If a person thinks you’re dominant they might not want to work with you because they are afraid. Both the dominant and submissive boxes are dangerous places to be in. Whether in business or social settings, within the first few minutes of interacting, people categorize each other into one of three boxes: dominant, submissive, and equal. I’ve read dozens of books on the subject and I’d like to share with you my top three selections, as well as the most important tips from each one. ![]() Luckily, there are several tricks and methods that can help us improve our body language skills and how to better interpret body language in others. So in order to be better communicators, we have to improve our body language skills. Experts agree that body language is the most important element of communication. Our gestures and expressions are all a part of our communication style and the way we convey our ideas to others. So all too often, your mouth might be saying one thing while the rest of your body is conveying another message entirely. The vast majority of communication, 93 percent in fact, is nonverbal. ![]() I didn’t realize it until decades later as an adult, that my parents were trying to teach me perhaps the most important lesson of effective communication. They said it when I gave an eye roll to a stranger, they said it when I answered a family member with sass in my voice, and they said it when I started getting in trouble in school for talking back to teachers. It's a phrase my parents used on me for most of my adolescent years. “It’s not what you say, but how you say it.”
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