Communication Tips - Your body speaks louder than your words
I’m reading this really neat book right now called “How to Talk to Anyone
Obviously the book has 92 tricks to use when communicating with people. You might think (as I did) that it is probably a bunch of fluff with no real useful advice, but there really are some beneficial communication tips in here. The ones that I find most interesting are the tips that involve body language. For example, the author has a technique that she calls “The Flooding Smile” where she advises for you to hold back on smiling when you meet someone until you get a chance to look at their face for a split second. Then, slowly start to smile until your face lights up with joy.
This slight delay gives your smile credibility. It makes the person you’re talking to feel special instead of making them think that you smile at everyone you see. I have to admit that this one would really work on me.
There are a lot of other tips like this in the book that are just as effective. I have to say that i’m really enjoying it. I know it’s kinda cliche, but it really is true that 80% of your communication with other people is body language.
Here’s a video about body language, it’s not really related to the book but I thought it was entertaining.
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fantastic
I read adbout this
i think they call it sicense of comuncation
Comment by منتديات — August 12, 2007 @ 10:04 pm
That videoclip was just hilarious
Comment by Free Self-growth eBooks — August 16, 2007 @ 6:04 am
but different places have different body language. like in japan it is a custom to stand right next to a person, where as in the us you need to keep a certain personal space.
Comment by jew — August 26, 2007 @ 7:56 am
Personally I think that people have a built in mechanism to detect imposted unnatural fake feelings. If you’re not genuine with your approach towards people - no tricks will help you. People will eventually smell fake - some of them more, some of them less.
Comment by jews — August 27, 2007 @ 8:35 am
Hi Jew, that’s very interesting!
Jews, that is true but I think there’s a difference between being fake and knowing how to communicate with people. There is a fine line but I do believe that if you make someone feel good about themselves it will give them a good impression of you.
Alot of times it may just be a matter of giving them your full attention and showing them respect.
Comment by Aimee — August 27, 2007 @ 11:03 am