The Big Idea

The most useful thing a body tells you is not whether someone is lying. It is whether they are comfortable or uncomfortable, right now, with this person, topic or place.

Most of what you have heard about body language promises to catch liars. That promise is what makes people misread each other. A smaller, more honest question works better: is this person at ease, or not?

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