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Famous Faces Decoded: A Guidebook for Reading Others
Heralded by Kirkus Reviews as a "smart, entertaining book" with "clear examples," Famous Faces Decoded includes nearly 200 graphic elements that make it reader-friendly, including 28 photos of a model posing the various expressions that reveal seven core emotions. Online bonus materials features a quiz for readers to practice their new-found skills, and most of all a wealth of celebrity photographs as reference points.
Unless you've never been lied to in life, you know that words aren't enough in assessing people and situations. Vital to emotional intelligence is fluently reading the language of facial expressions. Famous Faces Decoded shows you that emotions are hidden in plain sight on all of our faces. You'll learn how emotions shape and reflect our personalities, driving behavior. There is no better, in-the-moment way to reliably grasp what's going on with those you love or work with. This book if full of lively stories about stars you know, or think you know, from the realms of Hollywood, music, sports, and the media, to leading politicians and business people. The examples highlight celebrities from four The Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Gen X-ers, and Millennials. From whom to hire, to sales, negotiations, and interacting with your boss, colleagues or customers, as well as in dating, marriage, or handling your kids, Famous Faces Decoded will help anyone keen on securing more steadfast rapport with others.
Unless you've never been lied to in life, you know that words aren't enough in assessing people and situations. Vital to emotional intelligence is fluently reading the language of facial expressions. Famous Faces Decoded shows you that emotions are hidden in plain sight on all of our faces. You'll learn how emotions shape and reflect our personalities, driving behavior. There is no better, in-the-moment way to reliably grasp what's going on with those you love or work with. This book if full of lively stories about stars you know, or think you know, from the realms of Hollywood, music, sports, and the media, to leading politicians and business people. The examples highlight celebrities from four The Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Gen X-ers, and Millennials. From whom to hire, to sales, negotiations, and interacting with your boss, colleagues or customers, as well as in dating, marriage, or handling your kids, Famous Faces Decoded will help anyone keen on securing more steadfast rapport with others.
294 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 12, 2018
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About the author
Dan Hill
8 books21 followersDan is an internationally recognized expert on emotions and personalities, and the host of "Dan HIll's EQ Spotlight" podcast on the New Books Network devoted to interviewing quality authors. Dan's three latest books consist of:
1) Famous Faces Decoded: A Guidebook for Reading Others, an EQ primer using celebrity photos and stories to assist, among others, teachers, sales people, managers, and people dating or in marriages read and navigate the emotions people's faces reveal.
2) Two Cheers for Democracy: How Emotions Drive Leadership Style, an exploration of what emotive patterns correlate best to effectiveness in office (U.S. presidents) or in creating stable democracies (abroad).
3) First Blush: People's Intuitive Reactions to Famous Art, a study using eye tracking and facial coding to capture the specific see/feel responses of people to 88 art works, ranging from paintings to photography.
Dan is the founder and president of Sensory Logic, Inc., which pioneered the use of facial coding to scientifically capture and quantify emotions in business beginning in 1998 and has done consulting work for over 50% of the world's top 100 business-to-consumer (B2C) oriented companies. Dan is the recipient of seven U.S. patents related to facial coding and is also a certified Facial Action Coding System (FACS) practitioner.
Dan’s TV appearances have ranged from ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Bloomberg TV, CNBC, CNN, ESPN, Fox, MSNBC, NBC’s “The Today Show,” and PBS, to The Tennis Channel. Besides front-page coverage in The New York Times, other print and digital coverage of Dan’s work has included: Allure, China Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Fast Company, The Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Politico, Time, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal.
Dan received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University, following studies at St. Olaf College, Oxford University and Brown University. Along with his wife, Karen Bernthal, he lives in St. Paul, Minnesota and Palm Desert, California.
1) Famous Faces Decoded: A Guidebook for Reading Others, an EQ primer using celebrity photos and stories to assist, among others, teachers, sales people, managers, and people dating or in marriages read and navigate the emotions people's faces reveal.
2) Two Cheers for Democracy: How Emotions Drive Leadership Style, an exploration of what emotive patterns correlate best to effectiveness in office (U.S. presidents) or in creating stable democracies (abroad).
3) First Blush: People's Intuitive Reactions to Famous Art, a study using eye tracking and facial coding to capture the specific see/feel responses of people to 88 art works, ranging from paintings to photography.
Dan is the founder and president of Sensory Logic, Inc., which pioneered the use of facial coding to scientifically capture and quantify emotions in business beginning in 1998 and has done consulting work for over 50% of the world's top 100 business-to-consumer (B2C) oriented companies. Dan is the recipient of seven U.S. patents related to facial coding and is also a certified Facial Action Coding System (FACS) practitioner.
Dan’s TV appearances have ranged from ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Bloomberg TV, CNBC, CNN, ESPN, Fox, MSNBC, NBC’s “The Today Show,” and PBS, to The Tennis Channel. Besides front-page coverage in The New York Times, other print and digital coverage of Dan’s work has included: Allure, China Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Fast Company, The Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Politico, Time, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal.
Dan received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University, following studies at St. Olaf College, Oxford University and Brown University. Along with his wife, Karen Bernthal, he lives in St. Paul, Minnesota and Palm Desert, California.
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March 28, 2022
TBH - I did not finish reading this. I stopped maybe 1/3 the way through. I was hoping for more pics than was delivered. I feel the web access to actual photos would be insightful ....but the site did not function. I tried on 2 different computers and browsers. Anyone else have luck?
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