How To Become A Mentalist Like Patrick Jane? — Transcript

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1. 0:00Patrick Jane isn't psychic and he never
2. 0:02was. Every skill he uses to read people,
3. 0:04manipulate suspects, and solve crimes is
4. 0:06based on real psychology and observation
5. 0:08techniques that you can actually learn.
6. 0:10Today I'm breaking down eight of his
7. 0:12core abilities from The Mentalist with
8. 0:13actual examples from the show and real
9. 0:15advice on how you can start using them
10. 0:17yourself.
11. 0:21Patrick Jane's father called his
12. 0:22observation skills x-ray eyes and it's
13. 0:24the foundation of everything he does. In
14. 0:26some flashbacks we see young Patrick
15. 0:27working in a carnival already
16. 0:29demonstrating these razor-sharp
17. 0:30observation skills. His abilities are
18. 0:32powers of observation, deduction, and
19. 0:34induction. What Jane does is notice
20. 0:36small details that others miss like a
21. 0:38callus on someone's hand, dirt under
22. 0:40their fingernails, the way they hold
23. 0:41themselves. And while many people think
24. 0:43these are some magical powers, they're
25. 0:44just skills that you can learn yourself.
26. 0:47Start by playing what I call the detail
27. 0:49game. When you meet someone, force
28. 0:50yourself to notice five specific things
29. 0:52like their watch, their shoes, any
30. 0:54jewelry, their posture, their eye
31. 0:56contact. Then make educated guesses
32. 0:58about what those details mean. A worn
33. 1:00wedding ring suggests a long marriage.
34. 1:02Calloused [music] hands indicate manual
35. 1:03labor. Expensive shoes with a cheap
36. 1:05watch might mean they value appearance
37. 1:07over function. [music] The more you
38. 1:08practice deliberate observation, the
39. 1:10more automatic it becomes and suddenly
40. 1:11you're noticing things that seem
41. 1:13invisible to everyone else. Jane didn't
42. 1:14develop this overnight though. He spent
43. 1:16years in the carnival training these
44. 1:18skills. Have in mind that these things
45. 1:20take time, but you can literally start
46. 1:21today by simply paying attention.
47. 1:26Patrick uses cold reading abilities he
48. 1:28learned as a fake psychic and reapplies
49. 1:30them to corpses, suspects, and crime
50. 1:32scenes. In Seeing Red, when Jane meets
51. 1:35psychic Kristina Frye, we see two
52. 1:37masters of cold reading face off each
53. 1:39trying to read the other while
54. 1:40protecting their own tells. In His Red
55. 1:42Right Hand, Jane does his typical cold
56. 1:44reading on Rebecca telling her about her
57. 1:46past and feelings with stunning accuracy
58. 1:48just by observing her reactions and
59. 1:51building on each successful hit. Cold
60. 1:53reading works through a combination of
61. 1:54educated guesses, reading body language,
62. 1:56and using the Barnum effect, which means
63. 1:58making statements general enough that
64. 2:00people fill in specifics themselves.
65. 2:02Start with high probability statements.
66. 2:04If someone's in their 30s, you can
67. 2:06safely guess they've had relationship
68. 2:07struggles or career doubts because
69. 2:09statistically most people have. Watch
70. 2:11their reaction closely. If they lean in
71. 2:14or their eyes widen, you've hit
72. 2:15something that's true. Then get more
73. 2:17specific based on the response. The key
74. 2:19is confidently stating observations as
75. 2:21facts. Instead of saying, "You seem
76. 2:23stressed." try "You're dealing with a
77. 2:25lot of pressure right now." People
78. 2:26naturally confirm accurate statements
79. 2:28and often give up additional information
80. 2:30to correct near misses, which gives you
81. 2:33even more material to work with.
82. 2:35Practice on some friends first, making
83. 2:37educated guesses about their day or
84. 2:39recent experiences based solely on their
85. 2:41appearance and demeanor. You'll get the
86. 2:43hang of it soon enough.
87. 2:47Now, this one is quite tricky since it's
88. 2:49obviously overblown for the sake of the
89. 2:51show. We see Jane's hypnosis skills
90. 2:52appear throughout the series. In Russet
91. 2:54Potatoes, an entire case revolves around
92. 2:56hypnosis, where someone was hypnotized
93. 2:58to drag a body believing it was
94. 3:00potatoes. In My Bloody Valentine, Jane
95. 3:02works his hypnosis on a gang member
96. 3:04using a card game as distraction,
97. 3:06proving you don't need a swinging watch.
