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In today's episode, we discuss the art of exceptional communication and the traits that set extraordinary individuals apart with Joe Navarro, a globally recognized expert in nonverbal communication and human behavior. As a retired FBI Special Agent, Joe spent over 25 years mastering the ability to decode body language and behavioral cues in high-stakes situations. Since his retirement, he has authored multiple international bestsellers, including What Every Body Is Saying and The Dictionary of Body Language, which have become essential reading for professionals across industries. Joe's latest book, Be Exceptional: Master the Five Traits That Set Extraordinary People Apart, provides actionable insights for those looking to elevate their personal and professional lives. Join us for a compelling conversation with Joe Navarro as he unpacks the essential traits that define truly exceptional individuals and explores how we can cultivate them in our own lives. What makes someone stand out in a way that leaves others feeling inspired and empowered? How can observation, self-mastery, and the art of validation transform not only our personal relationships but also our professional success? Drawing from decades of experience as an FBI Special Agent and a leading expert in nonverbal communication, Joe shares profound insights into human behavior and offers practical strategies to become the kind of person others are drawn to. Discover how to elevate your communication, unlock your potential, and start building the habits that will set you apart in today's fast-paced, competitive world. What to Listen For Introduction – [00:00:00] Who is Joe Navarro, and how did his career with the FBI shape his expertise in nonverbal communication? What inspired Joe to write Be Exceptional, and how does he define being exceptional? Why does Joe believe universities and traditional education systems don't teach what truly matters for success? The Five Traits of Exceptional People – [00:02:21] What are the five traits that Joe identifies as the cornerstone of being exceptional? How do self-mastery and observation form the foundation for personal growth and impactful relationships? Why is it critical to focus outward and cultivate "benign curiosity" to connect with others authentically? Self-Mastery as a Lifelong Journey – [00:15:44] Why does Joe describe self-mastery as an ongoing process rather than a destination? What practical steps can listeners take to build self-mastery and prepare for future challenges? How can scaffolding small wins in everyday life lead to significant growth over time? The Power of Observation – [00:25:57] How has modern technology dulled our ability to observe others effectively? What are the key components of great observation, and how can they enhance communication and connection? Why is observation essential for understanding the needs, desires, and fears of others? Validation as a Superpower – [00:35:19] Why is validation one of the most overlooked yet impactful aspects of communication? How can you validate others without sacrificing your own opinions or becoming overly agreeable? What are the long-term consequences of failing to validate others in professional and personal relationships? Building Exceptional Relationships – [00:38:31] How can understanding the "why" behind people's behaviors deepen relationships and build trust? What role does curiosity play in creating meaningful connections and expanding your perspective? Why is being present and focused on others the ultimate key to making an impact? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Have you ever gotten the feeling you weren't welcome in a conversation? Or have you ever noticed your facial expressions sometimes speak louder than your words? Well, this is because body language often conveys the things we choose not to say aloud. So in this episode, we discuss how to evaluate and utilize body language while teaching, speaking, listening, and conversing. Here's a link to What Every Body Is Saying by Joe Navarro on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061438294/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0061438294&linkCode=as2&tag=joenavarro06-20&linkId=cf1fef04523b151d83d7635890c64f01 Sisterly Advice Instagram: sisterlyadvice_podcast Sisterly Advice email: sisterlyadvice2020@gmail.com Sisterly Advice is sponsored by POP Girls Ministry: https://www.popgirljourney.org
