Gliding Like a Swan: The Power of NLP & Hypnosis

Hello everyone,

One of our greatest gifts is probably the one you never think about: your innate power to alter your own mental state and the mental state of others around you.

When you learn to do this correctly, you will glide through life like a swan on a calm lake. People will find you relaxing to be around, and you will be much more closely connected to your unconscious mind—the true home of infinite wisdom. However, if you let overthinking, overplanning, and overcritical thinking take over, you will stifle your greatest source of creativity. Flow and peak performance simply do not live in the conscious mind.

In this episode of Zen and the Art of NLP, we tackled this exactly by exploring The Power of NLP When Combined with Hypnosis.

You can watch the full episode here:

In this session, we dive bravely into the middle of our brains to uncover:

• The Origins of Hypnosis: From James Braid, the Scottish physician who coined the term in 1841, to how it is used today for everything from stress reduction to building profound confidence in athletes.
• Busting Myths: Hypnosis is not sleep. It is a state of heightened concentration and focused attention where you are always entirely in control.
• Going There First: Why you must first find an altered mind state yourself before you can ever induce it in another person.

During the show, I also asked our listeners Four Big Questions, and I want to pose them to you today:

1. What is your greatest gift?
2. What is the one thing that you desire the most?
3. What is the one thing that is stopping you from achieving it?
4. What is the one thing that you want to share with others?

That fourth question is particularly vital. The first three are about the ego, but the fourth is about coming from a giving place. When you focus on helping and sharing, you raise your frequencies, and the universe responds.

Unlock Elite Performance

If you are fascinated by how these mental states apply to the highest levels of human achievement, you might want to dive into my book, 447 Million Secrets of Sport.

In it, we explore how top-tier athletes use the power of the unconscious mind to block out the noise, access deep flow states on command, and perform miracles under immense pressure. The same principles that work on the field work in the boardroom and in your daily life.

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Take some time to ponder those four big questions this week. I hope you meet exciting new people, make massive progress on your projects, and most importantly, have almost, almost too much fun.

Best wishes,

Doc Steve