I teach my clients to improve their intuitive ability by noting body language and first impressions. For example, I share my “What is the first thing you notice when you meet somebody?” They partner with each other and share their answers. Remarkably, class after class, year after year, they say, : trustworthy, credible, authentic, honest, integrity. Our primitive limbic brain picks up on nonverbal cues that help us “read” people. We can improve that intuitive read by consciously noting what are read of someone is and attaching words to our read, “Safe” “Not sage” “Be careful” “Doesn’t seem authentic” and then when we finish interacting with them in a single interaction even writing down our read and checking back later to see if we were accurate. Research shows that Judges tend to be more accurate at telling someone is lying because they have an intuitive first impression and at the conclusion of the court case they have a check/finding on their read. I tell my audiences in my body language classes and my DiSC and Myers Briggs Communication Style training to implement a new step in entering their contacts into their phones and or other contact software. After the first meeting, phone or zoom call to put their own personal code words and or specific cues they noticed to state their first impression read and type of the person and then go back and see how accurate they are.
Called the “Gold Standard” of Body Language by the Washington
Post and credited in the New York Times for bringing the
topic to national attention Patti Wood, is a true expert. She creates high
energy interactive programs, filled with humor, cutting edge information and
valuable “Take Aways.” She is the author of nine books
and she speaks and consults to Fortune 500 companies and associations. You see her
on National TV shows like Good Morning America, CNN and FOX news, The History
Channel and the Today Show. She is quoted every
week in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today,
Bloomberg Business Week, Fortune, Good Housekeeping, and USA Today.
