The Power of Body Language
Interactions aren’t only about what you say. Your body constantly gives away subtle hints and clues as to how you are feeling about social interactions, even when you want to hide your true feelings. If you can learn to read body language, as well as control your own, it can be a useful tool in your arsenal. Do you want to be able to see what others really think and feel about you?
There are ways to read body language effectively and become more aware of the message you are sending people. So, I guess you might be wondering how? Just follow these 4 tips.
1) Focus on the other person. This sounds obvious, but it’s not. When people are slightly out of their comfort zone they can very self conscious and worried about their own behaviour. You can’t pick up on body language cues if you’re focused on yourself. For example, when focusing on yourself, and feeling self-conscious, it’s easy to miss that subtle smile that he flashed you.
2) You’re not talking on the top of the edge of a cliff; you can look down! Look at their feet. You can only control so much of your body language and you can’t control everything at once. The further away our a body part is from the brain the harder it is to control, so it stands to reason that a quick glance down at the feet will give you some honest feedback about whether this person is interested in the conversation. Are their feet pointing directly towards you? Great! No? Then get them more interested with some of Flirtology’s flirting tips, or move on.