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Book Reviews of You Can Read Anyone
Book Review: How to Read People
Summary: 5 Stars
The book arrived in good condition and quickly. I also thought the book was well represented. I got what I expected.Book Review: How to understand people better than they understand themselves!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
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"As the only one of its type, this program [or system outlined in this book] offers a complete, practical, easy-to-use system that you can use to measure a person's thoughts and feelings quickly, at any time."
The above quotation is found in the introduction of this fascinating book by Dr. David J. Lieberman, author and "internationally recognized leader" of human behavior and interpersonal relationships.
Be aware that the system in this book is not about reading someone based on their body language, their speech pattern, or how they dress. It is not about developing some mystical power such as telepathy. Instead, this book contains specific and proven psychological techniques that can be instantly applied to any person in almost any situation.
Is this system absolutely foolproof? Of course not. No system is. But you will gain a "statistical advantage" to reading a person by using the methods in this book.
The book itself is divided into two sections:
Section one (7 chapters) has techniques that will give you much insight into people, and will help you gain the advantage in practically every situation. Each chapter in this section is based on seven basic questions. These questions are as follows:
(1) Is this person hiding anything? (2) Does the person like or not like someone or something? (3) Is the person really confident or just attempting to play it cool? (4) How is a person really feeling? (5) Is the person really interested or are you just wasting your time? (6) Whose side is a person really on? (7) How safe, stable, and sane is a person...really?
Section two (8 chapters), my favorite section, actually goes beyond the basic techniques of section one thus giving you the ability to "peer into someone's mind to find out what [that person] is [really] thinking" and enables you to "understand a person better [than they] understand [themselves]."
Don't worry!! Lieberman gives plenty of real-world examples so you'll never be lost.
The system in this book allows you to gain much insight into a person's thinking and psyche without having to spend much time with that person. As Lieberman says,
"Once you become...familiar...with what to look for and what to listen to, your ability to read a person will become almost instinctual."
Finally, a fun feature of this book is that Lieberman provides an interesting quotation from others at the beginning of each chapter. Here are two of my favorites:
"Honesty may be the best policy, but it's important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy." (Comedian George Carlin)
"Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open." (E. G. Letterman)
In conclusion, besides giving you an effective way of reading people, this book, as well, will most certainly give you a better understanding of human nature and thus more insight into yourself!!!
(first published 2007; how to use this book; introduction; 2 sections or 15 chapters; conclusion; main narrative 180 pages; bibliography; about the author)
<<Stephen Pletko or "Uncle Stevie," London, Ontario, Canada>>
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Book Review: I Was Won Over
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't make it a habit of reading these types of books, but over the years, I've heard and read of so many people referencing Lieberman that I picked up a used copy and read it cover to cover in just about 2 hours straight.
Now I'm re-reading it and I don't know why anyone would buy any other book about reading people. Almost everything that he says works highly well.
And Lieberman don't over promise. He says exactly where it will work and where they won't, and his style is direct and honest. It's a big buy.
Book Review: I know what you are thinking.....
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, it feels like i do after reading David Lieberman's "You can read anyone". It was such riveting reading that i couldn't put it down for a whole week reading the pages over and over again to see if i missed out on any new information.
I love the theory followed by example format which was chosen and even tested some examples in real life. Whilst i cannot say it works 100% of the time, i find it still very compelling to read and try out. Its funny to see that sometimes human behaviour can be so predicable.
All in all.... a very interesting book.
Book Review: I think it is a 'top seller' because of what it promises not what it delivers.
Summary: 1 Stars
i had great excitement when i got this. i was disappointed (i have the
audio tape). he is not a professional reader. he READS to me, not talks,
so he goes very very fast. it doesn't sink in. plus, i want more personal examples. there are only a few. and, the examples he gives seem most useful for a law enforcement interogator, or a jury profiler. this would be far better presented in a workshop situation where one could see videos of 'the guilty party', and where one could practice. as it is, i would save my money and not recommend this. or get it from the library. i think it is a 'top seller' because of what it promises not what it delivers.