Simple Tips to Help You Gauge Humans
As a teenager, I developed an interest in all types of music, short of rap and opera. I became quite a trivia buff, being quite knowledgeable in “Name That Tune” of popular music from the 40’s through to the 80’s. Oft even being able to state the year of release.
When it came to rock, I was incorrigible in that I knew the record’s musicians, song writers, producer, engineer and the recording studio. I did, eventually, pursue my dream and took a 5 week course in recording technology, but that’s for another story.
When I would meet a new person in their home, having been introduced by a mutual friend, I would immediately gravitate to their music selection, and would quickly be able to size them up. Depending on what their collection consisted of – country, bluegrass, folk, rock, classical, jazz or blues. Back then, there were very limited genres – no “New World”, fusion or crossover, etc.
Through my twenties, I re-embraced my enjoyment of reading, that I had enjoyed as a kid. I became voracious. I’d pick up a Hemingway and would have to go through all his works. Leon Uris, Robert Ludlum, Steven King and others.
During this period, upon meeting a new person, in their home, I would check out their personal library. Again, depending on their preferences, sci-fi, mystery, classic, fiction, biographies, this would help me determine their personality traits.
By my late twenties, I came up with a much simpler method of psychoanalyzing a new individual. Simply look in their fridge.
When it came to rock, I was incorrigible in that I knew the record’s musicians, song writers, producer, engineer and the recording studio. I did, eventually, pursue my dream and took a 5 week course in recording technology, but that’s for another story.
When I would meet a new person in their home, having been introduced by a mutual friend, I would immediately gravitate to their music selection, and would quickly be able to size them up. Depending on what their collection consisted of – country, bluegrass, folk, rock, classical, jazz or blues. Back then, there were very limited genres – no “New World”, fusion or crossover, etc.
Through my twenties, I re-embraced my enjoyment of reading, that I had enjoyed as a kid. I became voracious. I’d pick up a Hemingway and would have to go through all his works. Leon Uris, Robert Ludlum, Steven King and others.
During this period, upon meeting a new person, in their home, I would check out their personal library. Again, depending on their preferences, sci-fi, mystery, classic, fiction, biographies, this would help me determine their personality traits.
By my late twenties, I came up with a much simpler method of psychoanalyzing a new individual. Simply look in their fridge.
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