You communicate everyday, but did it ever occur to you that words are only a tiny part of your “speech”? A UCLA study revealed that up to 93 percent of communication effectiveness is determined by nonverbal cues. Another study indicated that the impact of a performance was determined 7 percent by the words used, 38 percent by voice quality, and 55 percent by the nonverbal communication.
Experts in communication acknowledged this fact, so probably all communication trainings nowadays contain a “non-verbal communication” or “body language” module.
There are a lot of good books on this, but for those of you who don’t feel like reading, I discovered this video showing you a few body language phrases and their “translation” into words:
Did you think why some persons are more successful to the opposite sex than others? Could it possibly be their body language? Watch the following video which describes how gestures can attract the opposite sex.If you know some non-verbal communication tricks that worked well for you, and you are willing to share them with us, please do so in this post’s comments section.
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Let’s Talk Body Language…
I saw this as an upcoming article on digg, called “Shut up and talk to me!” It’s just a couple of videos that display a few common and, I think, sub-conscience, body language “phrases.”
The videos are actually REALLY hila…
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