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Spotting Deception Isn’t That Hard; You Just Don’t Know What To Look For
6 things you can do to know if someone is being deceptive.
Human interactions are complex.
People are sometimes deceptive and don’t always reveal their true motives. You have to learn to figure out who is real and who isn’t.
A huge part of protecting yourself from deception is knowing what to look for in anyone you suspect to be something they’re not.
Here are 6 things that have proven to work well over time.
We All Have Baseline Behavior
Everyone you know has a baseline behavior, including you.
Baseline behaviors are benchmark behaviors that a person is so used to that they now seem like second nature.
It could be the way they talk, smile, look, or stand—anything they would usually do in normal situations.
If someone, for some reason, begins to act in a way that deviates from their baseline, you need to pay attention to those behavior changes and ask yourself why.
For example, you know someone is typically calm and rarely shows signs of anger. All of a sudden, they’re tensed, jittery, and fidgety. This is a shift you can't help but…
