How Mentalists Read Your Mind The Art Of Cold Reading or Mind Reading | Page 68

At the start of the actual reading session, throw in some sugar
lumps, tell them some statements which are true for everybody
(Jacques and Barnum statements), make them feel special and ask
for confirmation after each statement. Their answers will provide
you good clues on how to move forward. Soon they will be
astonished at how accurately you’ve read them. Continue like this
for some time, until they are inclined to believe very much
anything else you will tell them when you move into the
“predicting the future” phase.
Pay a lot of attention to the way you formulate predictions. For
example, when you say "I'm seeing the end of August, maybe the
twenty-sixth of August or a date close to that, which I think is
significant for you, and a man – let me think – a man related to you,
who wears glasses."
That sounds very specific, but think how much scope such a
statement leaves for interpretation! Almost any date from August
20 to August 31 will do. It could be a birthday, death date,
anniversary, vacation, social function, or important decision. It
could be significant personally, socially, or professionally, every
year or just one particular year. The man could be a husband,
partner, brother, relative, friend, colleague, doctor or plumber (the
word "related to" is pretty ambiguous, isn't it?). He could be alive
or dead, well-known or a distant acquaintance. In short, there are
countless ways that the subject might interpret this comment as a
hit.
Basically, what is of interest to p eople are 3 topics only: love,
money and career, health.
It’s a good idea to maintain a rigid structure for your reading,
centered on the three basic concerns all people share: love, health
and work and career.