How to Read a Person Like a Book

How to Read a Person Like a Book - Gerard I. Nierenberg

Learn what your friend, your lover, your boss are really saying to you—in the language that everybody uses but nobody speaks—body language! From the renowned founder of The Negotiation Institute Gerard Nierenberg comes this easy to use guide to improving your ability to communicate with other people. In this blog post, you will be able to download free e-book copy of How to Read a Person Like a Book .

Whether conscious or not of our bodies’ movements, we express our feelings, attitudes, and motives through gestures that are often vague and frequently ignored. How to Read a Person Like a Book teaches you how to “decode” and reply to nonverbal signals from strangers, friends, and business associates, allowing you to: gain command of business and social situations; sharpen your negotiating skills; recognize signals of affection and attraction; enrich your knowledge of body language; and much more!

Learn the clues that make reading people easy. Gerard Nierenberg’s proven techniques for gaining control of negotiations, detecting lies, or recognizing signals of affection and sexual attraction will dramatically improve your understanding of others, giving you the advantage of added insight into all social and business situations.

Table of Contents

Below is the complete table of contents presented in How to Read a Person Like a Book :

1. ACQUIRING THE SKILLS FOR READING GESTURES

Life, the True Testing Ground

Gestures Come in Clusters

How You Can Benefit by Understanding Gestures

2. MATERIALS FOR GESTURE-READING

Facial Expressions

Walking Gestures

Shaking Hands

3. OPENNESS, DEFENSIVENESS, EVALUATION, SUSPICION

Openness

Defensiveness

Evaluation

Suspicion and Secretiveness

4. READINESS, REASSURANCE, COOPERATION, FRUSTRATION

Readiness

Reassurance

Cooperation

Frustration

5. CONFIDENCE, NERVOUSNESS, SELF-CONTROL

Confidence

Nervousness

Self-Control

6. BOREDOM, ACCEPTANCE, COURTSHIP, EXPECTANCY

Boredom

Acceptance

Courtship

Expectancy

7. RELATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES

Parent and Child

Lovers

Strangers

Superior and Subordinate

Client and Professional

Buyer and Seller

8. UNDERSTANDING IN AN ENVIRONMENT

Gestures without an Audience: Telephoning

The Courtroom

Social Gatherings

Product Details

Below are the technical specifications of How to Read a Person Like a Book .

Book Name : How to Read a Person Like a Book

Edition : 1st Edition | | ISBN : 0671735578

Author Name : Gerard I. Nierenberg, Henry H. Calero

Category : Self-Help

Format / Pages : – 135 Pages

How to Read a Person Like a Book