One of the best reasons to learn face reading is not only to understand where someone is coming from, or predict how they might act. It’s to better respect their opinions and beliefs, which can be so different from our own, and as a result avoid conflict and resentment and encourage diplomacy.
This is great fodder for business people. In a nutshell, understanding and patience often are required to do bigger and better business. Plus, knowing what to look for in new employees or partners can turn a floundering company around.
Personal facial profiling can be a miracle for romantic partners who aim to get along with each other for the rest of their lives. If we can appreciate the other’s sensitivities – or lack of them – we can downplay the annoyance we feel for the seemingly senseless emotions and actions of our partner.
For instance, think of the person who is quick to respond, who sees the big picture, who doesn’t like loud noises or extremes of temperature, and who is generally physically sensitive. Will this person match well with someone who is boisterous, rough, somewhat insensitive, that isn’t bothered by discomfort, pressure, cold, turbulence and noise?
If the sensitive person doesn’t understand the less sensitive one, they may not tolerate their hijinx for long.
Example: My fiancé thinks burps and other loud bodily expressions are cute. I smirk and roll my eyes every time.
He takes his time thinking, talking, responding. On occasion I can’t help but finish his sentences for him.
I would probably die of hypothermia if I tried to live in Alaska in summer. He would barely notice that it’s 10 below.
Because I know his personal outlay thanks to handwriting analysis and face reading, I can be much more patient with the differences between the two of us. He doesn’t have to work quite as hard on patience; he naturally has plenty already.
Now and then I’ll mention to him traits that I have in my handwriting or face and say “isn’t it interesting how accurate that is?” He’s smart and open-minded, so he gets my hints. As a result he takes my little trespasses less seriously. He’s more obliging when, say, I start to talk for him or ask him to go get firewood because it’s too darn frigid outside for me.
Even though he doesn’t directly study personality profiling, my little hints have helped him get me better. I think he relishes using it on the guys at work, too.
Without the basic understanding of how very different we are, thanks to the work I’ve done with personality profiling, as a couple we wouldn’t have made it this far or had so much fun together.
Here, in alphabetical order, are the most obvious human facial features and the basic personality traits associated with each one.
Beards
Covering up softer side
Cheeks
Personal power
Chin
Ability to rebound, take criticism
Ears
Listening style, view of reality
Eyes, width between
Tolerance
Eyebrows
Discrimination, emotional selectivity and acceptance
Eyelids
Ability to trust, intimacy, world view
Eyes
Mental status
Face width and shape
Confidence, attitude
Facial symmetry
Mood
Facial hairs (females)
Sensitivity
Forehead
Thinking style, information processing
Jaw
Determination, stamina, power
Lines
Life responsiveness
Lips
Giving and expression
Lip size and shape
Upper lip – internal, feminine
Lower lip – external, masculine
Mouth angle
Processing of life’s experiences
Mouth size
Expression
Nose
Handling of details, financial attitude
Nose tip angle
Ability to trust
Nostril width
Reliance, support
Smile
External expression of true inner character
Teeth
Decision making, inner strength, poise, survival
Texture, overall (fine, medium, rough)
Responsiveness
Zones
Upper zone (brow to hairline) – thinking
Middle zone (upper lip to brow) – feeling
Lower zone (chin to upper lip) – action
Luckily you don’t have to learn each trait in-depth to do a little face reading just for fun. You could simply pick a few favorites and learn them well. Are you interested in spotting honest people, a giving nature, or a certain type of intelligence? Specializing is certainly allowed.
Just remember, being able to combine a cluster of face traits and how they work together will give you keen insight. Still, knowing the qualities behind a few individual features will give you the basic low-down on anyone you meet.