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Body Language Read of George and Amal by Patti Wood Body Language Expert

I like the sly grin on his face that seems to signal to her that they both know what's going to happen later in the evening. I like especially how her head is tilted down towards him, that’s unusual for her. She doesn't like to show nonverbal signals of submission. Here it speaks of giving herself to him, with pleasure.

In the red carpet photo his eyes are hooded and bags under the eyes and tense thin line in his mouth show fatigue. He is just a cup holder and she is the energetic glad champion. He is not happy with his role in this moment and she is unaware of him.

Patti Wood, MA, Certified Speaking Professional - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com. Also check out Patti's YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/user/bodylanguageexpert.

The Way You Eat Pizza Could Be Saying A Ton About You

How do you grab a slice?

By Samantha Shelton

If you thought the way you put your bra on said a lot about your personality, think again. There's actually something to be revealed in everything you do, whether it's the order you do things in the shower (are you a shampoo or soap first kind of gal?) or, say, how you like to enjoy a hearty slice of pizza. A lot of it is based on habit—the way you learned to do things when you were young tends to be what you do later in life, says Patti Wood, body language and human behavior expert. But those moments when you're doing something spontaneous, like smiling—that's when things get interesting, because they show the world how you really feel and connect to things.

And while it's easy to try to categorize us all into nice little boxes—four to be exact, if you're following the DISC method—let's be real. Life doesn't work that way. "Not everyone is just a driver or just an influencer," says Wood. "It's a combination of personality traits, so you could identify as a driver in some things you do, and an influencer in others. Usually, though, there tends to be one that comes to the forefront just a bit more."

But since science is getting on the pizza-eating bandwagon, we figured we would, too. Because research has now found that 63 percent of pizza lovers have XX chromosomes, making them brilliant women (hey, it's one of the 100 healthiest foods you could ever eat). So now that we've got that out of the way, let's be a bit more specific. Once you've grabbed a slice, how do you go about eating it? Find your category and see which personality traits rise to the front for you.

You Fold It

You're likely a driver, as those who eat their pizza this way—eh hem, food competitors—don't mess around or "waste time" savoring the different flavors in a slice. They just want to get their pizza down, and finish their pie the fastest. And since drivers don't necessarily care about following the rules (you know, when mom taught you to just pick it up and eat it, or be proper and use a fork and knife), you're not afraid to find whatever method is actually the best. Because for you, being the best is top priority. You're a take charge kind of gal, so just go ahead and tell us which pizza joint to meet you at—we know you've got the best pick of the pack.

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You Eat the Crust First

At first we had to figure out if people actually do this, but it's true—you really do exist. And those who dig in crust first like to be different; they like to set trends and tell people this is what's up (obviously, because not many eat pizza this way, so you're definitely unique). If that's how you identify, then you're an influencer. You like to be dramatic, often talk loudly, and love getting attention through your actions—even better if a little admiration comes with it. You're not afraid to say something is cool before the rest of the internet thinks it is, because hello, then you can take all the credit. You knew your way of eating pizza was cool before everyone else did.

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You Fork and Knife It

When you eat pizza with a fork and knife, do you like to be methodical? Do you make that first cut in the same spot every time, or maybe slice out the same size piece for each bite? If so, then you're a supporter. You're a very steady and stable person, the kind of friend every woman needs in her life. You'd make sure everyone has a slice before you grab your own, and would likely be hosting the pizza party in a very warm, relaxed living room so all your girlfriends can gab over a glass of wine, too. And because you're so system-oriented, you can bet you like routine—the pizza guy knows exactly what you're going to order before you even pick up a menu. So keep calm and carry on, girl—you need plenty of time to enjoy bite by bite, before the pie gets cold.

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You Straight Up Bite It

No frills or fancy eating methods required here, which makes you a careful corrector. You like to go with what you know works so that you're certain to get it right every time. That also means you're not one to take pizza eating very lightly. Yes, it can be a fun experience that gives you the freedom to experiment with a few flavors, but really, you've done all the research to find out what's really the best. And your perfectionist tendencies aren't afraid to come out, either. You've got the highest-rated pizza cutter around (mess = stress), so you can divvy up an equal amount to everyone sharing the pie.

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Actual Link to the Article in Redbook
http://www.redbookmag.com/life/charity/g2849/pizza-personality-reveal/

How You Eat Pizza and What It Says About Your Personality

I just did a story last week on the way you eat pizza and what it says about your personality. It was just quoted on Live with Kelly and Michael.

Here are the personality types I used in the Pizza article for Redbook.com. I also used these types for the How You Fold Your Laundry Says A Lot About Your Personality.

