Marshall Sylver - Blech 2!!!
Oh my God. I just listened to Marshall Sylver on Howard Stern. Blech. Puke. Argh. I get a call from my husband on the way to his new job to tell me that Marshall will be on Howard. Out of morbid curiosity, I decide to listen. It was worse than I expected.
Howard Stern has a huge audience. Whatever good we've done dispelling the tragic myths and misconceptions of hypnosis has just been crippled by this show. What were the messages that people got from this show?:
Need I say more? Please don't make me say anymore. I had to turn it off because I was literally getting nauseous (tap. tap. tap.)
This kind of crap is no good for hypnosis. This is EXACTLY what I was talking about in my inflammatory post "Let's Be Careful."
(She said tongue firmly planted in cheek): But at least Marshall got to sell his new product "Subconscious Seduction," or some such B.S. (which isprobably the ABCs of NLP)
Another black day for hypnosis thanks to Marshall Sylver (and Howard Stern).
Steph
Howard Stern has a huge audience. Whatever good we've done dispelling the tragic myths and misconceptions of hypnosis has just been crippled by this show. What were the messages that people got from this show?:
- You will do or say anything in hypnosis
- You can be made to do things outside of your moral code or value system
- You are completely out of control in hypnosis
Need I say more? Please don't make me say anymore. I had to turn it off because I was literally getting nauseous (tap. tap. tap.)
This kind of crap is no good for hypnosis. This is EXACTLY what I was talking about in my inflammatory post "Let's Be Careful."
(She said tongue firmly planted in cheek): But at least Marshall got to sell his new product "Subconscious Seduction," or some such B.S. (which isprobably the ABCs of NLP)
Another black day for hypnosis thanks to Marshall Sylver (and Howard Stern).
Steph
10 Comments:
I have heard the show you referred to and I was not offended by it. I found it to be hilarious. If you also listened to the show regularly, you will note that Howard was pushing the envelope with Mr. Sylver's skills as a hypnotist to the point where Mr. Sylver was becoming uncomfortable. The employee that was hypnotized (Sal the Stockbroker) has a stalker mentality towards Howard. His responses to the hypnotism do not surprise me. Sal has no moral code when it comes to being with Howard. He is obsessed with Howard. The obsession is almost to the point to where he has been put on notice (on the air) that he will be fired if he will not take a step back. A long time fan of the show would know this. All Mr. Sylver did was bring his extremist boarderline psychotic behavior into the foreground with hypnosis. Perhaps you should learn something from Mr. Sylver's Turning Point and be non-judgmental.
When I attended a Marshall Sylver seminar, he repeatedly told us that he was a Christian, and that his values reflected Christ Jesus. What was he doing on Howard Stern, knowing what happens to Howard's guests? Howard doesn't reflect anything I would want to subject myself to as one who fears God, and I've only heard a few shows (not by choice). In fact, most of the good things that Marshall had to say were taken out of books I had read by other men (or women) and were not original. When he talked about hypnotism on his tapes, he alluded to how it could be used to make people buy things they would not otherwise buy, and so forth. Actually, Steph's point was not about Howard, it was about Marshall, and I agree with her that his approach is entirely self-serving.
Been there!
Steph,
You show up to me as judgemental and angry. I've been to several of Marshall's programs and my experience is the man comes from love. I would check in with yourself.
Tired of hatred.
In December 2006 I attended a seminar by Marshal Sylver. His statements are EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU SAY HE SAID ON HOWARD STERN'S SHOW. He repeatedly said you were in control while hypnotized, that you could not be made to do anything you would not do.
I just returned from Marshall Sylver's Millionaire Mentorship program in Orlando which was held in February 2007. His program is utter bullshit. He's not even in the building approximately 50% of the time.
Basically, it's an expensive sales pitch. People pay $6k to hear Marshall Sylver tell them how to be a millionaire but instead they mainly hear other sales people try to sell them an array of different & unrelated self-help products.
After skipping the 3rd day because Marshall was not there (the other sales people were) I came back on the 4th and final day willing to give him another chance. He didn't come in to speak that day until 2PM and the seminar ended at 6PM. So he as there about 20% of the time, if that, the final 2 days of a 3.5 day event.
At 2 PM was he going to speak and teach you how to be a millionaire? No. Instead, he was going to perform his Vegas stage show and hypnotize members of the audience into doing different stunts on stage. Does that have anything to do with teaching you how to be a millionairem? Of course not.
I asked for a refund on the last day, and his office manager, Donnell, refused saying that I didn't qualify for a refund because I didn't attend all of the classes. I asked, "Are you calling the 2 days worth of sales pitches classes? She replied,"Those are classes. But if you want to think of them as sales pitches, that's fine. Either way, I won't refund your money because you didn't attend those."
So I basically wasted $6k on a multi-level sales pitch where the main speaker that everyone paid to see was not on stage for over 50%of the seminar.
Unfortunately, the classes didn't contain enough information on their own to teach how to follow thru on the subject matter so the speakers charged between $1,000 and $5,000 to learn the information that they were pitching.
So if you're thinking about attending any of his events, it is in your best interest to rethink your decision as it will be an expensive lesson. One that I certainly won't soon forget.