Joe Navarro is an international bestselling author, having published 14 books including the world number 1 book on body language, What Every BODY Is Saying. He began studying human behaviour as a boy, having fled to the US with his family from Cuba in the 1960s, and continued to build his skills and insight during his 25 years working as a special agent for the FBI. In this episode, Joe talks about: the difference between children and adults in their observational skills and the reasons behind this, how nonverbal behaviours can be used to calm down an angry person, discovering how playful cows are! Listen in to discover Joe's thoughts on communication, cows and coffee! Links from this episode: www.jnforensics.com
In this episode we are breaking down some Body Language signals to look for that will help you spot when someone is lying. We did an episode a while back on how to tell if someone is lying by what they are saying, but there is so much more to it - Body Language being a huge factor. Most people are pretty naturally awful at accurately detecting lies. People tend to believe that they are able to detect deception much more than they actually can. The more information you have, the better off you will be when it comes to knowing when someone is lying, so stay tuned because this episode may just help you spot the next lie someone tells you. Then after our topic discussion we throw out some music recommendations in Jo Jam and finish off with a fun game and some listener submitted questions in Dish Bish at the end. Want more? Check out episode 244: How to Tell When Someone is Lying podcast.Links/ResourcesStudy: Can Ordinary People Detect Deception After All? https://carlsonschool.umn.edu/sites/carlsonschool.umn.edu/files/2019-04/ten_brinke_vohs_carney_tics_2016_lie_detection_0.pdf Is Nonverbal Communication a Numbers Game? https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond-words/201109/is-nonverbal-communication-numbers-game Leaving Neverland (documentary referenced, so sorry I am not sure if the interview mentioned is in part 1 or 2): https://www.tvguide.com/movies/leaving-neverland/2030373994/ Some books Erin recommends if you want to learn more: What Every Body is Saying By Joe Navarro with Marvin Karlin, Ph.D https://www.amazon.com/What-Every-BODY-Is-Saying-audiobook/dp/B006ZNFEKWLiespotting by Pamela Meyer https://www.amazon.com/Liespotting-Pamela-Meyer-audiobook/dp/B00797LMRM Spy the Lie by Philip Houston, Michael Floyd and Susan Carnicero https://www.amazon.com/Spy-Lie-audiobook/dp/B008M20SZ0 Boom Tequila Podcast Links Follow on Instagram: @BoomTequilaPodcast Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/boomtequilapodcast Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqro-8gXjDP_gVfwOhowJVw
Being able to read others and being skilled in communicating well is a key to successful living and an absolute requirement to being a successful leader. Today's guest, Joe Navarro, is one of the most respected experts in the field. And his personal story is a fascinating one. Not many can say they were personally approached to join the FBI, but this is exactly what happened to Joe Navarro at the age of 23. He accepted their offer and became one of the youngest agents ever to join the agency. Joe spent the next 25 years at the FBI, working both as an agent and supervisor in the areas of counterintelligence and counterterrorism, pursuing spies and other dangerous criminals across the globe. Through his work he was able to study, refine and apply the science of nonverbal communications. His acumen in this field and his success as a spy-catcher, led Joe to begin training FBI agents and the intelligence community. Today Joe is recognized as one of the world's foremost authorities on reading nonverbal communications. An internationally bestselling author, Joe has published 14 books about human behavior and body language. His books include the #1 selling body language book in the world, What Every BODY Is Saying, and his new book, "Be Exceptional" is the culmination of the 40 years Joe spent analyzing human behavior, with more than 10,000 interviews in the field and countless high-stakes behavioral assessments. In Joe's former line of work successful leadership was literally a matter of life and death. And in Be Exceptional he distills his experience into the five key principles that outstanding individuals live by. In this episode, you'll discover:-How being a Cuban refugee has influenced Joe's life and led him