The Art of Reading Minds: How to Understand and Influence Others Without Them Noticing Kindle Edition

Everything was fine.

Read this twice and really helped me out. Opens your mind up to a new perspective

Basically the author is covering NLP and body language techniques that he claims can be used to know and understand what other people may be doing. The concepts are valid and widely available in many formats. If you are new to these topics this book would make a good introduction. For those already familiar it is a reminder and coverage of ground already traveled.

Had some really good tips for talking to people and really communicating! Good read even if you already are social adept.

real good book

The Art of Reading Minds isn’t actually about reading minds. It’s about observing other people’s body language closely to notice their “tells.” Author Henrik Fexeus offers a variety of ways to do this—though, surprisingly, since a big part of reading others is building a rapport with them first, he spends almost the entire first half of the book discussing ways to get people to feel connected to you, to see you like you’ve always been good buddies. Usually this involves mimicking their behavior in some way. For example, matching their energy level, using their favorite buzzwords, or finding a way to agree with them (“I’d think the same thing if I were you!”).But once the other person feels camaraderie with you, the real mind reading begins. Collect bits and pieces of info by observing gestures, posture, eye movements, voice changes, physical contact, and, of course, language. While one piece of information can’t tell you everything you need to know about the person, taken together can you get a pretty good idea if someone is lying to you, flirting with you, hiding a secret, etc.Fexeus ends with, what can only be described as, party tricks. He teaches you how to read people’s subtle movements, so that you can eventually tell who that person is thinking about, who she loves, who he dislikes, etc., just by asking a few questions and watching for the physical clues that follow. It’s pretty cool stuff.It took me a bit to get through this book, but it was still very interesting and informative. I sure would love to see the TED talk version, though. Just sayin.Thanks to Net Galley and SMP for the ARC.

“All our thoughts [are] reflected in our bodies; the reverse is true as well.”—from the Art of Reading Minds.Reading minds is achieved by reading body language—no New Age mumbo-jumbo is necessary. This book can make you a body language expert. “You already do it, but you could do it better.” You can use the skills taught here to read another person’s underlying feelings. You can also learn how to build rapport with others. By projecting the body language most likely to make someone feel comfortable with you, you can build a common ground even if you are disagreeing with their stated position.The Art of Reading Minds works! It provides simple methods to build your mindreading skills. Mimicking the other person’s gestures, body position, and even voice characteristics will encourage others to feel you are on their wavelength. So you can test out the techniques, the author provides simple exercises. You can prove to yourself that pupils get bigger when a person is interested in you and your conversation. Another exercise uses an imaginary lemon to prove how your thoughts automatically impact your physical body. You can also discover if you are a visual, auditory, kinesthetic, or neutral (logical) thinker. If you emulate another person’s style in word choice, cadence and volume, it quickly builds an underlying rapport and a feeling of closeness between the two of you.This is such a fun and useful book. Though it may feel initially manipulative, these techniques are invaluable tools to use with clients, bosses, and even with future mates. Let me reiterate, they work! 5 stars!Thanks to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for a copy in exchange for my honest review.

"The Art of Reading Minds" is a very pleasant introduction and overview to relationship and rapport building. As a retired police officer it had become clear to me by the end of my career that these types of skills are on the wane. My guess is this has something to do with texting and cell phone conversations rather than face to face communication. All of the skills discussed in this book are valid to one extent or another with allowances made for various idiosyncratic traits among humans. However becoming aware of these methods is the first step. Practice is the second step. I enjoyed this audiobook and recommend it as an introductory tool.BUT PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE... Thank You....