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What Every BODY Is Saying

An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People

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What Every BODY Is Saying

Written by: Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins
Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
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He says that's his best offer. Is it?

She says she agrees. Does she?

The interview went great - or did it?

He said he'd never do it again. But he did.

Listen to 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.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

©2008 Joe Navarro (P)2011 HarperCollinsPublishers
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Insightful information that can be used immediately. Lots of detail, so for me, need to listen multiple times (perhaps at 1.5x or 2x).

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This is the only book I've read from Joe so I can't speak to his overlapping issues, though I can imagine they exist. Like many books, there is a bit of repetitive sentence structure to emphasize key points. It also helps stretch the pages and you'll notice it a lot in these styles of books. Still a good book and worth the listen.

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Amazing

Excellent information about how our bodies cannot help but react to our internal dialogue.

The author is clear about how even experts in reading body language is only correct 50% of the time.

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Amazing!

This book is amazing before I'd even finish reading the book nonverbal cues became 10 times easier to read.
Just watch some reality trash TV and you'll start to pick up when people are being deceptive, it's absolutely amazing.

I was @ a party last night and when my husband told someone what his job was I could see signs of disgust, and contempt from that person for ppl who work blue collar jobs. The person quickly wiped his face clean and changed all his nonverbals to pretend polite interest.

I think I have been picking up more and more on people's subtle body language through the last few years. But what this book helped me to do was to give me the confidence to not doubt myself or the microgestures that people made toward me.

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good

instructive and well detailled but make sure to use rhe information globally, good informations

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Intriguing insight into the world of body language

#Audible1 This was my first audiobook I purchased using my monthly credit and I must say that it was an enjoyable and informative experience. The book opens yours eyes to the subtleties of body language you subconsciously already know about. Although the audiobook doesn't have illustrations as in the hardcopy, the narrator does a pretty decent job in verbally explaining the illustrations to the point you can visualize it. In the book, Navarro explains the several types of non verbal communication in pictorial format and then relates them to stories with his real life FBI past experiences, making his arguments all the more convincing. He uses his past experiences as an agent not only to bolster his argument but also brighten the tapestry of human experience in all of its delightful complexity(as he says in the book). Despite the fact that this book is well recognized among many circles, it is important to Remeber that some topics discussed are quite complex due to cultural differences in communication and lack proper scientific evidence. Navarro divides the nonverbal communication into two categories - based on the human brain - those controlled by the neocortex (the conscious actions) and the other on the limbic system (the subconscious actions). Most of the book revolves around the limbic part of the brain which acts in an honest way, independent of the conscious mind. After all that I've said, I truly feel that this was a worthy audiobook to listen to and has increased my understanding of nonverbal human behaviour and left me better equipped to understand and react to the social world around me. So, I encourage everyone to listen to this book (after all its backed by Navarro's 25 years worth of FBI experience) . It will definitely help you be more aware of your social surroundings! #Audible1

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Im not understanding the criticism in the reviews.

a lot of the reviews are citing a robotic like narrator or a monotone. the subject matter is of a scientific and factual matter and the narrator in this production delivers it clearly and concisely, which is exactly what you want for this sort of material.

a very enjoyable listen, an interesting topic, and will make you think about everyday conversations and interactions differently.

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Amazing book must read

Only annoying/ downside of this book is there is 98 figures in an attached PDF. You can figure out the gestures and body position 70% without them. But I would recommend printing the PDF before starting the book! Still a very helpful book.

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Really Great Insight

Enjoyed it throughly, will tell you what to be aware for when dealing with people. Really useful everyday when interacting with others.

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Great Utility

This audio book is a nice short and informative listen. This leads to it being easy to re listen after you've worked on the skills.

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