to reading body language...03:10 -The universal history of nonverbal communication and how it differs amongst cultures...07:05 -How Joe got involved with the FBI and what he learned over his 25 year career...12:00 Behavioral Analysis program -Behavioral cues that everyone needs to know for survival and how to stay safe...19:45 Joe's book: http://joenavarro.net/ (Dangerous Personalities) -5 Key traits that set extraordinary people apart...30:10 Joes's book:https://www.amazon.com/Be-Exceptional-Master-Traits-Extraordinary/dp/0063025396 ( Be Exceptional) "To be exceptional, you have to do exceptional things" -What you can do to become a better observer...39:35 -Why observation is the key to innovation...42:55 -Universal body language characteristics of a true leader...44:20 -Joe's practices...47:25 Resources: Joe's latest book, https://www.amazon.com/Be-Exceptional-Master-Traits-Extraordinary/dp/0063025396 (Be Exceptional) Joe'shttp://joenavarro.net/ ( website)
In this episode, Chris Hadnagy and Maxie Reynolds are joined by one of our greatest friends and mentors, Joe Navarro. After serving as an FBI agent for 25 years, Joe has become a nonverbal and behavioral expert. Since retiring, he has authored 14 books in 29 languages dealing with human behavior and body language. His book “What Every BODY Is Saying” remains the #1 selling body-language book in the world for over 12 years. Joe's new book “Be Exceptional” brings 40 years of his observations and research into one book. 00:00 – Intro Social-Engineer.com Social-Engineer.org InnocentLivesFoundation.org SE Vishing Service SE Phishing Service Security Assessments Certified Training Programs Adversarial Simulations Social-Engineer channel on SLACK CLUTCH June 24th: Chris at Living Security 2nd annual Breaking Security Awareness (digital conference for 2021) 03:54 – Joe Navarro Intro www.jnbodylanguageacademy.com https://www.jnforensics.com/media https://www.jnforensics.com/books www.twitter.com/navarrotells 05:40 – Discussion on Joe's newest book, “Be Exceptional”. Why a book about being exceptional? 08:41 – Is the writing style in the new book purposely like the others, where you compiled people's behavior? Did you start writing with this idea, or did the book come about after you had cataloged it all? 13:16 – What is the difference between excellence and perfection? 15:13 – “Whoever provides the most psychological comfort is going to be the soonest winner” 16:23 – Excellence is about experience and the journey 18:34 – How does someone get to the place where they have mastery over their emotions? 22:50 – How do you get people to have self-awareness and humility? 24:05 – Self-Mastery 26:12 – What is the ranking of success, if it's not “counting possessions”? 28:15 – How much of excellence is habit? Is any of excellence based on genetics? 29:18 – Thoughts on Usain Bolt and other runners achieving excellence 32:44 – Thoughts on Benjamin Franklin achieving excellence 39:42 – “Be Exceptional” comes out June 29, a bit of discussion about book release 41:02 – Wrap Up How to contact Joe: www.joenavarro.net www.jnbodylanguageacademy.com www.jnforensics.com Joe Navarro on Twitter: @NavarroTells 42:01 – Favorite Books The Giving Tree The Gift of Fear The Desert Queen The Power of Myth – Joseph Campbell Heroditus – The History 44:22 – Joe's Mentors Mom, Dad, Grandma Jack Schafer David Givens Gerald Post – CIA 47:12 – Outro www.social-engineer.org – newly redesigned www.social-engineer.com www.innocentlivesfoundation.org
Have you seen someone stroke their neck, or their chest .. and wandered what it means? Joe Navarro tells us all about Pacifying Behaviours in his book What Every Body Is Saying.Support the show (http://www.unstoppable.do)
¿Cómo saber lo que realmente piensan las personas con las que hablas? ¿Cómo leer la verdad en sus gestos, movimientos y miradas? ¿Cómo detectar si nos están engañando? Esta semana te resumo el libro El Cuerpo Habla (What Every Body Is Saying, 2008), de Joe Navarro y Marvin Karlins, en el que un ex agente del FBI te explica los secretos para detectar en los gestos, miradas y movimientos de las personas la realidad de lo que están pensando, y que quizás no te estén contando... Aquí puedes conseguir este libro: CONSEGUIR EL LIBRO "El Cuerpo Habla": https://amzn.to/31VVSVX En esta página encuentras las notas del episodio y todos los enlaces mencionados: https://librosparaemprendedores.net/127 ¿Quieres unirte a nuestro nuevo grupo privado de Facebook, RETOS360. Apúnta ahora AQUÍ!!! _______________ ¡AHORA CON UN 50% DE DESCUENTO! ¿Te gustaría emprender sin abandonar tu trabajo? Descubre más de 40 formas de emprender con poca (o nula) inversión, dedicando 2 horas al día (o menos) y generando múltiples fuentes de ingreso mediante emprendimientos que puedes crear sin tener que abandonar tu trabajo. AHORA con un 50% de DESCUENTO
