New Lady at Toastmasters A new woman came to my Toastmasters recently. She’s a very interesting combination or she has a very interesting combination of both confidence and anxiety. When she talks about normal things she’s very very confident, in fact she’s the most confident person I’ve seen in a very very long time. […]
Interview King Maker
Horrifying Class I took this college class ones that sounded on paper like it would be a good idea but it turned out to be the most terrifying class I would ever take in my life. It was billed as a interview skills class where you would learn how to answer the most […]
Alone With Your Thoughts
Communication Seminar I went to this really strange communication seminar a long time ago. It was all about non-verbal communication. The theory of the guy that was teaching it was that most of our communication is nonverbal very little of it is based on the words. We had to do a lot of exercises […]
Real Magic
Summer School I have a friend who volunteers at a local community center. She asked me if I would help her teach some kids summer school. Some magic tricks during summer school. It took me about 10 minutes of research to realize that if I tried to teach these kids any kind of sleight-of-hand […]
Post Hypnotic Suggestions
When Blind Dates Were Blind A long time ago I went on a blind date. This was back when blind dates were really blind dates because it was before the Internet and you’re going to blind date because when you friends set you up with somebody and you didn’t actually know what they looked like […]
Guided Psychic Meditation
Gorgeous Neighborhood Bartender There’s a bar in my neighborhood I like to go to because I like to watch the bartender. I haven’t drank alcohol in a long time but sitting in a bar is sometimes very relaxing thing to do. It’s an understood environment where it’s perfectly acceptable to sit there and stare […]
Origin Story Erasure
Dale Carnegie’s Brilliance Before Dale Carnegie wrote How to Win Friends and Influence People he did an extensive public speaking workshop for many years. He found through this workshop all the techniques and all the details and strategies that he later wrote and How to Win Friends and Influence People. That’s what makes this […]
Time Traveling Engineers
Me And The Cute Barista There’s this girl I’ve been seeing lately. She’s a barista that works in my local coffee house. When I say dating, I mean we see each other, we enjoy seeing each other. As far I can tell that she smiles at me differently than she smiles at the other customers. […]
Drive By Hypnosis
How To Hypnotize Someone Without Them Knowing There are plenty of ways to hypnotize people without their knowledge or consent. We don’t make any claims on the morality of such. We’ll leave that up to you. But it is not as difficult as it may seem. With a little practice, you can learn some powerful […]
Surefire Conversational Skills
How To Get Anybody Feeling Positive In A Hurry One of the reasons we keep ourselves from starting conversations with people is we don’t know what to say. Even if we have a couple of openers, carrying on the conversation is difficult. As soon as we hit one of those uncomfortable silences, both parties start […]
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