How To Finally Stop Annoying Hiccups With The Power of Your Mind..
Yes, that's what I said – hiccups.
I know I usually let you in on some pretty serious mentalism and mind reading tricks and techniques but today I fancied giving you a bit more of a light-hearted trick although I've had some of my strongest reactions off people doing this trick.
This is a bit of weird one because I don't think anyone really knows how or why it works, which may be because people don't know how or why we get hiccups in the first place. This isn't fake and doesn't require a stooge either, you really do stop someone from hiccuping. Due to the nature of the trick i.e. needing someone to have hiccups in the first place, I've only been able to do it a handful of times. That being said, it has never, ever failed to work.
So.. how the heck do you do it?
Well it's simple, when someone is a bumbling mess from their hiccups and are wishing they were dead. Say confidently to them, “Do you want me to stop them for you?” If they say yes, which they usually will while pleading for you to end their life. You put your both hands on each of their shoulders and stare into their eyes and every time they hiccup you say “STOP!”. Ask them to really concentrate on each hiccup that they do.
Sounds stupid and simple doesn't it? Well it works. There's not much else to say about it.
The main thing to keep in mind is that you must do it confidently and believe you will stop them. They way the person with the hiccups will actually believe you can stop them and they will stop. If you're lucky enough to have a crowd of people while you do it, you can get some great reactions from people.
A Simple Bit of Mind Reading You Can Use Right Now
There aren't many mind reading tricks you can perform completely naked but I've got one for you right here. Not that you'd ever want to perform a mind reading trick naked, although what you do in your spare time is your prerogative, just keep it to yourself. Please.
Anyhow, there's one trick that you can perform as a little test to prime your volunteer before using a more foolproof trick. Yes, this trick isn't fool proof but I have a 90% success rate which is pretty darn good for a trick that is so god damn clean. When I say clean, I mean there's literally nothing to use, no gimmicks, no cards, no bits of paper, nothing. You only need your mind.
It's a fairly old trick and one that is also used by Pick Up Artists world wide to show that you are 'mysterious' and have a talent. It was made famous in the book “The Game” written by Neil Strauss.
What you basically do is ask a volunteer to choose a number between 1 and 10 and you are able to guess which one they choose most of the time. You are able to do this because 9 out of 10 people will generally choose the number 7.
You need to dress it up to suit your mind reading persona but I personally use it along with the 'choose a colour trick' and say it's just a test. When it hits, it's amazing, when it doesn't I say, “Ahhh, you're a 'number 3' person (or whatever number they chose), that's interesting, let me try this on you..” and I proceed to perform an incredible foolproof ultimate mind reading & mentalism trick like the ones in the manual I wrote.
It's something every mind reader or mentalist should have in their arsenal because you can perform it any time, at the bar, at a party, anywhere you wish.
Oh yeah, the girls do love this one too 
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Mind Reading Trick: Freak Somone Out in 6 Seconds or Less With Cold Reading
Yes, our old friend, Cold Reading. If you don't know what cold reading is, it's basically what many psychics use when they give you your first reading if they've never met you before. It encompasses an array of different techniques but mostly it involves using general statements called Barnum statements that are general to most people but when executed well can make it look like a miracle. When the cold reader or psychic gets it right it is called a hit. When they get it wrong or it doesn't match up with the person it's called a miss. So when psychics or cold readers use Barnum statements along with an array of other techniques, more bolder than others, you can create the illusion that you are truly psychic.
Many people may think cold reading is a lot more accurate than it really is because they've seen psychics or mentalists on TV saying stuff that seems amazing, some also think psychics cannot be using cold reading because of how accurate they were. This is probably because TV psychics are using a mixture of cold and hot reading. Hot reading generally means they've acquired information before the show from a source which they can use to create a true miracle. Hot reading would be if I did a reading on someone I'd never met, but their friend had told me some private information about them before which I could now use in a reading.
So anyway, on to the point of me writing this. To learn cold reading properly takes years but I've discovered one cold reading question you can use along side your normal mind reading and mentalism tricks. Bear in mind, this is only to be used if you are able to perform ultimate mind reading tricks as a back up as it doesn't always hit, but when it does, my my, you have a serious miracle on your hands.
