Communication
Do you believe in non-verbal communication ? I definitely do, especially to detect when people are trying to bluff along. In dealing with suppliers of various materials, this is something of paramount importance. Sit across the table with someone, they give their price, and I tell them what final price they need to give in order to take the order. If the guy’s hand goes immediately anywhere-usually it goes to cover his lips, sometimes to scratch his hair, sometimes to his ear, sometimes even,err, going down to ball-scratching, I can be sure-he’s bluffing, and then he says something, you can be sure that he’s bluffing, trying to see how far I will stretch my budget for the product. Also, his(Very rarely, her) eyes will shift away- not make eye contact, so to speak. And, you can be sure that he/she is telling nothing close to the truth, and, everything but the truth. Similarly, watch out for the non-verbal cues at parties, at movies, at love rendezvous(es), et al. Hands folded, hands ...