Fix body language

Tips on reading body language?

To understand a person's personality and what they're feeling...

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1. You don't have to study this. Pay attention to how you are feeling, too, whenever you interact with someone. Listen attentively.
2. i say a big thing to listen to is the tone of voice the person is using. You can tell if it's fake too. i have to deal with customers quite often and I can tell how to deal with them and what their intentions are before they even say them by the tone of voice.
3. If they smile they like u if they don't they don't like you.
4. The biggest thing on body language is how open their stance is and the proximity they allow to the other person. There are finer points that you can look for, such as mirroring and the like, but for the most part if you pay attention to stance and proximity you can account for 90% of the nonverbal cues.
5. I recomend finding a good book on this, your local library MAY have one if your lucky. Keep an eye out for things like Eye Dialation. Although lighting can play a huge role, Smaller pupils=Dislike ; Larger pupils=like. How a person angles their body also can signal this. Keep an eye on where a person points their shoulders. Keep an eye on crossed legs/arms. Remember when studying body language remember it is easy to read something incorrectly.
6. Every person is different. Some are really hard to read.
7. I think Graham Pease wrote books on it. But body language can be deceptive when people know enough about it to confuse the signals. Like remaining still, apparently friendly, and open-faced confronting aggression - the signals of confidence.
8. This is not as hard as it may seem. You have at least two tools to use to read body language. One: your intuition. This is the voice that you hear within, I find it is most heard during the first impression stage of "is this person safe" or "can I trust this person". If you can weed out the nature of a judgment your intuition can be very accurate. Two: a person should be relaxed make eye contact, and really be interested in what you have to say, not looking at the earliest possible moment to cut you off to say what they may. Somebody that fidgets and looks down a lot may be shy. or have bad news. If they have crossed arms they may be uncomfortable with you. the best way to understand how they are feeling is to combine body language and most imprtantly, ask.
9. A middle finger always means just that.
10. All you have to do to be able to read people better is watch them. When you go places watch different types of people as they react in different situations. Study their facial expressions and hand movements. This will help you understand more about body language.
11. In the movie the negotiator w/ sam jackson he tells ya how he can tell some one is lying by the direction the eyes move if they go right im not sure but if it goes one way then your accessing the one side of the brain is for imagination which is for lying and the other side accesses memory which is for recalling the truth.
12. eyes tell alot. do they look at you do they look away when they talk to you? body language. are their arms crossed. are they nodding?
13. While reading body language is cool, and less scary, asking the person is much more accurate. To find out what type of personality someone has, watch them, see how they respond to things, how they sit, hold a cup. Do they always jump in and speak when a convo begins? I hate to be the one to tell you, while psychology is a learned subject, your either born with it in your soul or not. You can study things for years because of personal interest, but it's inner knowledge that truly brings it out. I think psych is like art; either you can paint or you can't, you can always learn the tools, but will you ever really have that punch that it takes? Your best bet for now anyway is to pay attention to people, watch them. Get an idea how people act, respond, behave, basic functions, and you'll begin to see differences that you can distinguish and categorize. HAVE FUN AS WELL!!!
14. body language is pretty easy to read; just look at they're facial expression (happy, sad, distant, etc), and their movements (like if they're trying to be close to you, trying to get away, etc) it's kinda hard to explain without some kind of example... email me or ask me about something specific and i can help you more...