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You have probably already heard you shouldnt cross your armsas it might make you seem defensive or guarded.
This goes for your legs too. Keep your arms and legs open.
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If there are several people you are talking to, give them allsome eye contact to create a better connection and see ifthey are listening.
Keeping too much eye-contact might creep people out.
Giving no eye-contact might make you seem insecure. Ifyou are not used to keeping eye-contact it might feel a littlehard or scary in the beginning but keep orking on it andyoull get used to it.
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Taking up space by for e!ample sitting or standing ithyour legs apart a bit signals self-confidence and that you arecomfortable in your on skin.
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"hen you feel tense its easily inds up as tension in yourshoulders.
They might move up and forard a bit. Try to rela!. Try toloosen up by shaking the shoulders a bit and move them
back slightly.
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#od once in a hile to signal that you are listening. $utdont overdo it and peck like "oody "oodpecker.
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$ut i n a r ela!ed a y, no t in a to o t ens e m anne r.
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If you a nt to sh o tha t you are inte rest ed inha t some on e is saying, lean toa rd the pe rsonta lking.If you a nt to sh o tha t you re co nfide nt inyour se lf and re la !ed le an ba ck a bi t. $ut do n tle an in too much or you mig ht seem ne edy anddes pe rate for som e appr oval. %r lea n ba ck toomuch o r you m ig ht see m a rroga nt a nd d ist ant .
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l ig hten up, d on t t ake you rself t oo seri ousl y.&ela! a bi t, sm ile and laug h hen som eone sayssom et hing funny . 'eopl e i ll be a lot more incli ned tolist en t o you i f you seem t o be a p osit ive perso n.$ut don t be the first to laug h at yo ur on (ok es, itmakes you seem ne rvou s and nee dy. )mil e hen youare int roduced to som eo ne but don t keep a sm ileplast ere d on yo ur fac e, yo u ll seem in sincere.
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It might make you seem nervous and can bedis tra cti ng for the li ste ne rs or the pe ople in theconversation
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*o nt ke ep your eyes on th e gr ound , it mi gh tma ke you se em inse cure and a bi t los t. Ke ep yourhe ad up stra ig ht and your eyes to a rds thehori+on.
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Th is goe s for ma ny th ing s. "a lk ing sloe r no tonly makes you seem more calm and confident, iti ll a ls o ma ke y ou f ee l less s tre ssed . If someo ne addr esse s you, dont sna p your e nec kin the ir dir ect ion, tur n it a bit mor e slo lyinst ead.
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Tr y to avoid , pha se out or tr ansfor m fidg et ymo vem ent and ner vous ticks such as sha king yourle g or ta ppi ng your fing ers aga ins t the ta blerapi dly . o ull see m ne rvous and fid ge ting can be adis tra cti ng h en you t ry t o ge t s ome th ing a cr oss. *e clut te r your mo veme nts if you are all over th e
pla ce . Tr y to rela! , slo don and focus yourmo vem ent s
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Inst ead of fidget ing ith your hand s and scra tch ingyo ur face use them to communi cat e h at you ar etryi ng to s ay. se your hand s to describe som et hing or to ad dei gh t to a poin t you are tryi ng to make . $ut don t usethem to much or it mi ght becom e dist rac ting . nd
don t le t yo ur hand s flai l aroun d, use them it h som econt ro l.
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*o nt ho ld your dr ink in front o f your che st . In fact ,don t hold any thi ng in front of your he art as it i llma ke y ou se em gua rded a nd di sta nt.o e r i t a nd h old i t be side your leg i ns te ad.
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/any peop le mig ht sit or stand i th a str aig htback in a goo d postu re.0o e ver, the y mig ht think that the sp ine en dshe re the ne ck be gins and th er efor e cr ane th ene ck f or ar d in a /o ntgo me ry $ urns- pose. o ur sp ine end s in the back of you r he ad. Keepyou hol e spine str aig ht and alig ne d for betterpostu re.
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%n e of th e thi ngs e learne d from )e inf eld is th ateve rybody ge ts ei rded out by a clos e-t alk er. e tpe ople ha ve t he ir pe rsona l sp ace , do n t inv ade i t.
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%f ten hen you get along ith a perso n, hen the t o ofyou get a good con nect ion, you il l sta rt to mi rro r eachot her un con scious ly. Tha t mean s that you mi rror the ot her person s bod ylan guag e a bit. To make the con ne ction be tter you ca n try a
bi t of proa ctive mi rrorin g. If he lea ns for ard , you mig ht lean fo r ard . If she holdsher han ds on her thig hs, yo u mi ght do the same. $ut don treact in sta ntly and do n t mirro r every cha nge in bod ylan guag e. Then ei rdness il l en sue.
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last but not least, keep a positive, open and rela!edatti tude . 0o you feel i ll co me thr oug h in your bodyla ngua ge a nd c an ma ke a ma (or d i f ferenc e.
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