If you could be 83% more persuasive, right now, who is the first person you would talk to? If you could flip a switch and change your Reality, what's the one thing you'd change immediately? In this abridged version of This Feels Like Cheating!, "Doc" Hypnosis shows you four areas where you can begin practicing more hypnotic, persuasive skills immediately. CONTENTS You Can Already Do This — Hypnosis is directed daydreaming, a state you already enter naturally. Vividly imagining a desired outcome in "simulated experience" produces the same confidence and benefits as actually having the experience. You Can Be More Persuasive — Word choices trigger automatic emotional and sensory responses in the brain, before conscious thought kicks in. Upgrading the words you use, when in spoken conversation or in writing, gives you extra influence over other people's perceptions. (Not to mention your own mood and outcomes.) You Can Rewire Your Mind — The physical act of writing something down by hand rewires your brain to align your self-image and behavior. Written Affirmations and "Future Journaling" can produce real life changes within days. You Can Heal Your Body — The placebo effect is real, and it is driven entirely by expectation and belief. The brain's ability to reduce physical pain (especially inflammation) and improve other health outcomes can be activated intentionally through hypnotic visualization and suggestion.