Body Language
7 easy lessons to master the silent language
Published on 16. October 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-273-71734-8 (ISBN)
Description
Body Language is the winner of the Non-fiction Travel Read 2009, BAA Heathrow Travel Product Awards - More than 23,000 votes were cast in a month-long nominations period, with votes coming in from across the world.
Your body language is on display almost all of the time?so isn?t it important you know what signal you?re sending? Discover how to use your body language to your advantage and at the same time learn how to decipher other people?s signals.
Research shows that up to 90% of communication is transmitted non-verbally and that the most successful people - in all walks of life - are intuitive in deciphering these signals. We may think we know how to use this ?silent? language but how many of us can actually use it well?
Body Language will help you:
? gain a deeper understanding of other people so you can ?read? their minds
? know what non-verbal signals you may be giving out to others and how to use this to communicate and gain the response you want
? notice if what someone says is completely at odds with what they are thinking or feeling
? learn how your ?extremities? can give you away (despite what?s coming out of your mouth).
? make a better impression in your social and work life by being aware of your ?bodytalk? (and that of others)...and more.
Your body language is on display almost all of the time?so isn?t it important you know what signal you?re sending? Discover how to use your body language to your advantage and at the same time learn how to decipher other people?s signals.
Research shows that up to 90% of communication is transmitted non-verbally and that the most successful people - in all walks of life - are intuitive in deciphering these signals. We may think we know how to use this ?silent? language but how many of us can actually use it well?
Body Language will help you:
? gain a deeper understanding of other people so you can ?read? their minds
? know what non-verbal signals you may be giving out to others and how to use this to communicate and gain the response you want
? notice if what someone says is completely at odds with what they are thinking or feeling
? learn how your ?extremities? can give you away (despite what?s coming out of your mouth).
? make a better impression in your social and work life by being aware of your ?bodytalk? (and that of others)...and more.
Reviews / Votes
The year's best business books: "This book shows you how to use your body language to your advantage." Short List Magazine January 09 (readership 1.8 Million)"It is a useful reference that can be taken on a short flight, skimmed and digested with ease?.a convenient handbag (or manbag) sized read in a chatty prose style and I recommend it to beginners and masters of the subject alike." Andrea Reynolds, Director, Cordie, Supply Managment
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 137 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-273-71734-8 (9780273717348)
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Person
James Borg is a practising work psychologist and business consultant. He became interested in magic and 'mind-reading' at the age of 9 and subsequently was - a few years later - admitted as one of the youngest-ever members of the Magic Circle.
Content
Author?s note
Introduction: ?If you could read my mind . . .?
Lesson 1 ?Language? of the mind and body
Lesson 2 Looking
Lesson 3 Listening
Lesson 4 Limbs
Lesson 5 Lying
Lesson 6 Likeability
Lesson 7 ?Leakage?
Appendix: Reviewing the 7 Ls ? How?s your mind and body reading?
Afterword