How to Analyze People: Proven Techniques to Analyze People on Sight and Read Anyone Like a Book; Simple Tricks to Understand the Human Mind and Master Human Psychology

Introduction 9 Chapter 1 – Learn Yourself to Learn About Others 9 Knowing Yourself 10 You will become self-aware 11 You will appear more considerate 11 You will become more empathetic 11 You will appear more intelligent 12 You will always be prepared 12 You will find more success, wherever you look 12 Analyzing Yourself 12 Finding your strengths and weaknesses 13 A guide to self-analysis basics 13 Other ways of analyzing yourself 14 Use five words to describe yourself 14 Write down your core values 15 Consider your most memorable childhood experiences 15 Write your story 15 Effectively Analyzing Others 16 People You Don’t Know Versus Those That You Do 16 The Three Fundamental Factors of Practical Psychology 18 Applying This Knowledge in Your Own Life 20 Chapter 2 — Using Our Bodies to Communicate 21 The Significance of Body Language in Determining Someone’s Emotions 24 Elements that Impact Body Language 25 Restrictions 25 Proxemics 25 Oculesics 26 Stance and Carriage 28 What Your Upper Body Is Communicating 30 What the Arms and Hands Are Telling You 31 What the Legs and Feet Are Saying 32 To What Extent Can We Control or Fake Our Body Language? 33 Aspects of the Face 34 Obvious and Subtle Expressions 35 Review 39 Answers 39 Chapter 3 – Outward Personality Characterization Aspects 40 Analyzing versus Judging 41 What You See 41 What You Hear 42 What They Listen To 43 Habitual Behaviors 44 Who They Interact With 45 Proximity 46 Chapter 4: Understanding Verbal Communication 47 Pitch 47 Speech Patterns 48 Fillers and Pronouns 48 The Significance of Swears 49 Summary 49 Chapter 5 — The Six Basic Human Needs 50 The Six Basic Human Needs 51 The Four Primal Needs 51 The Two Spiritual Needs 52 How are the Needs Prioritized? 53 Exercise 53 Worked Example 53 Scenario One 53 Scenario Two 54 Stranger or Friend 54 When People Use Negative Methods 54 What is a Needs Addiction? 55 Chapter 6— Values, Beliefs, and Attitudes 56 Beliefs 56 Values 56 Attitudes 57 Beliefs, Attitudes, Values and the Relation to Six Human Needs 57 Applying your Beliefs, Attitudes, Values, and Needs 57 Bottom Lines 58 Followthrough & Practical Use 59 Chapter 7— Transactional Analysis, the Three Ego- States, and the Stroke Economy 59 Transactional Analysis 60 Parent 60 Child 61 Adult 61 Berne and Freud 62 Identifying the States 62 Assessing the States in Action 62 Situations Explained 63 Complementary vs. Crossed Transactional Situations 63 Situational Examples 64 Example One 64 Example Two 64 Example Three 64 Example Four 64 Real Life Application 65 Putting Theory to Use 65 The Importance of Scripts 66 Case Study— Claire 66 The Stroke Economy 67 The 5 Rules That Will Make You Miserable 67 Stroke Economy in Action 68 An Alternative Way 68 Real World Use 68 Situation One 69 Situation Two 69 Situation Three 69 Situation Four 69 A Man Under a Microscope 69 Case study— Billy 70 Chapter 8: What Is the Drama Triangle? 71 How the Concept Came to Be 71 So, What Use Does It Have? 72 The Persecutor 72 The Victim 72 The Rescuer 72 The Persecutor 74 The Victim 74 The Rescuer 75 How the Drama Triangle Looks Like in Practice 75 What Do We Gather from This Discussion? 76 Try This Yourself! 76 What Is the Winner’s Triangle? 77 Assertive 77 Vulnerable 77 Caring 78 What Do We Gain Out of This? 78 How the Winner’s Triangle Looks Like in Practice 79 Sarah 79 Nigel 80 Brenda 81 Chapter 9 Evaluating individuals in the workplace 83 Images and perceptions 83 Smiles and good cheer 83 Ready acknowledgement 84 The group mentality 84 Ostracized by coworkers 84 Personal or professional 84 Refusal to make eye contact 85 Speaking to an audience 85 Evaluate the person you work for 87 Characteristics of a boss 87 The capabilities of your boss 90 What motivates your boss 90 The focus is on you 91 The interview is structured 92 Composure and warmth 92 Full attention on you 92 Negative or positive remarks 92 Impressive environment 92 Summing up 93 Chapter 10 Assessing romantic links 93 Examining the beginning 94 Read and analyze the signs 95 How do they treat others? 95 How do they respond to challenges? 95 How is their annoyance expressed? 96 Do they talk or listen? 96 Summing up 97 Chapter 11 — Cutting-Edge Techniques 98 Tiny and Inconspicuous Signs 98 Minute but Important 99 The Importance of Words 100 Easy Way to Assess Personality Type 100 To Sum Up 101 To Conclude 102