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How to Develop the 'Sherlock Holmes' Intuition

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We all have read (or at least heard) about how Sherlock Holmes would use his quick wits and sharp observation to quickly analyze and solve even the greatest of mysteries. Anybody would love to impress people by possessing such powers as looking at a person and predicting his actions, life-history, etc. Fortunately for us, this isn't science fiction. This trait can easily be developed with a little practice and perseverance by following these easy steps.

Steps

1. Read books on body language. This will help you understand a person's present emotions and moods. For example, you could read some body language bestsellers like A Definitive Guide to Body Language by Allan Pease and Barbara Pease.
2. Develop a keen sense of observation. Pay attention to the minutest details of everything. Unless you develop this ability, all else may be a waste. You must train yourself to concentrate and use your 3 most used senses - sight, smell and sound. Call it S-3 if you must.
3. Practice listening instead of hearing, and observing instead of seeing. Here's an example of observing: Ever been to grandma's house? Is it a two story house? If it is, how many steps are there to reach the second story?, how many bedrooms are there?, how many beds are there in the bedrooms? If you don't know, you see but don't observe; in short, take in all the detail you can.
4. Practice logic. You observe a stain in your friend's shirt. What kind of stain is it? Food? Logically that means he's careless. What? You know for sure that he's very tidy and neat? Then logically he was in a hurry to get out of the house. Why? Is he on time for every class or meeting? of course he is since he's very tidy and neat, so what happened? Maybe he overslept. So you go with him/her and ask, "Did you oversleep today?" if you're right, have fun with the reaction! So, the train of thought is: stain - food - he's tidy - hurrying - oversleep.
5. Analyze any situation using this step by step process:
   
   
   • Always change the theory to the facts.
   • Think about who is benefiting? Establish a motive; this could be greed, anger, jealousy.
   • Think how they did what they did? How did the jewels get out of the case without someone hearing? How did he manage to break the necklace when it required at least two people.
   • Work on details; most people, criminals and detectives, do not observe all the details and this is how they are caught.
   • Go through the who, when, what, where, why facts.
   • There are 3 parts in reading a situation:
     
     
     • See. What do you see that is happening?
     • Observe. What do you notice that is different; a stain, a crease?
     • Deduce. What does this imply?

Tips

• Never take anything for granted. Even the most insignificant entity may present valuable insight into circumstances.
• When faced by confusion with regards to a decision to be made, collect all your verbal and non-verbal facts. This may aid your decision making process.
• Read some "Sherlock Holmes" books by Arthur Conan Doyle to study more of his style.
• Your 'intuition' will be very helpful in day to day situations like predicting outcomes of meetings, and understanding the people you encounter in your day to day life.

Warrning

• Don't push yourself to believe each and every thing that body language may indicate. Body language is right 80% of the time but trust it too much and you may end up in a great blunder.
• Don't make quick decisions without analyzing all the facts.
• Don't tell anybody about your insights unless you are a 100% sure you are right. If you end up making a weird prediction and the actual result ends up being something else, people will think you are too judgmental and may get repulsed by you.
• Try your best not to overlook anything. Always look for signs in 'clusters' and not at an individual, isolated fact.

ThingsYou'll need:

• A brain
• Good observation
• Some amount of study and reflection
• Some logical skill
• Curiosity

How to Be a Detective

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This information is going to help you be a detective. Use this information wisely and use it only for the right reasons.

Steps

1. Be yourself. When spying, act like a relaxed normal person; you don't have to wear dark shades and a trench coat to be a spy. You need to blend in; just be another face in the crowd.
2. Carry around a camera enabled mobile phone at all times. There's always something interesting happening.
3. Be smart when following people. Don't follow too closely behind and don't look into shop windows every time they turn around, just keep walking. Even if they do spot you, someone walking down the street looks more natural than one constantly hopping into alleys or stores.
4. Cultivate an eye for detail. Make a habit of observing your surroundings, even when there is nothing in particular to observe. You never know what you might spot, and you'll be honing your skills.
5. Learn to read people's faces. Watch body language and notice whether it seems natural and agrees with their words.
6. Get good at searching for information. Learn what is a matter of public record and how to obtain it.
7. Practice asking questions. You should be able to get to the heart of a matter without putting somebody on their guard or making them uncomfortable, unnecessarily.
8. Keep careful notes of what you find.
9. Get yourself a kit. It should include a magnifying glass, binoculars, fingerprint dusting powder, etc.
10. If you can't buy a kit try to find somewhere that will tell you how to make a kit with items around the house
11. Watch out for speeding vehicles in the street during a pursuit.
12. Be techno-savvy. Using the internet to look up information on suspects etc is a useful resource
13. Have a trustworthy team including a techno man and a field man to back you up.

Tips

• You are not a real detective unless you have a badge.
• Detectives don't only solve crimes. Sometimes, they simply look for missing information.
• Read detective novels (Sherlock Holmes, Encyclpedia Brown,The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Half Moon Investigations)
• Watch detective shows or movies (for example: Law and Order, Veronica Mars, X-files, Monk, Bones, Psych, C.S.I., C.S.I.: New York, And C.S.I.: Miami)
• Read detective comics (Batman, Dick Tracy, Crime Suspense Stories, Detective Conan (Case Closed))
• If you have a friend with you , always talk to them if the person sees you.
• Cultivate a sense of minor paranoia, enough to sense danger, but not enough to act out in public noticeably.
• Be cunning, try not to give the game away.
• wear gloves as not to give the game away.
• Get flash drive to hide your info.

Warnings

• Always obey the law. Being a detective does not confer any special powers
• Don't spy unless you are absolutely sure about the person's intentions.
• Be careful. Someone you are spying on could be dangerous.
• Always be prepared for anything.
• Have at least two back-up plans, should anything go wrong.
• Do not become a criminal yourself.
• It's very useful to have a partner that you can trust.
• Don't-- DON'T-- go around dressed up as 19th century Sherlock Holmes. You will look like a COMPLETE idiot.
• NEVER EVER EVER do anything dangerous or potentially harmful- a REAL detective uses their common sense.