COLD READING STRATEGIES
In this post we will describe briefly what the strategies could be when giving someone a reading and convince even the most skeptical subjects"
-1 setting the scene.
-2 observing the Subject
-3 making deductions
-4 shot gunning
-5 making Barnum statements
-6 rainbow ruse
-7 fishing
-8 verbal tricks
-9 reinforcing successes
-10 clinching the deal
1 SETTING THE SCENE
Presentation is king!
Make sure that your client “the Subject” has enough confidence of your professionalism and ability to give a psychic reading.
You can to this in a lot of ways, for example:
-Through advertising.
-Social media.
- displaying testimonials, photographs with clients, brochures, etc.
Managing expectations
Explaining what their expectations can be from the reading they get by telling what may receive, for example:
-“our aim is to contact and receive advice from the spirit world.”
-“I will give you possibilities for your future life.”
cooperation
A reading will only work when “the subject” cooperative.
You need to explain this ahead of the reading, for example.
-“the spirits need you to actively assist me.”
-“important is that you are open-minded and receptive.”
-“you can help me read the signs.”
2 OBSERVING THE SUBJECT
When a sharp observation is executed further steps will be made more easily.
We go deeper in this matter in our post “basic techniques of cold reading”.
3 MAKING DEDUCTIONS
Having observed the “subject” the cold reader can make some highly probable guesses about the “subject”.
4 SHOT GUNNING
A technique in wich the cold reader shoots large amount of very general statements towards the “subject” and carefully see how they react on that.
Here is where micro expressions come in handy.
You can read more about micro-expressions here
5 MAKING BARNUM STATEMENTS
Barnum statements seem to be individual but actually be apllied to almost everyone.
6 RAINBOW RUSE
These statements simply can’t be wrong, for example:
-“I would say that you are mostly a little shy and quiet, but when the mood strikes you, you can easily become the center of attention”
In our post about “basics techniques of cold reading part 2” we go deeper in to shot gunning, Barnum statements and rainbow ruse.
7 FISHING
Making some vere specific (seemingly improbable) statements that may or may not be true to the “subject”
If it does turn out to be true the statement will be remembered, if not the trick is to cover up that mistake so that the “subject”will forget the “Miss” and remember the “Hit”.
8 VERBAL TRICKS
Verbal ambiquities
Words can have different meanings this fact can be greatfully exploited by the cold reader, for example.
-“the spirits are talk to me about a will”.
Are they talking about someone called Will or about the legal document?
-“the word “bank”is somehow relevant”.
This could refer to someone working at a bank, or a seating where grandfather used to sit.
Stating questions negatively
This is one of the most used verbal tricks in cold reading
Because the response to such questions can be interpret the response as confirming the statement made, for example.
-“youre not engaged are you?”
-“you’re not still in collage are you?”
If the answers is no, you can reply with “I thought not” and if the answer is yes, you can say “I thought so” either way the reader is always right.
9 REINVORCING SUCCESSES
If a statement is right this needs to clearly be confirmed by the reader.
This will help convince the “Subject” that the reading is succeeding.
10 CLINCHING THE DEAL
It’s always a good idea to briefly summarize the “hits” at the end of a reading.
Including information came from the “subject” self.
Give all this a positive twist to satisfy the “subject”. Combine this with a statement that reinforces the accuracy of the reading.
Sources:
http://www.psychicscience.org/coldread.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_reading
