How to understand a person's character, his emotions and values, simply by observing him and asking questions? Getting an idea of people in a jiffy is not an easy task. But only because you do not own the tools collected in this book. People give us more information than they think. Learn to decipher it and use it for your own purposes. You can then make inferences about people's emotions, behavior, past experiences, and personality traits based on small but crucial pieces of information. This analysis will give you tremendous insight into people - new and old acquaintances. Of course, you won't learn to read minds, but armed with knowledge about behavioral tendencies, developmental psychology, motivation and personality theories, as well as natural and acquired characteristics, you will understand people even better than they understand themselves. And, of course, it is always important to know whether a person is lying to you or not. Understanding others is the first step to self-knowledge. Analyze the characteristics of people in order to conflict less often, build relationships with them correctly and encourage frankness. After reading this book, you will learn about the most common personality assessment methods; learn to analyze simple answers to simple questions; understand how theories of motivation determine our behavior; You will be able to read people's emotions and social cues, as well as body language and facial expressions. The knowledge gained will allow you to thoroughly understand people and quickly increase your emotional and social intelligence.