The dog might say “well yes, I’ve been waiting to a command like that.” And the dog will bring me the
wallet.
This is a very crude example of pattern interruption. This exact example obviously won’t work, but the
NLP technique itself is very potent. As I mentioned earlier, pattern interruption is how Derren Brown
talked complete strangers into giving him their wallets in 20 seconds flat. He did combine it with a few
other NLP techniques, but pattern interruption played a crucial role.