Basically what you say is “Where's the broken door?”, you need to say this in passing and it's best to say it inbetween a mind reading trick.
They are of course going to say “What?”, you say, “I just got a reading off you about a broken door, where is it?”
They will usually say, “It's in my house, the door to the utility room is broken” or something along those lines.
You then say, “Ah yes, I'd get that fixed if I were you” and carry on with your mind reading performance.
If it doesn't hit, you just say “Ok, keep a look out for a broken door, I get a feeling you will encounter one in the near future”
This covers you for each eventuality and you've just got to put your own personal spin on it.
You're probably wondering why I use the line about the broken door, well it's basically because it's such a general thing that most people have encountered a broken door recently or even have one in their home, on their car, in the office etc. A broken door can also include a broken frame, door handle, cracked glass etc.
The beauty of this is that people will make it fit if you give them time to find the meaning. When they tell people about the trick. Go out and try it today but make sure you've got some ultimate mind reading tricks as a back up if it fails.
How NOT To Impress Women With Mind Reading Tricks
I've been performing mind reading and mentalism tricks on people for years and it took me a long time to realise something quite important about performing it on females if you want to actually impress them. There was one occasion where I learned the most from and I'll share with you the story.
A couple of years ago I was at a friend's house party. Naturally, like most gatherings I attend, a few of my friends pleaded with me to perform a few tricks for the guests. I say pleaded because they know I only perform when I'm in the mood to perform. Although I'm a performer by nature, to be truthful, sometimes I just cannot be bothered and don't take kindly to people expecting me to perform like a monkey whenever they want me to.
Mind reading and mentalism to me is a bit more special than to just randomly 'do a trick' whenever someone asks you to. I believe in the experience of the spectators and if I don't think the mood is right, I won't perform. That being said, this time I felt the time was right, it probably had to do with the 70% of attendees being rather beautiful females and one in particular really caught my eye.. so anyway..
I decided I WOULD perform some mind reading. I thought this would be a great way to get this young ladies' attention.
So sat at a large table in the kitchen surrounded by about 10 people, and more importantly, the young lady I had my eye on and I proceeded to warm up with some ESP testing cards and rightly guessing which ESP symbol each volunteer had chosen. I could feel the spectators getting excited. I then moved onto a bit of playing card mind reading which involved reading the minds of volunteers and correctly guessing which playing card they chose. I also mixed in a bit of pseudo-psychological influence for good measure.
I could see it all going really well and the important female spectator was probably showing the most interest, asking me to 'do her next'.. read her mind that is. So anyway, what happened next confused me for a good few days.
I decided I would try out a cold reading technique I had learned earlier that day, what that involved was asking them a very general statement that would either hit – and you'd have a miracle and miss – where you could brush it off as something that could happen in the future. For those of you who don't know, cold reading is what psychics mostly use when they give one-on-one demonstrations of 'psychic ability' to people they've just met. So I said to her “Where's the broken door?”
She looked at me puzzled, “What do you mean?”
So I said it again, “Where's the broken door?”
Her puzzlement turned into downright shock and she ran out of the kitchen screaming to tell her best friend who was in another room. I found her in the other room explaining to her friend what I had just said and it was impossible for me to know. I found out that literally the week before, she had been locked in her bathroom because the lock on the door was faulty and she had to call down to her house mate to get help. I had performed a miracle.
I was almost shaking with excitement but my excitement was very short lived when for the rest of the night, she wouldn't go near me because 'I was just too weird'. Great.. she thought I was a f****ing freak.
So the morale of the story and to bring this to an end is be very careful what you perform and who you perform it on. If you're trying to impress most women, don't completely freak them out, unless the girl's a bit weird, they probably won't enjoy it. I've figured out the reason is that if they think you're truly psychic they feel naked and exposed and can't relax around you. This is probably why I don't claim to be psychic and instead perform 'psychological tests'.
Either way, experience will tell you which tricks and suited for which people. I have a trick in the ultimate mind reading manual I wrote called Stigmata 2.0 and it's so powerful I will usually only perform it to the right people. I've scared a few women away with it let me tell you but then again, I've got a few numbers off it too.
I hope you can learn something from my story and think about your mind reading tricks to make them really special.