Do you have a question for Kevin? Your question will remain anonymous unless you specifically ask us to post your name! If your question is published, your name will be submitted in a drawing for a gift certificate to be used in our catalog at any time. Dozens of gift certificates have been awarded - submit your question for a chance to win!

THIS WEEK'S QUESTION(S):

Q. ...I bought the Body Language Home Study Course. I liked the way you walk people through how to analyze other people's body language. But there is so much information it's hard for me to know what is most important to do in the analysis process. What's the first thing you look at when you analyze a candidate's body language?

A. Isn't that sort of like asking what's most important when going to the store? Making sure the tires have air, starting the car, pulling out of the driveway, driving on your side of the road, attending to other drivers, looking before switching lanes, parking far enough away from the store so people don't "ding" your car?

The answer is a person's face. The face doesn't give you all the information you need, as you've discovered from the program. But there are lots of little nuances that point you in a direction in analysis. The next thing I do is try to prove my analysis of the face wrong by countering with all significant body language cues (the card you received with the course) as they relate to others in the setting. Then I try and prove THAT analysis wrong with hand and feet positions.

The most important factor is to try and look for counter examples to show your supposition is wrong. Because we are so biased by first impression or what a TV producer wants me to think someone's body language "means," you don't want to fall into the "first impression trap."

Q. What's the most powerful tactic or strategy in Covert Hypnosis?

A. It depends on the context. The short answer is "story." The ability to weave in "you" into the story so that it transmits a specific persona to the other person is crucial. "Story" is where this is most difficult and most necessary to do. If you have the Covert Hypnosis CD course, you've started to learn how challenging "story" is to create and how important it is. The second most powerful factor in covert hypnosis is context...and then the techniques.

Q. I've been reading Coffee with Kevin Hogan for almost four years. You've been telling people to buy gold to the point where I became so annoyed with reading it I actually went to an online store and bought 10 ounces of gold. Since then that investment has doubled and everything else in my IRA and 401K has lost money. So, thanks for annoying me. And secondly, are you still buying gold?

A. Gold and Platinum and Silver all look like one of the few answers to the problem for the foreseeable future. I can't construct a scenario outside of artificially higher prices due to stagflation (high inflation like in 1980 combined with massive job cuts.) Those two things could raise the value of the stock market, but it truly would be a delusional increase and probably wouldn't last long. By the way, I've never told anyone to buy gold or anything as far as investments. I only poke my friends and family and report the results in Coffee. I'm not a financial advisor and I'm told that buying metals is "risky business." I tend to not believe that at this point in history, and I will continue to add to my positions.

Discover more questions and answers. Learn what Kevin has to say about NLP, seduction and changing programming. Go to page 2!

Continue: Page | 1 | 2 | 3 |