I don't think you can, you can know about them, but words don't tell you about their personality, and people are even different on the phone than in person.

Any other thoughts, disagree, agree?

Agree.

You can obtain snippets, general perspective, but that applies for meeting them to, it's a case of getting to know someone.

The difference is body language, by meeting, you can see a whole lot more with respect to how they react and what they may be thinking.

Hello Riconus,

Thanks for replying this thread...

I think you are with proper views...It is really difficult to identify the people and their nature in a meeting.

You need to spend some time with them to know them very well?

Can you give me some tips that can help me to know nature of people without spending much time with them?

Originally Posted by paul1
I don't think you can, you can know about them, but words don't tell you about their personality, and people are even different on the phone than in person.

Any other thoughts, disagree, agree?


The "mask" behind a telephone and computer can allow people to live in a world of fantasy. Say what ever they want to, go wild, be non-inhibited as they are behind a "mask".

In real life, only those who were in fact real with their words will be "real" in person.

So, you have to gage somehow, who is behind a mask and who is being themselves, via words, not visual... Interesting.

'The truth comes out'

I have only found one method and one method only- Time.

The more i talk to a person through "words' and the longer i ensure that this happens, before meeting i will gain a perspective of that person in a much better way.

If it is all "cheeky" a bit sexual, then you can bet that they are behind a mask...

If they communicate and add that in along the way, then they are more than likely showing a bit more of whom they are which will pertain to being the real person.

Throw in lines that will take them of track and see what they come back with and how quickly if via phone, or instant chat, email doesn't count pends on when they read it.

Hard one Paul......