<ul>Ignoring context : Crossed arms don't mean much if the room is cold or the chair they're sitting in doesn't have armrests. Everything has to pass the common sense test given the environment. So ask yourself: "Should someone in this situation be acting like this?" </ul><ul>Not looking for clusters : One of the biggest errors you make is looking for one single tell. That's great in movies about poker players but in real life it's a consistent grouping of actions (sweating, touching the face, and stuttering together ) that is really going to tell you something. So ask yourself: "Are most of this person's behaviors associated with X?" </ul>

And let's set aside violent people and liars - how can you just tell if someone is more likely to be a jerk? Give their clothing a look. A neat and formal appearance just says they're <a href="https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2012/05/5-things-your-clothes-are-saying-about-you/">conscientious </a>. But are their duds expensive? Is a woman displaying cleavage? Is a guy showing off his muscles? Hello, <a href="https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2016/01/how-to-deal-with-a-narcissist-2/">narcissism </a>. Here's <a href="https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2014/12/how-to-read-people/">Sam Gosling </a>again: (To learn how to deal with a narcissist, click <a href="https://www.bakadesuyo.com/2016/01/how-to-deal-with-a-narcissist-2/">here </a>.)

Before we commence with the festivities, I wanted to thank everyone for helping my first book become a Wall Street Journal bestseller. To check it out, click here. *** We'd all like to learn how to read people like Sherlock Holmes. And research shows understanding things like body language is even more powerful than you might think.

How To Read People: 5 Secrets Backed By Research - Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Phil M