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The Uses of Hypnosis, NLP and Guided Imagery in Business

You may be well aware of the uses of hypnosis, NLP and guided imagery in personal development, but are you aware that they have a lot of applications in business too?

Hypnosis can improve confidence so that you"re more likely to advance in your career, improve concentration so you can get more work done, and help you with problem-solving at the office. As Princeton University"s website states, "If someone wishes they could be a more outgoing person, hypnosis can definitely help them find that confidence within. Increased confidence can help with...increasing confidence for job interviews, increasing confidence for goal-setting, and much, much more." This site goes on to state that hypnosis can also stir up creativity and help with problem solving at the office: "If a person is grappling with a creative problem and uses hypnosis to reach for a solution, it is very common for ideas to start popping into their head within twenty four hours of a single hypnosis session." (www.princeton.edu/~hypnosis/HypnoUses.html)

Hypnosis can also improve your memory, which is a real edge in business when you"re able to recall facts easily while others have to fumble through research material to find them. In a study conducted jointly by the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Florida, 89 subjects watched police training films that simulated violent crimes and then attempt to recall what they saw as if they had been eyewitnesses to a real crime. The interviews in which they were questioned were 48 hours after viewing the films, and those who underwent hypnosis as part of the interview process were able to remember significantly more bits of information than those who didn"t. Even more intriguingly, the hypnosis subjects were able to hone in on the critical facts in the sequences, and the improvement in memory was most pronounced for the films in which the actions were quicker and more varied and thus there were more details to remember. (Geiselman, Fisher, MacKinnon, Holland, 1985)

Since NLP is a method of personal development that deals directly with communication through the use of linguistics, it"s only natural that NLP has a positive effect on business interactions too. It can also be useful for developing the skills necessary to succeed in a particular career, whatever they are. A dissertation from Purdue University in Indiana concluded that NLP is very helpful in acquiring the skills necessary to train or supervise mental health counselors. (Macy, 1988)
 
Guided imagery is also extremely effective in business applications, whether it"s reaching sales goals, problem solving, or managing stress in the workplace. As Andrew E. Schwartz, a renowned corporate trainer, says, "Guided imagery is one of the potent tools we have as individuals to manage stress, unleash our creativity, change our attitudes, set and reach goals, tap into our inner wisdom, relax, stimulate peak performance, and activate our natural healing powers." (Guided Imagery For Groups: Fifty Visualizations That Promote Relaxation, Problem-Solving, Creativity and Well-Being, Whole Person Associates Inc., 1995)
 
If hypnosis, NLP and guided imagery have such beneficial effects on confidence, memory, creativity, problem solving, and communication, it"s a wonder that they"re not in use every day for business applications. Using them can give you a considerable edge: business managers who have the foresight to utilize these cutting edge techniques will find themselves with a distinct advantage over those who employ ordinary management techniques, and entrepreneurs who are in business for themselves will develop the skills and confidence necessary to decimate their competition.
 

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