How to Spot a Liar

Another great book from the Hartley and Karinch team. Adopting a slightly military approach, this book covers the body language, vocal, verbal, and other body responses that occur when we lie. Also, the author discusses how personality type can affect how likely a person is to tell lies, which is very helpful because it gives us a broader context.There are also lists of various factors that might motivate people to lie, and of course there are numerous strategies to reveal liars. My feelings on these issues are that in relationships involving people close to you, the most important thing is skilled communication, which in itself will lead toward honesty. In fact, when good communication is properly established, lying becomes a lot less likely to be an issue. This book may help achieve honesty and trust, but there are times when the feel is a little heavy handed, possibly encouraging people to interrogate where more skilled communication would be more appropriate. I feel that we need to exercise some caution. Playing mind games inside a relationship creates distance between those involved - paradoxically making people NEED to tell fibs, and, ironically, these people resent having to tell these little lies. David Lieberman, in his book, stresses the importance of respect in relationships (explaining exactly why), and this importance is not so stressed here. In defence of the author, he does say that honest relationships are best, but the feel of the writing is still just a little bit interrogatory. This is only my opinion, and, of course, the book is about discovering liars, NOT about relationships!There is some use of the NLP eye movement patterns; I've tried testing these time and time again, since so many NLP books use these, but I've never found any correlation between eye movement and sensory or memory access. Can someone put me straight on this? Is there any truth in this or is it some extended April fool?Overall, this book provides a wealth of useful material. I like it. Get this, and also get David Lieberman's book on the same topic  Never be Lied to Again . The two books are written by two very different people, giving you two very different takes on the subject. Both books are a great read, and both are full of useful material. Also have a look at  Liespotting  which offers a little more material, and  Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage , which, written by a leading psychologist, discusses body responses and monitoring equipment, and places emphasises on reading micro-expressions. Never be Lied to AgainLiespottingTelling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage

Veryinteresting

ha ha great book to read and its all true did laugh. Book arrived on time and in good nick. Would suggest this to others

Good book

Great buy