SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 06: Supermodel Kristy Hinze enjoys watching the action during the final round of the 2009 Australian Open at New South Wales Golf Club on December 6, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
The further we swing our arms while walking, the more confidence we are showing. The confidence you are showing will be broken if it is becomes too large, or over the top; this is why some models on the catwalk look silly while others look great- it is the difference between subtle and large arm motions.
When walking think energy- this usually translates to confidence.◦
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Confidence in the Walk
Someone Take the Pain and Disgust Away
This business man obviously doesn't like what he just read in the paper. Emotional pain looks the same as physical pain on our faces.
Disgust is shown in the mouth and on the bridge of his nose. Closing his eyes is done subconsciously to remove what he has just seen from his vision and is classic eye blocking.◦
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Disgust and Fear
Here we see subtle disgust in the mouth area, see how the top of her mouth moves upward. This is involuntary and closes off the nasal passages.
Fear is seen in the eyes and forehead. In both anger and fear we can see a line form between the eyebrows as seen in this photograph. In anger we'd expect her eyes to be more "beady" instead of open.◦
Microexpression Training Review of Humintell’s MiX 2- Frontal, Profile and 3/4 Views Training
You may have remembered a little while back me posting about new tools developed by Humintell that replaced the older tools.
Well I have had an opportunity to kick the tires on some of their new tools and I am impressed.
Detecting microexpressions is all important to the craft of reading people, and one of the fundamentals of doing so. This is the same training government agencies that are in charge of the security use and train with the MiX 2- Frontal, Profile and 3/4 Views Training, it is the best of the best.
If you used to the old METT you will want to upgrade. I could score a 100% each and every time using the METT, with the MiX 2- Frontal, Profile and 3/4 Views Training I have been once again challenged. I had more control over the speed, and at a faster speed it took a little training to once again detect the subtle differences between fear and surprise.
The ¾ and profile views are a great addition and enhance your ability to read micro expressions in real life settings; after all it is not often you are looking at people straight on. I first thought it would be difficult, if not impossible to tell the difference between a smile and contempt from the profile angle, and I was wrong. Also the profile angle shows things like the eyebrows protruding in anger, subtle things that would take years to notice in the real world.
I can endorse the MiX 2- Frontal, Profile and 3/4 Views Training program and suggest if you want to be an expert, get certified immediately. It is not often you can spend an hour learning, practicing, and becoming certified that changes the way you look at the world and give you a clearer understanding of people.
Advanced Microexpression Training at Humintell◦
The Spying For Lying Poll
I need your help- I average about 10,000 visitors a month and get some feedback from your emails and comments, but I do not have a clear idea what types of posts you really like the most, so I created a poll that is on the right hand side of the page. Please take a moment and let me know what you like best about the site.
Thanks in Advance, John◦
Monday, December 7, 2009
Where is Dangerous Waldo?
A massive demonstration in support of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi is formed as supporters gather on the streets of Tehran to demonstrate against the results of the Iranian presidential election, in Tehran, Iran on June 15, 2009. The march came hours after Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered an examination into election fraud.
There are several things you could look for if you were in charge of security and evaluating who is most likely to erupt in violence.
This situation is tenuous at best, and as we later learn violence did indeed breakout. Crowd hysteria and/or mob violence is the most serious and dangerous of situations and once a crowd become violent it often leads to the most serious of man versus man assaults; where whatever had brought them together is soon forgotten and the strong pounce on the weak regardless of ideology or sides. It becomes an opportunity to inflict pain on another human simply because the adrenaline is present and the opportunity has presented itself.
I see one person who is a threat. I have placed an explanation in the comments, and I will outline what to look for...◦
Full Surprise
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton awaits the start of the Freedom Award at the Freedom Challenge Dinner in Berlin on November 8, 2009. Clinton received the Freedom Award, given in recognition of the recipient's fight for democracy and liberty. The event was held in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall which will be celebrated on November 9 in the German capital.◦
My Thoughts on the Secret Service
A cadet climbs into the buffer zone for a photo with U.S. President Barack Obama after he spoke about his decision to increase U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan by about 30,000 during a speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, on December 1, 2009.
The Secret Service is getting a pretty bad rap lately. You can see them in the background here ready to spring into action if needed.
I have the utmost respect for the Secret Service and the men and women who protect those who serve. I know three, now retired, former agents; have gone though some of the same training they have (Microexpression and Dangerous Demeanor training); and have just finished the book, In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect
The criticism is welcomed, deserved, and something has to change.
It is great someone got into the White House uncleared for the first official dinner.
Since the Secret Service has fallen under the Department of Homeland Security they have had to fight for their budget and doing more with less is not what is occurring, they are doing less with less. If you talk to the agents in the field they would agree with everything I am stating. They do not have the latest weapons and would be outgunned in a gun battle; they do not recognize or train for the very real modern threats to their protectees (I will not state them here for security reasons) thereby will be unprepared for threats commonly seen in assination attempts to other country's leaders that have been successful; CAT teams travel with protectees and they are equivalent to a SWAT team, a full team is 5+ members, many are operating with just 2; turnover is at an all time high for a variety of reasons, and I could go on for another couple of pages of issues.
There is a real threat to the safety of the protectees and the agents of the Secret Service. There has been real concerns voiced but change does not occur. I think is is a good thing that a couple was able to gain access to the President and did not mean him harm, because it is things like this that should be a wake up call and set in motion real attention to the important and necessary changes that need to occur, because it should not take an attempted assassination to be the catalist for change.
At Amazon an excerpt of the book In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect
Microexpression of Fear
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 13: Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) talks with reporters before the committee is set to vote on health care reform legislation on Capitol Hill October 13, 2009 in Washington, DC. Snowe has not tipped her hand about which way she will vote on the groundbreaking legislation but some believe she may be the only Republican to support the bill.
Take a look at this photo taken several months ago that I just ran across.
Tightness in the lips, wide eyes with a great deal of whiteness showing, and lines across the forehead. Unmistakable Fear.◦
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Victory Fist Pump
TOKYO - DECEMBER 06: Shigeki Maruyama of Japan holds the trophy after winning the Nippon Series JT Cup at Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club on December 6, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.
This fist pump is obviously for the cameras, but is genuine.◦
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