I'm sure there are many reasons you wish to learn to hypnotize, but many people aren't aware of the wide variety of options available to them once they become a qualified practitioner.

For starters, it's a reasonable way to make a living (people wanting to quit that day-job of theirs are particularly aware of the self-employment benefits of being a qualified hypnotherapist, for example).  But the opportunities don't stop there.

One great way to use your newfound powers of hypnosis is in the arena of persuasion.  This form of hypnosis is a little more covert, but many courses (like the one to the right of this post) teach this form of hypnosis incredibly well.  Many people aren't too keen on the idea of getting up on stage and becoming a stage hypnosis, so the covert method is a much easier way of integrating your hypnotic powers into everyday living.

When you learn to hypnotize, it may be a good idea to keep in the back of your mind the direction you may wish to take once you are well versed in the art.

If you're interested in clinical hypnosis, for example, it may be worth your while checking out some of the International Journals available on the subject, perhaps even finding a person within that field to mentor you personally (this one would be a little harder to crack into for a beginner, due to the medical environment).

Other people may love attention, so setting out on a path to become a stage hypnotist might be more their style.  If this is the direction you'd like to move toward, I would suggest enrolling in a beginners theatre acting course as well, to learn the art of performance and entertainment (let's face it, the theatrics of a stage show are the very things that draw us in).

If you're not entirely sure why you want to learn to hypnotize that's ok too, you'll still need to learn the same fundamentals as everybody else, so you don't exactly have to dedicate yourself to one path right now (or ever, for that matter).

What I do highly recommend, however, is getting that great foundation first.  There are many resources on the internet, but I cannot recommmend Igor's Conversational Hypnosis course enough: the reviews are incredible, the customers satisfied, and the course itself is phenomenal.

If you really want a great hypnosis foundation, there ain't no better place to start.