What Every BODY Is Saying by Joe Navarro

One of my all-time favorite books is Presence by Amy Cuddy. That book talked all about how our body language speaks to our subconscious mind. Ms. Cuddy showed that our body language shapes who we are. I wanted to buy this book so I could see how it compared and contrasted. It was different in a lot of ways and spent a lot more time focusing on how our body language speaks to other people rather than ourselves.

The neocortex does a lot of things and it’s talked about in a lot of different settings. Most people who have studied it at all do know some of the basic functions of the neocortex. One thing that the author wanted to bring attention to is the way that the neocortex can deceive.

The neocortex is our “lying brain” and is known as the human thinking or intellectual brain, can deceive:

Ability to compute, analyze, interpret, and intuit at a level unique to the human species.

Critical and creative brain.

Covering vital organs or a neck is one way that people subconsciously express discomfort. If you say something and see someone begin to touch their neck, be sure that you are aware of what you are saying and have just said to them also. I have become more aware of people doing this in conversations with me and with others since the completion of this book. I have also…