Power over others can be yours

Hi,

Body language is used every day by the police, managers, teachers, and other people in positions of authority. Those who can read body language know that:

* 55% of communication is non-verbal
* The human body can produce 700,000 different signs
* The fastest way to build a rapport with another person is to mirror their actions
* 7% of communication is verbal

'Mentalists' are people who have become experts at reading body language and use it to make appear that they are reading minds.

Fortune tellers, psychics, professional interviewers and police interrogators all use some form of mentalism.

* Cold reading: Takes cues from a person's body language, clothes, speech and ethnicity to make assumptions about a person and convince them that they know what they are thinking
* Hot reading: Requires some previous knowledge of the subject, either first-hand or through an assistant. The subject does not know that the mentalist has such previous knowledge.
* Forer effect: Psychologist Bertram R. Forer developed this technique in 1948. The mentalist makes vague statements that could apply to anyone and leads the subject to think they are tailored specifically to them.

If 55% of communication is non-verbal and 7% is verbal, what is the other 38% of communication?

Maybe that part involves bribery; doughnuts and cookies are a perfect form of communication!

It pays to know all these tricks to have power over others.

http://www.chacha.com/content/infographics/how-do-you-use-body-language-to-read-minds

Power over others can be yours, if you want that is.


Cheers