What Every Body Is Saying
Description
Read this book and send your nonverbal intelligence soaring. Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer and a recognized expert on nonverbal behavior, explains how to “speed-read” people: decode sentiments and behaviors, avoid hidden pitfalls, and look for deceptive behaviors. You’ll also learn how your body language can influence what your boss, family, friends, and strangers think of you. You will discover:
The ancient survival instincts that drive body language Why the face is the least likely place to gauge a person’s true feelings What thumbs, feet, and eyelids reveal about moods and motives The most powerful behaviors that reveal our confidence and true sentiments Simple nonverbals that instantly establish trust Simple nonverbals that instantly communicate authority Filled with examples from Navarro’s professional experience, this definitive book offers a powerful new way to navigate your world.
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Quotes
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Nonverbal behaviors comprise approximately 60 to 65 percent of all interpersonal communication and, during lovemaking, can constitute 100 percent of communication between partners (Burgoon, 1994, 229–285).
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lip compression,
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“the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.”
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Pacifying is not unique to our species. For example, cats and dogs lick themselves and each other to pacify.
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You now are in possession of information that is unknown to most people. You are aware that we have a very robust survival mechanism (freeze, flight, or fight) and possess a pacifying system to deal with stress. We are fortunate to have these mechanisms, not only for our own survival and success, but also to use in assessing the sentiments and thoughts of others.
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(in an L formation with one foot toward you and one away from you), you can be assured he wants to take leave or wishes he were somewhere else. This type of foot behavior is another example of an intention cue (Givens, 2005, 60–61). The person’s torso may remain facing you out of social diligence, but the feet may more honestly reflect the limbic brain’s need or desire to escape (see figure 18).
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Take note if a person who is sitting down places both hands on his knees in a knee clasp (see figure 19). This is a very clear sign that in his mind, he is ready to conclude the meeting and take leave. Usually
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Gravity-Defying Behaviors of the Feet
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starter’s position
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movement. It could mean the individual intends to engage you further, is really interested, or wants to leave. As
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The most unmistakable and easily spotted foot and leg behaviors are territorial displays.
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Hall found that the more advantaged we are socioeconomically or hierarchically, the more territory we demand. He also found that people who tend to take up more space (territory) through their daily activities also tend to be more self-assured, more confident, and of course more likely to be of higher status.
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Bodytalk: The Meaning of Human Gestures, by Desmond Morris, and Gestures: The Do’s and Taboos of Body Language Around the World, by Roger E. Axtell. These
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Steepling
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person can go from steepling (high confidence) to fingers interlaced (low confidence) and back to steepling (high confidence)—reflecting the ebb and flow of assurance and doubt.
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Apparently the marketing team at this company also recognizes that thumbs up is a high-confidence or high-status display.
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Feelings of low confidence can be evidenced when a person (usually a male) puts his thumbs in his pocket and lets the fingers hang out on the side (see figure 54).
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A person who is in doubt (a lesser degree of lowered confidence) or under low stress will only slightly rub the palms of his hands together (see figure 57).
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microgesture is a very brief nonverbal behavior that occurs when a person is attempting to suppress a normal response to a negative stimulus (Ekman, 2003, 15).
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Paul Ekman describes his research using high-speed cameras to reveal microgestures that subconsciously communicate an individual’s disfavor or true emotions (Ekman, 1991, 129–131).
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66 A delay in opening of the eyelids upon hearing information or a lengthy closure is indicative of negative emotions or displeasure.
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Nasal Wing Dilation (Nose Flare)
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If one leans forward, the other follows, the phenomenon known as isopraxism.
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Territorial Displays and Deception