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Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Reveal Your Attractiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
Using Eye Contact ........................................................................................271
Showing Liveliness in Your Face ................................................................272
Offering Encouragement .............................................................................272
Using Open Gestures ...................................................................................273
Showing Interest Through Your Posture ...................................................273
Positioning Yourself .....................................................................................273
Touching to Connect ...................................................................................274
Being on Time ..............................................................................................274
Synchronising Your Gestures .....................................................................275
Balancing Your Non-verbal Aspects of Speech ........................................276

Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Find Out about Someone
without Asking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277
Observing Eye Movements .........................................................................277
Looking at Facial Expressions ....................................................................278
Watching for Head Movements ..................................................................279
Noticing Hand and Arm Gestures...............................................................279
Observing Posture .......................................................................................280
Considering Proximity and Orientation ....................................................280
Paying Attention to Touching ....................................................................281
Responding to Appearance.........................................................................281
Checking Timing and Synchronisation......................................................282
Scrutinising Non-verbal Aspects of Speech ..............................................283

Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Improve Your Silent Communication . . . . .285
Taking an Interest.........................................................................................285
Knowing What You Want to Express..........................................................286
Modelling Excellence ...................................................................................286
Mirroring Others ..........................................................................................287
Practising Gestures ......................................................................................287
Developing Timing and Synchronisation ..................................................287
Dressing the Part..........................................................................................288
Acting the Way You Want to Be Perceived................................................289
Demonstrating Awareness ..........................................................................289
Asking for Feedback.....................................................................................289

Index........................................................................291

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Body Language For Dummies

Part I

In the Beginning
Was the Gesture