How can I learn to read people?
''know how to manipulate them'' this is a sick desire that you have described here, one that you'll never learn with body language, psychos have that innate desire. PEOPLE WHO READ BODY LANGUAGE DO SO TO HELP HUMANITY, NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHERS FOR THEIR OWN NARCISSISTIC PLEASURE!How can I learn to read people?Reading people is relatively easy, but learning how to do is, is a very long process that takes years of daily practice.Start with some books by the masters of this art, then when you read about 10-15 of them you'll get a clue as to what to look for. It is equally important to know what to look for, as to what to ignore. Then start observing people, write down your narratives of what you see, then review them later.Next step is letting go of biases. Personal bias is a huge hindrance in mastering the skill of reading people, and if you can't see people for who they are moment to moment, you can never assess them correctly.Once you accomplished that, it's time to put clues together, to form clusters of behavior, as you can never judge a person by a single twitch, smirk, body movement, etc. You have to be able to see/hear/notice the related body language, tone of voice, gestures, sometimes words they speak to get the whole picture.So start with the books, that's the easy part, then spend several years observing, putting clues together, and you'll be able to read people.