"Finally somebody has updated cold-reading to something that is ultra-modern and a lot of fun..."
- Chris Cox UK Mentalist

"Being able to tell a person's personality by the way they laugh and speak opens up new doors for Mentalism presentations as well as an amazing new way to give cold-readings."
- TC Tahoe

If you had a secret weapon that allowed you to see inside the enemy's headquarters to see all their files, documents, and war plans, would your chances of winning be improved? Absolutely. We do have a secret weapon to win over the person you want to impress. It is the science of laughter and speech analysis, or non-verbal language.

This secret weapon is an invaluable tool for any working performer. Many of the top performers in the world are now using this technique to theme their shows, using it to give cold-readins and even enhance their cold-reading business by giving readings over the phone!!

A unique approach for the performer to give readings or theme their Mentalism presentation around people's personality by they laugh and speak. Imagine being able to chose the right person to assist you onstage by listening to the way they laugh and speak. This book will open up new possibilities for anybody who gives cold readings, wants to give readings over the phone, or use it in their performance. Twelve years ago Paul Romhany and Ken Ring started work on giving personality readings by the way people laugh and speak. Their research, and work in this field has lead to the publication of "How To Tell Anybody's Personality By They Way They Laugh And Speak." This book opens up new doors for every Mentalist and magician who wants to include a fresh approach to giving personality readings. The book dissects the various types of laughter and speech patterns, and how to give readings based on how a person responds to a joke or talks to you.

Paul Romhany now themes his entire one man Mentalism show around people's laughter and speech patterns. On stage he will keep his show light and have everybody laughing - all the while actually giving them readings. It's the perfect tool for Mentalists who perform any routine where they want to tell the audience something about themselves. For the first time this book is available to the magic and Mentalism fraternity. You will learn how to incorporate this in your act as well as give readings on people's laughter and speech.

CONTENTS INCLUDE

Your Secret Weapon
Body Language
Is body language teachable?
What is personality?
Getting the big picture

1. LAUGHTER

Do animals laugh?
Chimapanzee laughter
Language of rabbits
Language of dogs
Benefits of laughter
Properties of human laughter
Laughter as a social signal
Laughter as communication
Laughter is contagious
What makes us laugh?
You can tell much from who you laugh with
How to get a person to laugh
Before you make them laugh

2.SPEAKING

1. VERBAL LANGUAGE

How did verbal language originate?
The mouth
The Voice
Why isn't a person talking?
Behaviour during Language
Using the telephone
Face-to-face communication
Styles of speech

2. NON-VERBAL LANGUAGE

Learn to listen to non-verbal language
Why is non-verbal language language so important?
A vocabulary of non-verbal behaviour
Positive body language
Negative Body Language
Transitions
What happens in the brain?

3. GESTURES

Conclusions about gestures
Presentation tips
Where in the brain do gestures come from?
Know thyself

4. FACIAL EXPRESSIONS

Survey on faces
In facial features
Structure of the face
The eyes have it

5. NON VERBAL LANGUAGE OF THE HEAD

1. Mouth and lips
2. Teeth
3. Cheeks
4. Chin
5. Nose
6. Eyebrows
7. Eyes
8. Ears
9. Hair
10. Accessories

6. EMOTIONS

Interpretations
The emotional scale

7. MIRRORING

Mirroring when dealing with children

8. LAUGHTER STYLES

1. THE BEST LAUGH
2. HOLDING-BACK LAUGHTER
3. FORCED LAUGH
4. THE CACKLE
5. THE GIGGLE
6. THE HAUGHTY LAUGH
7. THE CHORTLE
8. THE SLOW LAUGH
9. THE FAST LAUGH

9. SPEAKING STYLES

1. GRUFFNESS
2. GENTLENESS
3. HAUGHTINESS
4. RASPINESS
5. MACHINE-GUN DELIVERY
6. SMILING VOICE
7. CHILD'S VOICE
9. BEST VOICE

10. WHAT TO LOOK FOR

11. READINGS

1. The 5 Point test
2. Over-the-phone test
Typical short phone readings

12. HOW TO USE READINGS