The Definitive Book of Body Language: How to read others' attitudes by their gestures

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It’s one of the most comprehensive books on body language. It talks about differences in body language due to culture and location. You’ll be delighted to discover in this book many pictures depicting universal body language signals and many examples of how to apply the knowledge you gain in your day-to-day life or job. Nair S, Sagar M, Sollers J 3rd, Consedine N, Broadbent E. Do slumped and upright postures affect stress responses? A randomized trial. Health Psychol. 2015;34(6):632-641. doi:10.1037/hea0000146 As an author, I am naturally a student of observation, so this book had the potential to be of great service to me not only in my writing, but in character-building and expression. Emphasizing a point: The tone of voice you use and the way you engage listeners with your hand and arm gestures, or by how you take up space, are all ways that affect how your message comes across. A könyv nem csak a téma miatt tetszett, hanem azért is, mert Navarro eloszlat olyan tévhiteket, mint pédául hogy a félrenézés a csalás vagy a hazugság jele, amik annyira bevették magukat a közhiedelembe is, hogy én például akarva-akaratlanul próbálok ügyelni, hogy ne nézzek oldalra, holott ez csupán annak a leképezése, hogy a beszélő próbálja összeszedni a gondolatait (főleg mondjuk egy stresszes szituációban, mint egy állásinterjú vagy egy vizsga).

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This book provides you the telltale signs of deception, how to make a difference between personal tics and twitches and signs of lying (because a closed posture not always means that you are lied to, but maybe the person in front of you is scared or cold). Basically, it's a review of all the body parts that are used in body language, some of which I'm already familiar with and others of which I'm not. Because I'm somewhat interested in the subject, I found this to be fascinating. Notice how confident or high-status individuals will claim more territory with their arms than less confident, lower-status persons. A dominant man, for example, may drape his arm around a chair to let everyone know that this is his domain or, on a first date, might confidently throw an arm over a woman’s shoulder as though she were his property. Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception | Multiple Authors Spy the Lie: Former CIA Officers Teach You How to Detect Deception – Philip Houston, Michael Floyd, Susan Carnicero, Don Tennant It’s far more in-depth than other beginner’s books on body language, so is a worthy place to start. Better yet, it’s not that long because it’s very concise.Many times what we say is wishful thinking and not how we feel. This book puts a light on that and teaches you how to become a master at reading others and behave congruently. If you want to improve your social skills, self-confidence, and ability to bond, take our 1-minute quiz. All in all, this was another book I used as research for the series I am writing. The best thing about it is that a) it's comprehensive (there are even chapters about mirroring another person's body language or height differences or seating positions) and b) it has useful illustrations. I recommend it to other (aspiring) writers, just be careful to take it with a grain of salt. I'm sure that for a few days at least, I'll be watching everyone around me to try to guess their secret thoughts like a mind-reader, ha ha! Next step, rule the world! Overall: This book was exactly what I was looking for. It does not go into every type of common body gesture, but definitely enough to keep you busy for a while. Immediately after I started reading this book I began to notice the behaviors in myself and my colleagues. I think this book is more useful for reading people in social or personal situations because it is much easier to accurately read someone's body language in a purer/ more natural state. For example, in a business meeting a colleague may rub their chin. The book would say that can indicate someone who is thinking/contemplating and secondary gestures should be watched to indicate what their decision may be. In a business meeting that same gesture could be a cover up for day dreaming, an attempt to please their boss or simply trying to stay awake. When I make assumptions based on the book in business settings I have been wrong because so many factors could lead to the emotion that is creating the language and most of which have nothing to do with me or the current interaction. In personal settings it is spot on and can sometimes be very entertaining. The chapter talking about women and what their facial expressions indicate is priceless and men should read it just so they know when to chance course in their behavior or conversation.

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Facial expressions, gestures, and eye gaze are often identified as the three major types of body language, but other aspects such as posture and personal distance can also be used to convey information. Understanding body language is important, but it is also essential to pay attention to other cues such as context. In many cases, you should look at signals as a group rather than focus on a single action. The fact that Navarro has two books on this list should tell you something about his authority. Much like the above book, this one also relies on his former FBI career.This book goes through all of the different body parts. It shows what types of movements and language people convey, intentionally or unintentionally, and how you can interpret what a person is truly feeling just by looking at their body. We’ve had a lot of practice in saying things that we don’t mean and trying to be duplicitous with our words, but because we haven’t trained our body in the same way it becomes a dead giveaway, almost like our own lie detector working against us. Barbara and Allan Pease say that reading this book and getting an understanding of body language is like going from stumbling around in the dark to turning on the light to seeing what was always there. The wealth we are creating (inadvertently) pushes us further and further away from living in small communities, villages where everybody knows everybody else. Fred HL. Banning the handshake from healthcare settings is not the solution to poor hand hygiene. Tex Heart Inst J. 2015;42(6):510-511. doi:10.14503/THIJ-15-5254