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From the archives! First time offering. This 18 CD set is one of Dave's most unusual Fun Shops where he teaches even more of his intellectual property in unusual ways. A must have!

Excellence Quest has obtained the exclusive right to produce and distribute Zebu™, the original Hypnotic Language Card Game!

These are brand new, original Zebu hypnotic language cards in a 2008 printing.

Based on Milton Erickson's hypnotic language patterns, you will learn how to deliver embedded commands, make indirect suggestions, and speak hypnotically!

Zebu is a normal deck of 52 playing cards with 52 extraordinary language patterns taken from the work of Milton Erickson. Instructions, insightful commentary, and examples included.

You can order these cards right now in our online store!

It is with great sadness that I inform you that my life partner, Dr. David Dobson, creator of OTCC™ and NFP™ died on February 22, 2008. Dave was a great hypnotic genius. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends as well as the many, many people he has helped all over the world.

His last wishes were that his valuable work be remembered and used for the great value it delivers and carried on by myself, Barbara and my grandson, Mick.

He is well-known for his Fun Shops, which we will continue sometime in the near future.

We are continuing to archive his work and will make it more available for you who wish to learn and utilize it.

You may contact us at mind@excelquest.com, or call 708-799-5329. His email or website will not be active or changed immediately, but sometime in the near future.

—Barb

You are invited to leave your memories of Dave, his work, your experiences with him, or just any thoughts you like.

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Original age regression on CD by Dr. Bandler with Barb that assisted her in the cancer remission. Contains transcript in booklet form. CD II has Barbara’s health strategies, a meditation and  trance and CD 3 is an interview and discussion with Dr. Bandler on health, NLP, DHE, Hypnosis, belief systems and more. 3 cds and booklet.

Not your ship anchor…the other kind.

The definition of anchoring that we’re interested in here is “The process of associating an internal response with some external trigger (similar to classical conditioning) so that the response may be quickly, an sometimes covertly, reaccessed.”

So we can deliberately set an anchor for a great state that we want to access again easily.

The anchor can be set powerfully while you are experiencing a specific stimulus or in a really great state.

But what about non-deliberate anchors? They can be wonderful or not. Anchors can be set out of awareness…valuable and not so valuable ones.

Some of the inappropriate responses we have are caused by old anchors…unconscious anchors.

It might be valuable to keep that in mind before we judge someone’s seemingly off-the-wall response.

Remember, feelings don’t just come from nowhere. Accessing pictures, sounds, smells and tastes results in feelings or sensations whether they are very pleasant or not.

When we do recognize this, break state/interrupt the pattern. Do it often enough, the anchor can be gone, unless you want to keep it.

On that early morning in 1954 forty eager reporters were listening to Mr. Paul Getty Sr. He was giving a presentation for the opening of the Paul Getty Museum. The oil tycoon finished his compelling speech and it was time for the Q & A. One reporter stood up and asked Mr. Getty what—in his opinion—were the golden rules for success in business. He glanced into the conference room cleared his throat and started to speak with a dark voice.

“There are three rules that lead to business success. The first one is to wake up early…” The reporter was kind of disappointed to hear that. He indeed got up early to be at this press conference at 7:00 a.m. Getty continued after a short pause. “The second rule is to work hard…” There was some mumbling in the room…what was Getty talking about? Everybody has been working hard… is he kidding? “And the third rule is…” Getty paused again and looked into the eyes of the reporter. “to strike oil!” Everybody laughed and Getty invited another reporter to come up with another question.

However, there is a lot of truth in what Getty said. “Get up early” means being there first, be there in time, make sure that you seize the opportunity. “Work hard” means that you simply reject rejection. You will not take no for an answer. There is always a way to get there if there is a will. And the third golden rule is “strike oil”. Brilliant! Getty meant to find that unique proposition, to create value and to focus on WHAT REALLY MATTERS!

Now you have the opportunity to wake up early, to work hard and to strike oil. How? By coming to “WHAMM”: What Matters Most. A new view on value, uniqueness and getting things done. An opportunity to write your own script and to implement it with zest. A profound and practical approach to business and life, brought to you by Barbara Stepp, Robert Pino and Stever Robbins. A 3 day seminar you do not want to miss!

Robert Pino
Life Alchemist®

Robert Pino Center For Growth
The Business of Human Transformation
& the Art of Business Transformation
USA: +1 (312) 214 3585

www.robertpino.com

No, it is not a town in southern Italy because it is not a destination. It is a much discussed and used word. It has been abused in many a humorous way.

The NLP definition is, “matching aspects of another person’s external behavior”. Being the same creates rapport. The ongoing process of matching is referred to a pacing. Rapport is a choice.

