In the following chapters, we will introduce you to a system Greg created called R.E.A.D.-Review, Evaluate, Analyze, Decide-which is an in-depth version of the course we teach government and business professionals in our body language classes. For the latter groups, the survival of their careers, if not their lives, may depend on that ability. We teach professionals in finance and sales to read body language, as well as investigators and security professionals. It is difficult for us to even remember what we’ve done if the action has reached the point of ritual or habit.

Our brains are so complex, with multiple subprograms running at all times, that it is difficult to have complete control over every twitch and tap. We don’t think about how to pick up a glass when we drink, how to hold a fork, or start a car. Human body language is more closely tied to ritual than planned behavior. Most of the time, we don’t even know what our own bodies are doing. Add to those factors the complexity of spoken language and modern conventions related to body language-stock gestures we see all the time in movies and television-and the result is: Few people today can read body language well. Etiquette and culture have blunted that natural human ability. Primitive man had a repertoire of survival skills that included reading body language. Read moreīody Language Basics 1 The Steps to Reading Body Language You will easily be able to perceive the emotions and spot the messages people are really sending-whether they know it or not (and whether they want to or not!). The Art of Body Talk gives you the fastest, most efficient method to read anyone's body language.

Learn how to apply the skills in business and in your personal life.

Discover how to get past your filters, so you aren't tricked by your own misperceptions.

Why stop at 'what' in reading body language? Go all the way to 'why'-the driving force behind the actions.

In The Art of Body Talk the authors share their highly successful READ (Review Evaluate Analyze Decide) system of understanding body language, but with an exciting twist: They give you the skills to use READ to see what's behind those eye movements, gestures, and twitches, the skills to go inside the head of your source!

It's not just a matter of understanding their true emotions, but also identifying their true motivation.

Reading body language is a gateway to understanding why people act the way they do.

The Date Decoder by Gregory Hartley