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David Brooks on Building Trust and Connection

Aspen Ideas to Go

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How to Read Body Language

There is a fair bit of research on that, and there are tongues of books on how to read body language. The number one's skill that correlates with seeing others deeply is verbal intelligence. One actor told me he was hands in the front pocket kind of guy. That meant when he was trying to be bold and assertive like this, he was going to be fake. And so i do think gestures tell us something, but we have to be humble about how much.

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