What Every Body is Saying (Book Review)

There are so many human interactions on a daily basis. Weather it is between a cashier ringing up your items, talking to an old relative at a family reunion, to spending time with a significant other. The book What Every Body is Saying can shed a thought provoking light on the many daily human interactions. Its knowledge can help you to discern who really are your friends and who is just another smiling face. Joe Navarro and ex FBI agent goes into the body’s no-verbal responses to interpret other people’s true feelings.

Navarro explains how there are different parts of the human brain. The main two he focuses on are the thinking brain (neocortex) and the mammalian brain (limbic). He draws a distinct difference between the two, as the thinking brain deals with thoughts and observations of the world around us.  While the limbic brain is the reactive part of the brain. Navarro goes deep into the science behind the limbic portion of the brain. Delving into the main specific reactions that occur under certain circumstances; he begins with the primal responses when the human species was in a hunter gather state including the Freeze, Fight or Flight responses. As the book progresses he explains the many different limbic responses and how to interpret them using your lovely neocortex part of the brain.

The book is set up in a chronological manner, starting with limbic responses from the feet and legs to the torso, hips, chest and shoulders to the arms, hands and fingers finishing off with the non-verbals of the face. Through his detailed examination of each of these body sections Navarro explains many signs that can be interpreted as acts of dominance, intimacy, confidence, stress, and much more.

One of my favorite non-verbal tells from the book that I use quite often is a facial response. One way to tell if someone likes you or at worst dislikes you, is from the facial ques of the eyes and brows. When upon your first greeting someone watch their eyes and see if they squint upon first seeing you or if they raise their eye brows when they greet you. If they squint, they are having a natural response to minimize the view of their surroundings because they saw something (or one) that they dislike. While if they raise their eye brows, this is to gain as much visual information upon seeing something (or one) they like. This is just one of the many different non-verbal ques that can easily be observed in you daily interactions.

Would like to better understand and communicate to people? This book does just that. I can help with intimate relationships with your spouse/significant other, with friends in your social circle to strangers on the street. I have learned a lot from this book and have used its resources to better communicate to fellow human beings and read other people’s feelings indirectly. This is an invaluable asset and I cannot stress its usefulness in daily life.

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