¿Cómo saber lo que realmente piensan las personas con las que hablas? ¿Cómo leer la verdad en sus gestos, movimientos y miradas? ¿Cómo detectar si nos están engañando? Esta semana te resumo el libro El Cuerpo Habla (What Every Body Is Saying, 2008), de Joe Navarro y Marvin Karlins, en el que un ex agente del FBI te explica los secretos para detectar en los gestos, miradas y movimientos de las personas la realidad de lo que están pensando, y que quizás no te estén contando... Aquí puedes conseguir este libro: CONSEGUIR EL LIBRO "El Cuerpo Habla": https://amzn.to/31VVSVX En esta página encuentras las notas del episodio y todos los enlaces mencionados: https://librosparaemprendedores.net/127 ¿Quieres unirte a nuestro nuevo grupo privado de Facebook, RETOS360. Apúnta ahora AQUÍ!!! _______________ ¡AHORA CON UN 50% DE DESCUENTO! ¿Te gustaría emprender sin abandonar tu trabajo? Descubre más de 40 formas de emprender con poca (o nula) inversión, dedicando 2 horas al día (o menos) y generando múltiples fuentes de ingreso mediante emprendimientos que puedes crear sin tener que abandonar tu trabajo. AHORA con un 50% de DESCUENTO
Today I give a book recommendation from my library of unread books. Just now getting into it so there will be future podcasts on the content and my review. The book is called What Every Body Is Saying by Joe Navarro
"Either you control the messages that you're sending out, or you just send random messages...and that creates effects in the conversation, the interaction, or the conlfict that you didn't intend."Glenn Murphy is once again joined by NC SYSTEMA's resident health and wellness guru Howard Jacobson, for a chat about all things relating Systema to human communication. Including (but not limited to): why facial expressions are unreliable signals of intent how the feet and legs indicate attitude and engagement (in fights, and in conversations) movements that indicate dominance, nervousness, and comfort how we can become better receivers - and transmitters - in order to communicate more clearly Mentioned in this episode: What Every Body Is Saying, by Joe Navarro The Elephant in the Brain, by Kevin Simler and Robin Hanson Never Split the Difference, by Chris Voss Follow Howie's healthy exploits online at www.plantyourself.com
In reality, the way animals, including humans, react to danger occurs in the following order: freeze, flight, fight. If the reaction really were fight or flight, most of us would be bruised, battered, and exhausted much of the time. In this episode of Made You Think, Neil and I dissect What Every Body Is Saying by Joe Navarro. In this book Joe shares his 25+ years experience conducting interrogations as an FBI agent, and reveals behaviors and reactions we can’t control under stress. He gives very actionable tips to understand if someone is lying, if someone is happy to chat with us, if we should close that business deal, or how to improve our public speaking skills. We cover a wide range of topics, including: Heuristics for understanding when others are uncomfortable or under stress. When we can confidently suspect on someone, and when not. How our body reacts when threatened. The human body reactions, explained part by part. Rips and warning when trying to unmask deception. And much more. Please enjoy, and be sure to grab a copy of What Every Body Is Saying by Joe Navarro You can also listen on Google Play Music, SoundCloud, YouTube, or in any other podcasting app by searching "Made You Think." If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to check out our episode on Darwin’s Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennet, as many reactions to stress are innate and a byproduct of evolution, as well as our episode on Elon Musk, an article that analyzes how the man behind Tesla and SpaceX thinks on principles. Be sure to join our mailing list to find out about what books are coming up, giveaways we're running, special events, and more. Links from the Episode Mentioned in the show: Lie To Me TV Show [5:57] Tinder [58:11] Bumble [58:11] Peterson’s Podcast series on Abraham story [57:54] 27, 