Understanding Body Language

To build rapport, create a positive impression and be an all-round communicator, it is essential for you to be able to read between the lines. Understanding Body Language provides the proven tips, tools and techniques to give you this abilityAbout the author Acknowledgements Academic references Introduction Chapter 1: Our other language - an introduction Chapter 2: The basic caveats Chapter 3: Personal distance or proxemics Chapter 4: Perception and first impressions Chapter 5: The body language of anxiety Chapter 6: How to control anxiety Chapter 7: Body language for rapport skills Chapter 8: Body language for personal confidence Chapter 9: Body language for assertiveness Chapter 10: Body language and attraction Chapter 11: Body language and personal influence Chapter 12: The hidden language of speech Chapter 13: 75 body-language signs and what they might mean Chapter 14: Putting it into practice Conclusion: Ethics, body language and manipulation Appendix 1: Possible answers to questions raised in the book Appendix 2: Possible answers to the picture challenges on pages 199-202 Index