If Body Language Is A Natural Form Of Communication, Why Do I Need To Learn It?
July 13th, 2010 | 
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If it is a natural form of communication, why do I need to learn it?
Only a small percentage of the population perceive the non-verbal signs at the consciousness level and can use body language as a tool to “read” others and to present themselves and their messages in a reliable way. These people can create empathy, detect lies within seconds, and feel immediately when it’s the right time to close a deal. Others can learn it; many politicians practice body language techniques and use personal training for these purposes. Similarly, police and security experts are trained to understand body language as a tool to detect lies. In the corporate world, body language interpretation is a key tool in the interview and hiring process of new employees. Some companies even have a body language expert present during interviews and as part of a negotiation team for large-scale deals.
Body language and non-verbal communication
More than 90% of our communication is conveyed by non-verbal means. Body language is the main factor in such communication. This is an ancient form of interaction that is even more evident in the animal world. The non-verbal messages are mostly perceived in our unconsciousness leading us to a hunch or a feeling regarding a person or a situation: “I don’t like him, I can feel he is lying” or on the positive side, “I immediately felt connected to her”.
Body language can be used to improve your negotiation skills, your presentation ability and in different social interactions, including a romantic date.
Mastering the secrets of the body language might be complicated. Body Language is a visual mode of communication- you cannot learn it just from reading- you need to see it. Body Language Cards do just that; they flood your consciousness with the visual gesture and connect it to its meaning.
Body Language Cards are used as an integral part on professional body language courses; they are practiced as an educational devise in corporations; Body Language Cards are even used in psychology courses in colleges all over the world as they were recently translated in 4 additional languages
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Up-to-date research has proven that the large majority of messages are received in varying levels of effectiveness. The process of activating another person has been estimated at only about 7%-8%. Ninety-three percent of the conveyed message is transferred sub-textually, thirty-eight percent is transferred via tone of voice, and fifty-five percent is transferred via body language. Postures and gestures both are the physical expression of the way a person feels about a given situation. A person’s thoughts are hidden to the eye. Mastering the skillful art of body language, analyzing the various signs, and interpreting them in real-time can be extremely helpful and useful.
Indeed, as the saying goes “Actions speak louder than words”. Therefore, the skill of using non-verbal elements in communication is of vital importance. The memory cards for teaching body language make highly effective use of visual memory and pattern perception based on sight. This is the user-friendly and effective method of learning body language and interpersonal communication.
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The Body language is effective for:
· The general understanding of body language
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· Detecting a false impression in real-time
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Body language cards were developed in 1998 by Dan Rolls and Gill Shermeister as a professional tool for Body Language training.
It became a leading resource for corporate training for negotiation, interviews and presentations.
The Basic Body Language Cards were translated to 4 additional languages and is often used as a smart corporate gift, with unique added value designated for managers, sale teams and even costumers.
The success of the basic Body Language Cards kit, has led us to develop specialized kits for negotiation and interviews and a unique kit for dates and flirting.
Gill Shermeister
Trained as a zoologist Gill became fascinated by the similarities of basic mammalian behaviors to those of humans. He has spent the last 18 years investigating this field and as a lecturer on non-verbal communication, presentation and public speaking.
He is a personal trainer of some leading corporate negotiators and politicians.
Gill shares his professional secrets of his trade in this unique tool to master the secrets of Body Language.
Dan Rolls
An inventor and internet entrepreneur living at the Silicon valley, CA.
Dan has developed several distinctive concepts and techniques for improved learning and memory based on simple human perceptions and friendly user experience.
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@globin3 i speak french
http://changingminds.org/techniques/body/body_language.htm is this the kind of thing u mean? good luck
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shoulders sort of hunched
eyes on the floor
uptight and tense
lips pressed together
@LadyMeridon me 2:(
i dont understrand, but i guess so
@naty670 Me too
Almost none.
I took 7 communications seminars in 10 years at a previous job. They would send me, and then have me come back and teach the material to other people. All of the seminars dealt with body language at some point, and 2 of them dealt with it almost exclusively.