28, 30, Nat’s article on Easy Keto [37:57] Books mentioned: What every Body is saying by Joe Navarro Darwin’s Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennet [3:36] (book episode) Godel Escher Bach [3:36] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Elon Musk [7:21] (on this podcast) The Way of Zen [15:59] (Nat’s Notes) (Neil’s Notes) (book episode) The Gift of Fear [18:13] Principles [56:45] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Antifragile [57:00] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Amusing Ourselves to Death [57:00] (book episode) (Nat’s Notes) Defining Decade by Meg Jay [58:59] The Denial of Death [1:03:27] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Origin of the Species [1:03:38] Mastery [1:03:38] (Nat’s Notes) (book episode) Why We Love by Helen Fisher [1:15:06] People mentioned: Joe Navarro Tai Lopez [0:33] Elon Musk [7:21] (on this podcast) Pepper the Poochon [43:17] Charlie Munger [1:03:38] Jeff Bezos [1:20:12] Show Topics 0:00 – “In order to ensure our survival, the brain’s very elegant response to distress or threats, has taken three forms: freeze, flight, and fight. Like other animal species whose limbic brains protected them in this manner, humans possessing these limbic reactions survived to propagate because these behaviors were already hardwired into our nervous system.” 1:13 – Looking at how the human body reacts to stress and using that to figure out if somebody is lying or better understand emotional and mental state of somebody. 1:38 – Why Nat read this book at college. How Nat, improved his public speaking abilities after reading this book, following a suggestion he received during college. 2:04 – About Joe Navarro’s background as an FBI agent for 25 years. How he was able to include all his experience interrogating and what was suspicious or not in the many cases presented in the book. Example of Joe trying to figure out accomplices of a suspect, that was betrayed by his pupils when put under stress. 3:54 – Reference to Darwin: evolution is the foundation for body unconscious reactions. Behaviors are involuntary because they drive from the limbic system instead than from the frontal cortex. Joe stresses that nobody can really detect lies, but what you can detect is discomfort, and discomfort may lead you to find a lie or information that not being shared. 6:56 – The key to body reading is to look for behavioral changes, rather than specific behaviors. 7:56 – The book is organized in chapters: 1. Commandments (guidelines for body reading), 2. How to pacify ourselves, 3. Reading each part of the body, 4. Deception. 8:40 – First Commandment: Look at behavior in context. Example: we feel cold when we are uncomfortable. 9:32 – Second Commandment: The idiosyncratic behaviors. Body contradicting what one is saying. Example of nodding while saying no. Example where the suspect said went right while moving the left hand. 10:22 – Fifth Commandment: Establishing baseline behaviors. Nat rolling his eye example. Neil's example running hands on his head when sleepy. 12:45 – Sixth Commandment: Always try to watch people for multiple tells, clustering of different behaviors. A single tell is not determinant. Why body language is much more communicative than spoken language. 15:27 – Limits of spoken language. We can pick someone's emotional state even if we don't have words for that. 18:25 – Gut feelings when you meet someone. Neil's example of a guy being elusive about payment. Having negative intuitions just because the other is “tribally” different. How to handle intuition’s contradictions and why we should to prefer the negative one. 23:03 – Cues. Watching people's shoulders will reveal feet excitement. Core of the behaviours. Describing each part of the body’s possible reactions. Each reaction comes in the flavour of some interaction of: freeze, flight, or fight. Freeze is the first reaction. Flight examples: turtle effect, pulling shoulders up to try to protect your neck, smaller neck in fighting poses. 31:20 – Pacifying behaviors: we do a lot of things to comfort ourselves, to distress, to feel more calm. There’s no intentionality in these reactions. Why dating advice can go bad: shoulder touching example. Why we don’t pics of ourselves smiling. Examples of forcing these reactions and trying to make them pass as natural. 