The Reading Facial Gestures IQ Matrix explores how to better recognize and understand the meaning of various facial expressions and gestures that people use. We are typically very conscious of the way we express ourselves verbally. The words we speak communicate what’s on our mind. People, however, don’t always say what’s on their mind. In fact, people may hold back from speaking their minds in various instances. They may even consciously choose to mislead us with their choice of words. As a result, their words will often not reveal what they’re thinking and feeling. What’s hidden within, still, however, expresses itself externally through people’s facial gestures.
This mind map breaks down the underlying meaning of various facial gestures that people use including the head, face, cheeks, chin, mouth, lips, eyes, teeth, tongue, nose, and forehead. The map outlines how people typically use their faces to express their thoughts, emotions, and feelings in various ways.
Here is a quick breakdown of each branch of the Reading Facial Gestures mind map.
- Understanding Facial Gestures: All four branches of this map explore various expressions and gestures people make and the underlying meaning behind them. The map isolates the head, face, cheeks, chin, mouth, lips, eyes, teeth, tongue, nose, and forehead and examines how people typically use their faces to express their thoughts, emotions, and feelings in various ways. It’s important to note that no facial gesture should be assessed in isolation. Numerous gestures are expressed in a very similar way. This can, subsequently, lead to very different underlying thoughts and emotions. It’s, therefore, important to look for patterns within a combination of gestures. Only then can we make rational conclusions about what the other person might be thinking, emotionalizing, or feeling.
This map provides a roadmap and framework for reading people’s facial gestures. Referencing it regularly and committing it to memory will help you to embed these concepts and ideas into your subconscious mind.
A mind map, of course, does this beautifully because it mirrors the synaptic connections made in your brain as you try to establish new habits of thought and behavior. It brings together key concepts and ideas that help your brain to fully integrate and process this information. The brain, subsequently, rewires itself as it attempts to establish new habits of mind. It’s an ideal tool for creating lasting change and transformation.
Stick with these principles, memorize and incorporate them into your daily interactions with others and you will progressively develop the ability to look beyond the words people speak. You will no longer take people’s words at face value. You will instead develop the ability to see, hear, and feel beyond those words and into a person’s underlying thoughts, emotions, and feelings.
When you purchase the Reading Facial Gestures IQ Matrix you will receive:
- A PDF copy of the IQ Matrix, which you can use for printing in high resolution.
- A JPG image file of the IQ Matrix, which is ideal for viewing on tablets and mobile devices.
- A Desktop Background version of the map you can use for reference on your computer.
- A MindManager file for those who wish to edit the content of the IQ Matrix.
Additional visual resources and variations of this IQ Matrix might be added to your account page at no extra cost in the future.
