Summer Reading

Reg at Elemental Truths (a blog worth adding to your daily RSS feed) has posted a great piece on strategically reading a room. His ideas are life hacks in their purest: how to change the way you navigate life to your advantage. He lists ten areas where “reading” a person come into play:

• Body movements indicating interest.
• Body movements indicating that a person is more open to agree with you.
• How to know if a person is thinking.
• Body movements indicating frustration or dismay.
• How action-oriented people act or move. These may be the easiest type to misinterpret.
• How to know if a person is keeping a secret.
• Body movements indicating boredom.
• Signals conveying excitement.
• How confident people act or move.
• Signals exhibiting authority or power>

Some of the observations Reg points out might cause you to dispute or disagree. For instance, the “keeping a secret” tell of weird humor wouldn’t work for me. I use weird humor when I’m uncomfortable or afraid, not lying. Reg also points out this is a western-centric observation set (which is useful, as we all have different ways to the finish line). But there is plenty of value to check out here.

Strategically Reading a Room - [Elemental Truths]