lol - no - can't control anybody's mind :-) But it's just a way
   to "be the bad guy" without having to ACT like the bad guy. Just
   a different way to talk. I saw the idea in another book i read
   in college studying child psychology, "How to talk to kids will
   listen / How to listen so kids will talk" - I don't remember
   much of that book, but I remember the "compliment / complaint /
   Compliment" sandw...hich. it comes automatically to me now.
   since I have a positive type personality, it was easy to do.
   speaking of mind control, I *did* listen to Tony Robbins stuff
   years ago too, but I never mastered any of it. Best thing i
   learned from him is this: the secret to getting anything you
   want; ASK. Ask specifically, ask at the right time, ask the
   right person.... but ASK. love that stuff. "