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The Ultimate Body Language Book

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Chapter 1 - Why <strong>The</strong> Study Of <strong>Body</strong> <strong>Language</strong> Is Important<br />

How To Use This <strong>Book</strong><br />

This book was designed to be the only book you would ever need to read on body language, but in<br />

doing so, there are probably some areas that you aren’t interested in or are only moderately interested<br />

in. For that reason, don’t feel that you need to read the book in sequence and that skipping sections or<br />

chapters is necessarily a bad thing. Having said that there might be areas of study that particularly<br />

interest you, and for that reason, there are additional <strong>Body</strong> <strong>Language</strong> Project volumes to suite that niche<br />

need.<br />

Once you get past the first few chapters, the readings become more and more optional depending on<br />

interest. By skipping chapters or sections you won’t get the full picture, or gain the fullest amount of<br />

power this book harnesses and from that which is nonverbal communication, you’re certain to gain the<br />

knowledge that you can use most in your life. Some information, for example, is more applicable as an<br />

employer, whereas other information applies most to employees. Others still will benefit from office<br />

dynamics, but for others who work outside an office, it won’t be as helpful. We can all learn something<br />

from information that doesn’t apply to us directly though so it never hurts to bank that information in<br />

case we find ourselves in a novel situation in the future. Feel free to skip ahead, or skim the<br />

photographs over, and hit areas again at a later date as your life changes. You will also be surprised by<br />

how much more information you will pick up on your second read so by all means re-read. This isn’t to<br />

say that we haven’t put a lot of effort into putting things into the best and most logical sequence<br />

though, it just means that you won’t suffer by reading it out of order. So split the book at any page, skip<br />

sections and just enjoy the wonderful photographs, it’s your book, read it how you want to!<br />

While reading this book just keep in mind that there are quite literally thousands of nonverbal signals<br />

that can be emitted by the human body, most of which are covered herein, although sometimes just<br />

briefly. It would be entirely impossible and a very likely a futile effort to hit on every minor cue, not to<br />

mention extremely long winded and boring! Nevertheless, this book is designed not only as a primer on<br />

body language, but also the only book you will really ever need to read. <strong>The</strong> book covers more than<br />

just the major cues, it hits on more the subtle cues, context specific cues and cues that vary from person<br />

to person. This book is meant to be nearly exhaustive of all the body language out there, and meant as a<br />

stand-alone guide to reading people in all facets of life.

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