Brian Hardy
Tyler, TX
I just returned from Marshall Sylver's "Turing Point" presentation in Las Vegas and I must disagree with your assessment of his talents. The three major complaints you have listed in your article are precisely oposite the information given by Mr. Sylver in his presentation. Also, Mr. Sylver doesn't promise to make a change in you, he promises to introduce you to the mindset which will allow you to make the necessary changes to yourself. He delivered on this promise in a big way.
I have always had a problem controling my anxiety in stressful situations. Upon leaving Las Vegas Monday morning, the morning after Mr. Sylver's seminar and the NBA Allstar weekend held in Las Vegas, I found myself in a line of about 10,000 people waiting to get into the airport terminal building. This time I felt fine with it and even found myself laughing at the absurdity of this situation. It seemed to me that I would not only miss my flight but probably the next ten or twelve flights as well. I did make the flight and had a wonderful time doing it. The "Old" me surely would have missed the flight and probably would have felt justified in wallowing in the resulting anger. I thank Marshall Sylver for getting me on that flight and for the great day I had traveling home. I look forward to many more great days in my new, improved life.
Do yourself a monumental favor. Do NOT judge anyone based on what you've heard on Howard Stern's show. Also, Attend Mr. Sylver's "Turning Point" seminar and further your already impressive education. I suspect you will come away from it with more respect for all others, not just for Marshall Sylver.
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My wife and I attended Marshalls "Turning Point" seminar last year. You dont need anything past this to becmoe a millionaire, just the confidence and desire that he inspires you to realize is already there. We are already starting an incredible internet business, investing in commercial real estate, and buying a business all in one year and with no prior experience. Don't get me wrong, once we got the desire we did our homework diligently and put a lot of hard work and sacrifice into it. My wife is from a small town in the midwest, no college education and she has developed an incredible internet business that Marshall helped her realize she had the potential to do.
I know Marshall personally; not sure that's a good thing, not sure it's bad thing.
I heard that he for sure has a BAD name in the traditional hypnosis community.
I have mixed feelings about him in that I find him to be enigmatic.
I've ALWAYS found him to be kind, respectful and a decent 'person,' and I can also 'see' why people said what they have said in this blog.
Turning Point is an average program, I'd give it a C+. The thing is, he brags a lot and flaunts a lot of this 'posessions.'He does more yapping in the program than he does skill transference.
About his Millionaire Mentorship Program and a few others, I agree with the guy above...A TOTAL, ABSOLUTE, 100% WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY.
Millionaire Mentorship is LITERALLY a four days sales pitch of other high priced seminars, some by his own people and some by his colleagues. This program is a total rip off! You will learn ZILCH because ZILCH is taught.
I'm not sure how it's possible for him to keep offering this program, it's such a rip off.
And when I attended, he was there the first night and left early. He attended a few hours during another afternoon and he came and did his hypnosis show at the end. He might have been there five hours in four days.
I think he's trying to grow his organization, and a lot is falling through the cracks. And, his participants are suffering.
Time will tell.
For now, STAY AWAY from his Millionaire Mentorship Program. The group of people I got to know at MMP also agreed that it was a WASTE of money and we felt cheated...we did not get a refund, either.
You can believe me or not, prove it to yourself, give him $5,000 to go to MMP, and you'll agree with this post and be out $5,000.
Good Luck!
I did not hear the Howard stern show mentioned here, and I never attended any Of Marshall's seminars. BUT i will share a short story with you about this incredible man. My youngest daughter who is now a restaurant manager for Chili's, was working as a waitress in famous steakhouse in Orlando in 2004. One evening she served Marshall Sylver and his female companion. She never heard of him and was amazed how many guests stopped by to greet and thank him. She asked him why that was and he told her about his seminars and hypnosis. When she mentioned that she was a smoker, he asked if she wants to and was READY to quit. She said yes and they continued to chat on and off for another 15 minutes or so (while she attended other tables. Just before he finished his dinner, Marshall tapped her on her forehead (just 'for show" I think), and told her she will never smoke again. He also left her a $500 tip (which she shared with a couple of other servers)on a $200 tab. My daughter call me all panicked on her way home at 1am, sweaty and with a headache and told me the story. Next day she felt an urge to clean out her apartment and wash her clothes because the smoke smell nauseated her. Needless to say, she never smoked since, and did not succumb to temptations even within a week of stopping while visiting smoke-filled bars and pool halls. This guy is a powerful hypnotist AND a truly nice and generous gentleman !
I have known Marshall Sylver when he performed his hypnotist show at "The Hop" in Lakewood, California as I was the Marketing Director for the club(1989-1991). He is a very kind and caring person when doing his show and makes sure everyone that is involved(audience participants)have come out of their hypnotic state before leaving. He genuinely cares about his staff and the people of whom he works with at each venue. He is also humorous at times when you least expect it. Although sometimes I did have a hard time looking him in the eyes (very strong sense of power)I did enjoy his enthusiam for truly helping people. We even had a power session with Marshall ever so often and I was amazed at what a difference it truly made in myself as well as my staff.
Thank You Marshall.....
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