jverlich 's List: PUA

• asking a person the right questions
• listening carefully, and making a guess or two
• Asking for a volunteer
• volunteers are likely to be receptive and, more importantly, will likely want to believe
• "profiling" your subject
• Involuntary gestures, facial expressions, and changes in posture
• studied statistical information about people
• trained to read body language
• ask questions,
• Ask questions in such a way so that they can be perceived as statements
• good listener
• statements that will apply to just about anybody but which will give the impression that you know something about the subject
• simply repeating back what the subject has said
• "Yes, that's right,"
• "Yes, that's right. It's been troubling you for a while now."
• "But this decision involves another person, too."
• Barnum statement, s
• pause long enough for a reaction from your subject.
• "But you made a big decision in the past year, something of a new start."
• "I'm sensing something new is happening in your life or is about to happen."
• twist it just a bit until it makes sense to the subject
• Just tell the subject what he or she wants to hear: that everything will go well.
• encounter brief and mysterious.
• wants to believe in your "powers," and you just have to foster that belief
• buzzwords
• "rainbow ruse"
• "You like to make decisions carefully and patiently, but sometimes you're impulsive."
• can be beneficial
• encourages the subject to think about certain situations that may be troubling him or her
• may clarify things in the subject's mind and help the person find his or her own solution.

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