Vanessa Van Edwards on the best way to open a conversation, first impressions and The Similarity Attraction Effect

G’day to all of you beautiful listeners, we are up to episode number 13. This guest is a behavioral investigator, published author by Penguin, public speaker and body language trainer specializing in science-based people skills. She’s a Huffington Post columnist and her ground-breaking work has been featured on NPR, the Wall Street Journal, the Today Show and USA Today. And has written for CNN, Fast Company and Forbes.

She also the founder of the Science of People which is a human behavior research lab. Where they basically demonstrate how people work, including:

• The Science of Attraction
• Human Lie Detection
• Body Language Hacks
• The Psychology of Jealousy
• The Secrets of Persuasion

Really interesting stuff!

On this episode, our guest describes herself as a “Recovering Boring Person” and now her goal is to teach all of us how to be the most memorable person in the room.

I present, the human puzzle solving Jedi; Vanessa Van Edwards.

More on Vanessa can be found on the links below:

http://www.scienceofpeople.com

Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/vvanpetten

Instagram: @VvanEdwards

Twitter: @VvanEdwards

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