hypnosis from a book. I have also studied the various tools of persuasion for years because it is directly applicable to my job as a writer. If you wonder why people are asking a cartoonist about persuasion, it is because I am a trained hypnotist, and mention it often in the context of blogging. Update: New Book added: Impossible to Ignoreīackground: Readers of this blog have been asking for a reading list to learn more about hypnosis, persuasion, and influence in general.
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