After modeling Milton Erickson, Richard Bandler and John Grindler created the
Milton Model, which is a way of communicating through verbal language that
creates an almost trance-like state in the person you’re speaking with. In hypnosis this is used heavily, as a way to help induce trance in a client, and is also very powerful in marketing (as many companies have found out).
Using the Milton Model to boost your body-image is more about learning how
you speak to yourself internally (self-talk), and also how you make sense of what’s going on in your head, and subsequently, the world around you. The way you can
sometimes justify things that make no logical sense, will become quite apparent
to you in this elaboration of the Milton Model and throughout the rest of this
book. So as you read these words, just remember to keep an open mind and
absorb as much as you can for your own benefit.
What you will find while employing the Milton Model technique during your
conversations, is that people will become much more agreeable and connect to
what you say quicker and easier…
“As you read these words, you’re probably curious as to when you’re going to be able to use the Milton Model, and you may also be wondering how long it will take you to learn how to use the important Milton Model effectively. Just because
there’s been times when you haven’t been completely confident, doesn’t mean
that things didn’t work out, in fact they have worked out regardless, didn’t they?
Let’s face it, just because you’ve decided to read this book and follow these words and learn about the Milton Model right now, means that you could learn the
Milton Model quickly and easily, isn’t that right?”
Have a read of the above paragraph out loud and notice how it is written, and
how it seems very similar to other literature you may have read in the past. This is because many world leaders tend to deliver their speeches using this same
technique.
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The paragraph above makes use of the perception of mind reads (you’re probably
curious as to when you’re going to be able to use the Milton Model), missing
performatives (learn how to use the important Milton Model effectively), cause
and effect (completely confident, doesn’t mean that things didn’t work out),
presupposition (I’ve assumed that you’ll start using this technique soon), and tag questions (didn’t they? isn’t that right?). This will all come together for you as you learn more on the Milton Model.
What’s next? How do you go from speaking and thinking the way you do now, to
being able to use the Milton Model effortlessly? Simply put, you can start by…
Practicing the Milton Model patterns over and over again.
Notice how you quickly and easily start using it unconsciously.
There are many patterns in the Milton Model, and some say there are about 20
different ones that you can apply in various ways to create a specific result. You can alter these patterns and also combine them to improve their effectiveness, so here is a bit of a breakdown of the Milton Model.