The document recounts a personal experience of being exposed to NLP techniques in a social setting, highlighting the covert use of language patterns to facilitate change in others. It emphasizes the idea that everyone has inherent value or 'treasure,' which can be uncovered through effective communication. The author encourages a mindset shift to recognize and engage with this potential in all individuals, not just those deemed attractive or beneficial.

1. Verbal Bong Hits

2. I remember the first time I was
"exposed" to NLP.

3. Me and a bunch of other guys were
sitting in this hotel lounge.

4. One guy mentioned that he had some
kind of problem.

5. Another guy casually started asking
him questions.

6. Slowly and covertly leading him
through some kind of NLP
conversational "change work"
procedure.

7. For about twenty minutes, all of us
(except for the secret NLP master) all
were sitting around looking like we'd
just taken a MASSIVE bong hit.

8. This is one of the "effects" you can
have when using covert language
patterns.

9. And like any tool, you can use it for
good or evil.

10. The thing was, that while the one
"guy" was the "target" for the
"procedure," we all participated
vicariously.

11. Because the "problem" was one that
most guys have.

12. And after that "intervention," few of
us could even remember what the
problem was.

13. Now, this guy (the NLP Wizard) didn't
start by saying, "Hey I'm going to try
some language patterns, OK?" He just
rolled right into it. Nobody even knew
what was going on, before, during or
after.

14. We just kind of all experienced the
same "brain fade."

15. Only later, after I'd started studying
NLP, did I understand what he did.

16. This was the same guy that would
ALWAYS get most of the waitresses in a
restaurant hanging around his table
whenever they had a chance.

17. He also found a way to make a TON of
money in his part time, so he could
spend most of his time "enjoying"
other people.

18. All because of two things.

19. One is that he assumed that within
other people is TREASURE.

20. Two is he used his language to FIND IT.

21. Most people don't think they have
treasure inside them.

22. So when somebody comes along, and
starts to use these slightly strange
sounding language patterns to elicit
that treasure, they feel pretty good.

23. Only like that first time, they have no
idea what's going on.

24. They just know that when THAT
PERSON is around, they feel fantastic.

25. And of course, whenever they think of
THAT PERSON, they feel fantastic.

26. How do you BECOME that person?

27. One is to start looking at people
differently.

28. Instead of looking at them as objects
or obstacles, train your brain to
wonder what their treasure is.

29. Not just the people you think are
attractive or whom you think you can
make money from.

30. EVERYBODY.

31. The next step is to learn these
patterns, and use them to dig for their
treasure.

32. mindpersuasion.com/covert-hypnosis/