What Is Your Personality and How To Deal With Conflict Based On The Other Person's Personality . From Patti Wood’s book, “The Conflict Cure.” Copy write 2007

How can you recognize immediately the best way to interact with someone by reading their body language. How do you look to others? What does your body language say about you and how can you read other people and asses their personality?

Your personality affects your preferred way of moving, standing, gesturing, speaking and other body language and paralanguage and you can look at someone body language and listen to their paralanguage to note what what personality style they are using.

Using a simple version of the DISC personality as your guide, you can quickly figure a match of voice and body language to the four major personality styles. The DISC is a personality assessment first developed by William Moulton Marston PHD has used various labels for the four personality types.

Driver who wants to Get it Done,

Influencer who want to Get Appreciated,

Supporter who wants to Get Along and

Careful Corrector who want to Get it Right.

The Driver Get it Done nonverbal cues body language is strong and confident. They will bound into the room. They are directing forceful and commanding. When they make eye contact it will be strong and direct. Their voice can be loud and forceful and they can talk at a rapid fire pace. They may interrupt and get loud to get what they want. They love you to be quick direct and to the point.

The Influencer Get Appreciated – Is a charismatic speaker one you can easily recognize they are typically charismatic and have a happy smile There voice can be expressive and engaging to listen to. They often talk with their hands and sometimes their entire bodies. They give a full range of facial expressions and you can easily tell how they are feeling. They laugh easily and are enthusiastic they keep their hearts open as they gesture. They may move and talk fast and seem to always be having fun. They love for you to be excited and enthusiastic.

The Careful Corrector Get it Right.- They love to solve problems and figure things out. While they are the great “thinkers” their body language may be reserved. They may have their hands in the pockets or behind their back or have their hand pressed the thumb across the chink fore finger up as they think. You may not be sure what they are thinking but they are thinking. Their face is not super expressive. They may even look a bit critical as your talk. Their voice is typically kept at a low volume and slow paced and may sound monotone to other types especially Drives and Influencers. Though they feel things deeply they may seem to others to be unemotional and monotone. They seem smart and analytical they know the facts. In my research in the last 30 years on how DISC and other personalilty indicators are perceived through nonverbal communication and I find that when people are presenting facts and or reading from notes or reading slides in a power point ppint presentation the voice and body language can sound like a Get it Right. In every day business interactions true Get it Rights are extremely organized they won’t talk till they have something to say. They will focus on preparing the specific words and facts. And while they may saying nothing or very little after at the face to face meeting or durring a conference call they are very likely to send you a long email or text later, after they have the silence and time to get what they wanted to say.

Called, “The Gold Standard of body language experts by the Washington Post and credited in the New York Times with bringing the body language to the national consciousness, Patti Wood is a true expert. She speaks and consults to Fortune 500 companies such as AT&T, Merk, GE, Hewlett Packard, The Kroger Company, McGraw-Hill, DuPont, Prudential, Chase, Porsche and Deloitte to enhance their, communication skills. Patti taught Nonverbal Communication at four universities, and has authored 7 books including “Success Signals Body Language”.

She is viewed as a Body Language expert by law enforcement, judges and you see her regularly on CNN, Fox News and Fox Business Network, the BBC, PBS, Good Morning America, The Discovery Channel, Regis and Kelly, Bravo, Dr. Drew, Nancy Grace and The History Channel. You see her quoted every week in publication such as The Week, The Wall Street Journal, Psychology Today, Bloomesberg Business Week, The Huffington Post, Oprah, Esquire, , USA today, People, "US" weekly, Fortune and many more.

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Body Language Read of Hillary Clinton

I was interviewed by a National Online News Writer for Sinclair Broadcast Group on what seemed to be a tense exchange between Hillary Clinton and reporters yesterday about her emails, and her facial expressions and hand gestures which seemed particularly animated during the conversation. Below are the links that I viewed. My comments and insights appear below highlighted in yellow and the link to the article is at the end of the article.

http://kutv.com/news/nation-world/asked-if-she-wiped-email-server-clinton-says-what-like-with-a-cloth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7rKZ66HjMQ&feature=youtu.be

Clinton losing ground in polls; body language suggests "Servergate" frustration

By Stephen Loiaconi Wednesday, August 19th 2015

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom Friday, Aug. 14, 2015, in Clear Lake, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Riede

Hillary Clinton released a new campaign ad Wednesday aimed at the theme of rebuilding the middle class as questions continue to swirl around her emails and a new poll suggests the frontrunner for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination is losing ground to rivals in both parties.

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“The deck is stacked in favor of those at the top…We need to have people believing that their work will be rewarded, so I’m going to do everything I can to try to get that deck reshuffled so being middle class means something again,” Clinton says in the ad.