Over the many years I have been in NLP, I have experienced various people who have read a book on NLP, attempting to match every element of my behavior, tone and language. It is humorous to change my behavior and watch them scramble to match. Why do we notice this consciously? Why doesn’t that work?

Matching behavior is powerful because it is unconscious. The unconscious mind of the other person recognizes a friendly. It should be done elegantly, gracefully and respectfully. If it is not, it can be interpreted as mimicking and some may find it insulting or at best humorous.

Matching is not about being agreeable or nice, although is it nice to be nice. Matching is simply the art of being the Same.

Some of the ways we can match are to adjust our bodies to be similar to the other person’s posture and pacing consistent us of body movements like eye blinks, smiles; tonality, volume; gestures; listening to an utilizing repeated phrases; cross-over matching, adjusting the tempo of voice to the person’s rate of breathing, and a very valuable one, matching their breathing.

Instead of trying to do them all at the same time, I suggest that you pick one or two and pace them comfortably.

This is what Dave Dobson does with the famous Other-than-conscious-hello. He picks a piece of behavior and acknowledges it respectfully. Since rapport is an ongoing phenomena, if one comes from a place of caring and wanting to get to know someone it works. You can do it from 30 feet away. It is a powerful tool when done with respect and courtesy. We teach the OTC hello and many other unconscious/other-than-conscious-skills in our Practitioner training. You get the opportunity to practice with your fellow participants in the class.

What is it anyway? Who nose? Hypnosis is everything and everything is Hypnosis. Our best definition is that it is communication.

Hypnosis in neither mystical or scary. It can be either malevolent or benevolent.

It is simply suggestion. We spend a great deal of time hypnotizing ourselves: “I’m afraid,” I can’t do that”, “I can forget about the unreasonable fear”, “I can do this”. “I’m smart”, “I’m intelligent,” ”I look really good”.

Or hypnotizing others: “You look tired”, “Have you been sick?, Are you feeling alright?”, “You look great!”, “Have you lost weight?” “You look hot!”

Milton Erickson, father of American Medical Hypnosis was once asked, “Are you aware of the way in which you use your words?” He replied: “I certainly am, and I want to emphasize the importance of that awareness in all of you. In any work, you are going to use words to influence the psychological life of an individual today; you are going to use words to influence his organic life today; you are going to also influence his psychological and organic life twenty years from now. So you had better know what you are saying. You had better be willing to reflect upon the words you use, to wonder what their meanings are, and to seek out and understand their many associations.”

So, since we are all hypnotists, let’s use our words and language skills for the best possible outcomes for ourselves and others, especially our children.

A Self-Exploration of the Feminine Balance.

We all have hopes and dreams. What’s stopping you from attaining them? A seemingly simple question. Notice your response. Notice your answers. What can this Wordsmythe teach you about the life you lead? The answer is, pay attention to the language that you use. The little words such as ‘just’, and ‘but’. Notice the words that come just after. They frame your motivations and help to provide comfort within your rationalizations. Comfort within your discomfort™.

Sure you could apply the meta-model challenge, yet if the words came out when others are around, you have set up a life frame where people will act and react to you. This is part of our human condition. This is far more pronounced and in many ways more hurtful for women of today.

Ladies, do you remember times when you felt a bit down? You may have purchased something new. Perhaps a blouse or shoes or dress? You wore it and felt great for a short time. This is an example of feelings resonating from the outside in. These are the most fleeting. Cable television shows focus on extreme change such as surgery in order to adjust the outside in hopes of changing the inside. I think this works far more profoundly from the inside out. When you consistently radiate self-love and confidence from your very core, profound satisfaction will soon be found in many other areas of your lives. How then do you alleviate your feelings when you feel less than you deserve? Too many women experience aspects of distraction in order to let go of those nagging feelings that stay with you just outside of your conscious awareness. You could change them if you were more aware of how they will limit and stop you from being the woman you were born to be.

These are some of the reasons that my wife and I developed something new, “The Core of Self-Acceptance for Women©”. We believe, and I think you will also, that accessories, worn on the outside, bring far greater reflection to a light when it shines brightly from within. Our mothers and our grandmothers looked to their mothers for inspiration. They may have had little according to today’s standards, yet they stood regally in their cause of nurturing and building solid relationships. Quietly negotiating as she insured the safety and contentment of first her family and then her community. A seemingly simple woman, dedicated to giving, creating and striving. All the while standing proud in her humble nobility. Who do we look towards today? Where else can you go and learn these important ways of behavior and to model the feminine?

Did you know that what you are saying to yourself is often worse than what you are saying on the outside? We’ll teach you both consciously and unconsciously too easily and elegantly tap into the force of nature that you already are. Imagine no longer having to question or doubt, but to grow into the healthy happy role models society currently craves.

Until next time, enjoy the flows of life.

Jeff Schoener
NLP™ Wordsmythe, LLC
888-847-3696

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