- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1 edition (Jun 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345425871
- ISBN-13: 978-0345425874
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 14 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 359,826 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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America's top jury consultant, Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, can literally read a person like a book. By decoding the hidden messages in appearance, tone of voice, facial expression, and personal habit, she has accurately predicted the behavior of jurors, witnesses, lawyers, and judges in some of the most celebrated trials of the past two decades. Now in this phenomenal new book, she applies the secrets of her extraordinary success to the everyday situations we all face at work, at home, and in relationships.
How can you "hear between the lines" to detect a lie? When is intuition the best guide to making important decisions? What are the tell-tale signs of romantic attraction? How do other people "read" us? The answers lie closer than we might think. Hair style, clothing, grooming, hand gestures, the neatness of office or living room, the steadiness of the gaze, behavior around subordinates: all of these provide critical clues to a person's integrity, work habits, and sexual interests. Through vivid anecdotes and proven techniques, Dimitrius teaches us how to interpret these signs with accuracy and precision.
Whether your focus is friendship or marriage, career or family, romance or professional success, Reading People gives you the skills you need to make sound, swift decisions and reap the benefits from a lifetime of razor-sharp insight.
How can you "hear between the lines" to detect a lie? When is intuition the best guide to making important decisions? What are the tell-tale signs of romantic attraction? How do other people "read" us? The answers lie closer than we might think. Hair style, clothing, grooming, hand gestures, the neatness of office or living room, the steadiness of the gaze, behavior around subordinates: all of these provide critical clues to a person's integrity, work habits, and sexual interests. Through vivid anecdotes and proven techniques, Dimitrius teaches us how to interpret these signs with accuracy and precision.
Whether your focus is friendship or marriage, career or family, romance or professional success, Reading People gives you the skills you need to make sound, swift decisions and reap the benefits from a lifetime of razor-sharp insight.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Jo-Ellan is an interesting lady with an interesting background, but this book was by and large a disappointment. Much of it is common sense stuff that reasonably perceptive people already know. Much of the book reads like this, (my paraphrase) "this characteristic often means this, but sometimes means this and sometimes means this and sometimes means this, etc,. don't take this characteristic at face value until you get to know the person over some period of time and check out all these other characteristics before deciding what the original characteristic means". I'm sorry but this is way too vague and inprecise to qualify as a "secret tip that will change your life". The book oversells and underdelivers.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is not bad if you are a novice in the subject. As someone has already pointed out if you are someone who has more than a basic knowledge of the subject then this book is probably not for you...
Personally I found the book very interesting an a real insight into the world of psychology, with good examples taken from everyday life to present the points.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a thorough and concise guide to learning to appreciate people for who they are. It is not packed full of revelations - but supports common sense, (too rare these days), coupled with intuition and fact finding. In childhood, we are taught that it's rude to ask too many questions of people - so we fail to gather the proper information to form opinions. This book teaches us to gather and store facts and develop relationships based on reality and not perception.
The true value of this book is to translate the information and perform a self-evaluation. Unless you are dead you should be constantly growing, changing and moving forward. Reading this helped me out of lethargy and into action!
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Not Quite Right For Me
The title is great, but the book just wasn't quite what I was looking for. I've got technical training, and I like substance over fluff. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 1999
DOESN'T DELIVER THE GOODS!!!
Reading People is misnamed.Instead of providing practical advice on what should be a fascinating topic,the author has filled her book with personal vignettes and self... Read more
Published on 8 Nov 1998
superb reading! Insightful tips to begin "reading people"
This book offers an excellent, insightful look about people -who they are, what messages they are sending out to others, by their dress, habits, mannerisms, and speech. Read more
Published on 31 Oct 1998
more judgemental typecasting, just what we all need.....
it's scary to think that anyone would read this book and take it too seriously. We are already far too smug and judgemental with each other the world over, without this sort of... Read more
Published on 25 Sep 1998
Well, duh.
I suppose it was my own fault for being lured by the marketing touts of this book:
"how to know if your date is interested in a serious relationship"
"how to... Read more
Published on 27 July 1998
May be helpful as a basic reference book
This is probably not the most helpful, indepth book I have read about interpreting human behaviour, but it certainly does provide suggestions all of us may use to improve... Read more
Published on 12 July 1998
Dangerous in hands of untrained psychologists & con-artists
I read the book because I found it within a Web site dedicated to job hunting and hiring. The description said it would help managers get to know who they're interviewing. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 1998
The best book about reading people ever...
I have been interested about how to read people for ten years. I always look for this kind of book for a long time. After I have read this book, I totolly awake. Read more
Published on 8 Jun 1998
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