How Mentalists Read Your Mind The Art Of Cold Reading or Mind Reading | Page 15

3.

Fine Flattery.

Compare the client to “People In General”, stating he is a
slight, but significant, improvement over them.
“I sense that you are a person who can generally be trusted. You
may not be perfect, - not a saint -, but when it really matters you
understand the importance of being trustworthy.
I’d say perhaps more conscientious than most people tend to be.
I feel an energy, suggesting good values, which you try to live up to,
although you perhaps don’t always succeed.”
“You are in many ways more …”
… “Than people might think.”
… “in ways that can’t be said of everyone”
… “well above average.”
Traits that can be used for this purpose:
* Being hard working and diligent
* Conscientious
* Fair-minded
* Open-minded; open to new ideas and opportunities
* Warm, loving, caring
* Independent
* Be a good friend, lover, partner, …
* Wise, wisdom gained through experience rather than booklearning
* Strengths you have developed in the past
* Ability to deal with things
Examples
“You are not the kind of person who puts on a show.”
“You are not pretentious.”
“You are not making a living by working with your hands;
you are rather a person who uses your mind.”
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