Body Language by Allan Pease

Have you heard of NLP? NLP means Neuro Linguistic Programming. It's a fairly modern development that is used to condition our senses to read what's on the mind of others and this is in turn used to persuade them to our viewpoints. Many sales and marketing professionals use NLP these days to achieve their goals.

Long before NLP we had other tools and skills and one such key area of knowledge was the study of body language. If you pay attention to those you interact with, you will note the way they posture themselves and the way they move their body point to certain things on their mind. And they are quite unaware that their body is telling others what's on their mind.

"Body Language" by Allan Pease tells us exactly that. The book tells us how to read the thoughts of others through their body gestures. If a person keeps folding his arms while communicating with you, chances are he's being defensive about something. This book has lots of photos and drawings to illustrate what each posture and body gesture indicates.

It's a helpful book for those who wish not just to understand other people in a direct communication process, but also to improve one's communication skills.