First off, Anthony... tip o' the hat to ya for a great, straight-to-the-point book. I purchased the book two years ago, but have never got up the nerve to try it out on anyone. It's not really a confidence thing - as I've read the book several times and have watched many videos - and I'm pretty certain it would work, but my main hangup is what happens or what do I do if it doesn't work?
I've only attempted it once (handshake induction) on a really good friend (thought he'd be a good subject as I know he's been hypnotized before), and had the 'deer in headlights' look from him, but just couldn't pull the trigger. I'm pretty sure if I would have continued, he would have went under.
My fear is that when I command someone to sleep, it doesn't work, and I'm left looking like a bit of an idiot. The other thing is a bit of a trust issue. If I attempt to hypnotize a friend using a handshake induction (without their consent beforehand), and it doesn't work, they'll obviously know that I was trying to hypnotize them - which I feel would make me look 'shady' and they would probably lose trust in me (I guess for good reason... haha... but of course they'd think I'd be hypnotizing them for malicious reasons to make them do stupid things - which may be true...

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Do you, or anyone else, have any suggestions on how to get over this? Or what to do/say if a handshake induction doesn't work?
Thanks