When you sit, you sit still, smiling and looking at other people in the meeting. When the meeting's over, you're surprised to learn that almost nobody remembers your ideas or likes the ones they can recall. As this scenario makes clear, first impressions are crucial. You make your first impression with other people within 7 seconds, and that's the one they'll carry away. The way you gesture, sit, and smile can make the difference between success and failure in any situation.
Nonverbal communication is an elaborate code written nowhere yet understood by all.
The way you move may provide the single most powerful impression you'll make. This article will help you understand how to make a solid and credible first impression. But first, let's take a look at what you might be doing wrong. Gender cues Researchers say that the fewer hand and body gestures you make, the more powerful, deliberate, credible, and intelligent you're perceived to be. Women and men display different nonverbal communication.