This book tells the story of Mike, a young boy whose family escapes their native Jamaica in the 1970s during a time of extreme political unrest. The narrative follows their journey and experiences as they settle in Harlem, facing new challenges and opportunities in their adopted home.
First published in 1936, 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' by Dale Carnegie is a timeless guide to improving interpersonal skills. The book is divided into four main sections: Six Ways to Make People Like You, Twelve Ways to Win People to Your Way of Thinking, and Nine Ways to Change People Without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment. Carnegie's principles emphasize the importance of genuine interest in others, active listening, and avoiding criticism and argument. The book offers practical advice on how to build strong relationships, communicate effectively, and influence others by aligning their self-interest with yours. It has been a cornerstone of personal development and business success for generations[2][3][5].
This book systematically describes a wide range of techniques used in cold reading, enabling readers to understand how psychics, mediums, and mentalists create the illusion of having psychic abilities. It covers various methods, including vagueness, fishing for clues, and other psychological manipulation techniques. Although primarily descriptive, the book also touches on the application of these techniques in other fields such as sales, negotiation, management, and therapy. It aims to demystify cold reading by explaining its logical and psychological basis rather than promoting supernatural claims.
YERRR – the guys sat down with mind-reading menace Oz Pearlman to get their brains absolutely violated. Oz pulls off mental stunts that make zero sense and then explains none of it...He breaks down the psychology behind magic, how he hustled his way from Wall Street to the world stage, and why messing with people’s minds is the ultimate flex. All that and more on this week’s episode of FLAGRANT. INDULGE.
00:00 Intro
00:23 What is a Mentalist? Reading people
4:44 Meeting Obama + Getting Alexx
8:51 Trying to work this out
10:27 What is the secret sauce? PIN on Rogan
14:46 Oz is in control + Mark's best friend
22:23 Marathon runner + Developing the skills
29:07 Dealing with rejection + Reading people
34:58 Magic + Suggestibility
41:16 Guessing words trick = The book's not available!
54:15 How did he do this?
1:01:58 Anti-trick?
1:04:22 French Open was insane + NBA finals
1:07:55 Guessing Alexx's words
1:13:32 Bodega choice + Full circle moment
1:21:24 Re-using techniques + Planning tricks
1:30:19 First magic trick + dissecting the trick
1:32:20 Doing your research
1:36:19 What is unethical? Misdirections
1:41:09 Derren Brown = incredible + Lucid dreaming
1:47:46 Hypnosis + negative reactions
1:54:36 Meeting his wife
1:57:17 Tricks for stoners
2:00:11 Feel basis + When it goes wrong
2:05:46 Helping newcomers + Rogan appearance
2:09:13 Establishing a baseline
2:10:22 Oz's new book "Read Your Mind"
2:15:06 Power of opening statement
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