Location
Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, USF St. Peterburg
Address
140 7th Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Theme
Signals, Strategy, and Self Control
About This Session
Let’s play poker. ♠️♦️♣️♥️. Last week, we looked at communication as an unfair advantage. Simple techniques—like storytelling, body language, and holding space for others—can shift how people respond to you.
This week, we will take it further and focus on non-verbal communication.
Studies show that 60–90% of human communication is non-verbal. That means most of what’s really being said is in expressions, tone, posture, gaze, micro-movements—not the words themselves.
Poker is the perfect environment to train in this. It’s fast feedback. You learn to read people under pressure. You learn how to manage your own signals—when to be calm, when to be aggressive, when to stay unpredictable.
Beyond that we’ll also:
Learn how to increase presence and focus in high-stakes moments
Practice pattern recognition through observation
Develop strategies to influence without saying a word
Explore how emotional control affects decision-making
Build a system for reading the room in any environment—not just at the table
This isn’t about becoming a poker pro. It’s about using the game to sharpen attention, perception, and behavioral insight.