Tu Aman Mehta- Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

YOUR BODY LANGUAGE SHAPES WHO YOU ARE

What is it?

To get a clearer picture

Body language is a kind of nonverbal communication, where thoughts, intentions, or feelings are expressed by physical behaviors, such as facial expressions, body posture, gestures, eye movement, touch and the use of space.

We not only influence others with our body language, we ourselves too get affected by it.

When we feel Powerful

Characteristics Of Powerful People

The powerful speak with a variable voice.

Powerful people tend to vary their posture often.

Characteristics Of Powerful People

The people with power tends to appear relaxed.

The powerful people is comfortable being quiet.

When We Feel Powerless

Characteristics of people who feel Powerless

They Close- Up.

They tend to feel Inferior.

They blame luck for everything.

BUT REMEMBER

The Psychology of Compensation The Austrian

psychologist Alfred Adler (1870-1937) found that if a person feels inferior, or weak, he is likely to try to compensate to hide the weakness, by doing something else really well.

Some Statistics

And these are only some of them!!!

Some Other Statistics

•Studies show that your words account for only 7% of the message you convey. •The remaining 93% is non-verbal. •55% of communication is based on what people see and the other 38% is transmitted through tone of voice. •In the business setting, people can see what you are not saying. •If your body language doesn’t match your words, you are wasting your time. •Maintain eye contact about 60% of the time in order to look interested, but not aggressive. 

So What are the Benefits?

Connect With People Better

Learning body language will help you connect with people better because it will allow you to expand your communication abilities.

Double your business

Correctly recognizing and adapting to someone’s body language can make or break your business.

Prevents Conflict

Learning body language will help you connect with people better because it will allow you to expand your communication abilities.

Improve Your Presence

By learning about body language you’re also going to improve your own presence and will be able to stand out in a crowd.

Opens Up Your World

It’s like seeing the world in high definition. 

But what if it doesn’t come naturally to you?

Don’t fake it till you make it. Fake it till you become it.- Amy Cuddy

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THANK YOU!

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