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What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
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What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People

Written by Joe Navarro and 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.

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.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperAudio
Release dateDec 13, 2011
ISBN9780062189165
What Every BODY Is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People

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Joe Navarro

FBI Special Agent (Ret.) JOE NAVARRO worked for the Bureau in counterintelligence and counterterrorism. He is now a lecturer and consultant for major companies worldwide. He is the author of What Every BODY is Saying, and has appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews, the Today Show, the CBS Early Show, CNN, Fox News, and other major media. He lives in Tampa, Florida.

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  • 5/5
    Thank you for the awesome book mr joe and scribd , totally mind-blowing!!!
  • 5/5
    One of the best books I have ever read, so informative and so good. I loved it.
  • 5/5
    Exceptional book
    I love it
    Super helpful
    Extremelly intuitive and smart author
  • 5/5
    Good one. Very insightful and educational . More please. Haha
  • 5/5
    A leader in the field, great book for anyone looking to improve their body language skills
  • 5/5
    Amazing book!! It was so jam packed with useful information that you almost have to listen to each chapter twice to absorb it all, highly educational!
  • 5/5
    This book is absolutely amazing and accurate. It was written and read very well. Although it kept referring to a pdf and idk where it is . Lol
    Loved it and learned a lot about what people's nonverbal signs tell us. Thanks A
  • 5/5
    Great book great reader. I definitely enjoyed listening to this
  • 5/5
    where can i find the pdf attatched? not available at the end
  • 4/5
    Very interesting content. Narrator has done a good job of it.
  • 5/5
    A great topic, easy to read book and well written
  • 5/5
    I have learned a lot from this book. Definitely worth the "read".
    After listening to it, I was able to distinguish why I was perceived a certain way and why I had an innate sense of "this person is lying". As the author says, some people have been able to learn it naturally, but this book helps those that don't know all the clues and where to look for them

    1 person found this helpful

  • 4/5
    I suppose some people are masters of body language already, or have learned this stuff so long ago that it seems like common-sense to them, but I'm enjoying it and also feeling like I'm learning something. You'd have to read it yourself to know if there's anything you don't already know.

    I'm sure people who are socially awkward would benefit from this, whether or not they have Asperger's or are neuro-typical. And should I ever again find myself in a position to need this kind of advice, I will definitely seek this book out. If you're in the dating pool, having trouble with your teens, trying to succeed at job interviews, or otherwise need to communicate using non-verbals as well as words, especially with someone whose complete honesty you are unsure of, I recommend this.

    I enjoyed reading it even though I have no immediate need of it. Navarro's amiable and lucid explanatory tone is pleasing, the photos are clear, and the examples illuminating. I also appreciate that the book is well-organized and includes bibliography and index. I just hope bad guys don't study it.
  • 3/5
    Educational. Learned a lot about what's behind common body language. Wanders around quite a bit - I like this sort of non-fiction to be a bit more well-organized for future reference.
  • 4/5
    Thru life, we become aware of lots of non-verbal signals. This audiobook digs deep into the physiology of these signals, and how to interpret them. The vocabulary of such signals is much more extensive than I thought. And a key is recognizing that it’s not the presence of a reflex, but rather the changes in these signals.

    But, as an audiobook, at least as presented by Scribd, there’s a glaring omission. There’s frequent references to about 80 illustrations of various gestures, but these illustrations are nowhere to be found! This is a huge hole in Scribd’s offering of this work. If this was fixed, my review would increase from 4 to 5 stars.

    1 person found this helpful

  • 4/5
    Pretty fascinating book. I'm pretty good at reading other peoples non-verbal cues but HORRIBLE at realizing what my own are. I'm sure I'm the most expressive person ever and I'm sure my body language betrays me all the time. Reading this book just helped me understand why we act and move the way we do even though we're not even aware we're doing it. Each chapter breaks down a different section of the body and how to speed read someone's mood, tell if they're lying, nervous, happy, or uncomfortable based off subtle body movements. I learned the most on the section about feet, they're one of the most expressive parts of your body and also one of the most overlooked. Feet placement can be very indicative of a person's true emotions. Overall an interesting and enlightening read; full of information that I've already started putting to use.

    1 person found this helpful

  • 3/5
    Enjoyed this book - well read and structured. Will listen again

    1 person found this helpful

  • 5/5
    Great insight and practical application in how to use in social settings.

    1 person found this helpful

  • 4/5
    The author is an ex-FBI agent, and in this interesting book he explains how to detect if a person is lying. He looks for bodily reactions to pointed questioning and argues that particular limbic reactions are almost impossible to fake. He explains that it needs training, and usefully shows the error of taking voluminous speech to represent truthfulness and unease to represent deception.The only other book that I've read on the subject is Charles Darwin's "The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals" but I found Navarro's book more enjoyable since it's crime focused and finer tuned.

    1 person found this helpful

  • 4/5
    Excellent in insight into non-verbal communication from an expert. I especially enjoyed his associated experiences with specific "tells" (non-verbal communication).