( AN OH ! REVIEW )
PUTTING ON A GREAT FACE
ANALEE MATTHEWS
Analee Matthews explores the curious practice of face profiling , with celebrity profiler , Alan Stevens .
elebrity profiler Ian Stevens is
C Australia ’ s leading personality
and business profiler . He is regularly featured on national TV , radio and in the world ’ s press , profiling the likes of our leading politicians , TV and sports stars as well as Britain ’ s royalty . He is also an Amazon # 1 best selling author , a coach and a trainer .
Alan works with businesses , health professionals , teachers , coaches and parents , all with a unique form of Rapid Trait Profiling . His advanced personality and character assessments use interdependent visual profiling to enhance communication skills in the workplace and in the home , as well as negotiation skills to boost sales and reduce workplace conflicts . He ’ s been referred to as the leading authority on reading people , and has even been described as ‘ the mentalist meets Dr Phil ’, so when I got the chance to find out first-hand what his ‘ powers ’ are all about , I decided to approach the interview with an open mind ( and a smile on my dial ).
‘ The sale of every service or every product relies on relationships and connections where people trust each other ,’ explains Alan . ‘ To fully understand someone , you have their personality and their character , which are two separate items . Their facial features tell me about their personality ; they tell me how much space they like to have , how much room they need when you first meet them , how they like to be spoken to , how they take information in , and how they process it .’
‘ Whenever we feel something , we express it in our physicality . All of the muscles in your face are built up over time , and this reveals parts of your personlaity . For example , when people smile a lot the corners of their mouth turn up , which indicates they are optimistic . When they smile deeply they also get ‘ crows feet ’ in the corner of their eyes ; these types of lines show beauty that goes all the way to the bone ; they indicate a deep internal beauty .’
‘ When it comes to the ‘ nature versus nurture ’ debate among psychologists research has shown around 50 per cent of personality traits are inherited via genetics , so it ’ s definitely a combination of nature versus nurture that makes up one ’ s personality .’
‘ In a newborn I can immediately see up to ten traits . By the time they ’ re five years old , I can see about 24 , at age ten there are 40 visible traits , and by the time they ’ re ready to pick their final subjects at school there ’ s around 60 traits that I can see in their face . Then , as we get older , there ’ s another 20 or so traits which emerge .’
‘ Some of the things that I look at are the colour and shape of the eyes , the exposure of the eyelids , the amount of space between the eyelids and the eyebrows ... it all gives me an understanding of the person .’
‘ With this understanding , we can help teachers read the faces of their students . The result of this is that they can then educate their students more effectively .
We can change the lives of kids who are being labelled with ‘ ADHD ’ or other syndromes or conditions , simply by changing how we educate them . By understanding their personality and their emotions , the end result is less kids taking their own lives . Currently , 450 kids a year commit suicide – that ’ s nine every week ! Five years ago , it was 100 a year , with 20 times that attempting it . And this is why I ’ m so passionate about getting these skills into the education system , and for parents to better understand their own children ’ s traits . It ’ s so powerful for parents to be able to read their kids and then cultivate opportunities that will support their individual personality traits .’
Alan offers online training , to help parents and teachers alike gain these new skills . Of course , the ability to ‘ read ’ people is also an asset in business , so Alan is currently seeking collaborative partnerships , to help people learn these profiling skills so as to become the expert in their industry . To find out more about face profiling , visit www . alanstevens . com . au
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