| name | reading-people |
| description | Use this to read true intent in chat. Who is real, who is shopping, who runs a trick on you. |
Reading People
The Big Idea
Words lie fast. Patterns lie slow.
Watch rhythm, message length, and timing changes. Not the words.
The Moves
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Learn their normal first.
How does THIS person usually write? Speed, length, style.
A sudden change means something happened. Find out before you react.
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The yes/no test.
Ask a question with two possible answers.
Anything except yes or no IS the answer:
"Did you look at it?" ... "It's interesting..." = they didn't look.
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Silence means almost nothing.
Silence fits every story: busy, shopping rivals, scared, gone.
Don't guess. Collect one fact instead:
"Is it price, trust, or timing?"
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Catch the objection before they say it.
Hedging and topic switches mean an objection is forming.
Answer it now. Once spoken, people defend it forever.
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Anger is pain in a costume.
Rude messages usually mean: burned before, embarrassed, scared.
Answer the pain. Never the anger. Logic on an angry person adds fuel.
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Tricks aimed at YOU:
- Rush clocks: "decide in 1 hour"
- Small gift first, big ask after
- "Don't tell your partner or lawyer"
- Many questions from them, zero answers to you
- Guilt flips: suddenly you owe them
Two of these together? Slow down. Check facts yourself.
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The screenshot test.
Write every message like it gets forwarded to a lawyer.
Sometimes it is.
When It Backfires
- Reading one signal as proof. Wait for patterns.
- Believing someone else's label ("he's a tire kicker"). Judge fresh.
One-Line Memory
When someone pushes speed at you, that's when you slow down.
