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Actions louder than words. - Week 10

Posture

A person that knows how to control their body is ready to control any situation. Body posture is really important in communication. 60% of the information we send in communication comes from the non-verbal communication. A person that knows how to move during a conversation will have control of non-verbal communication. Part of controlling the body involves the posture.

Walking:
When the head and the neck are straight this represent signs of security and trust. When shoulders and arms are fallen, the body is bowed, and the steps are to long or shorts they reveal an image of negativity as consequence this way of walking should be avoid.

Sitting:

The more adequate way to sit down in a chair consist having the back straight and lightly supported with the back. Occupy the whole base of the chair and adopt a relaxed and natural position. We have to fight natural tendency of remain comfortable because sometimes we adopt a bas posture.

More knowledge of what our body says:

Touching hair while talking: Implicit desire to like
Touch the tie knot: Desire to create a good impression.
Long and direct glance: Desire to intimidate or attack.
Present check before greet: Superiority.
Constantly looking both sides: Hypocrisy.
Arms cross on the back: Security and control.
Arms cross on chest: Negativity.
Sit down with legs together: Dedicated personality.
Sit down with legs at 90º: Confident, independent, rebel.

Smiling always good ? - Week 9

Smiling always good?

Smile are usually kind but lets not be tricked smile can have different meanings. This blog post will explain the difference between smiles. Usually smiles are use to express sympathy, joy and happiness. Smiles can bring smiles from others and is a form to relax the tension during communication.

But smile can be related to other feelings for example anxiety, insecurity and even hostility. At the same time smile can be perceived differently.

Type of smiles

False: The fake smile objective is to camouflage and convinces that you’re having a good time. It contradicts the real emotion.

Soften smile: This smile reflect positive feelings but trying to soft the intensity of them, is usually when we tight our lips.

Joker smile: The lips rise in a very pointy angle, is a smile use to make fun of something.

Disdainful smile: As the name says is used to disdain someone.

Frightened smile: There´s no positive expression in this smile, is more like a worried expression.

What your eyes are telling - Week 8

What your eyes are telling

Humans communicate almost through anything and that’s amazing , we were created to communicate and we need to establish relationships in order to succeed in life. So we need to be conscious about all the components that complete the mix in communication. Through this Blog we have talked about the importance of non-verbal communication and know we are taking a deeper dive in the role of our eyes in the non verbal communication.

Glance is ridiculously important in the non-verbal communication because it express our feelings naturally.

Dilation on the pupils of the eyes is an indicator of interest. The more you have interest in a conversation the more your pupils are going to dilate.

Even the number of time we blink per minute is related with the calm and nervousness that we feel. When you see someone blinking more than usual it would naturally put you uncomfortable. When we start looking frequently to our speaker we are giving them the indication of trust and interest otherwise when we stop looking at someone who is speaking we are not trusting them and he can perceive that so be careful at the times you look at someone you could send the wrong message.

The look:

It set ups the hierarchy between people.
Is the first contact during the communication process.
If you want to avoid a conversation don’t make eye contact
The truth resides in our eyes.

Thinking with the eyes:

Looking up and left : Remembering a Visual memory

Looking up and right: Building an Image

Eyes to the left: Remembering a sound memory

Eyes to the right: Building a sound

Looking down and left: Internal dialogue

Looking down and right: Feeling, emotions.

Hope this will help you in some way, or any ocassion. Thanks for reading again ! Im Daniel bye bye

Facial Expression - Week 7

Facial Expressions

Hi everybody I hope you’re having a wonderful day , lets get started with this week post, in the last post I talked about gestures, the definition of gesture , what type of gestures exists and some examples. After that I decided that this post could be dedicated to more examples and to talk of some specific type of gestures; facial expressions.

Facial Expressions are used to regulate the interaction between two people and to reinforce the message send to the receiver. Many investigations have determined that they are 6 types of facial expressions, the official ones who indicate feelings ; Joy, sadness, disgust, anger, fear and interest. These feelings can be always recognized when we see them in somebody else.

During non-verbal communication is impossible to avoid facial expression because they reflect our mood, we need to have control of this facial expressions a exaggerated expression could be perceive like a mock and a lack of facial expression can be perceive as lack of interest.

If you want to handle a debate or control a situations through facial expression is always recommended to use the opposite expression of the people your communicating with for example: If your arguing with someone that is nervous and tense, you should use a relax aspect.

But there´s some facial expression that serve to communicate much more things that cant be recognized so easily. So I’m going to give you some example and maybe this will be useful for you in the future.

I’m enchanted of seeing you: (Quick eyebrows movements from the top to the bottom this gesture served with a smile)

I’m listening: (Slightly bowed head to a side).

I would love to give more examples but I didn’t found more so here´s the first blog activity. I need your participation so I’m going to put these gifts below and if you feel like it comment to describe what does the next facial expressions reflect to you. I´ll give it a try but I’m not sure if I’m correct.