Here are the statistics I was handed. In a face-to-face conversation, only 10% of the communication is actually verbal. That only includes the actual words which are said, as tone of voice counts as non-verbal communication. Of the 90% which is non-verbal, approximately 5-10% is tone of voice and "hand talking", or hand gestures. The rest is all body language.
There are some things which are conveyed in the face, but most body language relies on other things which cannot be seen on a web cam. Those include things like body position, what you are doing with your limbs, how close or far you are standing from the person, and how your body position changes during your speaking phases and listening phases.
Some people are tremendously adept at manipulating their faces to seem appropriate to the conversation, but the eyes usually hold the key. For instance, you can generally tell how a person processes information by where they look when they think about how to answer a question. A person who looks up, over your shoulder or head, on either side, tends to process information in a very verbal, left-brained sort of way. A person who looks down, on either side, tends to process in a more creative, less-linear, right-brained sort of way. A person who has established which way they tend to look, and has done it repeatedly, and then breaks with that, is usually giving an answer which is not 100% truthful. Similarly, genuine emotion shows in the muscles around the eyes, with a specific muscular configuration for amusement, another for sadness, etc…
Web cams throw all that out the window, because people generally look right into the webcam when they speak, and you don't have the advantage of seeing how they process, or seeing the genuine emotion around the eyes. Most of that stuff happens in a flash, anyway, and then is gone, so any pause in the conversation makes it impossible to catch it.
What they are doing with the rest of their body is actually even more important than what they are doing with their face. The reason for that is that while people regain control of their face quite quickly, they tend to not even know what they are doing with the rest of their body. They are completely clueless, unless they have schooled themselves to control that stuff, and even then, it's very hard to control. Basically, the face shows a response for something like 1-3 seconds, but the body holds the response for much longer, and that can be as long as minutes.
You cannot see bodies at all, or if you do, you see someone sitting in their chair, maybe messing with their keyboard or the things on their desk. You don't get to see any of the "telegraphing" that goes on, so I would say the percentage is actually quite a bit lower than your guess of 60%. I would say it could be as low as 10%.
And one other thing we learned was interesting. Experts in non-verbal communication and body language do check the face, but they use the face to see if it matches what the body is doing. If it does not, then there is good reason to believe a person is hiding something. When people are serious about reading body language, they want to see the whole body if at all possible, because that gives the truest reading.
I always laugh at those tabloid magazines where they have a body language expert tell you how a relationship is going by how two people are relating to one another. Half the time, the photos are only partial photos, and you cannot really read those
Once I took those classes, I put what I learned into practice. My results, from honing my skills (which are a bit rusty right now, as I no longer come in contact with hundreds of people each day), would seem to indicate that those statistics are accurate. I no longer even bother reading faces except for the first few minutes of meeting someone new, to ascertain a few things about them. Other than that, I tend to read body language almost exclusively. And I do pretty well…
So that's what I think: about 10%, not counting the actual words they say.
rubbing hands with glee,
rubbing hands nervously
eyes wide with horror
etc, i could add a few hundred
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definitely the relaxed and open body language shows a willingness or want for him to interact with you. and one more thing: the leaning back and spreading his knees wide… supposedly that's supposed to be a body language thing that men do to show their confidence and sexuality. one other thing they do to show sexuality is put their hands in their beltloops or near their groin area. i don't know if it's all totally true, but that's what i've read. good luck!
@LadyMeridon its just a song hun and beside he’s a boy !:D
i kept listening to this
If he's interested, he'll make eye contact. If he smiles that's a green light for you say "hi". If he's looking at his shoes when he passes you or if he suddenly starts looking at his watch or what he's holding in his hands then he's not the one for you.
It's not body language, it's emotional hints and persuasive looks. He probably uses that to give you a hint that he likes you and wonders if you like him back.
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his accent when he speaks french is hot.. as a french girl, i think that every american huy speaking french is hot
Sometimes guys get so hung up on themselves they think every signal is a come on. Where not all like that though.
I was looking at stuff like this for a buddy today and found this which is a bit of an eye opener. See the link below – they're good tips!
Hope it helps.