The focus on economic themes comes a day after a heated exchange with reporters over questions about Clinton’s use of a private email server during her term as secretary of state.

Asked by a reporter whether she wiped the server’s data before turning it over to the FBI, Clinton joked, “What, like with a cloth?”

Following Clinton’s comments, the Republican National Committee began offering a “Secret Server Wiper” on its website for $5, a cloth with an inversion of Clinton’s campaign logo on it.

“Do you have a secret server you need to wipe clean? Having trouble clearing out those pesky Top Secret emails? Well Hillary's got just the thing: the Secret Server Wiper,” the product description states.

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump attacked Clinton over the email issue with an Instagram video earlier this week.

"Look, it's ether criminal or incompetent, it's one or another... either gross incompetence or criminal, and neither's acceptable to be president," Trump said in an interview with CNN Wednesday.

Clinton has maintained that she did not send emails containing classified information or receive emails with information that was marked as classified. Investigators have not accused her of any wrongdoing or established that anything criminal occurred, but the inspector general for the intelligence community has claimed that several emails included classified information.

Body language experts who analyzed video of Clinton’s brief question-and-answer session with reporters Tuesday said she displayed signs of frustration and anger when challenged about the server.

“What’s interesting is her gestures are very expansive, very large and away from her body” earlier in the press conference, said Patti Wood of Communication Dynamics. “That’s a very confident baseline. She was feeling very good about what she was saying.”

When Fox News reporter Ed Henry pressed Clinton about the server, her gestures became “more striking and forceful and weapon-like.”

“All of that shows a desire to retreat from the truth or retreat from how she was being questioned. She didn’t want to go off script at all,” Wood said.

A new CNN/ORC poll suggests an increasing number of Democratic voters have reservations about Clinton as well.

47% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning respondents said they support Clinton, a drop of 9 points from last month. 29% backed Bernie Sanders, up 10 points from July, and 14% picked Vice President Joe Biden, who has not announced whether he will run. The poll also shows that a majority of Democrats want Biden in the race.

Among all voters, Clinton’s unfavorability rose to 53%, the highest since 2001. In a general election match-up with Republican candidates, Clinton leads Donald Trump and Scott Walker by 6 points, Jeb Bush by 9 and Carly Fiorina by 10.

Schmidt said when Clinton’s numbers fall below 50% with Democrats, as this poll indicates, “the red lights start going off in her campaign organization.”

Although the numbers should raise concern for Clinton, Whalen said Democrats are still in a strong position for the general election because they lead with women, Latinos and African-Americans. Republicans, and particularly Trump, could have trouble appealing to those demographics regardless of who the Democratic nominee is.

Carroll pointed to another significant finding in the poll, that 56% of voters now say Clinton did something wrong by using a private email server as secretary of state, including a majority of independents.

It is not too late for Biden, or even Gore, to get in the race, the experts said, but they saw few other potential candidates in the Democratic Party.

“It’s kind of shocking Democrats don’t have a deeper bench…It’s kind of like the golden oldies tour,” Whalen said.

“A lot of Democrats are getting very skittish,” Schmidt said, with fears that Clinton’s campaign will fall apart like it did in 2008 without a strong alternative like Barack Obama waiting in the wings.

“If there is a catastrophic crash, someone needs to be there to pick up and take flight.”

Carroll said the biggest challenge for Biden jumping into the race now is that so many of the party’s big donors have already thrown financial support behind Clinton.

“There’s not a lot of fish out there to reel in for him…but that doesn’t mean he can’t do it.”

With her support slipping, Carroll questioned the strategy behind the Clinton campaign’s new ad.

“I find the ad sort of equally tin-eared as her responses in the press conference,” he said.

Going after the ultra-rich when Clinton herself is very wealthy—the Daily Mail Wednesday highlighted the “$100,000-a-week Hamptons home” where she plans to vacation this month—could be problematic, according to Carroll. She may be seen as criticizing affluent people for acting like the rules do not apply to them, when that is exactly what voters believe she did with her private email server.

Schmidt had not seen the new ad, but he said the idea of playing up the theme of middle class insecurities is not a bad one.

“She needs to focus on those and hammer away on those,” he said, and just hope concerns about her emails and her trustworthiness subside in the coming months.

Democrats still seem to expect Clinton to be the party’s nominee, but Carroll said another candidate could catch fire with voters quickly like Obama did in 2008, especially if Clinton’s trust issues do continue to dog her.

“This has potential to be some huge acid flashback for Hillary Clinton where she goes from inevitable to the sidelines.”

Link to the actual article:

http://wjla.com/news/nation-world/clinton-losing-ground-in-polls-body-language-suggests-servergate-frustration

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