The Definitive Book of Body Language: How to read others' attitudes by their gestures

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Talking in public settings such as bars or crowds, or in a car or plane also limits the tactics of taller speaking partners. A good way of getting away with lies is to decrease your overall body movement so that you won’t send any negative signals. If you really wanted to try something similar, then you should stand on your knees. But even then, it’s not very popular as you can’t move around freely. You should just try to reprimand someone taller than you, as simple as that.

This is a great book on body language. It covers both how to read cues and how to adjust your own body language. It contains a LOT of illustrations which helps tremendously. These 5 steps are critical, and they’re what most people, especially men in primis, find challenging. The 13 Most Common Female Courtship Signals

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The person sitting at the shorter edge of the table, the farthest from the door, is the one with the most power. It communicates you have a secret, an opinion that you don’t want to share. Pease says that it’s typical of women who don’t want to reveal they don’t like someone and it’s a rejection signal (other women get it, men never). Fondling a Cylindrical Object: a man could in turn symbolically possess her by fondling her belonging (a cigarette lighter, keys, etc.) Also later on Pease says that a woman is likely to lean forward and push her arms close, pressing her breasts together and showing cleavage. Male Courtship Signals Leaning against the doorway of someone else’s office or sitting in his chair can also be an intimidation ploy.

A kid for example might fully cover his mouth, a teenager might rub his lips with a finger, and a grown-up might have the instinct to cover his mouth but then change in the last second into a nose rub. But the nose rub would still be born out of the same feeling of covering oneself. Can you fake it? Makeup adds credibility for women in business, as confirmed by a (small) experiment Pease conducted himself. Parallel Legs are the most attractive seating position for a woman. Since it would be difficult for men to sit this way, it’s a sign of femininity.

Barbara and Allan Pease say that If you are shorter, you can create a sitting situation that will neutralize the height of the other negotiators in the room by lowering their chairs or raising yours – as was suggested by Leil Lowndes-. The Definitive Book of Body Language says that women use a lot of the same gestures men use, such as touching the hair, smoothing the clothes, body pointing, gaze, and one or both hands on hips.