Franklin himself was certainly a master of very indirect suggestion, and the tactful handling of objections, as anyone who has read his autobiography knows. He used his skills, which were quite similar to NLP, to work his way into the French court— and into the beds of a number of French (and, evidently, American, and English) women, which seems to have been a favorite hobby of his when he was not fomenting revolution, printing books, inventing iron stoves and lightning rods and bifocal glasses, or flying kites in thunderstorms. Quite a guy, that Ben. As he said, If you would not be forgotten
Mesmer, Franz (2011-05-22). Unfair Secrets of Hypnotic Selling With NLP (p. 38). . Kindle Edition.
