Mitchell the serial High Fiver

Occasionally I love the fact that hypnosis is about making people feel good about themselves. I decided to give Mitchell a task. He was to find high-fiving people the most funniest thing he had ever experienced in his life. This is what the footage resulted in...

In the beginning

So if you've ever been interested in hypnosis and what it's all about, I'd like to start with a little game with you guys. Don't worry, this isn't going to get it so you start barking like a dog, or anything like that. It's a simple game to see how suggestible you are in the current environment you are watching the video below:

So regardless of watching the video, I told you this was an imagination game. This is purely to see what your subconscious mind would do. Most people follow the suggestions as it's an easy one to follow, but how much of that they follow is how imaginative you can make yourself, and the environment around you, such as, is it safe? are you amongst friends? do you feel comfortable?

So this is a good starting test. You can play this game as many times as you like, or share it with friends. It's really to get you thinking about how fun hypnosis can be, and what your potential could be as well.

Confidence and rapport

So for those of you who are following along at home should probably know I travel a lot. On occasion I like to test my skill set in seeing how charming I can be and upgrade a plane booking, or seat allocation or cheekily ask for something that I would usually not be entitled to.

For example, sitting in a closed Perth airport gave me time to sit and think and document what I do just to schmooze.

So what does this have to do with hypnosis? Well it's got a lot to do with rapport. It's how quickly you can make someone trust you in the first 30 seconds of meeting you.

For example, I ALWAYS greet someone when they ask 'Hi. How you going?' with 'yeah, great thanks. And you?' people always smile and feel fluffy that I've asked about them. You can usually offer a compliment to short joke and suddenly they like you because you aren't the arsehole that is out to wreck their day.

It's these little life lessons that you don't think about but can instantly gain you respect. Even if it seems like useless small talk.