In Shogun Method, Derek Rake teaches a novel technique he calls the VAKSOG Match.
What is the VAKSOG Match?
Well, it’s a tactic that Shoguns use to build blazing quick rapport with women.
(Shoguns, by the way, are the adherents of the Shogun Method philosophy.)
According to Rake, there are six modes with which humans communicate with others:
Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, Somatosensory, Olfactory and Gustatory.
Rake calls these VAKSOG Modes.
So, as the theory goes, we have a dominant VAKSOG mode which we communicate with.
For instance, some people are more Visual while others could be more Auditory.
Shogun Method is about seduction, and VAKSOG Matching is what Shoguns use to charm women. And they do it in two steps–
One, find the woman’s dominant VAKSOG mode and two, match it.
Let’s say you find someone you like and you want to build rapport with her quickly. So, you decided use the VAKSOG Match strategy and ask your target about her favorite movie.
She says it’s Pretty Woman, you ask her why and she responds–
“Well, it’s a beautiful movie!”
“It has got this colorful, nineties vibe that I really like.”
“And Richard Gere is such an eye candy!”
So, what can you tell about her VAKSOG Mode? Given her choice of words, you can tell she’s a visual person, right?
That’s the first step in VAKSOG Matching. The second is to match her in a response with Visual language.
For example, you can say to her–
“Oh, yeah, I remember watching it at the cinema. I can still remember that day so vividly, it’s strange. It was a bright, sunny day and I had actually preferred to go to the park instead. Still, I got to look at Julia Roberts for two hours, so it wasn’t all bad…”
Easy, right?
So, that was an example of using the VAKSOG Match on a woman you like.
But guess what? You can use the same technique to build rapport with anyone.
In Shogun Method, there are six of these modes.
From my experience, three of these modes will cover almost everyone you’ll ever meet. And so, for simplicity, I’d focus only on these three modes–Visual, Auditory and Kinesthetic.
In the Anzai Protocol, we call these the VAK Modes. And like VAKSOG Matching, all you need to do to identify your mark’s VAK Mode and mimic it.
For example, you’ll know your mark is Visual if he says these things–
“I see your point.”
“Imagine…”
“It’s clear that…”
The second VAK mode is Auditory. Someone who is Auditory understands things by how they sound.
An Auditory person says–
“I hear what you’re saying.”
“That sounds to me like…”
“That’s alarming“
Third is the Kinesthetic mode. To a Kinesthetic person, emotions overrule everything.
He says things like–
“I feel this is right for me…”
“I don’t know, it’s just a hunch…”
“My gut says…”
And so, in summary, there’s just two steps:
First, spend a couple of minutes warming up your mark. What you want to do is to detect his primary VAK Mode.
Is he Visual, Auditory or Kinesthetic?
And once you’ve found that out, communicate in the same VAK Mode as him. He’ll find you strangely persuasive and charming and yet not know why exactly.
Now, here’s one important thing to know, so listen up.
Sometimes, you may meet someone who has more than one VAK Mode.
For example, he could say something like–
“Look, I hear what you’re saying, and I feel good about what I’m going to do.”
What do you do then?
Well, here’s what. Spend a few more minutes on small talk and you could probably find his dominant VAK Mode.
Because while a person has multiple VAK Modes, there is often one that overpowers the others.
If you still couldn’t find the dominant mode, then follow this rule of thumb–
Men are usually Visual, and women are usually Kinesthetic.
And that’s not all. Sometimes, you may even need to lead your mark into his dominant VAK Mode.
For example, if your mark is male, use more Visual words and you’ll hear more of the same from him.
In the Anzai Protocol, we call this Reverse Mirroring–a marker of rapport and empathy.
And when your mark willingly follows your lead, he’s ready for the next ARCI stage–Compliance.
To summarize, here are the key points.
One. You can build instant rapport with anyone with VAK Mode matching.
Two. First, warm your mark up to detect his primary VAK Mode. It could be Visual, Auditory or Kinesthetic.
Three. Match his VAK Mode by using the same VAK phrases he uses.
Easy, right?
That’s pretty much everything you need to build rapid rapport with anyone you want. So, there, I’ve saved you hours from reading all those books on persuasion, networking and making friends.
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