The Power of Body Language

How to Succeed in Every Business and Social Encounter

By: Tonya Reiman

Narrated by: Tonya Reiman

Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

The Power of Body Language is your practical, personal playbook for getting what you desire from others—and zoning in on what others are saying to you without words. In an insightful and engaging narrative peppered with fascinating facts, nationally renowned body-language expert Tonya Reiman illuminates the hidden meaning behind specific gestures, facial cues, stances, and body movements - giving you a life-changing, career-saving, troubleshooting skill you will never leave home without. Learn how to:

• Decode what other people are thinking and feeling
• Take control of your own secret signals
• Gain trust—and detect untrustworthiness
• Ace a job interview
• Read a face to know a person’s inner emotional state
• Make a dazzling first impression
• Exude confidence—even when you’re not feeling it
• Recognize if someone is sexually attracted to you
• Understand why men and women “speak” a different language… and much more

America’s body-language expert Tonya Reiman, who has appeared on The O’Reilly Factor, the Today show, Access Hollywood, and Fast Money, shows you how to unlock THE Power of Body Language. Learn to use it. Learn to read others. And tap into success like never before.

©2008 Tonya Reiman (P)2010 Gildan Media Corp

Good book for the intermediate business woman

1. It's a good book for the 20 year old getting into business.
2. Geared towards women in business / Dating
3. Men are viewed more "ruff" in regards to interpreting body language, feeling and understanding.

Great Listen!

Where does The Power of Body Language rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Very helpful for those working with others to strengthen themselves in interpersonal relationships.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Power of Body Language?

How you can change others feelings toward you with body language.

pay close attention

Sometimes you may lose track of what is being narrated. Just start over and pay close attention. Nothing basic about this book. very informative, but sometimes hard to relate because the narrator has a monotone voice.

Know what you didn't know!

Would you listen to The Power of Body Language again? Why?

I have already listened to the entire two sets twice. The detail and technical descriptions are excellent and listening to it a second time helped me focus on the specific details better. Always learning something more each time.

What did you like best about this story?

The examples and real life situations resonated with me. I coudl immediatly start to visualize how to use these observation skill or have experienced them without knowing what I was percieving.

Have you listened to any of Tonya Reiman’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Not yet, but I will.

What insight do you think you’ll apply from The Power of Body Language?

You can learn so much about specific situation that either you are in or observing from afar. I have already been able to work on building better reporte with people at work and in social situations.

Any additional comments?

This is a must read and should be taught as a basic element for communications classes. Highly useful to understanding your situation, client, friend, spose or even children. It's so true that its written all over peoples faces.

Waste of time!

I've studied human behavior and other human aspects for some time! I only have a BA. I'm no fancy, expensive degree holding, "EXPERT" but, I'm confident in most of my analyzations. I do know, you don't need a degree to understand most body language!!! Tonya gives herself way too much credit, which most people with expensive bull Sh@# degree's do!!! But, socity validates them by listening!!! Truth is in this case, If your human, you've already read this book! Even if you're a so, called, (Body Language EXPERT) you'll never be absolutely sure what vibe a persons giving off. A funny smirk, a twitchy leg? They may just need to find a restroom. I could start a widget advisory business and buffalo everyone!! Who'd be wiser. As long as your good at stating the obvious, people will agree and think you know what you're talking about!!! We analyze people every day!!!! We consciously and unconsciously analyze folks and react without missing a beat!!! Most of us just don't waste our time writing about it!!! Someone looks at you mean, you punch there nose, or keep away, no secret! She blabs about a young professional woman who gets no respect from her male subordinates. She finds out this women comes to work dressed like a wh-re and teaches her not to!!! And credits herself for helping her!!! Wow, seems pretty obvious to me!!!! Act and look like a wh-re!!! Get treated like one!!! I guess, do to human nature it's just fun to think you're figuring it out. Real fun when stupid, impressionable people pay you for it!!! My advise, save your money, go to the mall or a crowded (Or not so crowded) place and watch for a little while. You'll learn all you need to know and not have a huge collage loan to pay off, AND, your book will probably be more informational!!! This Just reinforces the point I try to make to people . A beautiful lamb skin degree, framed over the fire place, from an expensive, Ivy league school isn't worth anything compared to true, life experience.

So-so...some good information but lacking focus

I learned some good information about body language and perception from this book but I feel that it needed to be better focused on teaching people how to analyse themselves and implement techniques for adjusting their own body language to meet what they desired to be and feel. It did a little of that but there was too much insignificant fluff that clouded it.

I would be ok with the author leaving out ALL of the tips for how to seduce the opposite sex. I felt like the subject drifted into instructions for hookers.

Not for men

I get the feeling this book is written to female a audience; she definitely think women are better at everything than men. If is was more balanced it would’ve been a good book