Full Description
What does your body language say about you?
From strangers on the street, to your closest friends and family - even if you're not speaking, you're saying a lot with your body.
Body Language explores the way we use our bodies to communicate, the way we hold ourselves, the way we sit, stand, and point our hands, feet and eyes can all reveal how we are feeling in any given situation. This book explores the body language we use in a wide-range of business and personal-life scenarios, from delivering a presentation at work to how you should act on a first date!
Packed with images to clearly demonstrate each of the scenarios discussed, Body Language will help you understand the way others around you choose to communicate and also what you are saying with your own body. These valuable skills will improve your day to day communication, helping you to judge situations and understand how others around you are feeling.
Use Body Language to:
Harness the power of your own body language
Communicate confidently to all of those around you
Dip in and out of useful scenarios to find the best advice for you
Understand people's hidden emotions and learn what you are hiding yourself
Tackle those important life events, such as interviews, first dates, important meetings and more!
Contents
Introduction 1
1 What Your Body Language Says About You 9
2 Listening 21
3 Building Rapport and Networking 33
4 Persuasion 41
5 Assertiveness 59
6 Meetings 77
7 Interviews 93
8 Negotiation 103
9 Sales 115
10 Managing Others 129
11 Attracting Others 147
12 Detecting Lies 159
13 Dealing with Conflict, Aggression, and Confrontation 171
14 Cross-Cultural Communication 181
A Quick Guide to Finding out About Someone without Asking 193
About the Author 199
Acknowledgements 201
