What exactly is Sleight of Mouth? Sleight of Mouth is a persuasive technique that may be used to change beliefs in a conversation. It is a collection of 14 distinct patterns of response to a stated notion. A strategy that, if understood, allows you to always have a response that successfully elucidates your viewpoint and allows you to convince rather than being persuaded. Simply told, it will assist you in winning any debate, becoming verbally powerful and vocally powerful. Where Did Sleight of Mouth Originate? Sleight of Mouth is the consequence of NLP (Nuero Linguistic Programming) technique being applied to NLP itself, or, more precisely, to Richard Bandler’s debating abilities. NLP arose from Richard Bandler and John Grinder’s analysis and codification of the approaches of some of the twentieth century’s major therapists, including Milton Erickson, Virginia Satir, and others. One of Bandler and Grinder’s early students, Robert Dilts, used this similar concept to Bandler’s own distinctive manner with people. Bandler would challenge attendees in his NLP Certification seminars to use their newly gained abilities to persuade him that a belief system established for the occasion (e.g., “I can’t see the curve, therefore the world is flat.”) was incorrect. Bandler was always able to muster an army of answers to flip their “logical” arguments around, no matter how hard they tried. Dilts was able to identify Bandler’s persuasive tendencies. Dilts organized the designs into several categories and created an exquisite flow chart of them, making it a joy to use. Doug O’Brien’s “The User’s Guide to Sleight of Mouth” presents this approach in a delightfully short and user-friendly manner that will have you utilizing it in no time. Here are a few examples of what you will learn: * Beliefs’ core structure. True, every belief has the same core structure, and once you understand that, you can unlock and deconstruct any belief that comes your way. * The Agreement Frame resembles verbal Aikido. * The Polya Patterns of Plausible Inference * Fourteen alternative “Sleight of Mouth” patterns for reframing those ideas * Much, much more