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Why do people usually call you for? What do they want to know or hope to gain?[ QUOTE ]


Typically the questions fall into two categories: Does he/she like me? And what's going on with my career?

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Do you think you actually bring value to the lives of callers?

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Meh, not really. Like I said before, I don't take serious problem type callers - I'm not interested or qualified for giving people real advice. If there's any value to these people, it can give them a shot of confidence to do something they've been wanting to. Ie.
Him: I don't know if she likes me
Me: Have you talked to her?
Him: No, I'm too nervous
Me: Well, you'll never know unless you try and things won't be as difficult as you think.

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Any links for someone who was trying to get started, much like you did?

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The books I referenced above are your best source, googling those books can help you find some excerpts and general cold reading advice.

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What are some of your worse screw ups/incidents?

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Generally just making too specific guesses in the beginning that were totally wrong, and not setting them up for the possiblity of wrong guesses. So I would make a totally wrong prediction, and not no how to backtrack when I was totally wrong and end up kind of lost and scrambling.