Conversational Hypnosis With The Milton Model – Single Binds
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The Milton Model is an amazingly simple yet powerful set of language patterns that you can easily use to persuade and influence anybody you happen to find yourself in a conversation with.
Today’s pattern is called the “Single Bind.” It is similar to the cause and effect, or the complex equivalent patterns, in that in links two ideas. In the single bind, however, the two ideas are linked only to each other.
For example, if I used the cause and effect pattern to say that if you exercise you will lose weight. This implies that exercise isn’t the only thing that will cause you to lose weight (e.g. proper diet, stress, smoking, etc.), and weight loss isn’t the only thing that results from exercise (e.g. tiredness, injury, etc.)
With a single bind, you link two ideas in such a way that they are only linked to each other. Doing one will necessarily cause the other, and the other is only the cause of the first.
They generally take one of four different forms (X and Y are in the form of present tense verb phrases, like study the Milton model, or realize your power, or understand these concepts):
The more you X, the more you will Y.
The more you X, the less you will Y.
The less you X, the less you will Y.
The less you X, the more you will Y.
You can also use comparative adjectives instead of “the more you X.” For example:
The easier you X, the happier you’ll feel.
The sooner you X, the quicker you’ll Y.
Of course, anytime you are referring to doing less of something, make sure that it’s something where doing less of it is a preferable, like standing in line at the post office.
Some examples:
The more you read this blog the sooner you’ll start to discover that you’re using these patterns on a daily basis.
The sooner you realize that the Milton Model is the easiest and most powerful way to persuade others, the easier it will be to get the things you want out of life, while helping others as well.
The quicker you start to see opportunities for these patterns around you, the more profitable you’ll naturally become.
You can also use this pattern to sneak and idea past your listener’s conscious critic, by putting an extremely desirable idea in the “Y” end of the phrase, and then put the idea you’d like to persuade your listener of in the “X” side.
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Have you ever noticed that many of the Milton patterns can be found in song lyrics? Here is an example: “The more I see you, the more I want you….†I believe this is another example of a single bind, isn’t it?
Yep, that’s a single bind. You can find he Milton Model patterns EVERYWHERE, it’s that just that most people use them unconsciously without really knowing it. Milton Erickson painstakingly when through, and through years of trial and error, figured out exactly which patterns were the most effective in his therapy sessions. There’s even plenty of examples from the many letters of St. Paul, where he uses these patterns to “influence” his readers. Once you study these patterns, the world of communication (songs, literature, etc) will seem completely different. You’ll never listen to another politician with the same set of ears!