The Definitive Book of Body Language
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Manufacturer: Bantam
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 153.69
EAN: 9780553804720
ISBN: 0553804723
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2006-07-25
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date: 2006-07-25
Studio: Bantam
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Available for the first time in the United States, this international bestseller reveals the secrets of nonverbal communication to give you confidence and control in any face-to-face encounter–from making a great first impression and acing a job interview to finding the right partner.
It is a scientific fact that people’s gestures give away their true intentions. Yet most of us don’t know how to read body language–and don’t realize how our own physical movements speak to others. Now the world’s foremost experts on the subject share their techniques for reading body language signals to achieve success in every area of life.
Drawing upon more than thirty years in the field, as well as cutting-edge research from evolutionary biology, psychology, and medical technologies that demonstrate what happens in the brain, the authors examine each component of body language and give you the basic vocabulary to read attitudes and emotions through behavior.
Discover:
• How palms and handshakes are used to gain control
• The most common gestures of liars
• How the legs reveal what the mind wants to do
• The most common male and female courtship gestures and signals
• The secret signals of cigarettes, glasses, and makeup
• The magic of smiles–including smiling advice for women
• How to use nonverbal cues and signals to communicate more effectively and get the reactions you want
Filled with fascinating insights, humorous observations, and simple strategies that you can apply to any situation, this intriguing book will enrich your communication with and understanding of others–as well as yourself.
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Summary: Very entertaining
Comment: I've dipped into this volume rather than reading it from cover to cover. It is very entertaining. Turning this knowledge into responses or actions would take a lot of practise, but nice to have more ideas about how to communicate more effectively.
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Summary: Picking up on the unspoken signals
Comment: Body language is the key to first encounters. We all send secret signals and cues with our gestures and stances, sometimes even when we aren't aware we're doing so. But knowing what this "body lingo" means is not easy; for most of us, this nonverbal communication requires working in a language that's hard to understand. In The Definitive Book of Body Language, the authors pull from three decades of professional experience to teach a basic vocabulary of our expressions and gestures, in order for anyone to learn and understand them.
Another book that has been a huge help to me in reading other people and understanding unspoken cues is The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book. It's also great because it comes with a code that lets you go online and test your emotional intelligence!
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Summary: Bring out your bias filter
Comment: I've found this book to be accurate in it's descriptions of gestures and postures and the attitudes they foster or perpetuate. The information as it applies to how a gesture cluster or posture means about the person adopting it are true. Solid from that aspect. The authors think rather highly of themselves, however, and make some pretty bold claims throughout the entire book. They actually make the statement in the beginning of the book that the world was daft of the knowledge of body language until their first book was published in the 70's! On top of the monstrous ego this book hauls around with it are some pretty far out speculations on where and how these gestures developed. The authors try to relate everything we do now as it has come about since the missing link's need for survival. To top it off the authors fancy themselves comedians of sorts. They weave in horrible jokes with the lists of meanings making the line between rest of the information and the lead-ins blurry.
So if you feel you can wade through a sense of self-importance the size of Texas, brave bad jokes and wild evolutionary and psychological speculation then have at because the information is good after you wash it off with a grain of salt.
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Summary: Interesting
Comment: This is quite an interesting book on Body Language and after reading it, it is hard not to try analyze either your own body language or others one. One particular good point about this book is that it has good illustrations. If you want to understand the body language of your couple you can fin a whole chapter in the book I Love You. Now What?: Falling in Love is a Mystery, Keeping It Isn'tk
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Summary: A total must-read
Comment: Reading this book has changed my perception of people's actions overnight. One thing that struck me was that Sigmund Freud was right about how much we think about sex (though he isn't mentioned in this book) - there is a lot of consideration of a future mating partner (I use the word 'mating' because this book references a lot of primates' actions as a pre-evolutionary version of ours) as we evaluate others of the opposite sex.
As a guy, this is helping me see, literally, what others are thinking despite what they may be saying. I say this because women are naturally more perceptive to body language. So this is especially useful, say if you're in business, and you're unsure why people don't seem to like you in a conversation with a potential client, and you'd really like to close a deal. If they're crossing their arms, it means they're defensive. So get them to hold something, like a photograph, or ask them if they'd like a drink. Surprisingly their frame of mind may completely change because the defensive mindset has been removed simply by uncrossing their arms.
You learn cool stuff like that in this book. You'll read it and as you go along, you'll be saying, "Wow, I never knew that doing ____ with [part of body] meant that I was ____. But of course that's what it means - it's so obvious! I just never put two and two together." I was saying that just about at every chapter.
Buy, enjoy, and start perceiving. It's better than magic.
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