98. 3:07Real hypnosis isn't mind control. It's
99. 3:09more like a guided focused attention.
100. 3:11Anyone can learn basic techniques, but
101. 3:13the key is building rapport first. Match
102. 3:15their breathing rhythm, use a calm
103. 3:17monotone voice, and incorporate
104. 3:19repetitive phrases. Start with
105. 3:20relaxation suggestions like notice how
106. 3:22your shoulders feel heavy or your
107. 3:24eyelids are getting tired. Progressive
108. 3:26relaxation works. It's when you guide
109. 3:28attention from head to toes, suggesting
110. 3:30each body part relax. For memory recall,
111. 3:32guide them back to the specific time and
112. 3:34place, engaging all five senses. What
113. 3:36did they see or hear, smell, feel,
114. 3:39taste, and so on. While you won't be
115. 3:41able to hypnotize people to do things
116. 3:42for you or [music] to manipulate them,
117. 3:44what you can actually do is just help
118. 3:46someone achieve a deeply focused state
119. 3:48where their conscious mind stops
120. 3:49filtering information.
121. 3:53One of the skills that most fans
122. 3:55remember is Patrick's memory palace,
123. 3:56which means Patrick possesses an
124. 3:58extraordinary memory. He remembered the
125. 3:59names of over 2,000 people he shook
126. 4:01hands with since his family's murder to
127. 4:03find Red John. To remember things, Jane
128. 4:05stores them in a part of his [music]
129. 4:06brain he calls the memory palace. In
130. 4:08Red, White, and Blue, Jane actually
131. 4:10teaches a soldier with memory loss
132. 4:12[music] how to build his own memory
133. 4:13palace. And this isn't some made-up
134. 4:15thing like insane hypnosis. This is a
135. 4:17real technique called the method of
136. 4:19loci, used since [music] ancient Rome by
137. 4:20public speakers who needed to remember
138. 4:23hour-long speeches without notes. Here's
139. 4:25how it works. You visualize a familiar
140. 4:27place, maybe your childhood home. Assign
141. 4:29each room to a category of information.
142. 4:31Want to remember a shopping list? Walk
143. 4:33through your mental house placing items
144. 4:34in specific locations. Milk goes in the
145. 4:37[music] kitchen sink, bread sits on your
146. 4:38bed, eggs balance on the bathroom
147. 4:40mirror. The weirder and more vivid the
148. 4:42image, the better you'll remember. When
149. 4:43you need to recall the list, mentally
150. 4:45walk through your house again. Your
151. 4:47brain is incredible at spatial memory.
152. 4:49That's why you your home in the dark,
153. 4:51but struggle to remember a [music]
154. 4:52random string of words. This technique
155. 4:54leverages that natural ability. Start
156. 4:56small with five items, then expand to
157. 4:5810, then 20. Eventually, you can store
158. 5:00thousands of pieces of information by
159. 5:02[music] creating multiple mental
160. 5:03locations like your old school, your
161. 5:05workplace, your favorite restaurant. The
162. 5:07palace [music] can be as large as you
163. 5:09need it to be.
164. 5:13Jane couples his understanding of body
165. 5:14language and facial expressions to
166. 5:16predict people's next moves. Jane reads
167. 5:18suspects by watching how they hold
168. 5:20themselves, where their eyes go, how
169. 5:21they breathe when asked certain
170. 5:23questions. Body language reveals what
171. 5:24words hide. When someone crosses their
172. 5:26arms, they're creating a barrier, or
173. 5:28they're defensive or uncomfortable about
174. 5:30the current topic. Feet pointing away
175. 5:32from you during conversation means they
176. 5:34want to leave, even if they're smiling
177. 5:35and nodding. Touching their face while
178. 5:37answering questions often indicates
179. 5:39stress or deception. Microexpressions
180. 5:41are involuntary facial movements lasting
181. 5:43less than a second that reveal true
182. 5:45emotions before conscious control kicks
183. 5:47in. When someone hears bad news, watch
184. 5:49for that split-second [music]
185. 5:50smile before they arrange their face
186. 5:52into sadness. Here's a fun training
187. 5:54method. Watch TV or The Mentalist for
188. 5:56this matter with the sound off. Force
189. 5:58yourself [music] to interpret emotions
190. 5:59and intentions solely from body
191. 6:01language. Then go back with sound to
192. 6:03check accuracy. Notice inconsistencies
193. 6:05between words and body language and
194. 6:07you'll find that's where deception
195. 6:08lives.
