Life Optimized 09: Perception, Context, and Non-Verbal Human Behavior with Blake Eastman
Human behavior in its many-nuanced forms governs every social interaction that we have. So many of our interactions and communications are nonverbal, and both sides depend on perceptions and context clues to make meaning out of those interactions. This aspect of human psychology is fascinating, and we are jumping into this topic on today’s show. Join us to hear more from today’s guest!
Blake Eastman is the founder of The Nonverbal Group, which he started in NYC in 2009 as a behavioral research and education company. Through their large scale studies to record, dissect, and study human behavior, they help entrepreneurs, executives, and poker players understand the human psychology of reading people. Blake’s background includes a stint as an adjunct psychology professor at City University of New York (CUNY) and time spent playing poker professionally.
Show Highlights:
- What The Nonverbal Group does–and how it applies to real life
- How The Nonverbal Group originated from Blake’s childhood experience with anxiety about social interactions and his later frustration with the academic constraints around psychology
- Why Blake calls video “the main reality” in reading people
- Why reading people’s behavior has more to do with the invisible social norms than their movements and mannerisms
- How most of human interaction comes down to perception
- What it means to control the context around you and control the narrative
- How social media is impacting human behavior
- How artificial intelligence is playing into human behavior and interactions–and how things will change in the next few years
- Why Blake can’t help “noticing” what people do in every social situation
- How someone can improve the perception of themselves in the entrepreneurial space
- Why much of our anxiety and stress come from how we perceive ourselves in social interactions
- Foundational tips from Blake about showing up on video and communicating effectively
- Blake’s best tips for Saturday night poker players
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