Here's a powerful language pattern that can open up the mind of your listener so that they start to not only think positive thoughts about the future, but they begin to associate those positive thoughts with you and your ideas. This can dramatically increase your charisma and influence with others.
This particular language pattern is called the "Open Ended Suggestion" pattern. It is open ended in a couple of ways, both which have a great effect on the listener, and on your conversation. This can also be used in writing in case you want to write a really persuasive sales letter.
An open ended suggestion is a suggestion about something good that is possible in the future. It is open ended in that it doesn't state the limits of what's possible, nor does it put any limits on how soon it can be achieved or even how it can be achieved.
A simple example of an open ended suggestion is something like, "You can make a lot of money". No limit on how much money, no limit on when this money can be made, no limit on exactly how to make the money. All you are really hinting at is that it is possible, in some shape or form, for your listener to make a lot of money.
A couple of really interesting and useful things will begin to happen at this point. One, because it is something that sounds good about the future, the listener will start to fantasize what it would be like to make a lot of money. Second, since you aren't putting an actual dollar figure label on your statement, it wont go against whatever they think is a lot of money. Third, since you aren't saying how they can make a lot of money, you aren't contradicting whatever method they happen to be thinking about.
In a sense, you are only giving the basic direction, and their mind will go and fill in the blanks. You are giving them a suggestion, and their subconscious will fill in the blanks. Because those blanks are filled in by them, it will be the most real money making fantasy they can think of, and they will start to feel really good.
If you happen to be selling a product on how to make money, give them a few moments to really get into their quick subconscious fantasy, and then start talking about your product. They will automatically start to connect their own internally generated good feelings with your product.
Or if you like, simply throw in a few of these open ended suggestions every so often into the conversation, making sure they are in the same theme of the conversation, and then let them grow in your listeners mind. Pretty soon they will start to connect all their good feelings with you. And that is some good stuff.
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