Joe Navarro

If you're writing, you're not observing. And observing is actually more important than writing. Now, if you started talking and mentioned, if you had mentioned the suprasternal notch, I might have, okay, is that super or suprasternal notch? Okay, that's a worthy note. And then I come back and revisit. But if I'm writing all the time, I have young people tell me, well, you're just an old timer.

If you're writing, you're not observing. And observing is actually more important than writing. Now, if you started talking and mentioned, if you had mentioned the suprasternal notch, I might have, okay, is that super or suprasternal notch? Okay, that's a worthy note. And then I come back and revisit. But if I'm writing all the time, I have young people tell me, well, you're just an old timer.

This is how we've grown up. I can tell you that from an evolutionary standpoint, we cannot outdo our DNA. We just cannot simply... For instance, schools come in and say, well, you can't hug the students anymore. Okay. Don't expect... You know, why do we have depressed students? Why do we—there's any number of things, but I can tell you this.

This is how we've grown up. I can tell you that from an evolutionary standpoint, we cannot outdo our DNA. We just cannot simply... For instance, schools come in and say, well, you can't hug the students anymore. Okay. Don't expect... You know, why do we have depressed students? Why do we—there's any number of things, but I can tell you this.

We evolved to hug, to touch, to greet each other, you know, your best mate, all that stuff. When we used to wrestle with our buddies, right, that play, that play wrestling, all that is is covert touching. Yeah. It's because our species needs it. Humans need to touch. There are certain things that humans need, and one of them is this facial interactions.

We evolved to hug, to touch, to greet each other, you know, your best mate, all that stuff. When we used to wrestle with our buddies, right, that play, that play wrestling, all that is is covert touching. Yeah. It's because our species needs it. Humans need to touch. There are certain things that humans need, and one of them is this facial interactions.

When you're focused on writing, you're actually taking away from that.

When you're focused on writing, you're actually taking away from that.

And there's bad ones. So I always say when you shake hands, the fingers are down. Right. A lot of people put their finger up. And so when they shake, let's see if we can reach each other. And so when they go like this, now you have their finger in this. This is an erogenous area of your body. This is what you kiss. Yeah. Well, the inside of the wrist is an erogenous area.

And there's bad ones. So I always say when you shake hands, the fingers are down. Right. A lot of people put their finger up. And so when they shake, let's see if we can reach each other. And so when they go like this, now you have their finger in this. This is an erogenous area of your body. This is what you kiss. Yeah. Well, the inside of the wrist is an erogenous area.

And so now you have this man's finger here and it's just weird. So the fingers are low and the pressure is applied equally. Right.

And so now you have this man's finger here and it's just weird. So the fingers are low and the pressure is applied equally. Right.

Yeah, don't do a Donald Trump handshake. Don't jerk the hand. Don't squeeze it too tight. Don't play jujitsu. People my age have arthritis. I'm never impressed. I've had men come in, and they're big and burly, and they squeeze my hand, and it's like, are you serious? What about the cupping?

Yeah, don't do a Donald Trump handshake. Don't jerk the hand. Don't squeeze it too tight. Don't play jujitsu. People my age have arthritis. I'm never impressed. I've had men come in, and they're big and burly, and they squeeze my hand, and it's like, are you serious? What about the cupping?

So cupping of the hand is okay with really people you know, but most people don't like to have their hands engulfed. If you want to touch somebody else's hand, so you shake the hand and then you touch the upper arm and all of that.

So cupping of the hand is okay with really people you know, but most people don't like to have their hands engulfed. If you want to touch somebody else's hand, so you shake the hand and then you touch the upper arm and all of that.

So he starts out with an arm down, but he's touching his neck, covering his neck. He's crimping the left side of his face, and he's massaging his forehead and his neck. So, I mean, we look at it and we say, okay, these are all emblematic of psychological discomfort. Now, why that is, we see his eyelid flutter. He's touching his face. Why is that? I don't know.

So he starts out with an arm down, but he's touching his neck, covering his neck. He's crimping the left side of his face, and he's massaging his forehead and his neck. So, I mean, we look at it and we say, okay, these are all emblematic of psychological discomfort. Now, why that is, we see his eyelid flutter. He's touching his face. Why is that? I don't know.

It's not now there's a cathartic exhale. Looks like he's reading one of my books. What I would tell you is, is these are all the behaviors you wouldn't want from a leader. You would certainly you see that from a follower, but not a leader. You'll never see a general do any of that. Certainly not in the US Army or the British Army.

It's not now there's a cathartic exhale. Looks like he's reading one of my books. What I would tell you is, is these are all the behaviors you wouldn't want from a leader. You would certainly you see that from a follower, but not a leader. You'll never see a general do any of that. Certainly not in the US Army or the British Army.