Your First Tell

Everyone leaks stress in a signature order. For one person the breath shortens first. For another the jaw sets, the shoulders climb, the thoughts speed up. The order is personal, and it is remarkably consistent.

The tell that matters is the first one. Catch it, and you have bought yourself the seconds to act before the dial runs away. Miss it, and you find out you were spiked only after the mistake.

So let's find yours. Thirty seconds of hard movement to push the dial up, then you tell us where you felt it first.