My name is Ryan Carlson and I’m the Blue Jean Mentalist. As a mentalist and consultant, I’ve enjoyed studying mentalism, behavioral economics, social engineering, and the art of influence for both business and entertainment.

As a consultant, I help companies and individuals improve their customer interactions and reduce conflicts by understanding how people think and process information and situations. As a mentalist, I use entertainment to educate people on how the mind works and how easy it is to be manipulated!

I’ve seen firsthand how the way we think and perceive the world affects our minds and impacts our quality of life. My goal is to use my knowledge and experience to teach others how to live full lives by being clearheaded. 

At a young age I learned the value of good people skills, and that led me to a lifelong quest to improve my interactions with people and help others do the same. Life is a multiplayer game, and your interactions with others play a major part in your life. 

A mentalist is someone that uses their knowledge of the human brain and human behavior, tricks, illusions and other methods to create the desired effect and change inside a person's mind.  They are masters at changing someone’s emotional state (like surprise, happiness, fear) and making them question their reality.

Think of them as mind hackers, and the BJM is an ethical mind hacker helping you with your mental game.

Have you ever made a decision and later realized you weren’t thinking clearly and made a bad judgment call? Maybe you were in a bad mood, angry, caught up in the moment, or pressured by friend or a pushing salesperson.  

These are all examples of times when you made a decision without pausing and making sure you were being Clear Headed. Being Clear Headed means you are aware of the effects of outside influences (like emotions, pressure from others, etc) and when you make a decision you are aware enough to ask yourself if you are being influenced.

When you learn how to strip away the influences from other people and to regulate your emotions, your life opens up and you experience a fuller life. 

When I say life is a game, I’m not being flippant but rather using it as a powerful, practical metaphor. Consider this, when you play a game there are many variables that you have no control over.  

For example, you have no control over the cards you are dealt, the number you roll with the dice, how the other players play, etc. What you do have control over is how you play the game.

You take what the game gives you, and you adjust your play in order to do well in the game. You learn the rules, develop different tactics and techniques, and study the other players, resulting in you being successful in the game and having an overall better playing experience.  

Have you noticed that good players seem to consistently come out on top, despite what the game throws at them? Life is the same way. We may not control the cards that life deals us, but we do choose how to play the game! 

As you improve your people skills, you will see your relationships get better, your career take off, your stress level drop, and the world open up to you.I know that might sound overly dramatic but it’s the truth. Your life will improve so much as your hone your people skills. Life is a multiplayer “game” and that requires you to interact with the other players, so as your people skills increase, so does your game play!

My Becoming a Better Player course is free because I believe that we need to help each other in this wild ride of life. I talk with people everyday that are struggling, and their lives can be changed simply by changing their mindset and improving their approach to the “game” of life.

I created my Becoming a Better Player course so I had a free, quality resource to help individuals take the first step in changing their lives.