37:57 – Sponsor time. Sip a Mushroom Coffee together with Neil. The mushroom coffee from Four Sigmatic energizes you with less caffeine. Neil is drinking the Chaga and Lion’s Mane mush stimulants that give a really soft caffeine bump. It feels much more clear than coffee. If you want to keep the taste of coffee without the caffeine, mushroom coffee is you perfect ally. If you want something else to taste like coffee, try some Perfect Keto coffee flavored exogenous ketones. Check Nat’s article about a easy ketogenic diet. Ketones make it a lot easier to get into ketosis, and is perfect for weight loss or its cognitive benefits. Don’t forget to shop through our Amazon affiliate link to help sustain the show. Lots of people get sick in this season, Kettle & Fire bone broth helps you warm in this winter. It’s nice, it’s warm, it’s tasty. Listen Neil’s and Nat’s recipes and variations. There’s one that’s better than Chipotle’s! Finally, subscribe to the Mailing List to receive bonuses, giveaways, and more. Most of our tangents and goofing off are going there now. 44:15 – Looping back on the baseline commandment, we should recognize reactions beyond the baseline, and understand the reason behind. Different pacifying behaviors can indicate different mental states. Pacifiers scale with the intensity of the discomfort. 49:34 – Heuristics: “weighting” different parts of the body: facial cues are the least reliable, the face is the most likely to lie. The feet are the most honest ones. Gravity defined behaviors. Colloquial phrases tied with actual behaviors: walking with a bit of a bounce on your step, walking on air, turning your back on someone. 52:17 – Tangent. Reactions of protection inherited by evolution and survival from predators. Evolution is a great first principle heuristic for understanding a large span of topics. 57:54 – Tangent. Optionality trap in dating. Sex in our generation. Optionality trap in jobs. Youthful tendency to sit around and wait for the best option. 1:04:17 – Details of different situations for legs, chest and arms. Leg crossing, nodding up or down, tilting our heads to the side, feet pointing, turning away our chest, crossing arms, etc. When it is easy to force subconscious behaviors. Importance of arms for protection. Problems of helmets in American football. 1:11:46 – Face. Fake smile. “Keep your chin up”. Keeping good posture to feel more confident. The nasal flaring. People that lose sense of smell have a hard time establishing deep relationships. 1:16:09 – Deception. Most people including FBI agents are not better than chance detecting deception. But we have some clues to be suspicious. Synchrony, if what a suspect speaks jives his body language. And emphasis: “I have never seen or heard a person who is lying yell affirmatively, “I didn’t do it,” while pounding his fist on the table”. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe at https://madeyouthinkpodcast.com
http://ProsperousTeachers.com Did you know that 93% of communication is nonverbal? Do you know what your nonverbals are saying? Do you know what others are "telling you"? This episode covers what messages are sent by the feet, torso, face, hands, and more. For 26 tips on quickly motivating your students today visit http://ProsperousTeachers.com and download your free report. Resources cites in this episode: "What Every Body Is Saying" - http://amzn.to/2qikVkq 7% of Communication is Verbal - https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-words/201109/is-nonverbal-communication-numbers-game
Joe Navarro is an internationally recognized expert, consultant, author, and gifted lecturer, in the interpretation of non-verbal behavior. Joe has been studying body language for the past 45 years, of which, 25 were spent at the FBI catching spies. He is the author of several incredible books including: Louder than Words, the international bestseller What Every Body Is Saying, and the fascinating new book Dangerous Personalities. Summary: In this interview, Joe breaks down the non-verbal conversations that happen every time two people meet. From the moment one person enters another's space, what each is feeling, thinking, and looking for, as well as how these needs manifest into behaviors that are rooted in both our upbringing and biology. More about Joe Navarro: Website: www.jnforensics.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/navarrotells Facebook: www.facebook.com/JoeNavarroNonverbals Amazon: http://goo.gl/tFcG0c The Craft of Charisma podcast is also available at: bit.ly/Soundcloud-CoC-Podcast bit.ly/Stitcher-CoC-Podcast bit.ly/iTunes-CoC-Podcast