![]() The Science of Willpower: 15 Tips for Making Your New Year’s Resolutions Last from Dr. Watch Björk’s 6 Favorite TED Talks, From the Mushroom Death Suit to the Virtual Choir Such attention to detail may serve you down at the station, if not onstage. While you’re taking notice, don’t forget to remain alert to what a potential pickpocket is wearing. Perhaps Robbins doesn’t care, though his mark certainly should. One small detail does seem to have escaped Robbins’ attention in the second demonstration video below, in which reporter Green willingly steps into the role of vic’. One real-life whiz mobber so impressed him during a television interview that he drove over four hours to pick the perp’s brains in a minimum security prison, a confab New Yorker reporter Adam Green described in colorful detail as part of a lengthy profile on Robbins and his craft. Though he himself has always been scrupulous about returning the items he liberates, Robbins does not withhold professional respect for his criminal brothers’ moves. I guess in such an instance, he’d limit the take to one precious item, a cell phone, say, and leave the wallet and watch to a non-theoretical “whiz mob” or street pickpocket team. ![]() His act depends on a fair amount of chummy touching, a physical intimacy that could quickly cause your average straphanger to cry foul. I do wonder how he would fare on the street. (Half a second later, it’s dropping below the hem of that jacket into Robbins’ waiting hand.) Those paws are fast ! Watch his hands, and you won’t see much, even after he explains several tricks of his trade, such as securing an already depocketed wallet with his index finger to reassure a jacket-patting victim that it’s right where it belongs. His easygoing, seemingly spontaneous banter is but one of the ways he gains marks’ trust, even as he penetrates their spheres with a predatory grace. He understands that getting his victims to tap into their memories is the best way to temporarily disarm their external alarm bells. He has deepened his understanding through the study of aikido, criminal history, and the psychology of persuasion. In a TED talk on the art of misdirection, above, he cites psychologist Michael Posner’s “Trinity Model” of attentional networks. ![]() How does he does he do it? Practice, practice, practice… and remaining hyper vigilant as to the things commanding each individual victims’s attention, in order to momentarily redirect it at the most convenient moment.Ĭlearly, he’s a put lot of thought into the emotional and cognitive components. (Robbins wisely steered clear of their guns.) president Jimmy Carter’s Secret Service detail clean, netting badges, a watch, Carter’s itinerary, and the keys to his motorcade. Past exploits include relieving actress Jennifer Garner of her engagement ring and basketball Hall-of-Famer Charles Barkley of a thick bankroll.
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