Hypnosis, thanks to the stage, TV, and a lot of movies, the very word calls forth apicture of a whiskered and devilish hypnotist swaying a pocket watch beforehis zombie like subject's face. Or of individuals who are barking like puppiesor clacking li... Read more

Hypnosis, thanks to the stage, TV, and a lot of movies, the very word calls forth apicture of a whiskered and devilish hypnotist swaying a pocket watch beforehis zombie like subject's face. Or of individuals who are barking like puppiesor clacking like chickens, or acting in another unusual manner on a stage.Regrettable! As the misconceptions induced by the false stuff on stage andtelevision have scared a lot of people away from benefiting from this fantasticand potent sensory system that is simply as natural as breathing.With knowledge comes might. The goal of this e-Book is to help you tocomprehend what is inducing you to have feelings of fear, doubtfulness, anda lack of confidence, and how to go about substituting these damagingfeelings with feelings of confidence and courage.Courage And ConfidenceSummon the giant within and take control of your destiny.- 4 -- 5 -Chapter 1:Confidence Is A Mental AttitudeSynopsisIt might sound commonplace, but now is really the 1st day ofthe remainder of your life!Confidence is a mental attitude, which will let you haveconfident, yet honest opinions of yourself and your statesof affairs. When you have confidence, you'll believe onyour own powers, and have a universal sense of commandover your life. You'll think that, within reason, you'll beable to accomplish what you wish to do.- 6 -AttitudeConfidence is a mental attitude that's learned with experiences. Onceyou undergo success, you'll tend to anticipate being successful. Andthat notion of anticipation will cause you to have a feeling of selfconfidence.For instance: A young fellow wishes to learn how to be a boxer, so heacquires lessons, and acquires a coach.His coach won't put him into the ring till he has accumulatedadequate stamina and skill. And even then, the coach will only puthim up against a rival that he recognizes his fighter may beat. Whenhis fighter beats the adversary, he's successful, and begins to realizeconfidence in his abilities.With every contest, the coach puts his fighter up against an adversarywho's a slimly better fighter then the last, but not great enough totrounce his man. By the finish of the 3rd fight, the young boxer startsto expect to win his 4th, and so his self-confidence continues todevelop. This scenario goes forward to repeat itself. And as long as thefighter succeeds, his expectations of success, and his feelings ofconfidence will go on to grow.Conceive of how your life would be better if you felt confident. First ofall, sit back and take a couple of minutes to let yourself relax. If youunderstand how to do progressive relaxation, then you ought to goahead and do that. Or, you are able to download something off thenet.- 7 -Or merely fantasize a relaxing experience. Do you like the beach? Ifyou do, then make a short illusion of being at the beach. If your thingis the mountains, then make an illusion of being there.When you feel decompressed, it's time for you to start your firstexercise. Make a mental picture of yourself. In your picture I need youto see yourself looking to have self-assurance. What would you likeself-assurance to achieve for you? How would you like it to make yourlife more beneficial? That's what the story of your mental picture willbe about.Make your picture as truthful as possible. To the best of your power,you have to make them: Moving; colorized; close; three-d; centeredsharply; and typically bright. Try out the following properties of yourmental picture to see which one makes it feel the most credible toyou:Attempt putting in a border; attempt making it borderless (like anunframed image); attempt making your picture into a panorama.Correct your picture so that it feels as true and believable as possible.The more frequently you watch these mental pictures, the morebeneficial. Bedtime is a fantabulous time to make these mentalpictures.Brief recap: Self-confidence is a mental attitude that's learned withexperiences. Once you have success, you'll tend to expect to besuccessful. And that anticipation will cause you to get a feeling of selfassurance.- 8 -A minute ago we talked about how a coach could help to build up hisboxer's confidence.Likewise, a girl who's afraid of heights wishes to learn to plunge into aswimming pool from an elevated diving board. So she determines adiving coach who asks her to leap into the pool from the 1st step ofthe ladder up to the elevated board. The 1st step of the ladder isn'treally high, so the girl feels no fright, and she bounds from that step,and lands in the water unscathed.Following, the coach has her leap from the ... Less