Do you know the secret to making an instant connection with someone? What if you could be a real-life Jedi by using the right words to influence others' behaviors? Mike Mandel is a famous hypnotist who has intrigued audiences around the globe for over 40 years. He talks to Deedre Daniel about:
🎙 The secret that could help you make an instant connection with someone.
🎙 Powerful words you could use to change others' minds and the science behind them.
🎙 How you could diffuse a volatile situation with a simple change in your phrasing.
🎙 The tricks your brain plays on you and how you could use that to your advantage.
🎙 Words you should avoid – and why.
🎙 How you could cure your headache or other pains with a mind trick.
🎙 How you could instantly close more sales.
🎙 Tricks and tips to get you hired or promoted.
🎙 How you can say anything by not saying it.
🎙 The magic word, which is a real-life Jedi mind trick.
🎙 How Mike hacked his way into becoming a famous wine expert.
🎙 Knife fights, a unique form of martial arts, and what to do if you are attacked in a parking garage.
🎙 The rare phobia he developed as a child and how he overcame it as an adult.
🎙 How you could trick your mind into believing something is true.
And so much more!
This episode ends with some questions from The Very Interesting Game. Stick around to hear Mike's answers.
Bio:
Mike Mandel's career has covered many different fields: stage performer, police trainer, psychotherapist, handwriting specialist, forensic hypnotist, martial arts instructor, writer, opera critic, corporate speaker, and wine judge.
Born in England, the son of an electrical engineer, Mike inherited none of his father's mechanical or practical skills, but his wit and imagination made him a natural entertainer. Using his creative forces, Mike single-handedly reinvented the persona of the stage hypnotist, rescuing it from its tacky beginnings and giving it rock star appeal. In the 1970's he toured extensively with Canadian bands A Foot in Cold Water, Lighthouse, Max Webster, and Teenage Head and is immortalized in the Goddo song "Pretty Bad Boys". Thereafter, Mike Mandel's consistent popularity and captivating comedy led to five tours of Britain and appearances on CBCs Jonovision, YTV, Vision, W5, Discovery, Bravo! Arts and Minds, and numerous guest spots on Australian television. One of the world's foremost hypnosis trainers, Mike Mandel has 18 nominations and 6 awards for excellence in entertainment. In June 2000, he was presented with the COCA Hall of Fame Award, previously won by Sarah McLaughlin, the Tragically Hip, and Jim Carrey.
Mike Mandel is a master instructor at a Toronto martial arts school in a British army form of Jiu Jitsu. He has trained OPP hand-to-hand combat instructors and security personnel and has toured England, teaching at martial arts academies, and he was profiled in both Martial Arts Illustrated and Eye Spy magazine.
His varied contributions to delighting audiences expanded into creative writing, and the first short story he wrote was published in the Toronto Star. In 2005, under a pseudonym, Mike started writing a wine blog that was avidly consumed by wine fanatics for its bombastic style and bizarre comedic slant. In 2006 he was named "Canada's Most Irreverent Wine Writer" by City Bites Magazine. In 2007 he was listed in Toronto's "Hot Nine of Wine", and hosted the Ontario Wine Awards as his alter-ego, Deacon Dr. Fresh.
Mike branched out again by entering the corporate speaking market. An enlivening keynote speaker, Mike Mandel is known for being simultaneously fascinating and hilarious. His innovative Brain Software presentations routinely earn rave reviews, and his impressive and diverse client list includes Microsoft, Canada Border Services, Scotiabank, Yamaha, and the Dept of Defense.
Mike currently runs the world's foremost online hypnosis training academy with over 2,000 students around the world, including psychiatrists, medical doctors, and professional therapists. He is the co-founder of The Wellness Academy and teaches robust health and super fitness at any age.
"(Mandel is)…an intellectual and emotional arsonist, both igniting the spirit and enlightening the soul."
- Arthur H. Perlini Ph.D, Psychologist and Dean, Algoma University
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Originally recorded on November 21, 2022
