Henrik has created a fun and very useful audiobook

If you, like me are a huge fan of Derren Brown, you will really enjoy this book. Henrik's ability to teach listeners how to improve their understanding of human behavior, gain a better understanding of ourselves in the process, improve their interactions with others and have fun with the skills that we can all acquire with practice, practice and more practice.

l will now buy the paperback and pre-order his upcoming book The Art of Social Excellence, take notes, make mind maps and of course, practice and incorporate the skills discussed in the excellent book.

Highly recommended!!

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Sound science with some enjoyment

The book is certainly not exactly what the "fancy" title suggests :-).

It is actual science, based on behavioural analysis and worth a thought for you in all human relationships: If you're casually at a bar, a medic professional who is careful about what info you are conveying to your patient (and what truths you're getting), discussing with your significamt one, avoiding the worst in a traffic misunderstanding, or simply spending some fun time with friends. The fact is, body language will tell you some special "words", no matter what.

Use this knowledge with ethics, add a pint of emotional control, and you may be rewarded with a more
peaceful way out of conflicts.

Use it with a pint of evil insteead? You might get something out of it, if your partner is inattentive and naïve. Or you might not.

I shoult tell you a story: My earlier boss has tried it with me once; not only she (yes, it was "she", and I am "he") did nod succeed. I managed to force it out of it, and — to my surprise — one of the people present suddenly cried: "She's trying to 'read' him!". So it unexpectedly backfired.

Mind you, this is not the first book about the topic I read; and also, body language has strong cultural influences. But bad morals are not that difficult to pick out if you're attentive to it.