arabianights
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Those of you who have met me (well, some of you - not the ones I've just got as pissed asap with - actually that's most of you have met me 
) will know my enthusiasm for a few books, one of which is a book by Ian Rowland on Cold Reading (an amazing technique, that before what I am about to meniton I primarily felt was used by so called psychics but I had recognised in technical analysts etc....) which can be found here.
Anyway, I've spent 9-5 this weekend doing a proper course, the third ever, on cold reading in *general* (that is to say, not just psychic contexts) - and without breaking any confidentiality about who was there, there was someone everyone here would recognise from tv - not a magician at all btw, but in a medical field... and the best [seekrit Scandinavian country] magician that there is (he won an award). As well as eleven other guys from really interesting and ludicrously diverse backgrounds.
The course builds upon the book and teaches a model that can be applied to any situation - for example appearing to be knowledgeable about the aluminium ***** (I made that up) industry. Without any information about it, you can do it with a snap of a finger (with some practice at least). And even if you don't use cold reading yourself you will be able to spot various related psychological techniques being used - perhaps upon you.
Although I can see no reason why the course will not be directly useful either if not as a party trick; after it I was able to act as a knowledgeable psychic to a few birds in a pub and get... GERMANS... to follow me to a pizza express.
BTW I am receiving nothing for this post; indeed the guy involved will probably be a bit annoyed to be associated with me - But I thought it good enough to tell everyone about... At the very least buy the book, but the course is astounding
[And yes, it's highly relevant to trading; unless you're entirely mechanical. That said, I've given my views on entirely mechanical traders before, and they're not happy thoughts]
) will know my enthusiasm for a few books, one of which is a book by Ian Rowland on Cold Reading (an amazing technique, that before what I am about to meniton I primarily felt was used by so called psychics but I had recognised in technical analysts etc....) which can be found here.Anyway, I've spent 9-5 this weekend doing a proper course, the third ever, on cold reading in *general* (that is to say, not just psychic contexts) - and without breaking any confidentiality about who was there, there was someone everyone here would recognise from tv - not a magician at all btw, but in a medical field... and the best [seekrit Scandinavian country] magician that there is (he won an award). As well as eleven other guys from really interesting and ludicrously diverse backgrounds.
The course builds upon the book and teaches a model that can be applied to any situation - for example appearing to be knowledgeable about the aluminium ***** (I made that up) industry. Without any information about it, you can do it with a snap of a finger (with some practice at least). And even if you don't use cold reading yourself you will be able to spot various related psychological techniques being used - perhaps upon you.
Although I can see no reason why the course will not be directly useful either if not as a party trick; after it I was able to act as a knowledgeable psychic to a few birds in a pub and get... GERMANS... to follow me to a pizza express.
BTW I am receiving nothing for this post; indeed the guy involved will probably be a bit annoyed to be associated with me
- But I thought it good enough to tell everyone about... At the very least buy the book, but the course is astounding [And yes, it's highly relevant to trading; unless you're entirely mechanical. That said, I've given my views on entirely mechanical traders before, and they're not happy thoughts
]
