2. • only as less as 15% is expressed with words,
more than 50% is expressed through your body
•Sense organs in play
• Left and right brain
•Subconscious signals
3. • Feelings, attitudes & emotions- more than body
• Sarcastic comments/ sincere
• Eyes- lying
• Establish bond
• Involve
7. She may feel comfortable.
She may look cool.
Careful, You have a very negative signal,
even if she is smiling.
8. The lowered stapling of the hands indicates listening,
and can also be a negative confidence gesture.
9. The scratch to the back of the neck indicates uncertainty.
10. Hot under the collar!
People touch their face 10 times more than normal
when they feel uncomfortable. When you lie, you
feel a tingling sensation around your face and neck,
and feel you need to touch and relieve the area.
11. Hand clasping at a desk or in a chair
on its own may indicate nervousness,
insecurity or anxiety. The more tightly
clasped they are, the more the anxiety.
12. Clasped hands in front of the body are a barrier signal,
seeking reassurance.
13. The higher the hands are , the more confident the feeling.
14. Here's the mother of all confidence gestures.
This gesture can denote even arrogance.
The most supreme will be
when the chair is tilted back onto two legs.
15. Crossed legs can be comfort, but often indicate negativity.
Holding a clipboard
20. This is blatant territorial ownership. Claiming territory.
It could easily be disregard of other people's territory
if it were say your feet on someone else's desk.
22. This is an aggressive gesture, indicating their hidden behavior
as being aggressive.
23. Head Gestures
The Head Nod: A nod depicts a positive signal & a
‘head – shake’ signifies ‘no’ or a negative gesture.
Head nods show continuing attention , it also depicts
what is happening to us emotionally.
Head tilt is a signal of interest.
24. The Eyes
The eyes can be wise , knowing , inviting , scary ,
disinterested and so on.
They can level a burning glance or a cold glance or a
hurt glance .
Pupils dilate when a person is interested.
Blank stare depicts boredom.
We look straight in the eye to get attention.
Sparkling eyes are an attribute of those who have
‘magnetic personalities’.
25. EYES (AS YOU SEE THEM)
Eyes - upward to the right (their left).
Trying to recall memories.
Eyes - upwards to the left (their right).
Creating visual images (we think in pictures).
28. WET FISH from a man this normally means a weak character,
someone who is easily persuaded.
29. THE BONE CRUSH handshake
It's a show of strength and dominant character to the extreme.
30. GLOVE HANDSHAKE
•It is typical of public
figures and politicians
who want to make an
impression of honesty.
•During
this handshake, one
person covers the
other person's hand.
31. Anyone who gives you a handshake with two hands,
when first meeting you, is likely to be insincere and
overwhelming, or even deceitful.
48. • Do not be frozen
• Display energy & variety
• Purpose
• No pacing, rocking, swaying
49. •Take the person's culture and beliefs into consideration.
•You shouldn't isolate yourself by constantly examining body
language when interacting with people. This is paralysis by
analysis.
•Do not judge a person solely by their body language.
•Confidence is key to making a good impression. But,
remember the fine line between confidence and cockiness.
•Always consider that a person's body language might be
influenced by a medical condition.