This honestly sounds like early 90s NLP (neuro-linguistic programming, a pseudoscience, not the modern-day NLP which means something else) self-help books. Repa

This honestly sounds like early 90s NLP (neuro-linguistic programming, a pseudoscience, not the modern-day NLP which means something else) self-help books. Repackaged stuff for cartomancers and cold readers. I would guess the real CIA loves these guys. This kind of talk would be the perfect misdirection for the real thing.