The Definitive Book of Body Language by Barbara Pease, Allan Pease
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Book Reviews of The Definitive Book of Body Language
Book Review: Very Interesting...
Summary: 5 Stars
I read through this book pretty quickly. It kept my interest on almost every page. This is a great book if you are interested in learning about body language.
I learned a lot from this book. I am now very aware of my body language when talking to others. I have noticed that I tend to get into a defensive body mode when i talk about serious items, probably not the best way to approach the subject. I also enjoy the fact that I now watch everyone I interact with in a new light. I am more able to steer the conversation to my benefit when i talk to people because I can now gauge their reactions to the topics. If they are open and positive, I continue on. If they are closed and defensive I change my approach.
I thought I had a pretty good understanding of basic body language before reading this book. But in reality I only knew a few of the basics of the language. The authors go into detail on how a single move is not always accurate, what you want to observe is clusters of movements or positions. Lots of really helpful information.
There was also a lot of coverage of engaging the opposite sex. Lots of really good information that I will try out if my wife ever lets me date.
Book Review: If you sell anything, including your ideas --- study this book!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a fascinating book! What I liked most were the many illustrations demonstrating the authors' points throughout the book. Read the text though--there is so much more to this book. The author's sense of humor, though a little dry, added entertainment to an already enlightening read. I especially liked the courtship section. It is amazing that women send signals an average of 5 times before the men they are interested in respond. It just shows you how dense we men are. I found it unsettling that if you are interested in another woman at a party, the woman you are with will pick up your signal is a New York minute. And, if another woman starts flirting with you from across a room, the woman you are with will send recognizable body language to the other female: "hands off, he's mine--you're looking at trouble."
After reading this book, I guess I will never go into another meeting without subconsciously, or consciously, trying to recall the lessons in this book. I hope someone in the Harvard business school considers teaching this text in a course.
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Book Review: Very good book
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a very academic person, by nature, and so I like to read books that have a lot of information in them, but which doesn't just present common sense over and over throughout it.
This book is a great book, in my opinion. It covers such things as the eyes, the hands, the arms, the legs, etc. You learn how to tell if people might be lying, or how they are probably feeling. I'm in the military, and when I'm on post and reading this, everyone's interested in it. Already 3 other people want to borrow it when I'm done.
The author is very easy to read, and you can tell he knows what he's talking about. This book covers pretty much anything you would think of buying this book for; dating, sales, relationships, business, etc. I would highly recommend this book if you're interested in being able to read others body language, and get a good idea of what is really going on with them, since their verbal language is only about 7% of it.
Book Review: Know what someone is thinking
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is brilliant. By the time you put this book down you will be able to tell what people are thinking by their body gestures. This book does more than give you dry text to read, it gives you tons of pictures, illustrations, and practice tests so you can affirm your new found skills. Pease does an excellent job of telling you what to look for.
We as people give ourselves away so easily by our gestures, and even if we can keep one telling sign in check, other parts of our body will speak volumes by the small gestures that we make. This books helps describe how to look for those small clues when someone is no longer interested in what your saying, if they are attracted to you, how to better negociate business dealings and so much more.
I couldn't have picked up a better book to learn about body language. I think that this book will help you get an understanding of those tell tale signs that our bodies give.
Book Review: An entertaining introduction
Summary: 5 Stars
A real fun introduction to the field of body language. This book will teach you minute body gestures that reveal certain emotions and that you are most likely to be unaware of. Full of illustrations and depictions that make the presentation all the more entertaining and retain-able. As you proceed through this book, you will have real fun putting this knowledge to the test on people you know as well as people you don't know and you will be amazed at how oblivious people are to their own bodies and how they reveal explicitly their thoughts and intentions, which is good news because you will also learn to control your own body language and make sure you convey the right messages. The book also gives valuable advice to salespeople on how they should watch and evaluate the body language of their prospective customers and act accordingly. This is a real fun book and is definitely worth your time and money