People will tell you who they are long before they say a single word. 👀🧠
The way someone reacts when you share good news. Whether they make eye contact or look away. Who speaks first and who waits to see what everyone else thinks. How someone treats you when there’s nothing in it for them. All of it is communication, and most people never notice it’s happening.
One well-known study by psychologist Albert Mehrabian found that when people express feelings and attitudes, only about 7% of the message comes from their actual words. Around 38% comes from tone of voice, and 55% comes from body language.
That means most of what people really think is right in front of you. It’s in the way they move, the way they react, and the small choices they make when they think nobody’s paying attention.
Learn to read it, and you’ll start to see things others miss. Who actually holds the power in a room. Who’s confident and who’s pretending. Who’s on your side and who’s just saying the right things....