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Read People Without the Myths

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What the research says about reading people: how well we spot lies (54%), why the eyes don't give liars away, what faces and first impressions really reveal, why knowing someone longer breeds confidence more than accuracy, why asking beats imagining, and how to check a story against evidence without becoming suspicious of everyone.

2h 57m5 constellations
AT THE SUMMIT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO

01Stop trusting body-language “tells” that don't hold up

02Treat first impressions and facial expressions as clues, not verdicts

03Ask instead of guessing, and go deeper than you expect

04Check high-stakes stories against evidence, with base rates in mind

Every lesson of Read People Without the Myths

15 lessons in 5 levels, about 3 hours. Level 1 is free.

Level 1Spotting Lies: The EvidenceFree · 3 lessons
  1. 54%: how well we spot liesKnow how accurate people really are at spotting lies, and why we lean toward belief.11 min
  2. The gaze mythSwap the world's favorite lie cue for what the research actually found.12 min
  3. Checkpoint: why lie-catchers failUnderstand what limits lie detection, and what could improve it.12 min
Level 2Faces and First ImpressionsMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Judged in 100 millisecondsSee how fast first impressions form, and what extra time really adds.11 min
  2. Faces that win electionsSeparate how consequential impressions are from how accurate they are.12 min
  3. Checkpoint: what a face can't tell youStop reading facial expressions as verdicts on what people feel.12 min
Level 3Knowing SomeoneMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Thin slices: what glimpses get rightKnow what brief impressions capture well, and what they don't.12 min
  2. Confident, not accurateSee why knowing someone longer raises confidence more than accuracy.11 min
  3. Checkpoint: listen harderUse the channel that carries feelings best.12 min
Level 4Ask, Don't GuessMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Perspective getting, not takingSwap imagining someone's view for asking about it.12 min
  2. Go deeper than you expectAsk the deeper question you're avoiding. It's less awkward than you think.11 min
  3. Checkpoint: the question habitTurn guesses about people into questions, as a habit.11 min
Level 5Reading People HonestlyMembership · 3 lessons
  1. Evidence beats body languageWhen the truth matters, compare what people say with what you know.13 min
  2. Most people, most of the timeUse base rates to see what suspicion really costs.12 min
  3. Capstone: read people honestlyPull the path into your own rules for reading people.13 min
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AFTER THE CORE

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