Quotes from Joe Navarro

Commandment 9: Knowing how to distinguish between comfort and discomfort will help you to focus on the most important behaviors for decoding nonverbal communications.

you want to be a leader, lead and be visible. Don't hide in your office; walk the floors and talk to your staff.

There's no classes in elementary school, high school or college that teach people situational awareness.

Analysis of her modus vivendi (how she lived)

Para garantir nossa sobrevivência, a resposta muito refinada do cérebro a adversidades ou ameaças assumiu três formas: congelar, fugir e lutar.

this book is designed for you. Gaining proficiency will require a careful examination of the chapters that follow, plus a commitment to spend some serious time and energy learning and applying Joe's teachings in your daily routines.

It is difficult to understand because you and I are not psychopaths. Things like this only make sense to them. Stalin, said it best, because he knew it best: "Kill one person and it's a national tragedy, kill a million people it is a statistic." And so he did because he could and that is the nature of the psychopath. They get away with as much as they can.

Conversely, when we gaze away during a conversation, we tend to do so to engage a thought more clearly without the distraction of looking at the person with whom we are talking. This behavior is often mistaken as rudeness or as personal rejection, which it is not. Nor is it a sign of deception or disinterest; in fact, it is actually a comfort display (Vrij, 2003, 88–89).

Sie haben es vielleicht niemals in diesem Licht betrachtet, aber alles, was Sie tun, steht unter ständiger Beobachtung.

skill that requires constant practice and proper training. To

USING PACIFIERS TO READ PEOPLE MORE EFFECTIVELY

Concerted (effortful) observation—is absolutely essential to reading people and detecting their nonverbal tells successfully.

If you are observationally "challenged," do not despair. You can overcome your weakness in this area if you are willing to devote time and effort to observing your world more conscientiously.

Evil, crime, or suffering comes at us in many ways, and rarely does it wave a flag or blow a whistle to say, "Get ready, I'm coming!

what other published works often ignore: the critical role played by the limbic system

Real life happens in real time, and decisions have to be made in an instant.

Truthful people convey, the dishonest try to convince.

You never have to explain what you don't say.

Details ensure accuracy and help avoid the risk of overlooking meaningful or nuanced behaviors

I learned at an early age about deception. People often lie, but their nonverbals usually reveal how they actually feel.