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S1 E21 Cure For The Common Life - How to Spot a Liar & Tips for Reading Body Language, With Jan Hargrave

Sep 22, 2020

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Joining me today is renowned body language expert, published author, and sought after consultant, Jan Hargrave, who specializes in the field of nonverbal communication. Jan has worked on many notable criminal cases, including the likes of OJ Simpson and JonBenét Ramsey as a jury consultant and lie detection specialist. In this episode, she shares her intimate knowledge on the topic of body language and gives some useful advice on how we can approach reading others better.

What’s particularly interesting, is the link that body language has with lying. Our bodies often give away signals or ‘tells’ that we aren’t being truthful, no matter how hard we try to play it off or blend in with the crowd. We discuss how body language plays such a prevalent role in detecting signs of mistrust in politics, particularly in the US government, how Jan influenced the title of ‘jury consultant,’ and what she has learned throughout her extensive career as a body language analyst.

If you’re interested to hear more, then tune in to Episode 21 of Cure For The Common Life!

Some Questions I Ask:

Could you elaborate on what it is that you do? (3:41)
Do you primarily teach individuals in upper management roles? (7:03)
How have you personally responded to the current political climate in the US, particularly while observing body language in the media? (13:23)

In This Episode You Will Learn:

How Jan discovered the field of body language expertise (4:33)
The first class Jan ever taught for attorneys on picking favorable juries (6:11)
Funny stories from Jan’s teaching experience for ‘Starbucks’ (7:40)
What I’ve learned from Jan throughout the years (9:46)
Jan’s professional perspective on reading other people’s body language (10:17)
How Jan’s work has shifted public perception towards her line of work and legitimized the field (11:14)
Why we should trust our intuition (12:04)
Jan’s advice for reading body language virtually & Her ‘triple threat method’ for emulating social interaction during Covid-19 (17:16)
How I’ve adapted my Zoom calls to better communicate my gestures (23:24)

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