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Summary: Good concepts, practical examples, easy to employ
Review: This book provides a number of good concepts on detecting the truth and understanding how to get at information that you really want. This is not a book that attempts to understand why people lie, but rather provides a number of useful tips, tricks, and tools to put into play to detect lies or incomplete inforamtion. This is an excellent collection of concepts that are typically scattered across various books on the subject of negotations and truth detection. Couple this book with some on personalities and behaviors and you've got yourself a nice kit for lie detection and information gathering.
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Summary: Get the info you need in detecting & dealing with deception!
Review: This was the first book I read on the subject after discovering that I was married to a chronic liar. It was very helpful in showing me the clues to look for when dealing with him, and in circumventing his denial and obfuscation of the facts in order to learn the truth. Indeed, I wish I had read this long ago, as I was reading the book I recognized multiple clues that I had overlooked! Useful in any interpersonal or business environment.
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Summary: Good for students of Selling Techniques
Review: Yes, if you are a teacher of selling techniques this book will be very helpful for you. I teach a sales class and use the ideas in this book in the class. Anyone who wants to understand human behavior and the psychology of human truth should read this book.
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Summary: G R E A T but...
Review: I cannot say that this book is anything but GREAT but I had to rate it three stars because the chapters:1. The signs of deception are easy to understand and follow but cannot be reliable to judge someone... you need more proof! 2. Becoming a Human Lie Detector: some detectors are already built-in in our minds and were used even when we were kids. Some are easy to be applied... AND SOME ARE SO GREAT... but others cannot be used except in court or if you really want to destory the relationship! 3. Tactics: are good detectors and can easily apply in casual conversations which I found to be very useful. 4. Mind Games: I found to be good but not highly powerful. 5. Advanced Techniques: ahhh maybe this chapter needs a smarter man than me! This is the most difficult chapter to apply but could be the best to be used by detectives/lawyers... etc. 6. Psychology On Your Side: I found this chapter to be very good, and analytic. 7. Internal Truth Blockers: This covers when we allow our emotions to take control, very reasonable analysis. 8. External Truth Blockers: if you are the kind of person who get easily fooled by salesmen or cheer leaders or lap dogs, then this chapter rings the bell every time one tries to fool you again! In summary this book for sure helps to detect and even prevent a lie from taking place. This book even helps you to pull out the truth. To normal people, this book is very useful. To detectives\lawyers... this book is a MUST!
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Summary: Not very nice
Review: Author was pretty mean. He said stuff like lie to get other people to tell the truth. Didn't like that.
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Summary: Tried and true hidden techniques to get to the truth
Review: This book shows you how to get to the truth using techniques that the subject will not even be aware are being used against them. This book is broken down into 8 basic sections. Each section gets more advanced on methods to get to the truth. After you read this book you will be able to determine if someone is being completely truthful with you in a matter of minutes. You learn how to structure your questions, what body language to look for and audible clues. You learn what is often not spoken is as important as what is spoken. Remember people generally want to be honesty unless they feel justified in their own minds. Its up to you to determine their ulterior motives if you feel they are not being honest with you.
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Summary: Never be lied to again
Review: A sick and cynical book. Listened to the audio version. and had to force myself to listen to the end. A laundry list of signs indicating lying, and manipulative techniques to feret out the truth, many of which are inadequtely explained. Perhaps useful for professionals used to dealing with criminals and cronic liars, but in general an ugly and depressing view of human nature. A real downer! Try "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" for more useful approach to dealing with human relationships, and avoiding being lied to in the first place.
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Summary: It is a great book to get the general idea, but not in depth
Review: Probably if you are reading this review, you are wondering, does this book really work? Can you find out the truth in 5 mins or less? Is it Easy to understand? My answer is, to a certain degree is yes! To answer the first question, the techniques in this book does work. The author only provided a limited number of examples in the book to show you how it works and left the rest for you to think up. An example would be to see if a person is lying. Ask the question directly to his/her face and ask her to repeat it while you are watching for her eye, and body movement. For the second question, you can't find out the truth in 5 mins or less! Some technique, in order for you to tell if the person is lying, you have to prep. and this can take time. For the third question, yes this book is easy to understand. The author provided numerous example that are easy to follow.
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Summary: Corrections Officer
Review: This is a very good book. I use it to find out information about inmates just about every day. Anyone who is in the business of getting at the truth will find this book invaluable. Especially when it can be a matter of life and death. Great solid techniques fill the book. Anyone who complains about this book doesn't live in the real world. This book is invaluable. A wealth of information
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Summary: Avoid this book!
Review: The purpose of this book is to teach you how to detect lying. But in order to do that, this book teaches you to become a liar yourself. I couldn't use most of these techniques without feeling completely manipulative and dishonest, and since I know what it's like to be on the receiving end of that, I'll use my own intuition instead, as faulty as it may be.
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