196. 6:12Patrick uses neuro-linguistic
197. 6:13programming to get confessions from
198. 6:15people frequently. In one episode, the
199. 6:17killer used her NLP and hypnosis skills
200. 6:19to manipulate others, even hypnotizing
201. 6:22Rigsby into assaulting [music] someone
202. 6:23while believing he was acting on his own
203. 6:26free will. She used specific triggers
204. 6:28like a tap on the shoulder to activate
205. 6:30programmed responses. Real NLP is about
206. 6:33understanding how language patterns
207. 6:34influence thought and behavior.
208. 6:36Mirroring is one basic technique. Just
209. 6:38subtly matching someone's body language,
210. 6:40speaking pace, and even breathing
211. 6:42rhythm. This creates unconscious
212. 6:44rapport. They feel like you get them
213. 6:46[music] without knowing why. Touch
214. 6:47someone's shoulder while they're happy,
215. 6:49repeat it consistently, and eventually
216. 6:51that touch alone can trigger happiness.
217. 6:54You can start practicing this on
218. 6:55yourself first. Create your own
219. 6:56confidence anchor by making a fist
220. 6:58whenever you feel genuinely confident,
221. 7:00then use that gesture before important
222. 7:02moments. The programming is real and it
223. 7:04works.
224. 7:07Jane also shows skills in slight of hand
225. 7:09where he often slips things into
226. 7:10people's pocket or plants things that
227. 7:12weren't there before. Not to mention his
228. 7:14pickpocketing and reverse pickpocketing
229. 7:16abilities throughout the series. The
230. 7:17principle behind slight of hand is
231. 7:19simple. Your attention can only be in
232. 7:20one place at a time. Magicians control
233. 7:22where you look. When Jane wants to steal
234. 7:24something, he creates a bigger
235. 7:25distraction like a sudden movement, a
236. 7:27loud noise, or engaging conversation
237. 7:29that captures all attention. Your eyes
238. 7:31follow movement and sound automatically.
239. 7:33That's when the actual theft happens in
240. 7:35your blind spot. You can apply
241. 7:37misdirection in everyday life without
242. 7:38stealing anything. Want someone to agree
243. 7:40to something? Make a larger request
244. 7:41first. When they refuse, your actual
245. 7:43request seems reasonable by comparison.
246. 7:45In conversation, people reveal
247. 7:47information while explaining why they
248. 7:48can't reveal information. Ask about
249. 7:50something unrelated to what you actually
250. 7:52want to know, so their guard drops and
251. 7:54they share more than intended because
252. 7:56they think they're talking about
253. 7:58something safe. Attention management is
254. 8:00a superpower, and once you master it,
255. 8:02you're going to have a lot of fun.
256. 8:06Patrick has an almost preternatural
257. 8:08ability for strategy. He almost always
258. 8:10relies upon this skill to definitively
259. 8:12catch the killer at the end of most
260. 8:13episodes. It's described as his
261. 8:15combination of psychology knowledge and
262. 8:17understanding of human behavior. Jane
263. 8:19engineers situations. [music] He plants
264. 8:21seeds days in advance, manipulates
265. 8:23multiple people simultaneously, and
266. 8:24creates scenarios where suspects trap
267. 8:26themselves by acting according to their
268. 8:28nature. The key to strategic thinking is
269. 8:31playing moves ahead like chess. Don't
270. 8:33just think about your immediate goal,
271. 8:34think about the opponent's response,
272. 8:36then your counter response [music] three
273. 8:37or four moves deep. Jane wins by
274. 8:40understanding that people are
275. 8:41predictable when you know their
276. 8:43psychology. Scared people run. Guilty
277. 8:45people over explain. Proud people can't
278. 8:47resist showing off. Strategic thinking
279. 8:49means setting traps based on these
280. 8:50predictable responses. If want someone
281. 8:52to confess, don't accuse them directly.
282. 8:54Mention you have evidence you don't
283. 8:56actually have, then watch them scramble
284. 8:57[music] to explain away evidence they
285. 8:59think you found. This is why Jane
286. 9:01catches killers who think they're
287. 9:02smarter than him. He's not playing the
288. 9:04same game they think they're playing.
289. 9:05Patrick Jane's abilities aren't
290. 9:07supernatural at all. They're refined
291. 9:08skills based on psychology, observation,
292. 9:11and understanding human behavior. The
293. 9:13same techniques he uses to solve crimes
294. 9:15and read [music] suspects can help you
295. 9:17better understand people in your
296. 9:18everyday life, whether in business,
297. 9:20relationships, or just [music]
298. 9:21navigating social situations. If you
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302. 9:27in the next one. Bye.