Reading people however isn’t easy. But it’s a fantastic skill to have.

Although everyone is different, and their words and actions may or may not always accurate, you don’t necessarily have to be expert in psychology to understand what’s going on in their head.

There are some hints that may help you pick up their true intention and personality. In this particular write-up, we shall look at nine effective ways to see a person’s real personality.

You can tell a lot by the person’s handshake. Soft handshake means that they are likely to be a submissive or a push over. While too hard and crushing possibly means, they are domineering type of person.

How somebody walks can seem very minor but can tell you a lot about a person. Hunched posture shows low self-confidence, anxiety and weakness.

Walk with your shoulders back, chest thrust out a little and chin looking forward. You will look a confident person.

The type of jokes a person cracks. People who are very negative crack their jokes mostly based on negativity.

Talking behind others back. Jokes on other people’s failures. Avoid them because they will do the same to you when you fail.

How long you can maintain an eye contact. Those who can hold an eye contact for a long period of time are seen as confident.

While those can’t hold their eye contact for long are seen as lacking confidence. Hold eye contact for a longer period without being creepy and increase people’s perception of you.

How a person treats a waiters, security guards and any job that society think is not high class tells you more about them.

Don’t tolerate such people. Everyone in this world deserves respect working or not.

Notice how they handle any sort of rejection. Are they comfortable with hearing the word no?

Do they get angry and think themselves more important than others, or do they accept the fact that they can’t have everything and please everyone?

Look out for how often they get angry or change their emotions drastically. This will tell you a lot about whether the person is emotionally stable and if you should deal with them.

Pay attention how fast people respond to questions. This can give you an idea if they are an introvert who usually take time to gather their thoughts, or an extrovert, who tend to almost think out loud and love to talk.

See how they react to a change of plans! It shows whether they’re someone who consider the world to be in a constant state of flux, and hate constrictions, or if they’re someone who’s rigid, who decide on a clear plan of action and follow through on every step.

See how they handle blame. You can tell a lot about a person by how they handle blame; do they assign it to others or accept it and take responsibility for their mistakes.

Notice if they think how their decisions will affect others, or if they only think about how they’ll be affected.

This can also tell you a lot about how a person thinks – whether they’re more empathetic and consider others in their decision-making, or if they’re more selfish and don’t really care what others think.