Let's look at the number one problem when it comes to body language for most people in the workplace
the good news is not just because people are stupid it's not because they're sexist pigs it's not because
they're rude people.
The number one source of bad body language in the workplace is just being nervous being uncomfortable.
And what happens when people are nervous is we become like little bunny rabbits we kind of freeze we
stiffen up so when we're giving a talk or presentation meeting with someone talking one on one with
a client prospect delivering a powerpoint to me any form of communication with colleagues customers
clients prospects when we're nervous we stop doing the things we do when we're comfortable when we're
talking our hands freeze our body freezes our face goes blank and we just tense up.
This gives other people an uncomfortable feeling in their gut about us if they're feeling uncomfortable
about us that's working against us that makes them less likely to want to hire us to buy from us to
work with us to collaborate with us.
So the good news is for so many of you it's not about learning some huge huge new skill sets and memorizing
a thousand and one do's and don'ts.
It really comes down to doing a few things to put you back into a state of being comfortable so that
you can project comfort with the people who are around you.
If you do that it solves the vast majority of problems.
Not every problem.
I mean you could be too comfortable in your office and you're putting your feet up on your boss's desk
and your boss is wildly insulted.
Are you doing that in a conference room.
So I don't want to suggest that that's the only problem for most people.
Most of the time it's being nervous being uncomfortable and tensing the body up so we are going to spend
a fair amount of time because we solve this problem.
We solve almost all of the other problems.