How To Tell What People Are Thinking ..., Peter Collett
How To Tell What People Are Thinking ..., Peter Collett
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How To Tell What People Are Thinking (Revised and Expanded Edition)
From the Bedroom to the Boardroom

Author: Peter Collett

Narrator: Brett Barry

Unabridged: 13 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Collins

Published: 06/25/2024


Synopsis

A trusted handbook for more than a decade, Peter Collett’s bestselling guide to body language, How to Tell What People Are Thinking, has been fully updated with the latest research, including insight into everything from Zoom meetings to the confounding world of online dating.Understand what people aren’t saying and what you’re unwittingly revealing about yourselfHow does the way someone use their feet show if they’re interested in you?Does knowing someone really well help or hinder your ability to tell when they’re lying?Why do people in business meetings touch their face while the boss is talking?How can you spot likely winners and losers at sporting events just by looking at them?How to Tell What People Are Thinking (Revised and Expanded Edition) answers these questions and explains how certain clues provide insight into people’s innermost thoughts. Social psychologist Peter Collett decodes the fascinating intricacies of body language and speech, analyzing behaviours that range from boardroom bravado to date-night deceit. Packed with both famous and everyday examples, this is an entertaining and invaluable guide to our society’s language of unconscious communication.A supplemental Enhancement PDF accompanies this audiobook.

About Peter Collett

PETER COLLETT is a social psychologist who has taught and conducted research studies at Oxford University. The Guardian called him a “body language guru” and the Mail on Sunday described him as “a grand master of the secret code of fleeting gestures, signs and expressions that give us all away.” He has co-written two books, including Gestures with Desmond Morris, and is the author of Foreign Bodies. Peter Collett is widely acknowledged to be a world expert on communication. He lives in Oxford, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Maddy on September 07, 2024

Let’s be honest, this wasn’t the most thrilling read. At times it felt more like a task to get through than a page-turner. That being said I will admit, learning about body language, human behaviour, and why we subconsciously do the things we do was pretty fascinating. What really struck me is how mu......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on August 06, 2022

Not a fan of the topical arrangement-it's rather fragmented. For example, chapters range from submissive and dominant tells, to politicians' tells and smoking tells. Also, chapter sections tend to read like amature blog lists. Interesting, and at times useful, but I'm sure there's a more organized a......more

Goodreads review by Adrianna on February 18, 2025

Basic human behaviour. I did not like how this book generalized and stereotyped based on gender.. but meh. some chapter were interesting. I started this book 7 years ago, decided to finally get it off of my "reading shelf"......more

Goodreads review by Josune on January 18, 2020

This book is DENSE, in order to get something from it you cannot just read it in one sitting. I read some pages, ponder them and maybe next week do the same. BUT i love the information is so helpfull.......more