Here you go.
How easy is this? No tricks, nothing is hidden, it’s all as you see written in front of you.
The following is a remarkably easy test to get right – yet I would say that over 90% of everyone that I have shown it to gets it wrong!
Even when I assure them that their answer is wrong and that they need to go back and try again, they still struggle to see the correct answer.
This test will open your eyes and prove how much information you could be missing without full concentration, as your mind can make assumptions and filter out important details unless you remain “open”. Communication and interaction are so important and you need to learn to be more receptive when dealing with information and other people.
Please read the following, as often and as slowly as you need to, and then either respond to this post in the “Comments” section below or email me at therapportguy@me.com and I will give you the answer – and if you get it wrong, I will show you a way to always be able to get similar tasks correct in the future.
Here goes:
All you have to do is tell me how many letter “F’s” you see in the following paragraph – simple as that!
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF-
IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF MANY YEARS.
How could over 90% of people get such an easy test wrong?
But they do. Some of the cleverest people I know swear blind that their answer is right, and they cannot believe it when I tell them it is not so. They think I am tricking them – or worse still, that I am lying (but I am “The Rapport Guy” so I would never not tell the truth). When I show them the real answer, they cannot believe they missed it in the first place…
Now if you are one of the few people who actually get it right, you will wonder what all the fuss is about, as you will think it is such an easy test, that how would anyone fail to get it right? I will explain to you WHY most people get it wrong and I will then encourage you to show it to a number of other people that you know, and you will be amazed by the 90% failure rate.
Good luck, and I look forward to hearing from you.
3 f’s in the paragraph
Hey Fran
Good try, but wrong answer – try again!
there are 6 ‘F’s in the paragraph.
Judy
You’ve got it! Might seem a bit simple, but trust me, as you can see from other comments for this article, most people answer “3″ try it on someone you know. Most people subconsciously overlook the hard “f’s” as in ‘of” and only pick up the soft “f’s”. For the record, when I first tried it, I knew there was a catch, but I still kept coming up with 3.
Good luck