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Psychic Power

Pain and fear are the two things people will do almost anything to avoid. The fight-or-flight response is a powerful one.

“Right now you’re skeptical, and you should be. I would be, too.”

How can you be so sure your future client is skeptical? Because they are human. We all tend to think and feel similar thoughts in certain contexts. When someone is trying to influence you, you put up defenses to protect yourself.

Most people think that by being quiet and saying very little their innermost thoughts are kept secret from you and the rest of the world. The fact of the matter is you can pretty much tell the person what is on their mind right now.

For example, I’m sitting across from you and for whatever reason you’re not being real communicative with me. There are about a dozen different ways I can literally say something that appears to read your mind.

The context will determine what specific thought you will reveal. This is about as dramatic as you can get in subtly convincing someone of your capabilities.

Each of the simple phrases or sentence fragments below demonstrates how to use the most sure-fire mind-reading frames in existence.

“Hey man, you’ve suffered a lot of pain … it only makes sense to.… ”

“I know you have concerns about the money.… ”

“I have this sense that you are concerned about someone you love (care about) … maybe you’re not worried but maybe you are. What’s up?”

“Look, I know you want to change, but you hesitate because.…”

“Obviously, you’re ...

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