You see, I actually forgot how persuasive a certain very simple flirting strategy can be — to increase the responsiveness of potential flirting subjects/partners.
For years now, I’ve been studying influence, flirting, & persuasion skills for so long — I learned that overall — the more influential & powerful I became with the technology of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), the less indirect and the less covertly influential I had to be — to invoke the same powerful emotions — easily & naturally.
If you still don’t know what NLP is, check out this link http://www.altfeld.com/mastery/geninfo/new.html
As a result of developing myself with these skills over time, I’ve re lied less & less on “tactics” and moved more towards being real with people — that is, being real ***WITH*** these skills honed sharp, as opposed to “being real” but socially uninformed, unrefined & unaware.
This distinction is Very, Very Important. Being real does have countless advantages.
Being other-than-real with people will often be detected, even amongst the people least aware of technologies such as NLP. And still, using certain strategies when the situations call for it – on top of being real — has many other useful advantages.
I think I’ll
keep reminding myself of this from now on.
Last year I visited Sydney Australia to run a weekend seminar (”Linguistic Wizardry”), and during the evenings before the seminar, one of my Aussie associates had set up a few social evening outings for me – in which I would meet up with several other NLP enthusiasts, and, for want of a better term, show off a bit….Go out flirting, essentially. And what I wanted to set up was — I wanted to run some “cold-reading” techniques, whereby in a scant few minutes, I’d learn so much about another person, they get the impression I’m either amazingly naturally insightful — or psychic. And no, I don’t think I’m psychic.
If you’ve been on one of my lists for a while, you’ve heard me mention handwriting analysis before as one of the great ways to lead into NLP-based flirting, because nearly everyone can do handwriting without explanation, whereas NLP takes way too long to explain to people who don’t know anything about it.
The interim result is usually to get an audience of 1 or more highly responsive people. Then often — depending on the environment — this can lead to a line of people waiting to learn more about themselves. Which gives me open opportunities to flirt as I do my thing.
Well, I planned to have the guys I was meeting — find women they wanted to test me with. Our first real opportunity of the evening was while we were seated outside at a large restaurant/bar in North Sydney (the Oaks in Neutral Bay, for any readers local to Sydney!). Near our table, there was a group of three people. Two women, and one man. I had planned to have our group invite the ladies over to test me with handwriting analysis. In point of fact, there was no “testing” to be done, as I already know how accurate it can be; it was more to create opportunities to use NLP while flirting with them, and demonstrate the fun that can be created for all parties.
So one of our guys got up & started towards their table. Then another of the guys in my group — who was the first to admit how pushy he could be in some flirting situations — said to the fellow who’d stood up,
“Go for the guy. Don’t ask the women.”
I heard a bell ring somewhere inside my head — with immediate recognition of the power of the strategy. I knew it would work. And I was laughing out loud because somehow, I’d forgotten how powerful it could be; I’d discarded it without any clear reason — from my common behavior.
So after the first guy stood up, and the 2nd guy gave his instructions, I added: ”Don’t just not ask the women. Instead, completely ignore them for now.” The aim was to have the guys at our table invite the guy from the table of 3 — to test my handwriting analysis (i.e., personality cold-reading) skills. And to completely ignore the women. The aim was to create a response inside their minds of intrigue & curiosity. And build inside their minds — the desire to have it done for them too.
So the guy at that table initially declined the suggestion! But guess
what: The women at his table — convinced him to do it! 2 minutes
later, he came over to get his handwriting done. And while I began to
do the reading, one of our guys got the women to come over to judge how
accurate I was.
Now they were part of what was going on — but still NOT the center of any of the men’s attention. For want of a better description — that created a “void” of attention that they were used to getting from groups of men.
My aim, in spite of this process/strategy — was to create a fun time for everyone. I had no ulterior motives. I believe that less-than-positive ulterior motives will bleed through in our unconscious behavior & communication, so had I not had good intentions for everyone, the strategy would have been experienced more as a deceptive tactic. Not useful. And not related to what I was doing. Anyhow, without fail, this strategy led rapidly to the girls asking to have their handwriting done. And that led to us finding out a LOT about the other group. We found out that one of the women was the guy’s sister, and the other was his girlfriend. We found out a lot about all three of them.
Often, people will volunteer incredibly personal information about themselves — because within just a couple of minutes, we’re not strangers at all anymore — I’d know more about them than most of their acquaintances would know. And of course, everyone had a great time.
Afterwards, I thought about this a bit further. I think it would work similarly for both genders. I.e., let’s say you’re a guy out with a group of other guys, and you see a group of women out with a smaller group of men. Apart from obvious clues, sometimes figuring out who’s with whom — and who’s available, can be tricky.
One of the best ways to connect up with people in that other group, is to find a way to get rapport with the *guys* in that other group, in a way that creates curiosity & interest within the ladies in that group. That may seem counter-intuitive to what you’re really interested in — but it may be one of the fastest routes towards getting rapport with those women — in a way that doesn’t offend any of the guys they’re with.
Conversely — let’s say you’re a woman out for a night on the town with the girls, and you see a group of people, mostly men, with a few women amongst them. First of all, chances are you’re going to be able to read what’s going on from the body language better than men would, but let’s say you don’t know entirely who’s with whom, and you want to step into that group setting somehow. Why not first gain some social acceptance from the women first, thereby putting yourself more closely into the awareness of the men in that group. Let things develop first by involving the women in the group. Then, perhaps once you’re more closely involved in talking with the women there — you’ll learn better which of the men may fancy you — or — which of them *you* fancy the most.
So — once again I’ll sheepishly remind myself of the value of strategic tactics used for GOOD purposes. Sometimes it’s worth remembering they can & do have power.
Perhaps you’ve done something along these lines before, and are reminded as I write — how useful they might be?
Or perhaps this is new to you ?
If you have questions about how I (& the guys I went out with) did this – or perhaps I’m not explaining the process well enough for your tastes, drop me an email or post a reply below. I’ll take it to another level for you, and help you make something like this strategy work more easily for you.
Happy flirting, flirtopians!
Excellent! If I could write like this I would be well chuffed. The more I see articles of such quality as this (which is rare), the more I think there might be a future for the Net. Keep it up, as it were.