It is impossible that hypnotic language patterns are the most important things to learn in order for you to master The Art of Persuasion. There are many reasons why this is true. For one, hypnotic language patterns are a recent development in hypnosis. This means that for thousands of years people became wealthy and successful without the knowledge of these Ericksonian language patterns. We know this because Ericksonian hypnosis and NLP were not even invented yet. Another reason why hypnotic language is not as important as many “persuasion gurus” would lead you to believe is because these hypnotic language patterns have their origins in a therapeutic context. This means that these language patterns were only successful in clinical scenarios where people were trying to quit smoking or lose weight.

These hypnotic language patterns become weak and difficult to use once a persuasion artist attempts to use them outside of their clinical settings that they originated from. The tools that were designed for therapy are no where near as successful as the tools that have been designed for the power of persuasion. Therapy and The Art of Persuasion are two entirely different things.

In fact, when the male seduction community first began, men attempted to use hypnotic language patterns to seduce women. Needless to say, their attempts failed so that they developed entirely different systems to seduce the opposite sex. A lesson we can all learn from this is that hypnotic language patterns do not work outside of clinical settings, and even if they did work once in awhile, they certainly don’t work on a consistent basis.

Now, in order to understand the components that The Art of Persuasion consist of, it was important to first understand what The Art of Persuasion does not consist of. The Art of Persuasion is far deeper than how we use language. It should go without saying that words do have their value to an extent, but everyone has heard that talk is cheap. Language is like luck, it will only take you so far. So then, if language is only a piece to the puzzle of how we can persuade people to get the things that we want, we must move on from these elementary principles and begin to talk about what The Art of Persuasion really is.

The Art of Persuasion is more than anything based upon social strategy and behavior patterns. Social strategy has time and time again produced successful and influential people ever since time began. In fact, social strategy and social behavior patterns have proven to be so powerful that people have risen to power and greatness even though the odds were stacked against them in every way. They didn’t come from rich families. They didn’t have the resources or connections that are often necessary to obtain wealth and power. Yet, they defeated the odds, made history, and became some of the most wealthiest and successful people in history–and they did it all without using a single language pattern.

Social strategy involves knowing the diverse social structures that exist in various social environments. Then, comprehending the social environment, you take specific actions that will dominate its social structures through the power of your social interactions. You may first need to start at the bottom of these social structures, so you must need to climb to the top of the social structure that you are attempting to dominate one step at a time. Then, after you have obtained power in one social environment, you can exchange this power for power in another social environment.

Each social environment is different, but the principles used to dominate social interactions are the same.