This is interesting- for different reasons

The solutions seem very much like how narcissists and sociopaths analyze and disarm their victims. Direct communication is always better- and anyone going through the trouble of analyzing in this way raises red flags (especially with such tactics like mirroring emphasized.) Also, the indicators of dishonesty are very general and doesn't take into account differences in culture, personality, etc. Following these maye lead you to think that everyone who doesn't behave and belief as a standard suburban male or female is indeed untrustworthy. The book is a good, broad foundation, but misses on many points.

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I kinda feel lied to

Eh.. I feel like I was lied to after listening to this. Most of the information was basic knowledge. “People who lie are bad” “if you believe a person you know is a liar, you should avoid them” 🤦🏼‍♀️

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manipulation instead of truth

I found it to be something that defenetly works to get the truth out of people. before listening to the book I have already naturally used alot of these strategies to find out the truth. but I realized that love,compaction and understanding is the ultimate things that work to not only find the truth but to change the world for the better. this book just teaches people how to deceit even more!

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Order the book.

There is a lot of information to consider and it would be easier to have a book to highlight important pointers. The irony is that in order to catch a lier, you have to lie. I thought the topic on self-deceit was helpful though.

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Uneven

I listened to this because I want to learn about liars. I’ve been lied to a lot. However, portions of this book describe people like myself who say they never lie, or see the world as full of deceit and lies,are labeled as liars themselves. This is absolutely NOT true.
I hate liars and that’s why I won’t be one. So there are some good parts to this book, but the author needs to go back and re-think his generalizations about people who are genuine.

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Fast and Furious

This book has really good information in it that is helpful and seems credible. It goes really fast, though, so you sometimes have to go back to process the information. If you're extremely serious about learning these techniques, I'd get an in-print version.

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Wonderful

Absolutely wonderful. Would recommend. This taught me so much and I can now use this to detect deceit.

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Excellent

Extremely interesting and informative! I was able to apply the steps to certain situations. Thanks!

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Enlightenment at its finest

This was a total eye opening experience for me and I plan on using these techniques on my everyday life to ensure I don’t get lied to again.

Will on on the weak, but that’s about it

Truly dangerous people are excellent liars because they have many years of experience and won’t allow anyone to trip them up with silly games. They also tend to have expensive lawyers who do the talking for them.
At best these techniques will get weak people to confess, though some suggestions are blatant entrapment (such as offering a fake promotion in case the accused employee is ‘honest’ and admits to the fact).
If a boss treated me to such outrageous questioning, I would tell him to take his accusations and shove them up his rear ended.
If a partner did so, I would be out of there.
When people of limited mental ability complain: ‘they made me confess’ , now I know how it’s done… it’s an ugly thing indeed.

I recognise that these tactics will make it much easier to catch social liars, but most of the techniques involve deception from your side!
It would be interesting to see two practitioners of this book having a conversation…
In fact some of these methods were so unethical that I stopped listening altogether. Will they work? Yes if your counterpart talks willingly. But if you were to stoop so low that you interrogate them as if they are criminals, it says a lot about the kind of relationship you have: as a boss, as a friend or as a partner.
My recommendation: skip this book and find one on building better relationships.