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plays," says:Da~, when askedto give a sYnopsis on his lifeso far. "Later Fwo*ed for theBBC as a journalist and 1 wasdoiIlg bits of freelance forthem. "Bu'i: f got 1!tung badlyby them and I endeej:up very°disappointed.anddeII1oralised- they we~eso' old school intheir approicl;io':~'

ating excellence, used by thelikes of Paul Mckenna.

"When people join a salescompany or insurance compa-ny they may be asked to placea poster on the wall of say anew car or a big house - some-thing that you really want,"explains Dave. "That way theyget it into their head that that'swhat they're working towards.

"Over a period of time thatbecomes ingrained in yourmind. But what 1 do is putpeople under hypnosis so theycan create those images.intheir subconscious so theydon't have to look at the pic-ture every day. .

Since learning the basics ofhis profession in Las Vegas«igh!.¥o"'f.~gg"J:>."}"

To broaden his entertain-ment repertoire, Dave endedup appearing on a Christmasspecial of the 10ng-rU!ll1inglrVdating show Blind Date,arguably one of the first UKrealitylrV shows. "1 got pickedand went to Lapland with theice-princess," he recalls,

However, this turned out tobe something of a kiss of deathas people did not want to workwith him after appearing ona show regarded as a bit naff.

Dave left the UnitedKingdom shortly after, disil-lusioned and disappointedwith the lack of opportunitiesfor someone in his position.Despite claiming that Dubaia decade ago was a "losersp'aradi~e"~~':u'nd,"dc HP ,~.2!:l<s",

He is also such a fluid andrelentless talker ~ as you wouldexpect from a man who hasheld an audience of tens ofthousands in the palm of hishand - thatihis soup is gettingdisturbingly little attention.Maybe he can hypnotise thechef into reheating it for him.

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box of his passport form - butit looks like a lot of fun,

Hypnotist, lifestyle guru,motivational speaker, a manwho has shared a stage withCindy Crawford, JamesBrown and AtnitabhBach-chan ~ he seems to have hisfingers in more pies than anambidextrous pastry chef.

To best explain what he

, 'does for a living, DaveCrane slides an iPod-

' like device over the tableand says: "Watch this'."

Fifteen minutes of footagelater, having seen Dave in amultitude of roles, it is stillnot entirely clear what hecould put in the "occupation"

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Kingdom shortly after, disil-lusioned and disappointedwith the lack of opportunitiesfor someone in his position.Despite claiming that Dubaia 'decade ago was a "losersparadise" he ended up work-mg on radio here. He has nowbeen in Dubai for 11 yearsand runs his own business,Upgrade Por Life (UFL), illRas AI Khaimah with businesspartner Nataiia Rawlinson.

COMPANYHYPNOSISThere is a lot to take in whentalking to Dave Crane--psy,..eho~JJ.alysis, new age argot,and .the philosophersConfucius and Kant. Heclearly knows his stuff.Bu!how can he - or indeed we ...

change our lives around to beone of life's winners?

"What we do at uFL is gointo a company and shakethem up by hypnotherapy,NLP .and ll'ypnosis."

NL what?. "That's Neuro LinguisticProgramming. A martial artsfor the inind, a system for cre-

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can create those images .intheir subConscious so theydon't have to look at the pic-ture every day.

Since learning the basics Qfhis profession in Las Vegaseight years ago, Dave has goneinternational 'and among hismany clients are some df thebiggest firms in the world.

"I did it for Cisco, l'mdoingit for. Siemens for the secondtime in Berlin in November,.for Unilev.er in Bab AI Shams.a few weeks ago... .

"My company is very muqhabou,! cre:.ttipg I!<~h~$e:'forpeople and Je~g tliem knowthey can,be.brilli'ant; ~wI}oevi:'er they are.'" . <' .,

.It is tempiilig~ t6:#k :.r1aVeif he can J;1YPI1Qtise\theWali~er into waiving'the' bill, butafter fWohoursof his brandof psychological 'ei:1lignten-ment ~ Qnly!tbout 10 perCent>of which sounds like New Age.waffle - he is tJ;wroughlydeserv.ing of his slap"'up meal.

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