Podcast #174 – How MMH Got Started

This is the Brain Software Podcast with Chris Thompson and Mike Mandel. This is episode #174, coming to you from Toronto Canada - The Hypnotic World Epicenter!  Today it's all about us, and we're not kidding...Welcome to an all Ken Sweatman episode!

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Introduction for Episode 174

Are you doing okay, Scro? 

Are you feeling well and glannative? Well you should...

Just put 100 pounds on Ballgasm in the sixth race...

Because as you know:

THESE ARE DAYS OF VICTORY!!!

Think Tank Words for This Episode

  1.  Bartender
  2. Irremissible 
  3. Tile

Show Notes for Episode 174

  • How Mike got started as a mentalist / hypnotist...
  • Magic was first for Mike; he wasn't a sports guy
  • Mentalism followed magic and led to Hellstromism!
  • Mike's first hypnosis book was The Key to Hypnotism by Walter Gibson
  • Brian and Steve would fight on the way home because of Mike...
  • Mike had a horrible job putting metal-bound phone books together...
  • November 1974 he saw The Amazing Kreskin live!
  • Mike's first show was a month later...A disaster!
  • His first appearance was on television in 1975...
  • Mike made Cab Calloway sick by smoking a pipe in the limousine!
  • How did Chris ever become Mike's student?
  • 1992 Chris was a skinny kid at Carleton University and Mike did a show there...
  • 1993 Chris sees Mike do a Brain Software seminar at Carleton U.
  • Chris got into Tony Robbins through a set of cassette tapes...
  • Chris confessed to "personal development" in his interview...
  • His interest in NLP and Tony Robbins got him a job!
  • Chris gives a summary of his entire life to this point - In real time!!!
  • If you're unhappy in your work...consider a new career...
  • The Four Hour Workweek started Chris to consider getting fired
  • Chris got fired! But he got some cash...
  • Chris designed his own intervention in order to deal with his boss...
  • He used some tapping and went in and got fired, successfully. 
  • He also set up yes sets and compliance sets...
  • Hundreds of unnecessary and uninteresting facts go on for several minutes.
  • Having a blast while helping people! "We help people!" - Jason Linette
  • The Tiling is putting the same effort in and focusing on one room...
  • We launched MMHA and have been doing this since June 2013! 
     Commercial Break: The Spunkaluccio Story      

Empowering Questions:

Ask yourself,  since you're moving through life and people and things will come and go, and for your own personal growth and happiness, what will you do today, to improve your life?

Metafive: Brain Building


Ending: I bet I can make you laugh...

Important Links and Reminders:

  1. The agree and repeat process video training is here, and it's free.
  2. This is our free video course on conversational hypnosis.