We all have read (or at least heard) about how Sherlock Holmes would use his quick wits and sharp observation to quickly analyze and solve even the greatest of mysteries. Anybody would love to impress people by possessing such powers as looking at a person and predicting his actions, life-history, etc. Fortunately for us, this isn't science fiction. This trait can easily be developed with a little practice and perseverance by following some easy to follow steps...
STEPS
1.Read books on 'Body Language'. This will help you understand a person's present emotions and moods. I would suggest you read some body language bestsellers like 'A Definitive Guide to Body Language' by Allan Pease and Barbara Pease.
2.Learn Face Reading from http://www.facereader.com/. This is an invaluable source of information about characteristics of human beings like honesty, intelligence, etc.
3.Develop a keen sense of observation. Pay attention to the minutest details of everything. Unless you develop this ability, all else may be a waste. You must train yourself to concentrate and use your 3 most used senses - Sight, Smell and Sound. Call it S-3 if you must.
4.Learn Graphology (the study of handwriting).
5.Practice listening instead of hearing, and observing instead of seeing, example of observing: Ever been to grandma's house? Is it a two story house? If it is,how many steps are there to reach the second story?,how many bedrooms are there?, how many beds are there in the bedrooms? If you don't know, you see but don't observe, in short, take in all the detail you can.
6.Practice logic. You observe a stain in your friend's shirt. What kind of stain is it? food? logically that means (s)he's careless...What? you know for sure that (s)he's very tidy and neat?, then logically (s)he was in a hurry to get out of the house, why?, is (s)he on time for every class or meeting? of course (s)he is since (s)he's very tidy and neat, so what happened? maybe (s)he overslept. So you go with him/her and ask: "Did you oversleep today?" if you're right, have fun with the reaction! so, the train of thought is: stain - food - (s)he's tidy - hurrying - oversleep.
TIPS
1.Never take anything for granted. Even the most insignificant entity may present valuable insight into circumstances.
2.When faced by confusion with regards to a decision to be made, collect all your verbal and non-verbal facts. This may aid your decision making process.
3.Read some 'Sherlock Holmes' books by Arthur Conan Doyle to study more of his style.
4.Your 'Intuition' will be very helpful in day to day situations like predicting outcomes of meetings, understanding the people you encounter in your day to day life.
WARNINGS
1.Don't push yourself to believe each and every thing that body language may indicate. Body language is right 80% of the time but trust it too much and you may end up in a great blunder.
2.Don't make quick decisions without analyzing all the facts.
3.Don't tell anybody about your insights unless you are a 100% sure you are right. If you end up making a weird prediction and the actual result ends up being something else, people will think you are too judgmental and may get repulsed by you.
4.Try your best not to overlook anything. Always look for signs in 'clusters' and not at an individual, isolated fact.
THINGS YOU'LL NEED
1.A Brain.
2.Good observation.
3.Some amount of study and reflection.
4.Some logical skill
5.Curiosity
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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