What Every BODY Is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People - Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins

Written by Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins
Format: MP3

Written by: Joe Navarro, Marvin Karlins
Narrated by: Paul Costanzo
Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins

Format: Unabridged

Release Date:01-19-12
Publisher’s Summary

He says that’s his best offer. Is it?

She says she agrees. Does she?

The interview went great - or did it?

He said he’d never do it again. But he did.

Listen to this book and send your nonverbal intelligence soaring. Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer and a recognized expert on nonverbal behavior, explains how to “speed-read” people: decode sentiments and behaviors, avoid hidden pitfalls, and look for deceptive behaviors. You’ll also learn how your body language can influence what your boss, family, friends, and strangers think of you. You will discover:
•The ancient survival instincts that drive body language
•Why the face is the least likely place to gauge a person’s true feelings
•What thumbs, feet, and eyelids reveal about moods and motives
•The most powerful behaviors that reveal our confidence and true sentiments
•Simple nonverbals that instantly establish trust
•Simple nonverbals that instantly communicate authority

Filled with examples from Navarro’s professional experience, this definitive book offers a powerful new way to navigate your world.
“A few pointers…”

60% obvious observations, 30% “Lie to Me”, 10% fascinating and applicable information. The accompanying pdf is pretty cheesy, but does serve to sum up the info.
“Barely Made It Through This One”

I found this book very…. long. The sad part about this misconception on my end is that I regularly listen to books that are 20+ hours long. I have even gone through War & Peace as well as Anna Karenina and those did not feel as long as this book. The narration was dry at best and I found myself just getting through this book through mostly sheer will power than due to any sort of interest.

If you are a naturally observant person, one of those people particular key on detail then you will find this book more or less telling you what you know already. A lot of what is said in this book regarding reading people tends to be very subjective and the author admits this at multiple parts in the book. I won’t lie and say there was nothing good or nothing learned here because there was actually some noteworthy portions and it served to confirm some of my already preconceived notions; on a whole I saw it as just a sea of useless fodder with just a small handful of note-worthy moments.

The narration was painful to listen to…. I found it so difficult to get through this book and the narration did not help. Maybe it was the content that was just lackluster and the narrator couldn’t do much to improve it.

As I said, this book just seemed way too long for a title that is just 7 hours long… I normally go through 7 hour worth listening in a day…. Yet I think I went over a week before I could finish this one….
“Let Me Hear Your Body Talk”

One of the first books I listened to on Audible was Joe Mavarro and Marvin Karlins’ “What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People” (2012). It was so long ago that I hadn’t started writing reviews, but that was fortunate with this book. I’ve been using some of the techniques described in the book for 18 months, and they work. I wouldn’t have known that when I finished the book.

I am a civil trial attorney, and I long relied on gut feeling and intuition when I picked a jury. In other words, just dumb look. This book gave me the ability to know, with some basis, whether a jury liked my client or the opposition, and whether I was effectively advocating my client’s defense. Once, in a memory seared sharp, I completely torqued a juror off, which I realized by her flared nostrils and lips pursed together to nonexistence. I was able to dig out of that situation.

This isn’t the key to picking a perfect jury, but it helps. It’s like knowing a secret code.

I occasionally listen to the book to refresh my techniques. The book teaches how to speed read people, but learning the techniques takes a lot of time, patience, practice and feedback - when you can get it.

I’m giving the book an overall 4 because it is so useful, but it’s a 3 on the story. Despite the exciting topic, it’s pretty dry and academic. The narration is a three, too. It sounds more like a business seminar than a narration.

I want to mention that “What Every Body is Saying” and Pamela Meyer’s “Liespotting: Proven Techniques to Detect Deception” (2011) really builds on Navarro’s techniques. Listen to them consecutively, and it’s like a college psychology course.
“Good info made boring by monotone delivery”

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Mr Navarro establishes his qualifications at the start of the book. And then again every few pages or so. I would have liked less of that.

Would you be willing to try another book from Joe Navarro and Marvin Karlins ? Why or why not?

I would listen to another one. The information is helpful, and interesting.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Monotone. For a while I thought he might actually start spelling out words. Clear? YES. Interesting? NO.

Any additional comments?

While the constant restating he is an FBI Agent, and the monotone delivery was annoying, on the whole, the information is useful, often surprising, fresh and clearly presented. The emphasis on what can and cannot be read from viewing body language was honest and informative. I’ll listen to this one again.

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