Take a moment to note how you are currently sitting or standing. Are your shoulders slouched over and is your back hunched? Where are your arms? What expression do you have on your face?
At any moment, someone important and influential could walk in the room. Perhaps a potential new friend, a professor, or maybe even a future boss. What signals is your current body language channeling to them? Think of all the preconceptions they might make of you simply on your posture.
Although silent and underrated, body language is an extremely important language of its own. A large percent of communication comes from how you hold yourself and present yourself through body language.
It is important to pay attention to your posture, gestures, facial expressions, and even eye movements. Body language says what the voice doesn't. It can show you feeling tired, bored, frustrated, angry, and many of these feelings you do not want to be displaying all of the time.
Maintaining and controlling your body language can help you boost your self confidence in two ways.
1. By managing your body language and sending appropriate non verbal messages to those around you, you will receive positive feedback. This will help you feel confident that you are not limiting potential success in the future due to the opinions of others.
2. Secondly, when you practice strong and confident body language it in turn it actually helps you FEEL confident and strong.
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