
The other night I was sitting in a corner booth with two girls at my favorite restaurant when the subject of body language came up. Trying to explain the nuts & bolts of this unwieldy, seemingly esoteric art of non-verbal communication to the both of them (in the most digestible way I could manage); I uncovered my best frame of transmitting it to others/all of you…so you can learn to master the subtle art too.
Basic Concepts below:
Non-verbal communication makes up about 70% of all communication (which means that 30% verbal communication seems almost worthless). Of course, we still have to talk when the right time presents itself, but so much more value is being unconsciously perceived through non-verbal cues while you do the talking.
Body language just doesn’t happen … but it’s reflected in everybody else around you.
- Ever know when somebody is approaching you from behind by sing the body language/expression of the person you’re talking to (before you turn around)? Well body language travels much faster than that … actually it travels in a fraction of a second. Any perceived event causes changes in body language. A perceived change in body language causes a change in body language. And so on. What you may find interesting is that in the old days of programming sports video games they used to put the basketball shooter in a sensor suit for human motion detection to monitor every motion he made when shooting baskets (for example: a jump shot). NOW … they put [Click to Continue Reading…]
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