Speaking in Symbols

Today, people think in sound bites. The best sound bites create mental images. When President Bush was justifying his reasons for attacking Iraq on the grounds that that country possessed weapons of mass destruction, he conjured up a powerful image by saying, "Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof -- the smoking gun -- that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."

The powerful image of a mushroom cloud hanging over New York City or perhaps the city in which you live was powerful enough to set this country marching to war.
The intermediary between your brain and your body is the imagination. Before emotions can drive us to action they must first be created in the physical body- and nothing activates the body faster then a potent mental image.

Aristotle told us that "the mind thinks in images." When ideas and concepts reach critical mass in the mind they activate your inner cinema and the procession of pictures that are produced will dictate to the nervous system exactly what needs to be done. Emotions flow and actions are initiated.

Watch the President candidates Barack Obama and John McCain as they come down the final stretch. From images of "Joe the Plummer' to "struggling single mothers with sick children" sound bites filled with mental pictures will abound.

Hypnotists use imagery frequently to move their clients to action. So do President candidates Barack Obama and John McCain and with great success.

Come train with me and I will teach you how to put imagery to work helping others change, motivating a team, increasing sales, negotiating with skill and much more.

John