Different gestures in one image(google)

How to read people like a book😎

How to Read People Like a Book, According to Body Language Experts

They might only be hard to read at first...
Have you ever wanted to know what someone’s thinking, or what their motives are? Maybe it’s a colleague, someone you have a crush on, or simply an old friend you haven’t seen in a while.

We might not have telepathic powers nor can we read minds, but we can read people to gain insight, taking into account things like body language, nonverbal cues, and how they say things – not just what they say.

It’s not an exact science, and everybody is different, but if you’d like to know how to read people like a book, this is a great starting point. 
First, what does it mean to read people? Essentially, it’s the ability to better understand someone through nonverbal cues, communication, and behavior – you aren’t just hearing what they say, but looking at who they are through their body language, tone of voice, and facial expressions.

Albert Mehrabian found in 1981

that facial expression accounts for 55% when it comes to how much someone is liked, while tone of voice accounts for 38%, and the words they use account for 7% – showing just how impactful it can be to go beyond what people are saying.

Carol Railton,FRSA:

global body language expert, says, "As society is becoming more visual, with large lit up adverts, instant video, and conference calls, body language becomes more important. This new technology speeds up our decisions about others. We make up our mind about someone in the first few seconds, changing our opinion about someone takes a lot longer. First impressions count.

Body language:

Body language begins when we are born, yet, we start losing these behavioral skills as soon as we start to speak.

When reading people, we're looking for basics first: facial expressions, physical stance, movement,” says Inbaal Honigman, body language expert. “Facial expressions can be happy, sad, or tense. Physical stance can be confident or nervous. Movement can be calm and deliberate or stressed and jumpy. A combination of all three can give us some initial clues about the person - but of course, there's a lot more to it.”

Alexandra Stratyner, PhD, licensed psychologist, explains, “Body language can be a telling aspect of how a person is feeling or what they might be thinking, often revealing more than words alone.”
1-Create a Baseline:

When reading people, remember that you’re dealing with human beings. Everyone’s different, and we all have our own patterns of behavior. Create a baseline of people’s normal behavior—if they often fold their arms, look at the floor, scratch their head—and then look out for any deviations from their norm. If you’ve noticed that they often do one thing when they’re nervous, and they’re doing it more regularly in this conversation, what might that tell you? 
2-Look for Body Language Consistency

"Consistent body language will display cohesion between facial expression, body posture, and movement. Excited face, excited pose, excited movements can tell you a lot when displayed all together,” says Honigman. “Inconsistent body language, such as a smile changing to a frown, or wringing hands suddenly dropping to the sides, show that the person is trying to hide how they truly feel.
While facial expressions are important emotional cues, they can be subtle, ambiguous, and influenced by factors like tiredness, discomfort, concentration, and individual and/or cultural differences.

— Alexandra Stratyner,

3-Look at Their Posture

Dr. Stratyner describes this as a good starting point, explaining, “Someone who stands tall with their chest open and shoulders back typically appears confident and comfortable. In contrast, hunched shoulders or slouched posture can indicate insecurity, defensiveness, or exhaustion.”
4-Watch for Mirroring:

Often, people will mirror others. We have neurons in our brain that fire when someone mirrors us or when we mirror someone else. When the person we’re talking to smiles, the smile muscles in our own faces activate, for example. So, if someone doesn’t reciprocate and mirror us, it could indicate that they don’t like us or aren’t happy with us for some reason. 
5-Keep an Ear Out for Their Choice of Words

“The specific words a person uses can reveal how they feel or what they value. For instance, frequent use of ‘I’ might indicate self-focus or ownership of their perspective, while a lot of ‘we’ language suggests a more collective or team-oriented mindset,” says Dr. Stratyner.

6-Look at Their Breathing:

“Breath speeds up when we are excited and slows down when we are relaxed.
People who are always excited tend to have raised shoulders too, which can be an indicator of stress or that they are an extreme extrovert,” says Railton.

*Never do these mistakes while reading people

Honigman says, “The most common mistake when trying to read people or ascertain their true intentions, is focusing on a single part of their body language or facial expression, rather than reading the person as a whole.”

When figuring out whether someone is happy for example, a smile with raised cheekbones and eyes narrowed in a full happy face is a good start, but those clues are not nearly enough. We want to have matching body language throughout the entire scenario.

1-Practice on your nearest&dearest ones

Practice on your nearest and dearest, people who you already know well and can sense when they're being truthful and when they're not.

— Inbaal Honigman, body language expert

Remember, too, that someone might be nervous if they feel like they’re being interrogated or about to get into trouble, so don’t misinterpret this nervousness as something else. If someone’s displaying behaviors that could be suspicious, it might just be that they’re nervous. If they’re avoiding eye contact, it might be down to cultural norms, or they might just be shy.

Not everyone will act the same way, either. As Dr. Stratyner says, “People have unique personality traits, cultural backgrounds, and coping mechanisms. For example, quiet or reserved people might not be anxious – they could just be introverted. Making assumptions based on your behavioral norms can lead to errors in judgment.”

*Tips for improving reading people

Your ability to read people

1-Look at their eyes

2-Improve your listening skills

3-Look for inconsistencies

4-Keep practicing on your nearest &Dearest.

Humanbeings are different from eacother(google image)

Keep in Mind

While it’s possible to get better at reading people, don’t expect to be perfect. We’re dealing with humans here, and there are so many variables that come into play. Someone could be having an off-day, be more nervous than you realize, or there might be subtle things that you don’t pick up on even with plenty of practice.

Thanks for reading ,please comment below and share what kind of personality do you have ?

Are you a introvert,extrovert?

Whatever you belongs to but be a human eith kind hearted and loving soul .😍🤗🏝🏕🏞