<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Human beings read posture, pace, gaze, breath,... > Human beings read posture, pace, gaze, breath, vocal tension, distance, and timing continuously. These signals never reveal a complete biography, but they influence whether an encounter feels open, uncertain, affiliative, defensive, or threatening. Nonverbal information is consequential without being infallible. **Source:** [[livestreams/Inner Wounds, Nonverbal Signaling, and the Work of Confidence - Workbook|Inner Wounds, Nonverbal Signaling, and the Work of Confidence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Human beings read posture, pace, gaze, breath, vocal tension, distance, and timing continuously. These signals never reveal a complete biography, but they influence whether an encounter feels open, uncertain, affiliative, defensive, or threatening. Nonverbal information is consequential without being infallible.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-human-beings-read-without-being-infallible ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->