#185 Blake Eastman: Learn to Read Anyone

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Blake Eastman has dedicated his entire life to psychology and nonverbal behavior.

In 2009 he founded The Nonverbal Group, a behavioral research and education company in New York City which conducts large scale studies on human behavior and uses a wide range of technologies to systematically deconstruct and improve human communication.

Eastman dives deep into how we communicate with one another, including the ability to read nonverbal cues, his thoughts on big talkers vs. silent types, how we can communicate with our partners without complaining, the value of watching ourselves communicate on video, understanding the power structures and social dynamics at work, and so much more.

Eastman has also served as an adjunct psychology professor at the City University of New York for six years where he taught General Psychology, Developmental Psychology, and Group Dynamics. He is also a former professional poker player and the founder of School of Cards, the first brick-and-mortar poker school in New York City.

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0:00.0	make your behavior about others and not yourself.
0:03.0	So how can you optimize your behavior for the people around you
0:07.0	as opposed to what you're going through?
0:09.0	It's a very helpful exercise for people that are in their head,
0:12.0	and I think the best
0:13.8	communicators and the people that are the most well-liked are consciously
0:17.3	doing this they're putting other people first and it's just sort of like a
0:20.8	a reaction or a way of doing it. Welcome to the Knowledge Project a podcast about mastering the best of what other people have already figured out so you can apply
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1:21.4	Check out the show notes for a link. My guest on this episode of
1:26.1	the podcast is Blake Eastman who has dedicated his entire life to psychology and non-verbal behavior. In 2009 he founded the Nonverbal
1:38.2	Group of Behavioral Research and Education Company in New York City, which conducts large-scale studies. and deconstruct and improve human communication. In this episode
1:55.1	Eastman dives into a number of subjects revolving around how we communicate
1:59.6	with one another including the ability to read read nonverbal cues, his thoughts on big talkers
2:06.0	versus silent types, how we can communicate with our partners without complaining, the value of watching ourselves communicate on video,
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