Spotting A Lie Is Simple, If You Can Do This One Thing Well — Everyone Has A Tell

60% of adults lie within ten minutes of a conversation.

Lying is a part of who we are. By the age of four, we know how to lie exceptionally well. This trait is revealed in season 2, episode 5, of the great-show-before-bed series, Only Murders In The Building.

The scene starts with Oliver’s son, Will, spying on his father in the living room during a party. Once Oliver goes to check if his son is asleep, Will, pretends to be sleeping but exposes his tell — Will always sleeps barefoot, but tonight he had socks on.

A tell is a demonstrative way people accidentally reveal their lies to people around them.

The trick is to be incredibly observant.

Learn to identify people’s tell.

A tell is unique to individual characteristics.

It can be wearing socks, when you know someone sleeps barefoot, someone who runs their hands through their hair, an eye twitch, or the break of behavioral habits.

If you can spot someone’s tell, you can expose a possible lie.

Here are some common tells:

A familiar gesture everyone knows that exposes a lie is the inability to keep eye contact…