If you would like to become a powerful magician, it is important to become skilled in the art of cold reading. Cold reading means making some educated guesses about a person based on many factors that are observable at a first glance. Hairstyle, clothing style, and many other outwardly noticeable things can give off clues to a person's personality.
First of all, you need to size up your audience. This means literally determine how many people there are. A bunch, or a few? The more people there are, the more specific you can be with your "predictions," and likely have a few people who you will think you are talking about them. In order to do this, you'll need some good body language reading skills so you can follow up with the person who responds most favorably. It's always better to start vague, and then get more specific to narrow down your choice of people to focus on.
With smaller group of people, you'll have the Forer effect going for you. This effect describes how people will give much more accuracy to something that they think is about them specifically, when actually it is a general statement that could be applied to almost anybody. If you start of with some general observations based on their clothing, and then describe some basic truths that are generally accurate for most people, this can be a powerful combination.
For example, if their shirt is clean and pressed, but un tucked, you can say something like, "You have the unique quality of balancing outward appearances and personal comfort." This is accurate for most people, but they will be under the illusion it is only about them.
Once you make a couple of simple observations about their clothing, you can start to talk about their history. Again, vague generalizations will often be accepted as personal unique truths. For example, you can say something like, "I can tell that in your past you've had some difficulties, and you've achieved some great accomplishments. Some recognized by others, but some that only you know about." Likewise, this is true for most people, but because you are speaking directly to them, they will think it is only about them.
Once you've convinced them that you know about who they are, and what they've gone through, you are ready to start making predictions about the future. Since you are two out of two, they'll be much more eager to listen to your predictions about their future. As when dealing with their past, when predicting their future it's best to be vague: "Your future looks bright, but you will come up against some obstacles that may make you want to quit. But I predict you will press on and be successful."
So long as you don't abuse this, it can be a great party trick. You'll find that you will quickly become the most popular person at the party by accurately reading people's past, and giving them a good future to look forward to. And when you combine this with a few simple card tricks and other illusions, you'll rapidly become the most sought after party guest in town. Have fun.
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