And the words that bind us… (single)
To be honest I don’t hear binds used that often in people’s common everyday conversation. German speakers on the other hand use something similar to binds quite often. “Je mehr du Nachfragst, desto mehr Antworten bekommst du.” Which means, “The more you ask, the more answers you’ll receive.” Not a very persuasive example, but it fits the pattern of the more that you blah, the more that you blah.
This is known as a single bind. Using such patterns is quite easy and fun.
“The more you think about ice cream, the more you want to eat some.” Sounds logical, does it not?
You don’t have to necessarily use more in every bind either. You can use almost any inflected form of an adjective that you like such as easier, stronger, sooner, prettier, faster, warmer, safer, simpler, bigger, louder, harder, and so on.
“The more you study these patterns, the easier they’ll become.”
“The sooner you buy this alarm system for your home, the safer your family will be.”
“The faster we get this over, the happier everyone will be.” <- Some of you have heard this one at one point or another, I’m sure.
As you can see these are relatively easy to construct and rather trivial to interject into any conversation. After you establish rapport with someone you don’t know, try testing some of these out just to see the reaction. Chances are it won’t be noticed at all.
The more you read this blog, the sooner you’ll realize just how helpful it really is. No, really.
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admin :: Jun.12.2007 :: NLP, covert hypnosis, metaphor, persuasion :: No Comments »