Taylor reviewed What every BODY is saying by Joe Navarro
Review of 'What every BODY is saying' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
An overview, or maybe better described as a review, of all the body language indicators you’ve learned through life. Pacifying behaviors, baselines, and subtle signs from each major body part are discussed. These are mostly things you intuitively know, but maybe don’t notice when interacting. Navarro (who I imagined as Cal Lightman from Lie to Me) helps you know what to look for and how to go about it. His steps for deducing nonverbal behavior below are a good summary of what to expect with the book.
The Ten Commandments for Observing and Decoding Nonverbal Communications Successfully:
1. Be a competent observer of your environment.
2. Observing in context is key to understanding nonverbal behavior.
3. Learn to recognize and decode nonverbal behaviors that are universal.
4. Learn to recognize and decode idiosyncratic nonverbal behaviors.
5. When you interact with others, try to establish their baseline behaviors.
6. Always try …
An overview, or maybe better described as a review, of all the body language indicators you’ve learned through life. Pacifying behaviors, baselines, and subtle signs from each major body part are discussed. These are mostly things you intuitively know, but maybe don’t notice when interacting. Navarro (who I imagined as Cal Lightman from Lie to Me) helps you know what to look for and how to go about it. His steps for deducing nonverbal behavior below are a good summary of what to expect with the book.
The Ten Commandments for Observing and Decoding Nonverbal Communications Successfully:
1. Be a competent observer of your environment.
2. Observing in context is key to understanding nonverbal behavior.
3. Learn to recognize and decode nonverbal behaviors that are universal.
4. Learn to recognize and decode idiosyncratic nonverbal behaviors.
5. When you interact with others, try to establish their baseline behaviors.
6. Always try to watch people for multiple tells—behaviors that occur in clusters or in succession.
7. It’s important to look for changes in a person’s behavior that can signal changes in thoughts, emotions, interest, or intent.
8. Learning to detect false or misleading nonverbal signals is also critical.
9. Knowing how to distinguish between comfort and discomfort will help you to focus on the most important behaviors for decoding nonverbal communications.
10. When observing others, be subtle about it.
