What Every BODY Is Saying : An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed Reading People

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feel safe. However, if you see a person with his arms crossed in front,
leaning forward, and giving you a defiant look, this is not a pacifying
behavior!

USING PACIFIERS TO READ PEOPLE

MORE EFFECTIVELY

In order to gain knowledge about a person through nonverbal pacifiers,
there are a few guidelines you need to follow:

(1) Recognize pacifying behaviors when they occur. I have provided

you with all of the major pacifiers. As you make a concerted ef-

fort to spot these body signals, they will become increasingly

easy to recognize in interactions with other people.

Ventilating of the neck area relieves stress and emotional discomfort. Rodney

Dangerfield, the comedian, was famous for doing this when he wasn’t getting any

“respect.”

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