How to Improve Your Body Language-2

How to Improve Your Body Language-2

Smile and laugh – Lighten up, don’t take yourself too seriously. Relax a bit, smile and laugh when someone says something funny. People will be a lot more inclined to listen to you if you seem to be a positive person. But don’t be the first to laugh at your own jokes, it makes you seem nervous and needy. Smile when you are introduced to someone but don’t keep a smile plastered on your face, you’ll seem insincere.

Don’t touch your face – it might make you seem nervous and can be distracting for the listeners or the people in the conversation.

Keep your head up – Don’t keep your eyes on the ground, it might make you seem insecure and a bit lost. Keep your head up straight and your eyes towards the horizon.

Slow down a bit – this goes for many things. Walking slower not only makes you seem more calm and confident, it will also make you feel less stressed.

Don’t fidget and try to avoid, phase out or transform fidgety movement and nervous ticks such as shaking your leg or tapping your fingers against the table rapidly.

Use your hands more confidently.

Lower your drink. Don’t hold your drink in front of your chest. In fact, don’t hold anything in front of your heart as it will make you seem guarded and distant. Lower it and hold it beside your leg instead.

Realize where you spine ends – many people (including me until recently) might sit or stand with a straight back in a good posture. Keep you whole spine straight and aligned for better posture.

Don’t stand too close. One of the things we learned from Seinfeld is that everybody gets weirded out by a close-talker. Let people have their personal space, don’t invade it.

Mirror – Often when you get along with a person, when the two of you get a good connection, you will start to mirror each other unconsciously.

Keep a good attitude