So you want to

be a psychic

?© Adam vanLangenberg - MSSS

Well, tough luck.

They do not exist

Part 1: The Set-Up

• Greet your client warmly• Encourage cooperation• Create a personal and intimate ambience• Make subtle reference to your

experience and credentials• Briefly explain why your particular

system works• Excuse failure before you start• Set them at ease

Part 2: The Main Themes

• Love• Money• Career• Health• Travel• Education• Ambitions

Most important!

Part 3: The Elements of the Reading

• Character• Facts and Events• Extracting Information• The Future

Part 3a: Character

• Rainbow statements• Jacques statements• Sugar lumps• Psychic credit• Greener grass statements• Barnum statements

Part 3a cont: Character

• Subtle flattery• Honest• Diligent• Conscientious• Fair-minded• Warm• Independent• Intuitive• Gained wisdom through experience, rather than

book-knowledge• Being a good friend• Open-minded

These are wonderful!

Part 3b: Facts and Events

• Fuzzy facts• Good chance guesses• Lucky guesses• Trivial fact• Opposite statements• Push statements

Part 3c: Extracting Information

• Direct question• Veiled question• Diverted question• Jargon blitz• Vanishing negative• Russian doll

Part 3d: The Future

• Peter Pan predictions• Certain predictions• 50-50 predictions• Likely predictions• Unlikely predictions• Self-fulfilling predictions• Vague predictions• Unverifiable predictions• One-way verifiable predictions

Part 4: The Win-Win Game

• Persist, wonder, linger• I am right, but you have forgotten• I am right, but you do not know• I am right, but nobody knows• I am right, but it is embarrassing• I am wrong now, but I will be right soon• I am wrong, but it does not matter• I am wrong in fact, but right emotionally• I am wrong in fact, but right within system• Wrong small print, right headline• Accept, apologise and move on

Part 5: Presentation

• Encourage feedback• Paint a picture• Go from weak to strong• Could-should-would• Give room for interpretation• Forking• Keeping it clear• Keeping it folksy• Sustaining pace• Reprising with gold paint• Summarising the reading

Now go forth and make money