You've woken up your sixth sense. Now the problem is the noise. Every room you walk into is full of nonsense: dishonesty, irrelevance, static. The paradox isn't that you're asleep. It's that you're awake, and the nonsense is what you gaslight yourself with. The more successful you are, the more critical it is that you can filter out the static, find the one piece of information that's true, and lean into it with questions, like a professional poker player or an interrogator. When my 12-year-old thinks I can read his mind, I remind him, "I can't read your mind. I'm reading your body."

You can wait for someone you trust to explain it. Read the articles on my Substack. Each one sets out the principle clearly enough for you to go, "Oh, I understand this."

Go Self-Guided. It's the Rick Steves' Guide to Everest. I'm there with you the whole way, in a guidebook. Just follow it, and watch the videos.

If you go, "Wow, I want to be able to read a room like this guy can. I want to be able to walk in and spot the nonsense right away without thinking," then contact me. We're going to have a conversation.

In this one, there is no skipping the line. You can hear what I say and understand what I say, but unless you integrate what I say, you will not be able to use it in the room. It takes a lot of muscle exercise, like gym work, to filter the nonsense.

I can wake you up in My Now without your commitment. That's a relatively easy stimulus on my part. But mastering reading a room requires effort on your part. So what I'm really filtering for in the exploratory call is how committed you are, and you have to convince me you're going to put in the effort because you can see the reward.