CHAPTER 19
PUTTING IT ALL
TOGETHER
When you look quickly at this image, you'll see an elephant.
It's only when you examine it closely that you see that things
are not what they appear to be. When most people look at
others they see the person, but they miss revealing details that
are obvious when pointed out. And so it is with body lan-
guage. Communication through body language has been
going on for over a million years but has only been scientifi-
cally studied to any extent since the end of the twentieth
century. Body language is finally being 'discovered' by people
throughout the world and is now a part of formal education
and business training everywhere.
This final chapter is devoted to social and business scenar-
ios and will give you the opportunity to see how well you can
now read body signals. Before you read the notes, however,
study each picture sequence and see how many body language
signals you can see from what you've read in this book. Score
one point for every major signal you can spot and you will
receive an overall rating assessment at the end. You will be
amazed to find how much your 'perceptiveness' has improved.
Keep in mind that while we are analysing frozen gestures here,