Your body language is the key factor for any successful discussion or business meeting. A major part of your communication consists of body language, so are you doing it right? Here are the 8 tricks to check on while speaking to someone and establish a proper communication.
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1. Positive Posture
Make sure that you do not look uptight in
your posture.
Sitting straight but not rigid and aligning
your body with the persons you are
talking to shows that you are much
engaged in the conversation.
Leaning a bit toward the other person
indicates you are much interested to
listen.
2. Relaxed arms and legs
Keep your arms and legs relaxed on
your sides indicating that you are open
for communication, crossed arms show
that you are not open for discussion.
3. Nod appropriately
Your head nodding will show the way you
are understanding, agreeing and listening
to the what other person is speaking.
A positive head nod will make others tend
to communicate more as it shows your are
very attentive towards them.
4. Genuine Smile
Human brain loves to see smile and it can
spot a smiling face even from 800 feet
distance.
A good and timely smile on your face can
bring any tensed situation under control.
You can use your smile as a great tool to
lighten up the mood and environment
when talking to someone.
5. Hand Shake
A proper and firm handshake is the
important aspect of body language. It
throws first impression about you even
before speaking a word.
Make sure that you do not hold other
persons hand too firm and make them
uncomfortable.
6. Eye Contact
Eye contact plays a crucial role in drawing
other persons attention.
Managing an eye contact with the other
person for at least 50-60% of the
conversation time is a better way to
connect.
A simple trick to draw the attention is to
look in to other persons eyes long enough
to notice what color they are.
7. Low Vocal Pitch
Do not appear too nervous by speaking in
high pitch, people speaking in low pitch tend
to be patient and calm while perceiving
everything other person is speaking about.
Your voice pitch is a deciding factor on how
you deal with nervous situations.
8. Hand Movement
Scientifically your hand gestures are
actually linked up with your brain, which
can make you think more.
Your hand movement can decide if you
are humble of authoritative.
For example, pointing our your index
finger towards other person while
speaking shows you are authoritative
while pointing your palm upwards shows
your humbleness and kind nature.