If you want to know what a person really thinks and what motives they are motivated by, pay attention to his gestures.
In the West, knowledge of non-verbal language is a prerequisite for everyone who applies for a leadership position. It takes practice to read people like an open book. However, the meaning of some gestures is not so difficult to determine - together with the look and facial expressions, they will tell a lot of interesting things about the interlocutor.
Sympathy gestures
With the subject of his interest, the man will talk, leaning forward slightly, using all the possibilities of his voice, or touch the shoulder of the lady who has charmed him. A woman who is not indifferent to the gentleman will gracefully shake her head to throw her hair back, stroke some object (for example, a glass), and play flirtatiously with a shoe.
If in your presence someone begins to preen (straightens clothes, hair), the likelihood that he likes you is 90%.
Readiness gestures
One of these gestures is the "hands on hips" gesture. Surely, intending to disassemble your lover, you are using it. Another gesture is palms on your knees. So, a seated person, ready to get up and leave, leans on them with his hands. At the same time, rubbing his knees, he expresses his willingness to answer you.
Openness gestures
When we feel guilty, we hide our hands in our pockets or behind our backs, but striving for an open and friendly conversation, we open them with our palms up. Open people never hide their hands, but, on the contrary, demonstrate them, showing the sincerity of their feelings.
Nervous gestures
Any obsessive hand gestures indicate internal conflict, fear or anxiety. A person can bite his nails, snapping his fingers, pinching the skin, fingering folds of clothes in his hands, and pulling at his hair. The most eloquent sign of completely cleared nerves is the repeated repetition of the same hand movements.
Closed gestures
In what situation do you sit cross-legged and even with your arms crossed on your chest? Most likely, surrounded by unfamiliar, hostile or unsympathetic people. It has been noticed that people in a new environment are more likely to take closed poses. So we seem to limit our space, protect it from prying eyes.
