The Body Language Self-Awareness Questionnaire:

Answer each question “True” or “False” and score yourself 1 point for each True answer and 0 points for each False answer. 

  1. I am aware of how I am seated during the course of a business meeting.
  2. I am conscious of what I do with my hands when I get into a spirited discussion.
  3. When I’m interviewing people, I focus on their body language as much as what they say.
  4. I can tell when someone is bluffing.
  5. I can tell when someone is lying to me.
  6. I know, when I’m in a meeting with my boss, when she has decided to end the meeting before she says anything about it.
  7. When I’m negotiating, I pay more attention to the opposite party’s body language than I do their counter-offers.
  8. I can tell when my co-workers are displeased before they say anything.
  9. I usually get my way in team meetings.
  10. When I speak, I have no trouble getting everyone else to listen to me.
  11. I often know what people are going to say before they say it.
  12. My voice carries easily so that everyone can hear me, even in a room with 50 people.
  13. My intuition is strong; I often am able to read others without thinking about it.
  14. When I walk into a meeting, I have no trouble sensing the mood of the people already there.
  15. I can easily establish rapport with new people I meet.

How do you rate?  Here’s a quick scoring analysis  

1-5 You need to up your body language awareness

6-10 You have average body language awareness

11-15 You are ready for the World Series of Poker! You have above-average body language awareness.

I’m trying out this new questionnaire as part of my upcoming book, Power Cues.  Please take the test and give me your feedback for how well it captures your level of body language awareness.