You Can Read Anyone [Paperback]

David J. Lieberman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0978631307 | ISBN-13: 978-0978631307

Have you ever wished you could peer into someone’s mind to find out what he or she is really thinking? Now you can . . . really. This book is not a collection of recycled ideas about body language. It does not suggest that a woman’s hairstyle will give us unprecedented access into her soul, neither does it draw wildly ambiguous generalities about people based on our intuition or gut instinct, nor does it reach conclusions based on how she folds her hands or he ties his shoelaces. This book contains specific, proven psychological techniques that can be applied instantly to any person in just about any situation. Dr. Lieberman has demonstrated the ease and accuracy of these techniques on hundreds of television and radio programs. In a special report for FOX News, host Jeff Rosin declared, “It’s simply amazing! I was with him and he was never wrong . . . not even once. I even learned how to do it and that’s saying something.” In fact, Dr. Lieberman has gone “head-to-head” on live television, with skilled polygraph examiners and scored just as well—every time. You Can Read Anyone shows step-by-step exactly how to tell what someone is thinking and feeling in real-life situations. For example, you will see precisely how to determine whether another poker player will stay in or fold, whether a salesperson is trustworthy, or whether or not a first date is going your way or the other way. And when the stakes are high—negotiations, interrogations, questions of abuse, theft, or fraud-- knowing who is out for you, and who is out to get you (or a loved one) can save you time, money, energy, and heartache.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Don't lie to David Lieberman." -- The New York Times, interview October, 1999

"In my more than 20 years of laws enforcement, I've never seen any lie-detecting techniques so uncannily accurate." -- Sheriff Richard Mack, popular consultant and media expert

"You Can Read Anyone," a new book by legendary behaviorist Dr. David J. Lieberman, uses proven psychological techniques to help figure out a person's thoughts and feelings in minutes.

An expert in human behavior and interpersonal relationships, he's written two New York Times bestseller titles on the subject - "Never Be Lied to Again" and "Get Anyone to Do Anything and Never Feel Powerless Again."

Lieberman harnesses specific psychological techniques that can be applied to any person in any situation - with startlingly accurate results. Whether it is in a poker game, a high-stakes negotiation, or a sales pitch, you can tell within minutes whether people are bluffing or telling the truth, bored or interested, an ally or saboteur.

He has also appeared on more than 200 television shows as an expert in the field. He has even gone "head-to-head" on live television, pitting himself against skilled polygraph examiners and scoring just as well every single time.

"'You Can Read Anyone' is not a fluffy collection of ineffective tips. Lieberman offers proven psychological techniques that deliver on their promise to get inside a person's head . . .with eerie accuracy. Of all his books, his latest, "You Can Read Anyone" is superior in every way . . . Dr. Lieberman's insights into human nature are breathtaking and practical. --- Focus Magazine -- review, Focus Magazine

About the Author

David J. Lieberman. Ph.D. is an award-winning author and internationally recognized leader in the fields of human behavior and interpersonal relationships. Techniques based on his five books, which have been translated into eighteen languages and include two New York Times bestsellers, are used by the FBI, The Department of the Navy, Fortune 500 companies, and by governments, corporations, and mental health professionals in more than twenty-five countries. He has appeared as a guest expert on more than two hundred programs, and is a frequent guest on such as The Today Show, Fox & Friends, The Montel Williams Show, and The View. Dr. Lieberman, whose Ph.D. is in psychology, lectures and holds workshops across the country on a variety of topics. He lives in New Jersey.

Product Details

• Paperback: 204 pages
• Publisher: Viter Press (March 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0978631307
• ISBN-13: 978-0978631307
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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133 of 145 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this book if you really want to learn about this stuff., February 25, 2009

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Greg (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Can Read Anyone (Paperback)

This is yet another "buy-this-to-get-the-secrets" book aimed at corporate America, exploiting that mainstream desperate, competitive edge. But when examined closely, this book really doesn't give you any helpful tools to use in the social arena of reading others' sincerity; it is anecdotal, non-rational, and provides examples that are too narrow and templative to provide a deductive understanding of this concept. There are no photos at all, only insets of anecdotal fictions used to describe what the author says you should do. It amounts to an poser's list of conversational phrases and maneuvering tactics to bludgeon out responses from other people, and will just make you look like the confrontational equivalent of a Stephen Covey geek.

If you really want to learn how to perceive non-verbal stress, self-doubt, insecurity, etc., if you want to learn the *gestures* that exhibit these things, buy the book "What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People." It is full of photos and it describes the underlying instincts causing all of them. Needless to say, it also has a more substantial and academic bibliography.

142 of 156 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to understand people better than they understand themselves!!!, July 1, 2007

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Stephen Pletko "Uncle Stevie" (London, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You Can Read Anyone (Paperback)

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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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51 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top 10 of all Time, July 9, 2007

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Mike Abrahams (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: You Can Read Anyone (Paperback)

You Can Read Anyone makes it on my top ten list of books of all time. This book could very well be called "human nature". You will learn the S.N.A.P. technique used by the FBI, U.S. Military and by professionals and governments in more than 25 countries.

This is not a fool proof method of reading someones mind....The methods work 90% of the time. There are techniques on lie detection, calculating someones interest, self esteem, and confidence. While reading this book you will also be able to evaluate yourself by putting your self in the shoes of characters used in the examples and with that, you will learn a lot about yourself. This book isn't directed to the community or even relationship management (although it does touch on the subject) however, you can still apply material from this book to your game. I will be reading this book at least few times because every page is so dense and there is no fluff or pointless information. 10/10

David J. Lieberman has a few other books that I will be reading and I'll post a review of those as well.