Body Language Power Point Presentation

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You have probably already heard you shouldn’t cross your arms as it might make you seem defensive or guarded. This goes for your legs too. Keep your arms and legs open.

If there are several people you are talking to, give them all some eye contact to create a better connection and see if they are listening. Keeping too much eye-contact might creep people out. Giving no eye-contact might make you seem insecure. If you are not used to keeping eye-contact it might feel a little hard or scary in the beginning but keep working on it and you’ll get used to it.

Taking up space by for example sitting or standing with your legs apart a bit signals self-confidence and that you are comfortable in your own skin.

When you feel tense it’s easily winds up as tension in your shoulders. They might move up and forward a bit. Try to relax. Try to loosen up by shaking the shoulders a bit and move them back slightly.

Nod once in a while to signal that you are listening. But don’t overdo it and peck like Woody Woodpecker.

But i n a r elaxed wa y, no t in a to o t ens e m anne r.

If you wa nt to sh ow tha t you are inte rest ed in wha t some on e is saying, lean towa rd the pe rson ta lking. If you wa nt to sh ow tha t you’ re co nfide nt in your se lf and re la xed le an ba ck a bi t. But do n’ t le an in too much or you mig ht seem ne edy and des pe rate for som e appr oval. Or lea n ba ck too much o r you m ig ht see m a rroga nt a nd d ist ant .

lig hten up, d on’ t t ake you rself t oo seri ousl y. Relax a bi t, sm ile and laug h when som eone says som et hin g funny . Peopl e will be a lot more incli ned to list en t o you i f you seem t o be a p osit ive perso n. But don ’t be the first to laug h at yo ur own jok es, it mak es you seem ne rvou s and nee dy. Smil e when you are int roduced to som eo ne but don’ t keep a sm ile plast ere d on yo ur fac e, yo u’ ll seem in sincere.

It mi ght ma ke you see m nervous and ca n be dis tra cti ng for the li ste ne rs or the pe ople in the co nv er sation

Do n’t ke ep your eyes on th e gr ound , it mi gh t ma ke you se em inse cure and a bi t los t. Ke ep your he ad up stra ig ht and your eyes to wa rds the ho rizo n.

Th is goe s for ma ny th ing s. Wa lk ing slowe r no t onl y ma ke s you se em mo re calm and co nf iden t, it wi ll a ls o ma ke y ou f ee l less s tre ssed . If someo ne addr esse s you, don’t sna p you’r e nec k in the ir dir ect ion, tur n it a bit mor e slo wly inst ead.

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Tr y to avoid , pha se out or tr ansfor m fidg et y mo vem ent and ner vous ticks such as sha king your le g or ta ppi ng your fing ers aga ins t the ta ble rapi dly .

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Yo u’ll see m ne rvous and fid ge ting can be a dis tra cti ng wh en you t ry t o ge t s ome th ing a cr oss.

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De clut te r your mo veme nts if you are all over th e pla ce . Tr y to relax, slow down and focus your mo vem ent s

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Inst ead of fidget ing with your hand s and scra tch ing yo ur face use them to communi cat e wh at you ar e tryi ng to s ay. Use your hand s to describe som et hing or to ad d wei gh t to a poin t you are tryi ng to make . But don’ t use them to much or it mi ght becom e dist rac ting . And don’ t le t yo ur hand s flai l aroun d, use them wit h som e cont ro l .

Do n’t ho ld your dr ink in front of your che st . In fact , don’ t hold any thi ng in front of your he art as it wi ll ma ke y ou se em gua rded a nd di sta nt. Lo we r i t a nd h old i t be side your leg i ns te ad.

Many peop le mig ht sit or stand wi th a str aig ht back in a goo d postu re. Ho we ver, the y mig ht think that the sp ine en ds whe re the ne ck be gins and th er efor e cr ane th e ne ck f or war d in a Mo ntgo me ry B urns- pose. Yo ur sp ine end s in the back of you r he ad. Keep you whol e spine str aig ht and alig ne d for better postu re.

On e of th e thi ngs we learne d from Se inf eld is th at eve rybody ge ts wei rded out by a clos e-t alk er. Le t pe ople ha ve t he ir pe rsona l sp ace , do n’ t inv ade i t.

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Of ten when you get along with a perso n, when the tw o of you get a good con nect ion, you wil l sta rt to mi rro r each ot her un con scious ly.

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Tha t mean s that you mi rror the ot her person’ s bod y lan guag e a bit. To ma ke the con ne ction be tter you ca n try a bi t of proa ctive mi rrorin g.

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If he lea ns for ward , you mig ht lean fo rw ard . If she holds her han ds on her thig hs, yo u mi ght do the same. But don ’t react in sta ntly and do n’t mirro r every cha nge in bod y lan guag e. Then w ei rdness w il l en sue.

la st but no t le ast, keep a po siti ve, op en and rela xed atti tude . How you feel wi ll co me thr oug h in your body la ngua ge a nd c an ma ke a ma jor d ifferenc e.

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