Futurist Friedman To Release His Foresights - Is It Possible To Actually See The Future?

    CHICAGO, IL, December 05, 2008 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Pundits, commentators, historians, and even soothsayers, clairvoyants and psychics all emerge at year's end to deliver their take on the coming 365 days, but perhaps only one has the track record of Sidney Friedman, a seer/futurist/mentalist/prognosticator/speaker/author who makes his living as a speaker and entertainer, but who also has hit the mark on 67% of his predictions for over 10 years with his FRIEDMAN's FORECAST on various media outlets.

Here's why Sidney Friedman would be a fun and timely guest/story/interview near New Year's time:

WHO:
Sidney Friedman (a.k.a. "Sidney Seer"),is the best-selling (reached #8 on AMAZON) author of YOUR MIND KNOWS MORE THAN YOU DO, which shows how we can intuit and affect our own future); and he is the creator of FRIEDMAN's FORECAST, an annual set of stated predictions which has achieved a remarkable accuracy (SEE HISTORY BELOW).

WHAT:
FRIEDMAN's FORECAST: In a few weeks, Friedman will release his predictions for 2009. Half winking, half serious, Friedman says, "And they will be poetic and accurate, I predict."

WHEN:
This is a fun, inspiring, topical interview/story for end of December or early January when everyone wonders about the year to come.

WHY:
Public fascination with what tomorrow will bring may be at its highest in years, with the word "CHANGE" on everyone's lips, a precarious economic climate, and an uncertain future. With his track-record of accuracy, Friedman is a valuable resource for topics of perusing the coming year.

HISTORY:
In 1999, on CBS-2 NEWS Chicago, he predicted the landing point of Hurricane Floyd. In 2002 on that same station and others, he predicted Steve Fossett's successful first-time-ever circumnavigation of the globe in a balloon.

In 2000, on ABC-TV's THE VIEW he foresaw Martha Stewart's legal troubles. In 2005, he stated on FOX NEWS CHICAGO that the Mississippi River would significantly change course, and amazingly this was accurate as result of Hurricane Katrina and the broken levees. And, pre-primary-elections, in December 2007, against all odds and punditry, he predicted Barack Obama would become the next president of the United States.

This seer of sorts is Sidney Friedman who says:

"I'm not someone who knows all and sees all, but I can foresee part of what's coming, a few hints of what's ahead. Sometimes I completely miss, but often I hit on something big. So, hey, call me a semi-seer, but I guess I manage to intuit a little more than most folks. I do this for fun, to astonish myself, and to hopefully on occasion bring insight to others."

Friedman began publicly stating his forecast in 1996, and in total he has been 67% accurate. His biggest failure is that each and every year he also comically predicts the Chicago Cubs will make it to the World Series. "That's my desire speaking," says Friedman, "not my intuition or my brain."

For 2008, the tally so far has Friedman hitting on 20-plus out of 30 predictions for a 68% accuracy with 6 weeks left in the year. Some of them include the Obama prognostication, oil prices dropping 20% from the year's opening of $99 a barrel, a gun incident surrounding Britney Spears, actors boycotting the Golden Globes, wild fluctuations in the stock market, and 3 out of 4 Oscar predictions correct. (This was his first miss ever in Oscar predictions)

See www.SidneyFriedman.com/predictions.htm for more details of 2008, many of which were stated on the Fox Morning News in Chicago.

IRONICALLY, HERE'S WHAT FRIEDMAN SAYS ABOUT THE ART OF PREDICTING:
"Most of the future is UNPREDICTABLE. That is as it should be. In fact, no one knows PRECISELY what will occur. If we know exactly what will happen, the present would be pointless. Also, to a large extent, we make the future."

"The future is a combination of our actions combined with chance and fate. All three are at play. The wondrous thing is that if you simultaneously look back at the past while immersing in the present while at the same time feeling ahead to the future, the curtain will part ever-so-slightly on tomorrow's theater revealing a glimpse of what will occur."

"We all get these hunches to some degree. Through a variety of techniques, I attempt to interpret what many of these IMPRESSIONS truly mean -- often successfully, sometimes not. Always though, I keep the intention of releasing these predictions for fun and curiosity."

HAIKU FOR YOU:
Regarding these impressions, this year they will be released in HAIKU poetry. Plus, as always, Friedman will clearly state what he believes these impressions mean. It's a return to the way Friedman used to release his predictions up until 2002, and due to many requests he is bringing back that form, which prompted some to call him "The Haiku Psychic." Friedman says: "Though the future presents serious challenges, I try to keep things fun, light and inspiring. This quippy artful poetry may help achieve that."

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND AVAILABILITY:
Call us at 773-296-2445.
Visit www.SidneyFriedman.com
and also peruse www.SuperIntuitionDevelopment.com
Friedman's prediction results are at www.SidneyFriedman.com/predictions.htm
Call us at 773-296-2445.

Richard Burnstein, booking manager
Sidney Friedman Productions
1800 West Roscoe Street, Suite 417
Chicago
IL
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About Sidney Friedman Productions

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