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The Holistic View:
E in R.E.A.D.
Without the benefit of having you in a classroom, I needed
to find different approaches to teach you how to view body
language holistically. The results are two complementary sys-
tems of review: one for mood, and the other for posture. The
latter is a version of what I teach military, law enforcement,
and other students in security. The former is a new system I
developed to give you a streamlined way to understand what
the pieces probably mean when they come together. “Prob-
ably” refers to whether the actions come from the gut or
from the brain of someone who knows how to manipulate
body language. (There are not that many of us.) The mood
system is a work in progress that I will continue to refine as
I use it with students—and myself—in the upcoming years.
As I said before, I am similar to Jane Goodall among the
chimps, with one caveat: I am also a chimp.